Acer brings Windows 8 to the small (7-8-inch) tablet format at Computex 2013 with the Iconia W3, the first tablet the size of an iPad mini running the latest Microsoft OS.
Featuring regular Windows 8 (not RT), the 8-inch device weights 540g, is 11mm thick and carries a 1280x800 display, dual-core 1.8GHz Intel Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 32 or 64GB storage, front- and rear-facing 2MP cameras and micro-HDMI port.
The package also includes a full copy of Office and an optional full-size keyboard accessory similar to that of 13-inch Acer notebooks.
Will the Iconia W3 impress as a full-featured PC inside a dimunitive tablet? We will know more once it becomes available from July 2013.
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Reportedly this take on the Start button does not work as well as the one from Windows 7. As seen in leaked 8.1 update screenshots, it looks identical to the Start Charm, has similar animations and users can customise it to their preferences. 
The IPS display handles resolutions of up to 1024x768, while technical specifications include a 1.2GHz Snapdragon MTK 8389 quad-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage and 5MP rear-/2MP front-facing cameras. 
Right! In other words, customers can use the 20-inch device as either a touch-enabled PC (complete with kick-stand, keyboard and mouse) or an oversized Windows 8 tablet. 
The GTX 770 promises a 5% leap in performance over the GTX 680, but only through slight hops in memory speed (7GB/s vs 6GB/s) and clock speed (1046 vs 1006GHz) paired with an equal amount of CUDA cores (1536). 
