Ever since the introduction of the smartphone, the PC industry has struggled to provide a mobile experience that combines the performance and functionality of a PC, all-day battery life, and anywhere and anytime connectivity. While products like the netbooks, Win-RT PCs, tablets, and Chromebooks have provided some of the functionality, they have failed to meet the requirements in all three vectors and to provide the true mobile computing experience. As a result, Microsoft has taken a different approach by partnering with Qualcomm, the leader in smartphone processors and wireless technology, to develop a new solution – the Always Connected PC (ACPC). As with any new technology or product, the solution will evolve and improve over time, but the first generation ACPCs are already quite exceptional.