![]() ![]() That's 2 hours longer than the budget 2-in-1 average (6:26). The hybrid lasted 8 hours and 28 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi at 100 nits of brightness). Here's where the Aspire Switch 10 comes into its own. All of those temperatures are well below the 95-degree Laptop Mag comfort threshold. The touchpad, space between the G and H keys, and bottom measured 80, 81 and 83 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively. The Switch 10 E kept its cool when streaming a full-HD video for 15 minutes. Only the HP Pavilion x360 11 (3,992) and the 13-inch Asus TP300 (3,922) scored higher. On Geekbench 3, a synthetic performance benchmark, the Switch 10E's score of 2,123 beat the Lenovo Flex 3 11 (1,834) and the Toshiba Satellite Radius 11 (1,725). The Core-M-powered HP Pavilion x360 11 dominated, completing the task in 25.9 seconds. Unfortunately, the Switch 10 E was the worst performer on our Open Word Stress Test, taking 64.4 seconds to open a 69MB Word document filled with images of varying sizes. The 2-in-1 deftly handled streaming an episode of BoJack Horseman while running a system scan with eight open Google Chrome tabs. The Acer Aspire Switch 10 E's 1.33-GHz Intel Atom Z3735 quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM will help you create documents, do some light image editing, stream movies and television shows, and play a round of Hearthstone or two. The bass was virtually nonexistent on Kool & The Gang's "Summer Madness." Both the synthesized highs and the cymbals were muddy. The Switch 10 E's bottom-mounted speakers barely filled my small bedroom with sound. If you're a fan of table-rattling beats or loud audio in general, this is not the system for you. The convertible delivered 70 percent of the color gamut, again beating the category average (68 percent) but playing second fiddle to the Dell (81.4 percent). The Switch 10 E hit 263 nits when measured for brightness, which was the second-best score among the six budget 2-in-1s we tested, behind only the Dell Inspiron 11 3000's 308 nits and enough to top the 234-nit average. However, the metallic sheen of the purple Lamborghini that actor Jared Leto and Harley Quinn were riding in looked muted, as did The Joker's normally neon-green locks. I saw every wrinkle, crest and divot in disturbing detail on Killer Croc's leathery hide during the 1080p Suicide Squad trailer. It's not the prettiest display you'll ever see, but the Switch 10 E's 1280 x 800 IPS touch panel is serviceable. It's less complicated to not have to put the pieces back together. ![]() And while the ability to have a true tablet is appealing, I still prefer Lenovo's 360-degree-hinge approach to convertibility. It's not nearly as useful as Lenovo's take on this feature, which displays apps that complement the specific mode. Similar to recent entries in the Lenovo Yoga series, the Switch 10 E launches a different wallpaper to correspond with each mode. ![]() And if you're ever in a tight spot like an airplane, you can flip the 2-in-1 over to enter Tent mode. The slate also can be flipped around and reattached to the dock for Display mode, creating a solid method to watch movies or presentations. A quick pull upward releases the tablet from the dock's magnetic hold and can be used independently in what Acer calls Pad mode. ![]()
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