By Alex Cox
Hybrid tablet PCs are filling up the market right now. They’re versatile, they’re highly portable, and they’re desirable – with Microsoft’s Surface Pro leading the charge. But it’s far from the only horse in town; below it sits the Lenovo Yoga series, the Asus Transformer line, and many budget badged devices, like the Linx 12X64.
Acer has previous form – the Aspire One was one of the early trendsetters in the hybrid market, and previous Switch hybrid laptops have impressed.
You might expect the Switch 3, priced to land in the lower end of the market, to pale in comparison to its competition, but nothing could be further from the truth – this is a machine with features and build quality strong enough to stand up to the Surface Pro, if you’ll forgive lacks a little in the power department.
Price and availability
The Acer Switch 3 is hitting shelves alongside the Core-toting Switch 5 (which should be around $1000/£1000/AU, though at only $439 (around £450, AU$560) this is a far more wallet-friendly option.
The Pentium architecture means it’s pricier than Atom-based competitors like the similarly-specced Lenovo Miix, but not by much, and the performance increase is significant.
You won’t struggle to get …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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