When Microsoft first released Windows 8, the company hoped that hardware manufacturers would get creative with form factors and customers would be enticed by the intriguing new PC designs. One of the ...

The Acer Aspire Switch 11 (SW5-171-325N) is a midrange detachable-hybrid tablet made to give you maximum flexibility from a touch-screen Windows 8.1 system. Here's a closeup of the magnetic latch, ...

Acer is expanding its Switch line of 2-in-1 Windows tablets. Earlier this year the company launched the Switch 10 tablet featuring a 10 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, an Intel Atom Bay Trail ...

The Acer Aspire Switch 10 is a novel take on the 2-in-1 notebook/tablet hybrid, but both the tablet and the keyboard halves of the equation are mediocre, and the tablet’s battery life is too short.

Acer’s new Switch two-in-one notebooks feature 10.1-inch multi-touch IPS displays, and can be disconnected from their keyboard docks and used as tablets. The Switch V 10, like its Switch One 10 ...

Super cheap at $350. Considerably brighter screen than previous model, plus slightly longer battery life. Bundled with a free 16GB MicroSD card! Incredibly slow, to the point where it impacts ...

The hardware of the Special Edition is not much different than last year's model, with a slight bump in the Atom processor. It is not the latest Atom x7 chip as used in the Surface 3, and there's a ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...