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Acer Aspire One: Also Priced To Kick Assus, Soon To Pack 3G
Acer has just announced their new 8.9" Aspire One ultraportable laptop. With a starting price of just $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: More »
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Today in New York, Acer's big surprise is the Aspire "Gemstone Blue" notebook, equipped with a Blu-ray drive, true high-def screen, and CineReal sound, a second generation of Dolby Surround. Sexy, and yes, blue, and it doesn't appear to suffer from port envy like some other notebooks, though it is slender. In size it's somewhere between HP's dv series and Dell's XPS M series. That's not just a size comparison, but a qualitative judgment call: this thing looks unambitiously nestled between the two other PC giants' designs. With such mystery and fanfare, we were hoping for a tad more of an exciting, iconoclastic design. It is, however, a decent product, so have a look. UPDATE: Weights and model numbers below.
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Acer's "Blue" Ace: Aspire Gemstone Blue Notebook
Today in New York, Acer's big surprise is the Aspire "Gemstone Blue" notebook, equipped with a Blu-ray drive, true high-def screen, and CineReal sound, a second generation of Dolby Surround. Sexy, and yes, blue, and it doesn't appear to suffer from port envy like some other notebooks, though it is slender. In size it's somewhere between HP's dv series and Dell's XPS M series. That's not just a size comparison, but a qualitative judgment call: this thing looks unambitiously nestled between the two other PC giants' designs. With such mystery and fanfare, we were hoping for a tad more of an exciting, iconoclastic design. It is, however, a decent product, so have a look. UPDATE: Weights and model numbers below.
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Acer Kicks Out Aspire 7720G, 2920 and Ferrari 1100 Notebooks
Acer has unveiled their refresh to both the Aspire and Ferrari lines. The Aspire models now sport reworked Gemstone styling. The 7720G, retailing at $2,988, will have a Santa Rosa Core 2 Duo, clocking in at 2.2GHz, up to 4GB RAM, dual layer DVD burner, digital TV tuner, 200GB hard drive, a 17" screen at 1440 x 900 resolution, and an ATI Radeon HD2300 with the possibility of up to 1GB of HyperMemory. More »
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Hype Sheet: The Gemstones Cometh
By Brendan I. Koerner
The Pitch They still make laptop commercials? Apparently so, and stylish ones at that. "Everything you want in a notebook," the narrator intones, as a slinky, possibly Icelandic model experiences all the Acer Aspire 5920G has to offer: a "holographic 3D finish," "opalesque contours," and "Enlightener media flow." (No, I have no idea what any of that means, either.) Donning a curve-hugging, sleeveless white pantsuit, our captivating model slides around oversized laptops and enjoys some Dolby surround sound before the familiar Intel jingle caps the pitch. Is Acer's new Aspire Gemstone lineup about to supplant Sony's Vaios as the preferred notebooks of design-conscious PC users? Or is Acer getting too fancy with its aesthetics-first schtick?
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12:30 PM on Thu Jun 28 2007
By Brendan I. Koerner
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New Acer Gemstone Notebooks are First to be Dolby Surround Certified
Yesterday we gave you the heads-up on Acer's incoming Gemstone notebooks. Today Acer lifted the veil on its new design, and so far we're not overly impressed. Okay, so the notebooks have smoother lids and more "opalesque" curves. There's even a neon blue light (think Tron) that streaks from the DC-in port on the side to the power button just beneath the keyboard. These are nice improvements over previous designs, but what we're really pumped about are the speakers. Here's why. More »
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Dealzmodo: Acer Dual-Core Vista Laptop, $600 AR
CompUSA may have shut a lot of doors recently, but they are still passing the savings on to your with this Acer Aspire 5610-2013 Dual Core Notebook PC. It will cost you $780 at checkout and includes a $180 mail-in-rebate. This 15.4-inch laptop is powered by a 1.6GHz Duo Core Intel CPU and 1GB Ram. It also includes a 120GB hard drive, DVD dual-layer burner, Wi-Fi, card reader and Vista Home Premium edition. More »
12:15 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Travis Hudson
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Acer Aspire 9800 20-inch Laptop Reviewed
There is a line where a laptop is no longer a laptop: when you wouldn't want to put it on your lap because it'll restrict the blood flow to your legs. This Acer Aspire 9800 crosses this line: This behemoth has a 20-inch screen and weighs in at a thigh-crushing 17.3 pounds. Although it has a HD-DVD drive, for $2799 you could get a kick-ass gaming desktop and a wireless keyboard, which might also help to preserve future generations; all that heat ain't good for your nether regions. More »
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Acer Aspire 9800 20.1-inch Laptop With HD DVD Released
Starting at an astronomical price of $2,800, the 20-inch Acer Aspire 9800 lets you take your HD DVD anywhere, as long as you can lift 17.2 lbs. Not for the weak of heart, wallet, or back, the Aspire 9800 has a Core Duo T2600, 2GB of RAM, Geforce Go 7600 graphics card, 240GB hard drive and an HD DVD drive. More »
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Acer Aspire 5100 Dual Core AMD Turion 64 X2 Notebooks
The Acer 5100 has the dual-core AMD Turion 64, along with up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM (upgradeable to 4GB). This kind of power, combined with 120GB of hard disk space, a 15.4-inch widescreen LCD, Radeon Xpress 1100 graphics card, and an 8X DVD dual-layer burner makes this quite a steal starting at $899. More »
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Acer Aspire 9800 With 20-inch Screen
Acer's new laptop would probably be a little difficult to place on your lap, unless you're some kind of big-lapped gorilla. Weighing 17.19 lb. for the 20" version and 16.5 lb. for the 19" version, this is more of a desktop replacement that you can actually move around than something you would take to Starbucks to get some work done. More »
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Acer Aspire IDEA 500 Low Profile Media Center PC
Our ears are extremely sensitive to computer fan noise—freak clapping accident, don't ask— so Acer's new living room friendly Aspire Idea 500 makes PC specs available without all the PC noise. More »
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Acer Updates 17-Inch Notebook Line
Acer Aspire 17-inch laptops get an update in four iterations, where all have a 1440x900 screen and offer notebook shoppers a quartet of trim choices. The 9400 (pictured above) has an Intel Pentium M processor inside, while its more sophisticated brother, the 9410, and runs with an Intel Core Duo chip. Both have ho-hum NVidia GeForce Go 7300 graphics with 64MB of graphics memory, along with 120 gigs of hard disk space. More »
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