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    Acer Releases Aspire Ethos Notebooks, Removable Touchpads Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Amber Riippa, Jun 16, 2011.

  1. Amber Riippa

    Amber Riippa NotebookReview.com Contributor

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    Amber Riippa, Jun 16, 2011
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    Removable Touchpad - Cool concept
     
    samurai_vara, Jun 16, 2011
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    That touchpad is pretty ingenious.

    One better would be to make one that can be used as a wireless game controller.
     
    Phinagle, Jun 16, 2011
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    Wow, those look pretty good, reminds me a bit of sony's designs. The remote touchpad is genious.
    And the scratch resistent glass clearly indicates Acer has left its path from cheap constructions for the lowest possible price.Those graphics are also better than what most 'normal' brands (i.e. not Asus G series/Aw/Toshiba Qosmio,etc) offer.

    I need to convince myself to buy a new laptop :p I see nothing but good things going on here ^^

    edit: and omg I just noticed the option for a matte screen, does it get any better than this? Why aren't all brands giving us what we want like that :d
     
    Partizan, Jun 16, 2011
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    Genius? Seriously? Nobody here has though of that idea? Ive been thinking of that implementation since I had my first touch screen phone. I thought "why not imbed something like this in place of a touchpad, full color display, media controls, removable, apps for system temps, menus for programs" Hmmm, maybe I'm genius?
     
    jcannon1018, Jun 16, 2011
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    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/393384-what-needs-changed-m17x-8.html#post5010743

    Date of post: 6/26/2009.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/not...lenovo-ideapad-y650-review-2.html#post4602154

    Date of post: 3/6/2009.



    I never thought about making the touchpad removable though.
     
    Phinagle, Jun 16, 2011
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    Exactly! I like the idea of gesture support for bringing up different functions. Cost issues aside, but how cool would it be to have an ipod touch imbedded into the touchpad area.
     
    jcannon1018, Jun 16, 2011
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    You mean like this?

    [​IMG]
     
    Melody, Jun 17, 2011
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    Great concepts Acer! Scratch-resistant gorilla class on a laptop FTW. Not too optimistic about screen quality though. Fact Acer only bothered to list the res makes me suspect it'll be yet another uninspiring TN panel.
     
    cy007, Jun 18, 2011
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    Please remain cheap.
    Don't be a an overpriced Crapple
     
    weinter, Jun 19, 2011
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    They're not inexpensive, but they're also not Apple/Sony overpriced either.

    The 15.6" should really offer a better resolution than 1366x768 for it's $1399 starting price though.
     
    Phinagle, Jun 19, 2011
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    removal parts that are small..... I personally is a messy person, hence removal pad in my case is pretty bad coz if I lost it, it'll probably cost a pretty penny to replace it, not to mention the possibility to bend and break.
     
    1timedeal, Jun 19, 2011
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    From an engineering perspective, the reliability of the interconnect between the removable touchpad and the board will be of considerable interest. I have had a few laptops where interconnects are the first hardware items that fail - like the charger pin and VGA port.
     
    mtneer, Jun 20, 2011
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