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The Acer Aspire P3 is a new product that already feels old.
Windows tablets are here, and they'll be everywhere by the end of the year. Different prices, different performance levels, different values. The Acer Aspire P3 with battery such as Acer BTP-550P Battery , Acer BTP-73E1 Battery , Acer BATCL50L Battery , Acer TravelMate 290 Battery , Acer TravelMate 4000 Battery , Acer TravelMate 2300 Battery , Acer Aspire 1680 Battery , Acer Aspire 1410 Battery , Acer TravelMate 4500 Battery , Acer LCBTP03003 Battery , Acer Aspire 3820 Battery , Acer Aspire 5820 Battery is bit of a holdover conceptually--it's really not much different under the hood than the Microsoft Surface Pro. Or, for that matter, the Acer Iconia W700, a Core i5 tablet we reviewed months ago. Where it differs: price. The P3 costs $799 (for a Core i3 version, or $899 for our configuration); the Surface Pro, $899 (but $129 extra for a keyboard cover). The older Iconia originally cost $999, but now is available for less.
Instead of the last Iconia W700's stand and separate keyboard, the Aspire P3 adopts a folio-style keyboard case as a pack-in.
The mediocre Bluetooth keyboard case would be a hard accessory to recommend on its own, but at least it's included in the purchase price. Microsoft's Surface Type Cover blows it away, but that accessory costs $129 on top of the already-high Surface Pro price. Laptops like the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T cost nearly the same, and at least have a proper keyboard-and-touch-pad base.
Snapping the case onto the tablet is easy; getting it back off is the bigger challenge, and I actually bruised my finger trying to free the P3 from its plastic-case prison with my nail. The whole construction feels bound to snap sooner or later.
There are some oddities with how the Bluetooth keyboard and the tablet interact, too. Tap on the screen, and a pop-up virtual keyboard appears. Start typing and the soft keyboard vanishes. If the physical keyboard is paired, that pop-up keyboard shouldn't be invading your screen at all. While all this is going on, a fabric loop holds an optional capacitive stylus.
An 11.6-inch 1,366x768-pixel IPS display looks better than you'd expect for an ordinary resolution, but it's not as good as the Acer Iconia W700's 1080p-resolution screen. The step-down means it's equivalent to any basic laptop resolution, including the 11-inch MacBook Air. Because it's an IPS display, off-angle viewing still looks crisp. Stereo speakers, mounted on the bottom edge, sound adequate.