 Linus Tech Tips coverage of Computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital. Our trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance, and our trusted retail partner is NCIX.com. Now if you've been following lately, you'll know that there's a couple of Acer devices that I am personally pretty enamored with. One is the W7, which is a phenomenally well-built Windows tablet, and the other is the Aspire S7, which is actually the notebook being carried around by yours truly here at the show. But this is an all-new device. This is the W3, which is a full Windows 8 tablet in an 8-inch form factor. This is the first time we've seen this. So it's got sort of the specs that you'd expect. So it's got the new Intel Atom processor, it's got 2 gigs of RAM, it's available in 32-gig or 64-gig configurations, but there are a couple things that are unique about it. So you've got microSD expansion, which is nice to have, but I'm going to have our lovely assistant Peter here show me how you actually transport this around with you. So it comes with the keyboard dock, or doesn't, yeah, go ahead. It comes with the keyboard dock, or it doesn't, depending on the region, but it clips in on the speaker ports down at the bottom, stays in place, now you can chuck it in your bag and you're ready to take it with you on the go. But Linus, why would I ever take a tablet out of my house? I never use my tablet outside of my house. Personally, I don't use my tablet outside of my house. Well, there's a good answer. It comes preloaded with Microsoft Office, in spite of the fact that this is not a Windows RT device, this is a full-blown Windows 8 device, meaning you can run your modern UI experience, oh, thank you, you can run a modern UI experience, you can run a... Don't worry, we'll get this. Modern UI, regular desktop experience, whatever it is you happen to want, you can run all of your legacy applications, but it comes preloaded with Office, meaning you can actually get something done on it when you're on the go. That's how things always happen at these things. Guys, these are pre-production units, these aren't going to be available till sometime around end of June. So this one right here, yes, the button there does load up the modern UI, so you've got that same interface that you're going to be familiar with already, and then there's the desktop, including the... Let's see if I can figure out how to use this. Thank you, Peter. Hopefully we're going to find... Whatever, you saw Microsoft Office on the other one. So let's move on to the next cool thing that Acer is showing off in their booth. Now, this is a pretty unique design. If you check out the coverage we did from the Intel booth on NCIX Tech Tips, we showed a lot of different hinge designs for two-in-one type devices, tablet, notebook, we don't know what it is. This, it doesn't quite fit cleanly into that category because it's a little bit unique. This is the Aspire R7 from Acer, and I might have to get a lovely assistant to come in here and help me move it around because I've got only one hand, but it can basically be used in what would be a traditional notebook mode. So there you go, it's open all the way. You may have noticed or you may not have noticed that the touchpad is in a bit of a different position on this thing. So it's intended for you to be using it either as a touchpad, traditional notebook mode, just like that, or... And I have complained about this so many times. What is the problem with touchscreen? The problem is that it is fatiguing to sit like this with your arm like this. It's too far away. Show me what it does. This is why the touchpad gets covered up. It is intended to be used in what they're calling easel mode. This allows you to easily... Ha ha ha! Oh, wow. This allows you to easily use the keyboard for typing and the touchscreen for interacting with the device like this. Is touch perfect for everyone? The answer is no. Touch is not for everyone, and if touch isn't for you, you don't have to use it. A lot of the time, I would probably end up having a mouse hooked up to this, but I'm the kind of person who actually carries a gaming mouse around in his backpack, so not everyone is necessarily me. If it was like my kid using it, then it's going to be like Angry Birds or whatever. OK, well, there's some kind of a bird. Let's go look at that one. Sort of complete... There's a bird. OK, so Angry Birds or something like that, well, that's what they're going to want to do, and this is going to be a perfect mode for that. Now, with that said, it's not like you lose the productivity as well. Personally, I think it'd take me a while to get used to a touchpad on the top, but check this out. If I'm working on something, I want to show it to someone, this I can probably do on my own. You flip it around, you can see in the mirror right here, it auto-rotates, which means you can easily show someone something. This could be great for creative professionals, and just for content consumption, you don't have to use it as a notebook at all. It can be used in tablet mode. It is a little bit on the heavy side, guys. Let's be realistic. It's a notebook. It's not a tablet. It's a full-fledged notebook device. You got your USB 3, you got your SD card, you got everything that you could want on a notebook. It's also got an IPS panel, and I've pretty much run out of steam for what to say about this, other than, yeah, that looks pretty cool. Very different from anything else that we've seen so far. Now, we're almost at the part that I'm really excited about, that I've been geeking out about, but I guess I'll do this one first because it's pretty cool as well. This is the Aspire S3, which is very similar to the notebook that I use, except that it has been made a little bit more accessible in terms of pricing. So what have they changed versus the S7? Number one is the keyboard is black. OK, not that big of a difference. Number two is the keyboard lacks the EL illumination that automatically reacts to the lighting in the room. OK, so if you really need an illuminated keyboard, you're going to want to get an S7. Number two is it only has a glass surface on the multi-touch touchscreen. On the back of the notebook is now a plastic surface, so that's not going to be quite as scuff resistant, but it's certainly going to have some scratch and scuff resistance, even though it's not quite to the same degree as glass would. It's a little bit thicker, but you actually get something in return for increasing that thickness. You're actually able to add, check this out, a dedicated graphics card to it. So this particular model comes with a GT735M, which compared to the onboard graphics that are available in most of these thin and light notebooks, is definitely going to be an improvement. It also uses up to a one terabyte SSHD, meaning you're going to have quick resumes from sleep. I've gone ahead and put it to sleep right here, so we're going to go ahead and wake it up. Check this out. Especially compared to traditional hard drives that do not have an SSD component built into them, although pure SSD models may also be available. And this is the one that I'm actually excited about. This is the Aspire S7392. If you guys have ever watched one of my live streams, or you've ever heard me talk about my favorite notebook, you'll already know I have one of these, but this is the older generation and I had three complaints about my notebook, three, each of which has been addressed with the new generation product. Complaint number one, the battery life is not good enough. I have to carry around this external battery in order to keep it acceptable to the point where I can really get the six hours, six and a half hours of battery life that I need out of it. 30% better battery life in the new device, very nice. Complaint number two, the keyboard is extremely low profile, too low profile. It's not very comfortable to type on. It doesn't bother me as much as it bugs slick, but bam, higher travel distance keys on the new keyboard in spite of the fact that the new S7 is one millimeter thinner than the old S7. Last but not least, the touch pad on mine has a bit of a latency issue. It lags and it's a little bit too twitchy sometimes when I'm trying to use it and click with the buttons down here. New S7, no more lag, all gone. It is now officially, like I actually couldn't improve anything about it at this point. So that's a shame because you guys are gonna have a real, it's gonna be a real trick to make something better than this in my eyes now. So guys, don't miss any of our Computex 2013 coverage. Remember, we're powered here by WD, Corsair Vengeance Gaming peripherals and NCIX.com and check out the link in the video description. Don't forget to check out our forum, subscribe, all that great stuff. We're gonna have more coming for you very soon.