October 11, 2012
We have two types of people in this world, the casual PC user, and the professional PC user. The casual users tend to use their PC’s to surf the web, check emails and social networks, and coo at adorable kitty pictures that friends and family send. The professional PC users tend to use their computers [...]
Tags: Acer, Apple, asus, HP (Hewlett Packard), iPad, microsoft, pc, Sony, tablet
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August 10, 2012
After creating a stir in the media over comments he made to Microsoft warning the company to “think twice” about its Surface strategy, Acer chairman J.T. Wang is now singing a different tune, one that’s far less threatening and more accepting to the si…
Tags: Acer, hardware, microsoft, slate, Surface, tablet, windows, windows 8
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June 20, 2012
It’s been an exciting week for Microsoft, which just the other day unveiled its Surface tablet, a surprisingly promising device that just may have the legs to go the distance, if not with the iPad, then certainly against Android and ARM. But let’s not …
Tags: Acer, android, microsoft, mobile, slate, stan shih, Surface, windows 8, Windows tablet
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June 20, 2012
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga, choo-choo! That’s the Ultrabook train coming around the bend with yet another shipment of thin and light laptops, and this time it’s carrying a load of Acer Timeline Ultra M5 models throughout the U.S. Acer’s new Timeline …
Tags: Acer, hardware, laptop, mobile, notebook, rigs, Timeline, ultra m5, ultrabook
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January 10, 2012
Tablet PCs have flirted with mobile gaming, and there are some fun titles out there that are playable on higher end Android and iPad devices. But it’s not a true gaming platform, at least not yet. Give Razer a chance to shake things up. The gaming peripheral maker is throwing its hat into the tablet [...]
Tags: Acer, CES, ces2012, gaming, hardware, mobile, razer, slate, tablet, video games
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February 9, 2011
Citing sources from upstream players, DigiTimes says Acer expects 3-4 percent of its total notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 will be affected by Intel’s buggy 6-series chipset. Hewlett-Packard expects to be hit a little harder, noting int…
Tags: Acer, AMD, asus, hardware, hewlett-packard, HP (Hewlett Packard), Intel, laptop, mobile, notebook, sandy bridge
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January 21, 2011
Acer sent us word that it’s expanding its projector line with the U5200, an ultra-short throw model intended for teachers and educators.
“The key features that are most important for schools have now been integrated into the new Acer U5200 projector, s…
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January 19, 2011
At some point, you have to think Acer will become a major player in the emerging tablet market, just as the company blitzed the netbook segment full force. But perhaps wisely, the PC maker has, for the most part, taken a wait-and-see approach.
In the c…
Tags: Acer, CPU, hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, processor, sandy bridge, slate
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