The WiMax Acer Aspire One hasn’t even been announced yet (UPDATE: actually, it just was), but Laptop Magazine got their hands on a model and got to poke and prod it to their hearts’ content. So how did browsing the web on a tiny WiMax notebook work? Pretty decently.
Now that the Baltimore’s XOHM network is up and running, companies are scrambling to release WiMAX-enabled notebooks to capitalise on faster-than-EVDO internet. One of the first out the door is Acer, with two new WiMAX sporting Aspires. The Aspire 4930 comes with a 14.1-inch 1280×800 resolution CrystalBrite screen, 3GB RAM, a 320GB hard drive, a webcam, and retails for $900. The 6930 is all that (including the $US900 price point), but with a 16-inch screen instead. Both use Intel’s Centrino 2-based WiMAX/Wi-Fi modules. Happy on-the-go downloading!
Acer’s Aspire One was already one of the most affordable 8.9″ mini-notebooks on the market, but now they’ve gone and dropped the price further while adding a 6-cell battery version to the mix. The Windows XP version (120GB hard drive and 1GB RAM has been reduced US$50 from US$400 to US$350. Their Linux system (8GB SSD and 512MB RAM) dropped US$50 as well from US$380 to US$330. Oh, and those of you wanting the 6-cell system can pick it up for the old price of the 3-cell, US$400. So is Acer worried about the competition from a potentially US$300 Dell system? We don’t know, but we sure do like seeing prices going down for once. And for the time being, the Aspire One is probably the best deal in the mini-notebook market. [Laptop]
This is quite possibly one of the meanest looking computers you will ever lay your eyes on. The Aspire Predator from Acer is their top of the line gaming machine, meant to aid you in your quest to destroy anything and everything that stands in your way, from Alien hordes to Danny Glover.
The front panel mechanically rotates up to expose the glorious innards, from hot-swappable HDDs to USB ports. Behind the connections (in the belly of the beast, perhaps?) you’re inundated with the highest possible tech available, from the 4TB of hard disk space to the 8GB of RAM. The entire thing is powered by an Intel Core2 Extreme quad-core processor with 1333MHz FSB, while a two-way enabled NVIDIA SLI takes care of the graphics.
There’s also liquid cooling and dual Gigabit LAN technology to completely eradicate lag from your fragfests.
Needless to say, all this tech will cost a pretty penny, and that pretty panny adds up to be $4,500. But if you’re serious about your PC gaming, how can you really afford to not own one of these machines?
Last weekend we wrote about MSI’s now available 6-cell battery laptop, the Wind, so it seems only fitting that one week later we bring news of Acer’s new Aspire One battery (also 6-cell). The battery is not available just yet, but a forum member at Liliputing found a picture and a price: US$120. As Liliputing notes, that’s almost 1/3 as much as the computer’s US$380 price tag. Pretty steep for more battery life on a super cheap laptop, but we’re with Lilliputing in hoping Acer offers a future version of the Aspire One that comes bundled with the 6-cell, for a more reasonable price. [Liliputing]
If you gotta go the desktop route, Acer’s got three mini-PCs packed heavy with ports that don’t take up a ton of space. Measuring 10.6″ x 4″ x 14.4″, about the same as a hardcover book, the X1200s have an HDMI port—like Dell’s leaked mini, aka the green PC, but unlike the smaller Asus Eee Box, which only has DVI—plus two PCIes, nine(!!) USBs, FireWire, front and back audio jacks, a DVD SuperMulti drive and a 14-in-1 card reader. Under the hood, it comes standard with 4GB RAM, the better to power the AMD dual-core processor with Nvidia GeForce 8200 integrated graphics to run Vista (now with SP1!). The PCs are out now for US$450 to US$700, a config which includes a 500GB drive and 22″ LCD monitor. Check out the press release after the jump. [Acer]
I was fortunate enough to have a briefing with the folks from Acer yesterday, who were showing off their new Aspire One Netbook.
It’s a nice little Eee PC competitor, with an 8.9-inch screen and powered by Intel’s Atom processor. There are a raft of ports, including three USBs, VGA output, ethernet, a dedicated SD card slot and 6-in-one card reader, plus microphone and headphone jacks. There’s both 802.11b/g and Bluetooth, with a webcam built in as well.
The Aspire one will come in two configurations – 8GB flash memory running Linpus linux (which Acer have customised for the Aspire One), or 80GB hard drive running Windows XP. At launch, it will be available in white and blue colours, with brown, pink and black models to follow from August. UPDATE: Acer have just informed us that the Aspire One will come with a 120GB hard drive instead of the previously announced 80GB. There’s no changes to the price – which makes this an even more appealing device.
Acer has just announced their new 8.9″ Aspire One ultraportable laptop. With a starting price of just US$379, configurations include an Intel Atom processor, up to 1GB of RAM and either 8GB of flash storage or an 80GB hard drive as well as a choice between Linpus Linux Lite and Windows XP. Nothing here is out of the ordinary for this new class of laptops except its competitive price and that future iterations are planned with 3G data support–yes, your computer may finally replace your smartphone. Read on for more details:
We’ve been harping on about Penryn processors for a while, and with the end of 2007 imminent, mobile Penryn processors are heading for laptops near your lap’s top sometime soon. Which ones are to be getting the spanking new Intel treatment? We are glad you asked. Jump for a roundup of mobile Penryn based devices that will be hitting in early 2008.
