Acer-branded apps include the cloud-based abDocs, abFiles, abMedia and abPhoto, letting you access your documents, files, music and images from any device. Swipe the right-hand edge of the screen inwards and tap Search, type the name of the app you would like to open using the pop-up keyboard. Performance The Acer Aspire Switch 10 E's 1. Ports The tablet portion of the Switch 10 features a number of ports, slots and buttons. The keys have a 2mm vertical travel, which is well within the acceptable range of 1-2mm.
Note Acer Recovery Management is only available with a pre-installed Windows operating system. When you release the tile, the Customize menu appear at the bottom of the screen. Our owner satisfaction ratings are based on the proportion of members who are extremely likely to recommend their laptop to friends and family. To take advantage of many online services, you will inevitably have to provide personal information in order to handle billing and shipping of purchased goods. It comes with Windows 10 Home pre-installed.
Thunderbolt port Thunderbolt port Has a Thunderbolt port for connecting peripherals such as an external hard drive. For starters, there's the nearly 8. Battery Life: Last Hybrid Standing Here's where the Aspire Switch 10 comes into its own. The Venue 11 Pro did only marginally better, with 14 fps. All of those temperatures are well below the 95-degree Laptop Mag comfort threshold.
Detach and use it as a tablet, get tasks done in laptop mode, pivot its screen to share, or flip to watch a movie when space is limited. When enabled, this feature gives the display an extra pop of color, which helps prevents image washout in direct sunlight. Do not attempt to open the computer yourself;. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this product! We also turned the device upside down, creating a makeshift tent mode. Battery Life The Acer Aspire Switch 10 lasted 6 hours and 34 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi at 100 nits of brightness. Spyware refers to generally unwanted programs that are downloaded onto your computer while connected to the Internet, often without you knowing it. That's the same as the , but lighter than the 3.
The screen did a great job with blues, allowing every cerulean-eyed cast member to easily draw our gaze. Thankfully, the convertible is available in more palatable colors, such as white, gray and turquoise, with coral and magenta to follow. The slate also can be flipped around and reattached to the dock for Display mode, creating a solid method to watch movies or presentations. Our fingers glided effortlessly across the smooth surface, performing multitouch gestures such as pinch-zoom and two-finger scroll, along with Windows 8 gestures such as calling up the Charms menu. There's also Acer Screen Grasp, which offers a small cache of editing and aggregation features for capturing screen shots. Read it before calling a technician if a problem occurs. The median in our survey was 15 hours per week.
The 11 dominated, completing the task in 25. However, the enhanced colors can look oversaturated in an indoor setting. Bottom Line The Acer Aspire Switch 10 is the latest hybrid device to successfully blur the line between laptops and tablets. Third-party apps include Netflix, Kindle, StumbleUpon, Spotify, Zinio Reader, Evernote Touch, Next Issue, Accuweather. The Switch 10 E hit 263 nits when measured for brightness, which was the second-best score among the six budget 2-in-1s we tested, behind only the 308 nits and enough to top the 234-nit average. Multimode Uses Unlike many detachable hybrids, which have a mechanical latch to separate tablet from keyboard, the Switch 10 utilizes powerful magnets to connect the two halves.
See Customized Restore with Acer Recovery Management on page Restore Factory Settings with Acer Recovery Management 1. Except for connecting an external mouse, these systems are usually very self-contained, but if you do want to use most of the micro-style connections, you'll need an adapter or dongle. Removing a card from a memory card reader 1. The touchpad, space between the G and H keys, and bottom measured 80, 81 and 83 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively. You can also attach the computer to the keyboard facing outwards as a display. Our test photos yielded bright, accurate color, as evidenced by our neon green headphones and the gray and burnt orange in the Live Science banner in the background. You will be shown the backup progress on the screen.
Just in case you want to take your tablet out to the beach or the park, Acer has added its LumiFlex display technology. Where can I get more information? Ensure the computer clicks into place. I've found those models to be clunky, with big, ugly release buttons that are hard to hit cleanly. On Geekbench 3, a synthetic performance benchmark, the Switch 10E's score of 2,123 beat the Lenovo Flex 3 11 1,834 and the 1,725. Hardware Maybe it's the cat-vomit puce color of my unit, but there's something about the Switch 10 E that makes it look like a bucket of fail.
Scroll down and disable Turn on fast startup. Customized Restore with Acer Recovery Management 1. Click Reinstall Drivers or Applications. The Yoga 2 11 clocked in at 16:19, while the Venue 11 Pro finished at 15:46. Most models have integrated graphics, which have no dedicated memory but are still suitable for most applications, including photo editing and watching movies. As a laptop, the Switch 10 E weighs 2. In practice, the newly formed laptop remained connected despite receiving several hard shakes, but was still easy to take apart.
A pair of speakers sits beneath the screen, flanking a dark gray Acer logo. The color was equally impressive, with the Switch 10 displaying vivid reds and oranges, alongside deep blacks. The Good The Acer Aspire Switch 10 has a hybrid mechanism that actually works, and it has a decent keyboard and touchpad for such a small body. Choose to keep any changes to the hard drive: a. It was longer, however, than the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 11, which clocked in at 5:19.