Acer Aspire R7 with Haswell and Active Digitizer--first impressions and discussion

My Best Buy had two of the new refresh of the Acer R7. They did not have the pen yet but it uses N-Trip Duo Sense 2 so the pen from my Sony Duo 13 works perfectly. First I want to say that I love the pen--have been using tablet pcs since they first came out and find the pen essential for notetaking and paper mark-up (am a professor). I am impressed with how the easel hinge seems to be absolutely ideal for using the pen both in lap and on a table. I also have never had such a large writing space and am enjoying it. I have only had it for one evening but am impressed and would be glad to answer questions.

Also note that I find the newest N-Trig stuff (as with the sony duo 13) to be on par with Wacom----maybe it gets a small stray mark once in a while and also won't work on same electric plug as a halogen lamp but it actually does better in corners than many Wacom.

This might be a keeper for me, I will post more as I have more experience, feel free to chime in.

 

Wondering if you care to update?

I had an original R7 (Ivy) and fortunately mine had no issues with wifi, but I was constantly reading of other people's headaches with the machine. I ended up selling mine on CL but always miss it. Like you stated, the large screen is hard to let go of.

My main question is if you are having any issues with yours (even though you have only had it for about a week).

 

There's a "discussion" thread over here, if you're looking for some more opinions and experiences.