Acer Project DualPlay Mini Concept Hands-On: Flipping From Powerful Handheld To Powerful Tiny Laptop
It’s thick, it’s heavy but I couldn't stop flipping and swivelling it.
Mat Smith for Engadget
Acer's most interesting announcements this week were its repairable laptop and the DualPlay Mini concept. They were two very different reveals for IFA: one a more sustainable approach to the laptop upgrade cycle, the other a dreamy/mad hybrid of a handheld gaming PC and mini-laptop, using the same eight-inch display.
The premise of Acer's Project DualPlay Mini concept is the ability to "move fluidly between gaming and productivity" according to the company, but let's be honest, this is a gaming machine. No one is going to be exclusively tackling spreadsheets on this thing — although it supports external displays.
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