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  • warisz00r - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    Lenovo got here first with the Yoga 720
  • CoreyWat - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    True with a 1050 in a 2.1 but not with the 8th gen Intel Chips inside
  • ddriver - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    Big whoop. The 720 still has a quad core option. The difference in performance will be negligible.

    Plus it has a stylus. Does this thing have that option?
  • HStewart - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    I think the big difference you will see between these two is that 720 will have less battery life. The Acer has new CPU which with newer technology - but performance comparison should be quite interesting

    What will be interesting to really see if when Intel releases an 8th series HQ i7 - we might actually see 6 or even 8 cores in laptop. This Acer has U series design for ultra light weights which is quite impressive for 4 cores now.
  • Samus - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link

    I think the big difference is this isn't some Lenovo shit.
  • ddriver - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link

    Yeah, it is Acer garbage. Lenovo certainly has the edge in terms of overall quality, but it comes at a price.
  • HStewart - Monday, August 28, 2017 - link

    I have an Lenovo Y50 and I would not purchase another Lenovo ever again - Acer is not that good - they probably did this to say me first Ultraweight 4 core laptop - I see Dell coming out with XPS 13 in this chip that would be really nice.

    Keep in mind this is only beginning of these chips - and I expect more impressive chips coming in the next 6 or so months.
  • HStewart - Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - link

    Well it looks like Dell did - this is one to get

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/11781/dell-updates-t...
  • Hxx - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link

    No number pad on those. I know I know but the wife has a fixation with the number pad. Bottom line is that ive been waiting for something like this for a long time and I guess Acer is the winner for me.
  • DanNeely - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link

    It's the flip side of this having chunky bezels and the Yoga 720 having slim ones. Making it an inch narrower leaves too little space for a numpad unless a 17.3" screen is used. Sadly for anyone who wants both a numpad and slim bezels I haven't seen a 17.3" slim bezel laptop yet. (It would be about the same size as a 15.6" fat one).
  • mga318 - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    If it weren't for the large bezels, I'd be really tempted by this machine.
  • shabby - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    Take your pick: smaller bezels/less features or larger battery/bigger bezels, somethings gotta give.
  • Samus - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link

    You kinda need large bezels with a touch screen. Otherwise swiping from sides is challenging.
  • coder543 - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    Your "source" link is just a link back to this article? I guess that's the best kind of source.
  • Morawka - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    so a quad core cpu at dual core power consumption?
  • tipoo - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    Pretty much what "8th gen" Kaby Lake quads are. 15-28W, but with twice the cores, so a decent MP uplift.
  • Gunbuster - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - link

    Is Acer using a random word generator for models now?
  • Hurr Durr - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link

    Weren`t they always?
  • zodiacfml - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link

    $1000?! Meh. I thought this will be a tad more expensive than the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming due to IPS display and seemingly thinner profile.
  • Valantar - Friday, August 25, 2017 - link

    If something like this came along in a 13-14" form factor with thin bezels and a weight below 1.8kg (and 6+ hour battery life), that'd be a very strong candidate for my next laptop. It's about time the entry level gaming laptop category starts creeping towards ultrabook form factors.
  • NamelessPFG - Friday, August 25, 2017 - link

    Funny thing is, there was once a time when I wanted a convertible Tablet PC with some decent gaming chops, as almost ALL of them only had Intel graphics, even the hideously expensive $2,000+ MSRP ones.

    But this one drops the ball on two fronts: no mention of an active pen option, and not having at least a GTX 1060. (Rule of thumb: if it's not branded as "VR-ready", annoying as buzzwords like that can be, it's too weak for gaming comfortably.)

    This is why I've gone the deconvergence route, figuring I can just carry around a Cintiq with killer battery life, and when I find one that's affordable enough, a gaming/mobile workstation laptop that doesn't feel pathetically weak for a change. Might end up cheaper than a top-of-the-line MobileStudio Pro with more GPU performance, to boot.

    But the laptop can wait. I don't travel as much as I used to, and I have a potent desktop setup at home that doesn't leave me wanting.
  • krystyin - Monday, August 28, 2017 - link

    I have a 1050, it is very capable for all current games at 60FPS on High / Ultra and 1080P. This PC only has a 1080P screen so I would say it should work well. Not future proof but in 3 years when 4k and VR are main stream - just buy another entry gamer for $1000. Actually Xbox or PS is a better value if all you want to do is game in 4k

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