{"id":8759,"date":"2014-03-25T21:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T01:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/?p=8759"},"modified":"2017-11-19T10:43:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T15:43:34","slug":"acer-r7-features-ezel-hinged-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/acer-r7-features-ezel-hinged-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Acer R7 features Ezel hinged screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Be prepared to feel awkward the first time you open your new Acer Aspire R7<\/span>.\u00a0 The multi-angular lid lifts into some positions you\u2019ve never experienced before and the initial question you\u2019ll ask yourself is, \u201cCan it do that?\u201d\u00a0 Sure enough, it can.<\/p>\n

\"Acer<\/a> Open it like a laptop, open it for movie viewing, game playing or lay the top back for the biggest tablet you ever saw. Anyway you do it, the Acer Aspire R7 just works.\u00a0 All this flexibility comes from the \u201cEzel Hinge\u201d which allows it to flip, turn upside down, lie flat or float mid-air (you\u2019ll find this handy while standing.)<\/p>\n

Attached to the hinge is a high resolution, touch screen that works extremely well with the Acer Stylus. The tagline is \u201cdesigned for touch\u201d and it probably works better for touch than most other touchscreens I\u2019ve used. This 15.6-inch, 1920×1080 screen has an amazing viewing angle of 178 degrees.<\/p>\n

\"Acer<\/a>Interestingly, the keyboard is placed forward, near the edge of the machine, similar to the old \u201claptop days.\u201d\u00a0 Makes typing easier as far as I\u2019m concerned. The touchpad however is now located nearer the screen and you need to reach across the keyboard to navigate if you aren\u2019t using a mouse.\u00a0 That took me quite a while to get used to.\u00a0 I kept clicking the spacebar instead of the left mouse button portion of the touchpad.\u00a0 Once you get used to touching the screen (which is what Microsoft is dying for you to do), the whole system seems to make more sense. The Ezel hinge makes it easy to bring the screen closer to the keyboard for just such an experience.<\/p>\n

The 4th<\/sup> gen Intel processor does wonders for this machine with quick performance, battery life around six or seven hours and quick response accessing the 1TB drive. Makes it a pleasure to use large files and movies without worrying about filling the drive.<\/p>\n