Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
The announcement of the Acer Aspire R7 was the best example of the company’s assertion that it was moving from computers designed *with *touch to computers designed for touch. But if having a fancy, even unprecedented, hinge is what defines a touch-optimized notebook, Acer is a bit late to the party.
Last October, Switched On discussed the role that laptop-tablet hybrids – namely convertibles and detachables – would play in the differentiation of Windows 8 devices. Both types have seen their share of support. Detachables have included HP’s Envy x2, ASUS’ Transformer-inspired VivoTab and Microsoft’s Surface. (Dell’s XPS 10 is available only with Windows RT.)
Filed under: Apple, Microsoft
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