Acer's new shape-shifting PC hybrid assumes 5 different forms

From PC World: Wanting to spice up its PC convertibles, Acer has come out with a device that can take on five different shapes with the help of a flexible kickstand and a detachable wireless keyboard.

Like other convertible PCs, the Acer Aspire Switch 12 can be used as a traditional clamshell laptop or a tablet, but its 360-degree hinge and kickstand allow it to take on three other shapes with different viewing angles: display, tent and desktop.

The Aspire Switch 12 has a 12.5-inch display with a 1920-by-1080-pixel screen covered with Corning’s Gorilla Glass.

It has a low-noise, fanless design and uses Intel’s low power consumption Core M processor, a chip designed to bring PC performance to thin tablets.

Intel has previously said its Core M chips can run as slow as 800MHz in tablet mode, scaling up to 2.6GHz when in PC mode.

The Switch 12 has a battery life of up to 8 hours when playing videos, runs Windows 8.1, and will come with either 30 GB or 120 GB of SSD storage.

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