Fold the skinny Acer Spin 7 into the device you need the most

Acer's convertible Spin 7 has 360-degree hinge that lets you transform it from a laptop to a tablet to a monitor.

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Kent German

Aug. 31, 2016 1:30 a.m. PT

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In its most traditional form, the Spin 7 is just a normal laptop. But with a 0.43-inch profile, it's one of the slimmest laptops around.

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If you'd like to watch a film, just "spin" it into a tent-like shape. The 14-inch Full HD touchscreen is Gorilla Glass.

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The Spin weighs 2.6 pounds, making it easy to use as a tablet while holding it. It runs Windows 10 and Continuum, on a 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor.

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