Acer Iconia W500 tablet buy available |Acer’s third tablet departs from the Iconia Tab A100 and A500 by virtue of its OS; rather than running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the Acer Iconia Tab W500 gets Windows 7 instead. Powered by an AMD C-50 processor and AMD Radeon HD6250 graphics, the 10.1-inch multitouch slate comes with an optional docking keyboard for easier text entry.
The 10.1-inch W500 carries a 1280x800 resolution display, a 1GHz AMD Fusion C-50 processor, integrated Radeon HD 6250 graphics, 2GB RAM, 32 GB SSD, front and rear facing cameras, and runs Windows 7 Home Premium. The processor and OS alone should be enough to distinguish the tablet from the massive influx of Android-based systems currently in the market. In fact, the W500 is Acer’s first tablet powered by an AMD Fusion APU.
The Acer Iconia Tab W500 Tablet includes 3-cell battery and HDMI port with Clear.fi to share photos, videos and music to other devices. It has Dolby optimized audio, 32GB solid state disk etc. It weight 970 gram and its docking station keyboard weighs 610 gram. The Acer Iconia Tab W500 Tablet will be released at the price tag of 499 euros or £529 inc VAT in early April 2011.
If the price point provided by the aforementioned source proves to be the right one, then we'd dare to say that the Iconia W500 from Acer will manage to offers users a very good value, given the fact that it will be one of the most affordable such products available on the European market, not to mention the fact that's able to deliver a very good level of performance.
The PC however is awash with great games, including some of the finest titles ever created on any platform - Half Life 2, Diablo and Civilization to name but a few. And all these games will run on the Iconia Tab W500.
This makes the decision to side with Microsoft for the operating system compelling, although this isn't the only option out there. Apple's iOS isn't about to appear on a third party machine, but the imminent release of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) for tablets must surely have tempted Acer as well. While it lacks the straight compatibility that Microsoft Windows OS offers, it does potentially make for a more suited OS for day-to-day tasks.
