Acer Aspire 11.6" Touchscreen Laptop, Intel Celeron N3050, 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD, Windows 8.1 with Bing, R3-131T-C28S

This laptop is truly innovative. I have struggled with idea of owning a regular tablet. I just could not make the jump to something that my previous laptop could do. Well this Acer is an excellent fit for me. Probably its best feature by far for me, is this laptops ability to transform into a tablet when I see fit. Yes the screen folds all the way back to make it just like a tablet, when you do this the keyboard becomes disabled so you don't press any buttons when you are holding it. The touchscreen is probably the best I've ever used so far, very smooth and fluid like. The screen is made from tough gorilla glass so excellent quality there. you can choose between view of the desktop if that's what you prefer, or the windows 8 screen with apps, you can use touchscreen for either mode. the keyboard is great, the only flaw with it, is it does not have 10 key. I am a super user of 10 key, so just beware it does not have that feature, it does have all the other features of a regular keyboard. two USB slots, and surprisingly an HDMI slot as well, was not expecting that. it is smaller than a normal laptop, but that is expected because it does also change into a tablet. the weight of it is not heavy at all. nice so if you are using it as a tablet it won't weight on your arm. so internally the processor is fast, no delays are seen loading web pages. I have used it for facebook, shopping, and emailing. it does have a small amount of memory only 2GB, but I'm assuming if it had more the price would be higher. I do understand that you can upgraded the memory to 8 GB if you choose so. another thing I thought was kind of disappointing was the 32 GB internal storage. But after opening the box, its discovered that you have the option, as of with all things now, to store on the Cloud. If you don't want to do that you can always buy an external hard drive, but the Cloud seems to be the quickest way to store and share your data. This does come Windows 10 ready, but at the moment I have not been able to even get the Windows 10 app for the update. I am sure that Microsoft will fix this issue and it won't be long before we can update to Windows 10. Overall this a great laptop if you are still on the fence, like I was, about getting a tablet. Or even if you just want a new laptop, this is a great price, and really I cannot find any problems with this Acer

Overall, this is really a nice little computer. When I got the chance to review this product for free, I hesitated because of the small size of the screen. I have vision problems, and have always favored larger screens. However, the resolution is superb, details are nice and crisp, and the colors are wonderfully vivid. It has a built in webcam. It is also a nice color blue, very lightweight, and the screen has a neat hinge feature, which allows it to bend backwards without getting damaged. I use this computer ever day. It streams video and music very well. My son and I are able to watch his favorite cartoons without having to wait for them to load. The computer plays video well from many sources, including Youtube, Netflix, and Hulu. The battery has excellent life. On a full charge, it lasts about nine hours. I'm not a huge fan of Windows 8, but once I upgrade to Windows 10, that won't be an issue. Windows 10 brings back the traditional start-up menu, so navigation will be much more convenient and simple. I'm also not fond of the pre-installed apps, but I was easily able to remove all the ones that I didn't want and uninstall unwanted programs in just a few minutes. The touchscreen is really nice, and I enjoy having the convenient little tiles for apps. The only real problem I encountered with this computer was using the bluetooth feature. Even after making all updates to my computer, it just wouldn't connect properly. I can get devices to pair, but after 10-30 seconds, the connection is lost. I can have the laptop sitting right next the my bluetooth speaker or bluetooth stereo, but it still stops playing. It takes 15-20 minutes to get the laptop to properly pair and play through a speaker, so it isn't really worth the effort for just a few seconds of use. For such a tiny laptop, it has surprisingly good built in speakers, so it isn't a huge issue for me.