Acer announced that some of its Aspire Z3-710 series of AIO PCs have been updated, and will now sell with Windows 10 pre-installed.
Although Windows 10 has been out for almost a month now, it takes time for companies to update its continuing product lines with the latest operating system. At the launch of Windows 10, Acer, Dell, HP, and a few others had some systems with Windows 10 pre-installed available, but the majority of PCs sold still had Windows 8.1.
It isn't always practical for companies to take finished, ready-to-ship products and update their software. The amount of resources to update all of these products quickly can negatively impact the company's production capabilities as well as its finances. The simplest solution is to sell out the stock of computers with the older OS, while producing new systems with the latest Windows.
Selling out the stock of systems with the older OS takes time, but as it starts to happen, we should expect to see the market shift as Windows 10 becomes the dominant force in the market.
"We're excited to offer advanced communications technology in the convenience of a slim all-in-one desktop to our customers in in the United States," said Frank Chang, Acer America director of desktop product management. "We're confident they'll appreciate the superb audio and visual clarity that makes video-conferencing as well as movies and music very true to life."
Acer's Z3-710 series is comprised of three 23.8" AIO systems, two of which have now moved to Windows 10. All of the systems utilize the same 1080p display, 1 TB HDD, optical drive and connectivity support, and they all come bundled with the same keyboard and mouse. The systems are differentiated by the CPU and RAM utilized inside.
The two systems that are now sold with Windows 10 run Intel Core i3-4170T and Core i5-4590T chips with 6 GB and 8 GB of RAM, respectively. The Core i3 system also saw a price reduction, moving from $799.99 with Windows 8.1 to $749.99 with Windows 10.
The cheapest system in the Z3-710 series, which comes with an Intel Pentium G3260T and 4 GB of RAM, did not get the transition to Windows 10. This is potentially because this model still has Windows 8.1 systems in stock and will ultimately move to Windows 10 at a later date, but it could also be because the price drop on the Core i3 system makes them too competitive with this lower-end system.
The systems are now available from various retailers.
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