8 Laptops With Standalone Designs
#6 Acer Aspire R7
If you think you’ve seen all kind of unique laptop designs, the Acer Aspire R7 is here to prove you wrong. The R7’s has its 15.6-inch Full HD touch enabled display sitting on a unique, innovative and flexible hinge called “Ezel.” Thanks to this Ezel, the screen can be repositioned as desired–as a conventional laptop, as a tablet or in the “Ezel mode” with the screen pulled towards the user. Besides that, unlike all the other notebooks, Acer placed the touchpad closer to the screen at the top rather than at the bottom below the keyboard. This notebook runs the 64-bit version of Windows 8 and is powered by a 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor that is paired with a whopping 6 GB of RAM and Intel HD 4000 for graphics.
#7 Dell XPS 12
Dell’s XPS 12 is an exquisite piece of engineering. This gadget has a one of a kind slim rotating screen. Its 13.3-inch Full HD touch enabled screen can swivel inside a thin aluminum frame enabling the device to be used as a tablet with the lid closed. According to the company, the mechanism, which has been tested to 20,000 cycles, is sturdy enough for normal use. The XPS 12 runs Windows 8 (64-bit) for an operating system and is driven by a powerful fourth generation Intel Core i5 processor that is coupled with 4 GB of RAM while also housing a 128GB SSD that offers an enjoyable experience.
#8 Asus Transformer Book Trio
The Transformer Book Trio is oozing with innovation. This dual-OS laptop from Asus can switch from Windows 8 to Android Jelly Bean with a simple hotkey. In addition to that, the screen can be detached and used as a standalone Android tablet, during which time another screen can be docked on the keyboard and be used as a yet another standalone Windows 8 machine! The detachable Full HD screen in powered by an Intel Atom processor that is clocked at 1.6GHz whereas the keyboard is driven by a powerful fourth generation Intel Core i7 processor.
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