The Acer Aspire One 721 is an 11.6″ netbook. The heart of the machine, is notable as it is not another Atom, and is the AMD K125 processor, which runs at 1.7 GHz. While it is a single core product, a year of architecture enhancements may put it on par with some other parts out [...]
Continue reading...20. August 2010 | by Jonas
The Acer Aspire One 533 has been making the review rounds. Most of the parts are indeed standard netbook fare, including the 10.1″ LCD, the 1 GB of RAM, the 250 GB hard drive, and the integrated GMA 3150 graphics. So far, no standouts. The interesting part is the processor. While it is an Atom, it [...]
Continue reading...11. July 2010 | by Jonas
While there have been plenty of new netbooks lately, some of the biggest names have not released the full volley of machines. Yes, that includes two of the biggest netbook names- Acer and Asus, which have new products, but not in the usual carpet bombing fashion we have gotten used to from them to cover [...]
Continue reading...19. April 2010 | by Jonas
For quite some time, Intel has dominated the netbook space with their Atom processor. During this time, AMD has focused on other areas, mostly the affordable higher end. However, it looks like AMD is getting off the sidelines, and getting ready to jump into the netbook space. The processor is expected to debut in an Acer [...]
Continue reading...16. March 2010 | by Jonas
The Acer Aspire Timeline series was the answer to underpowered netbooks; for a little more dough, these CULV’s had more power, in a still compact package, albeit a little larger. While they have been big sellers, they were due for an update. The Acer Aspire Timeline 1830T was spotted at the FCC. It is anticipated to [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010 | by Jonas
Acer has played well in the CULV segment for the last year, successfully straddling the line between netbooks, and fuller featured notebooks. These CULV units have been sold under the Acer Timeline brand. Acer is rebooting one of the models as the Acer Aspire One 752. It will have the current single core CULV, the Celeron [...]
Continue reading...16. February 2010 | by Jonas
When the Ion platform got shoehorned onto the standard atom netbook, it sought to address a major shortcoming of netbooks- namely graphics capabilities. While Ion does push up the graphics of a netbook, it does so at the expense of battery life. Not everyone wants to make this tradeoff. Now Acer is introducing the 532g which [...]
Continue reading...11. February 2010 | by Jonas
Last year, the CULV chips started a new category of laptop. These chips offered adequate power, but allowed the notebook to be made thin, and in turn light, that gave more traditional netbooks a run for their money. Acer is apparently not resting on their laurels. It is anticipated that there will be some new CULV [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2010 | by Jonas
There has been a whole flurry of new netbooks in the last month. Acer is generally known for their more affordable gear, and their new model that uses the latest Atom N450 chip is the Aspire One 532h. I have to admit that with a price tag of $299, sometimes it almost seems a little [...]
Continue reading...4. January 2010 | by Jonas
The annual “gadgetfest” has not quite started yet in Las Vegas, and there are already plenty of new netbooks spied. One highly anticipated model is the Acer AO532h. This is the successor to the popular Aver AO250 series that was a good balance between price and product. Today, the latest and greatest can be ordered [...]
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29. August 2010 | by Jonas
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