Tablets have been getting smaller. The big sellers of the past year have been 7-inch and 8-inch devices, like the iPad Mini and Google's Nexus 7. So it's not surprising that one of the key features of ...

Windows 8 is designed to run on devices with many form factors, and we're seeing quite a few of them. The 8-inch tablet is a highly mobile form that is now available on all of the major platforms, ...

After months on the market, Windows 8 tablets have yet to rack up the sales Microsoft and PC vendors were originally hoping for. But on Monday Taiwanese PC maker Acer showed off what could be the ...

The PC maker's president says Acer has done better with Google's Chrome-based notebooks than with Windows 8 devices. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

When it comes to laptops, Windows 8 machines are giving OEMs a lot to chew on and explore. Of all the companies to most impress me so far, it’s been Acer. Traditionally, Acer has been associated with ...

This may well be a turning point for Windows 8: affordable 8 inch full Windows tablets. Not RT but regular Windows 8, so you can use your Windows 7 programs in addition to Metro apps. The Acer Iconia ...

Microsoft has posted word on new and revamped Windows 8 PCs from Acer, including a new version of the Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabook and an all new all-in-one PC, the Aspire Z3 Series. Computex 2013 is now ...

A big improvement over the previous model, Acer's W4 Windows 8 tablet has decent performance, good battery life, and plenty of ports. Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers and Gaming Dan ...

The Acer Aspire S7 may be the most powerful laptop I’ve ever used. It features a speedy 1.9 GHz Intel Core i7-3517U processor, 4GB of RAM, a 256GB solid state disk, and a 13.3 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel ...

Acer this morning officially unveiled its long-rumored Iconia W3 tablet, billed as the first 8-inch tablet to run Windows 8. This is not a Windows RT device running on an ARM processor. It’s a Windows ...

Versatile multitouch display can be flipped%2C reversed or made to lie flat In laptop mode%2C the physical keyboard and touchpad defy conventions and swap places An odd design gap mars using the ...