Notebooks & Netbooks

[Jboud]

Same here ajw1970, I will be switching to the Yoga 2 or Thinkpad Yoga (waiting for them to be available here in Canada). Tired of reading old reviews on the ACER 571... I find Lenovo to be more informative and respectful of their customers on their upcoming products.

[jra166]

I better have some news on the second gen R7 by the end of November, or I have already decided my next computer will be the Sony 15" Vaio Flip.  Acer, I know you got problems, new CEO and all, but come on!  Think of your customers!

[Jboud]

Yup, looking at the Sony flips also.

[ajw1970]

Lenovo changed my order date for the Yoga 2 Pro 3 times so I cancelled and got the Sony Vaio Flip 15a instead... using it now. I7 with NVidia... very nice and full size screen like the Acer R7. This will definately do. 

[Jboud]

Good for you AJW! How did you get your hands on the Flip? I see them only available on the Sony US site...

[jra166]

Looks like the website is in development.  This is from the Canadian website it appears:

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/CA/content/compare/NX.M94AA.003-NX.M9UAA.004 

When you compare the two, battery life on the R7-572 appears to gain only an hour with Haswell.  5.5 Hrs vs 4.5 hrs.

[ajw1970]

I ordered it from the sony online store. I'm in the US.

[Jboud]

Thanks AJW. I tested the Yoga pro 2 for a week and loved it. Great resolution, very fast and great design. Only bummer is no stylus. So I brought it back to Best buy and will wait for the Yoga Thinkpad. BTW do you have the stylus with your Sony flip 15? If yes, is it Wacom? Your making me itch for the Sony. How does the design feel on the flip? Does it feel solid or wably? Sorry for all the questions but I'm very curious. Thanks !

[ajw1970]

I did add the pen to my order yes. It was $40. I don't know if it's wacom or not. I just checked their website and it's showing this laptop as a pre-order now. Very odd. It was a fluke that I found it. I was irritated by Lenovo and just did a quick search to see what other haswell hybrids were out and this showed up in my search so I ordered it on the spot.

[Jboud]

Thanks AJW !