I've been keen to get this because it's supposed to have pen input- if you look on the acer UK website, the tech specs say "supporting finger touch and pen input" The initial promotional pictures seem to support this, with the pen tucked into the right hand side of the screen.
However, the pictures published yesterday seem to suggest otherwise. Also, users from Germany who have purchased the PTZ model say it doesn't come with a pen- perhaps the PT model will, although I suspect they dropped the pen altogether (which is a dealbreaker for me)
I can confirm the PTZ doesn't have a stylus included - but why not just buy one anyway ? Styli for capacitive and resistive screens alike are available.
When I write, I typically rest my hand on the writing surface, so the screen wouldn't be able to differentiate between skin and pen leading to unpredictable results.
Unless the screen can detect a stylus with a different capacitance to human skin, this won't work too well.
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I've been keen to get this because it's supposed to have pen input- if you look on the acer UK website, the tech specs say "supporting finger touch and pen input" The initial promotional pictures seem to support this, with the pen tucked into the right hand side of the screen.
However, the pictures published yesterday seem to suggest otherwise. Also, users from Germany who have purchased the PTZ model say it doesn't come with a pen- perhaps the PT model will, although I suspect they dropped the pen altogether (which is a dealbreaker for me)
@mswlim
I can confirm the PTZ doesn't have a stylus included - but why not just buy one anyway ? Styli for capacitive and resistive screens alike are available.
@ChrisG
When I write, I typically rest my hand on the writing surface, so the screen wouldn't be able to differentiate between skin and pen leading to unpredictable results.
Unless the screen can detect a stylus with a different capacitance to human skin, this won't work too well.