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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 |
Acer Aspire One 11.6″ coming soon
Back in April, Acer announced some interesting new developments in ‘netbookland’ but, finally, we can see the fruits of their labour in the form of the new Acer Aspire One. Two new models will be launched - the Aspire One 751 and D250. The model we’re interested in is the 751. We’ve already asked “when is a netbook not a netbook?” and this looks to be the model that tips the balance. Of course, this is our opinion and I’m sure some of you will disagree (and I eagerly await your commets).
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 |
Acer has announced plans to launch a 10-inch version of the Aspire One sometime around March next year. in February or March next year, according to Scott Lin, Acer Taiwan president.
Acer will be launching a 14.1-inch LED-based notebook during the upcoming month but UK prices haven’t been confirmed. On top of this notebook you can expect to see 12.1-inch, 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch LED-based notebooks coming out of Acer in 2009.
Acer will also start selling a 13.3-inch notebook and all-in-one PCs based on its sub-brand Gateway during the show and the company expects the 13.3-inch notebook will fill up the gap in Acer’s product range.
The current range of 8.9-inch netbooks with the 3.5G modules are expected to hit around 9,000 units shipping volume by the fourth quarter of 2008. Current figures show Acer selling about 10,000-20,000 Aspire Ones and 7,000-8,000 consumer notebooks monthly in Taiwan alone.
Ok, a whole load of figures and comments around ‘it’s coming soon’ - the average price of a notebook is still falling. By combining healthy netbook and notebook sales Acer looks set to be a major challenger for the netbook crown in future. As I’ve said before, the 10 inch models are now blurring the distinction between netbook and notebook and it’s now more a case of who can cram the most into a chassis - here’s to Acer’s next netbook, the ‘3.5G, TV Tuner, kitchen sink and floor sweeper One’!
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Monday, July 7th, 2008 |
Based on reports that we’ve seen we’re expecting a formal launch of the Acer Aspice One in the next few days. 3 models have been announced;
The A110L comes with an Atom N270 processor, the 945GSE chipset, 512MB to 1GB of RAM depending on where you look, an 8.9in LED backlit LCD display with 1,024×600 resolution, an 8GB NAND flash module, a multi-format memory card reader, 802.11b/g WiFi, 10/100Mbit Ethernet, modem and three USB 2.0 ports.
You can expect to either a 2,200mAH 3-cell battery or a 4,400mAH 4-cell battery and Linpus Linux Lite as OS.
Two othere models, the A150L and A150X will both feature a 120GB hard drive (L designates Linux whilst X is…yeah, Windows XP). Colours available: blue and black or white and black.
No prices have been given for the UK market yet but expect to pay about £260 for the A110L. The A150L should be around around £285 and finally the A150X going for around £315.
If you really can’t wait, you could always go to Germany where the Acer Aspire One is already on sale.
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 |
Acer have officially announced the launch of the Aspire One.
Pricess for the competitor the Asus Eee PC range from £199 for the Linux version to £299 with Windows XP installed.
As stated here, the Aspire One does not currently include 3G or WiMax but these options will available later this year.
Here’s the confirmed specifications:
- Intel Atom @ 1.6Ghz
- 8.9″ 1024×600 screen
- 512MB of RAM
- Linupus Lite OS
- 8GB SSD
- SD card reader
- Dimensions 248mmx170mmx29mm
- Battery - 3hrs (3-cell) and 6hrs (6-cell)
Additional options include: 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD and Windows XP.
We’ll get a review out as soon we can get hold of an Aspire One.
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