TheVerge :
Acer Aspire S7: now this is what I call an ultrabook
With the deluge of Windows 8 tablets, convertibles, and touchscreen desktops on the horizon, you might think the world’s forgotten all about the regular old laptop. But Acer hasn’t. Persisting with its ultrathin Aspire S line, the company has brought the Aspire S7to IFA 2012 and my first encounter with it has been nothing short of a revelation. The S7 is slim to the extreme yet still has a rigid build thanks to a mix of aluminum and magnesium construction. It also includes the requisite capacitive touchscreen to make the most of Windows 8, but most importantly, it’s the prettiest laptop I’ve come across since first laying eyes on Apple’s 2010 MacBook Air redesign.
THE PRETTIEST LAPTOP I’VE COME ACROSS SINCE APPLE’S 2010 MACBOOK AIR REDESIGN
To appreciate how much of a departure from normality this is for Acer, you have to go back to last year’s IFA. That’s when Acer’s W4 Windows Phone handset ended up on the receiving end of the most withering assessment Paul Miller has ever delivered on The Verge. To go, in the span of one year, from producing drably generic mass market junk to a cutting-edge design is, in my judgment, a great leap in the right direction for Acer. The Aspire S7 looks like something you’d expect the ultra-talented design minds at Nokia or Apple to produce, not the usually budget-minded crew from Taiwan. Of course, the S7 isn’t quite perfect, as I found it rather unwieldy to open due to the rather stiff hinge (usually a good thing) and weirdly cut incision at the front of its top lid for opening. Beyond that and the slightly tepid 1366 x 768 resolution, the 11-inch Aspire S7 is close to an ideal ultraportable.
RedUsers :
IFA 2012: Acer presenta su Aspire S7
El equipo tendrá una resolución HD en un diseño compacto, muy delgado y con una buena combinación de materiales.
Acer redobla la apuesta por su línea de laptops ultrafinas Aspire S, y presenta en el marco del IFA 2012 la nueva Aspire S7.
Esta nueva laptop es uno más de los equipos pensados para funcionar en base a Windows 8, por lo que está equipada con la pantalla táctil capacitiva de rigor para aprovechar el sistema operativo de Microsoft.
El equipo presentado en Berlín es muy delgado, casi del ancho de un puertoUSB, (de hecho, cerrada la S7 se asemeja mucho a una tablet) pero no tiene para nada un aspecto endeble, gracias en gran parte a la combinación de materiales de aluminio y magnesio.
La S7 mostrada en el IFA cuenta con una pantalla de 11 pulgadas con 1366 x 768 de resolución. Pero, antes de que esta característica pudiera volverse una contra para su producto, Acer confirmó que la versión de producción contaría con una resolución de 1920 x 1080 HD.
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