Acer's Aspire 1820PTZ convertible tablet hits the wilds of Singapore

Acer's Aspire 1820PTZ convertible tablet may not be making its London debut until next month, but evidently said machine is alive and well (and shipping, to boot) over in Singapore. One particular enthusiast managed to procure one of the twistable rigs, and as a favor to anyone who appreciates freedom, Kris Kringle and In-N-Out double-doubles, he decided to unbox it, snap a few shots, throw up a video and even toss out a respectable list of impressions. We're told that Acer crammed just about every piece of bloatware known to mankind onto this thing, and the owner didn't seem particularly thrilled with the keyboard nor the overall multitouch experience. That said, performance was found to be "snappy enough for general use," and the casing itself was satisfactorily solid. Hit that read link for the full rundown, and hop on past the break for a look at the boot sequence.

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[journalismnazi Posted Dec 23rd 2009 8:05AM]

Looks nice, but 10 minutes of journalism I'm not being paid for indicates that this is just an 1820PT with a crappier processor, so one would be better of buying one of those instead ?

[undecidedname Posted Dec 23rd 2009 1:34PM]

@journalismnazi

yep

[Certifiedfryguy Posted Dec 23rd 2009 8:09AM]

Not glossy?

[RynD Posted Dec 23rd 2009 8:23AM]

Did we really need to see 1:45 of windows 7 booting? The video could have been about 15 seconds long...

[epic Posted Dec 23rd 2009 8:56AM]

ah, my quest for a powerful/affordable convertable tablet pc continues!

[Bryce Posted Dec 23rd 2009 9:28AM]

wooo i see my country on engadget again! and some idiots still think singapore is in china..........-.-

[chiefy Posted Dec 23rd 2009 10:34AM]

Why is the tablet form all pixelated? Looks terrible.

[undecidedname Posted Dec 23rd 2009 1:32PM]

@chiefy

thats just the moire pattern some cameras experience when looking at screens

[Mustafa Posted Dec 23rd 2009 2:42PM]

Although all I really want is the ATi4330 switchable graphics like the Timeline 4810TG.
But then I've been wanting a HP TX2 for ever now and it doesn't want to come here. So I guess any cheap tablet will have to do as long as its the SU9400 shouldn't be too bad but then I guess I'm being too optimistic.

[johnkzin Posted Dec 25th 2009 9:30PM]

1) put a pixelqi display on it
2) put android and their version of linux on it (full "with google experience" android, not their watered down android)
3) make a 10" screen version

Then I'll buy it, probably as soon as it comes to the US.