Acer Aspire R7-572-6423

The latest iteration of the R7 series laptop Acer Aspire, Acer Aspire R7-572-6423 ($ 899.99 list) has improved touch technology, a better processor, and a larger hard drive, but is it enough to overcome the problems seen in the previous model, the Acer Aspire R7-571-6858? Like its predecessor, featuring the R7-572-6423 flipping, folding displays, and a swapped layout of the keyboard and mouse as puzzling as it dramatically. If you are tempted to buy one to go in the first round, the improvements will definitely entice you now, but the problem has not been resolved, making it difficult to recommend.

Design
The Acer Aspire R7-572-6423 desktop replacement laptop with a size of 1.1 by 14.8 by 10 inches (HWD), and weighs 5.22 pounds. The R7-572-6423 wind up being far bulkier than the Sony VAIO Flip 15 (SVF15N190X), which offers a similar kind of flipping and folding 15-inch display, but weighs under 5 pounds.

Like previous iterations, the Aspire R7 offers amazing sound thanks to four speakers enhanced with Dolby Home Theater software enhancements V4. In addition to the excellent sound quality, the total quantity is better than expected, it puts out enough volume to fill not only the room, but to hear the next room over.

Offers the 15.6-inch touch display still 1920 by-1, 080 resolution and a capacitive touch screen with tracking 10 fingers, but it was upgraded to an N-trig digitizer DuoSense, making it compatible new Acer Aspire R7-572 Active stylus, an optional accessory stylus ($ 49.99 direct). Simplifies upgrading this R7-572-6423 a good choice for anyone who needs to draw or have a more accurate touch input than hand will allow. And for designers without the budget for something like a Wacom Cintiq Comrade, the R7-572-6423 is a practical alternative at a lower price.

The main feature that makes it stand out the R7-572-6423 from other hybrid laptop Ezel its hinges, a combination hinge and stand up for the 15.6-inch touch display. This hinge allows you yearn R7 to switch between five different modes: Notebook, Ezel, Display, kiosks and Pad mode. In notebook mode, the display line up in the back of the chassis, and looks somewhat like a standard clamshell notebook. In Ezel mode, the display is tilted, supported by Ezel hinge to float above the keyboard, which is almost like a separate touch screen monitor. The favorable Ezel stand is stable enough to hold up against your touch and taps on the screen, but you can also adjust the angle and (to an extent) in height.

Flipping the display surface (facing the rear) puts the R7-572-6423 Display mode, letting you show the screen to the other person. When flipped over from Ezel Display, automatically switches the stereo sound as well, changing the right and left channels to provide stereo sound properly oriented to the observer. While this is a neat trick, I have yet to see an instance where flipping the display saves it as giving up your own screen to show it to someone else makes any practical sense.

Similarly questionable is kiosk mode, where instead of flipping the screen all the way over to show the front or the back, is it set to a horizontal angle in between. In theory, you can then mount the entire laptop to a wall and used as a device to customer service. In practice, it sounds like more than to its worth, especially since there are less expensive purpose-built systems available to businesses.

Finally, you can fold down the screen, with the display facing out, and set low against the keyboard, kind of like a big tablet. The display hinge puts a bit of an angle, so it too will lay flat, but the angle really makes for a more comfortable experience when using the touch screen on a desk or table. It also makes for a particularly good experience when drawing, especially when using the optional stylus. What it does not do, however, make R7-572-6423 any more portable than the average 15-inch desktop replacement. It is still too heavy and bulky to carry around the way you can take a tablet or ultrabook hybrid, and the angled display is really best for use idle anyway.

The biggest problem with unusual design R7-572-6423 No touch screen or Ezel hinge, but the inverted keyboard layout, which swaps the placement of the keyboard and touchpad. The reasoning behind this change is that the floating touch screen would block part of the keyboard to normal use, but with a touch screen, you will be more inclined to use the touchpad. Whatever the reasoning, the result does not come off as a thoughtful design changes, but as a gimmick that actually renders the keyboard and mouse less useful. The touchscreen is blocked off by the display, but that does not mean that you never want to use it, just that it is now an inconvenience. And by moving the touch pad (and palmrest as well) on top of the keyboard makes it more usable keyboard, ruining the ergonomics of resting your palms and wrists on the keyboard as you type.

Acer has taken a step to fix it, including a foldable pad palmrest with R7-572-6423 can be set in front of the keyboard just to replace the missing palmrest. It kind of works, but the fact that an accessory has to be included to provide basic functionality only highlights the deep flaws in this design. However clever, design-both adjustable display and keyboard layout, flipped consists biggest problem R7-572-6423, and it is impossible to ignore.