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Acer Ethos 5951G 15.6in Core i5 notebook
Holey moley, a detachable touchpad
Mainstream performance
The MediaRemote has a rechargeable battery and a wireless range of ten or so metres. You can see it pulled apart at the FCC website here.
PCMark 7
Longer bars are better
PCMark Vantage
Longer bars are better
3DMark 06
Longer bars are better
With the MediaRemote in your hand you can sit back on your sofa and navigate around websites. If you're really weird, you could watch PowerPoint or something of that ilk. When the MediaRemote is detached the left and right mouse buttons remain in the chassis so you make selections by tapping the pad but you can't use the MediaRemote to perform right clicks.
PCMark Vantage Battery Life Test
Battery life in minutes
Longer bars are better
If that was the limit of the MediaRemote's abilities, I would have been underwhelmed - the technology would be no better than a Smartphone loaded with a suitable app. However, I was only scratching the surface.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
