{"id":10050,"date":"2013-06-03T07:28:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T07:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2013-06-03T07:28:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T07:28:43","slug":"acer-announces-8-1-windows-tablet-but-will-desktop-windows-work-in-this-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/10050-acer-announces-8-1-windows-tablet-but-will-desktop-windows-work-in-this-format.html","title":{"rendered":"Acer announces 8.1\u201d Windows tablet &#8211; but will desktop Windows work in this format?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acer has <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows\/b\/windowsexperience\/archive\/2013\/06\/02\/acer-introduces-8-inch-iconia-w3-new-aspire-pcs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> an 8.1&#8243; Windows tablet, the Iconia W3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Atom 1.8Ghz dual-core Z2760 CPU<\/li>\n<li>8 hr battery life<\/li>\n<li>1280 x 800 screen<\/li>\n<li>2GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Front and rear 2 MP cameras<\/li>\n<li>Micro HDMI<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth 4.0<\/li>\n<li>GPS<\/li>\n<li>32 or 64GB storage<\/li>\n<li>Micro SD<\/li>\n<li>Bundles Office 2013 Home and Student<\/li>\n<li>Optional keyboard $79.99<\/li>\n<li>$379.99, available this month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"405\" height=\"267\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anything wrong with this picture? Certainly it could be handy for using Windows on the go, being more compact than a Surface (though how much more, if you include the keyboard?) and much cheaper than Surface Pro.<\/p>\n<p>There are some snags though. This device runs full Windows 8 rather than Windows RT, the ARM version, so you can run all your desktop apps; but many will be no fun to use on an 8.0&#8243; screen, or without keyboard and mouse. The Modern \u2013 that is, Metro-style \u2013 apps should be fine, but the Windows 8 app ecosystem is still weak so you may struggle to get by on those. There is Office \u2013 and it is smart of Acer to bundle Home and Student \u2013 but will you be squinting to use it on such a small screen?<\/p>\n<p>My hunch is that Windows will not sing on small tablets until there is a version of Office for the Modern UI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acer has announced an 8.1&#8243; Windows tablet, the Iconia W3: Intel Atom 1.8Ghz dual-core Z2760 CPU 8 hr battery life 1280 x 800 screen 2GB RAM Front and rear 2 MP cameras Micro HDMI Bluetooth 4.0 GPS 32 or 64GB storage Micro SD Bundles Office 2013 Home and Student Optional keyboard $79.99 $379.99, available this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/10050-acer-announces-8-1-windows-tablet-but-will-desktop-windows-work-in-this-format.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Acer announces 8.1\u201d Windows tablet &#8211; but will desktop Windows work in this format?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1142,56,97],"tags":[113,1294,999],"class_list":["post-10050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets","category-mobile","category-windows","tag-acer","tag-iconia","tag-windows-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}