Acer Working on Windows RT Tablet for 2013 Release

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Seriously Acer? give it a rest already. you made a few good points in your criticism of win8, especially of Metro/win8 RT. most of these points have been proven over the last couple of months and the market has moved on to be excited about win8 based mobile devices. what's the point of this now??? especially after other companies have already made RT devices
 
Seriously Acer? give it a rest already. you made a few good points in your criticism of win8, especially of Metro/win8 RT. most of these points have been proven over the last couple of months and the market has moved on to be excited about win8 based mobile devices. what's the point of this now??? especially after other companies have already made RT devices
 

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What's the point of Windows RT? Once AMD releases the Jaguar, and to a less extent Intel Bay Trail, who's going to want this incompatible version built on slower chips? Maybe a few people, but the scenarios are already limited, and it's going to get much worse when the Jaguar claws out its spot in the market.
 

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It seems nobody understand what's RT for..It's cheaper and is a mobile OS like the iOS. Battery life is longer as well. It can multitask like a normal computer, you can plug in a printer, you can plug in anything USB related, you can use office for some serious work, you can view flash websites on a normal IE10. you can plug in your 2TB ext hard disk and go in file explorer and click the movie you want to see....etc you want me to go on?

I am using a surface RT and i can tell you i use it more than my laptop, which is now collecting dust. Flame me all you want but i love using it. It has been soo smooth since some updates.
 
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[citation][nom]nlcbryan[/nom]It seems nobody understand what's RT for...[/citation]

I do understand why microsoft made RT, and I commend them for finally taking steps to make a useful mobile solution. what I don't understand is the company Acer, who've repeatedly ripped on Windows RT and windows 8 in general (they've publically called RT confusing and rather uesless), is now making an RT tablet
 

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I have a Lenovo Yoga 11 (RT) and I have never used a laptop so much. I can get up to 11-12 hours of battery life before recharging (and recharging is extremely quick, I haven't measaured but surely less than 2 hours). At home I don't even turn on my PC anymore. When I'm on a trip, I never have to worry about my batteries giving up. Sure, it is a bit frustrating when you want to use some legacy windows app and you can't. But it's 5% of the time. I wish I could have the same machine with full Win8, but I think the compromise is more than acceptable.
 
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[It seems nobody understand what's RT for..It's cheaper and is a mobile OS like the iOS. Battery life is longer as well. It can multitask like a normal computer, you can plug in a printer, you can plug in anything USB related, you can use office for some serious work, you can view flash websites on a normal IE10. you can plug in your 2TB ext hard disk and go in file explorer and click the movie you want to see....etc you want me to go on? ]

The problem of a RT platform is that Windows 8 tablet based on Intel Atom platform already does everything RT can do, including long battery life and light weight. In fact, currently there are Atom based W8 tablet in the market which is lighter and has longer battery life than iPad2. Needless to say, it is also able to run all existing Windows applications. Pricewise, it is only like slightly more expensive than Surface RT+Touch cover, a $100 increase in price in many cases. An example is Acer W510. If Atom can already do this, think about what the next generation of low power CPU from Intel and AMD can do? In Windows world, ARM based SoC is redundant as soon as Intel and AMD can produce CPUs that can compete with it.

RT platform would have made more sense if they are priced much lower. If Surface RT has been launched with the selling price of the rumored $200, the sales figure would have turned out very differently.
 

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I just don't understand Acer, if RT is selling badly then why release a product?
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Unless it is selling well but MS os nopt releasing the sales figures until 6 months and hit us with a big surprise
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If Acer has these figures but has a NDA it would obviously try to jump on the bandwagon and get it's own product out
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If so is this Acer eating crow?
 

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[citation][nom]spentshells[/nom]Wake me up when they put a modified xp on a tablet... Clover trail CPU and a modified GUI[/citation]
How about you you just install Window XP Tablet Edition on any modern Windows tablet? Wish granted, enjoy your 10 year old OS
 
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