4 Star so far
Only giving it 4 for now, as it's new- this could change if i note any issues later- The reason for the 4 is not because of the product so much, but for the Acer Website and support- No email capabilities, so you have to talk live with a person on phone, or use chat- but chat can take some time- especially when all you need is a quick answer to an issue like say whether or not other pens can be used. I chatted about that, but the person in the chat didn't know for sure what other pens could be used- The one that comes with this tablet is too thin- and needs recharging- I'd prefer one with batteries that can be replaced, and would like a pen i can change he nib when it wears out- anyways- they couldn't tell me what if any other pens could be used- so deducting a point for the website support, no email support- as those tie in with the machine and people's consideration of purchase I'm sure- The product itself is very nice- I only wish there was a way to fold it to the tablet form and protect the keys and also to allow the hot air to escape better- you'll be holding it on a table or couch with the air vents down in order to work on it, and it does get hot- The surface is nice to draw on- very responsive- but does have a glass feel to it- of course- but you can buy a paper-like see through protector, so that can help- the trackpad is pretty good- no issues with it- so far- the picture is really nice- was wanting Oled- but can't have everything :), colors are nice, clear, crisp looking- and it's nice painting digitally on this device as a result- The pen is very thin- too thin really for drawing and painting- it does dock n the machine and recharge very quickly if it goes down in charge, which seems to be kinda quickly- but it does recharge very very quick for another few hours of work - which is super nice- something like 15 seconds of charging- i tried it- it works great- Pen part 2: No nibs with this- and when the nib wears out- not sure what to do- they don't seem to sell the pen on their website- and although i asked their chat personnel if any pens could be substituted- the person didn't really know- I'm much rather have a pen that uses disposable batteries, as i guess the batteries last a long time in them, but i don't know which pens would work with this particular model- it shouldn't be this confusing just to buy a pen for this model Speed is pretty good- and memory is fairly sufficient- but it will lag if I'm Drawing on a large file, and use the largest brushes and have over say 15 layers active- then it will lag a bit but not severely- Everything opens snappily- the finish is slippery- not crazy about it- but it's ok- certainly not a deal breaker for sure- ports- plenty of ports and they have the latest greatest thunderbolt ports- so that's cool- also an older USB which is good- HDMI if you wanna connect to larger screen which is cool- plus a slot for Micro SD card which can expand your storage- Storage- wish they had had a 1 Terabyte option, or even 2 Terabyte- had to get the 500 GB instead- I can use a micro SD to expand storage, but that's not ideal, and perhaps slower for transferring large files I believe? So far I'm kind of loving this purchase- did a lot of tech comparisons and price comparisons before purchasing, and went with this one because of the options available verses the competition- but like i said- the pen is a bit of an issue, other brands can use off brand pens, but i can't find any info on this Acer for using off brand pens to replace the skinny one that came with it- information regarding this is very scarce it seems- and apparent even the support chat doesn't know? Not sure what I'm gonna do when the nib wears out on this pen? Anyways- still a great laptop 2-1, glad i bought it so far