Acer Iconia W700 user reviews

James David Haynes 3 April 2013

Good: Battery life, screen resolution, dock, keyboard, usb3 (x3 in dock)

Bad: wifi issues, lack of sd expansion

Comment: It's a great bit of kit. If you're having issues with the screen size, go into control panel and change the size of text and icons (choose custom, to increase to 200%). Make sure to use the w8 browser though, as chrome doesn't quite scale that well yet (webpages do if you set it up to, but favourites/menus etc are still tiny).

Mick Lord 27 March 2013

Good: Great showcase for Windows 8, Great battery life, Enough performance for a laptop replacement

Bad: WiFi suffers intermittent problems

Comment: This is the machine that made Windows 8 make sense to me. In this form factor the UI works wonderfully, and I ended up wishing all apps had a Modern UI version (recent updates have shown that Microsoft is improving the experience all the time).
The screen is a treat to work with - except for the shrunken desktop, but I usually connect a larger monitor through the HDMI port when working on large spreadsheets and the like).
My only gripe, and it is a big one, is that I have had numerous problems with the WiFi dropping which has resulted in numerous reboots, but the delight of the overall experience makes me very forgiving.

sinisterpenguin 25 February 2013

Comment: and the battery life is.....??