I find it interesting the way that the Netbook form factor is evolving in size. After the early 7 and 9 inch models we quickly moved to the 10 inchers and then came the 12 inch models. Now we’re shoe horning the 11 inch (actually 11.6 inch) models in between. Acer has rolled out its [...]
The guys over at LogicBuy found the Acer Aspire One for just $313.99 at Buy.com. This version of the Acer Aspire One come with a sapphire blue lid, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and an Intel Atom N270 processor. Visit LogicBuy for full details. For full details visit LogicBuy.
Anyone who didn’t see this coming just wasn’t paying attention. Acer has officially announced a 10-inch version of the very successful Aspire One Netbook. Other than size there are a couple of interesting new wrinkles. The new model can be equipped with either an Intel Atom processor with the 945GSE Express chipset or Mobile Intel [...]
Acer is getting ready for round two in the great Netbook race. Having already captures a sizeable portion of the market with the Acer Aspire One netbook (or whatever we are going to call them) Acer is apparently readying a 10 inch version which reports are saying will sell for around $399. Aside from the [...]
Well that leaked advertisement was indeed the real deal and now it is official. Radio Shack is now offering the Acer Aspire One Netbook for $99, provided you’re willing to sign 2 years of your life away to AT&T for a data contract. That will hit your pocketbook for another $1500 over the life of [...]
Engadget is reporting that the Acer Aspire One might be the first carrier subsidized Netbook to hit the US. It looks like the carrier would be AT&T and it arrives via Radio Shack. The subsidized price is $99 (without the subsidy $499). Of course with the subsidy you’re on the hook for 2 years at [...]
If you’re looking for a Netbook with XP as an OS, you might want to check out Best Buy’s Deal of the Day. jkOnTheRun posted the details, but bottom line is you can pick up the Acer Aspire One today for $299 running XP with 1GB of RAM. This is an online offer only. Not [...]
And you wonder why Intel’s VP of Sales and Marketing Stu Pann is poo-pooing Netbooks. PCWorld is reporting that Netbooks dominated Amazon.com’s Cyber Monday sales in computers. The Asus 900HA took the top slot followed by the Acer Aspire One and it looks like folks opted for the 6-cell battery option across the board. No [...]
Global-Laptop-Batteries.com features a few excellent tips for customers that have purchased the 9-cell battery for the MSI Wind. The 9-cell battery, rumored to get 8 hours+ of life, currently sells for US $79.80. They’re also selling 6-cell Acer Aspire One batteries for US $68.60. Check out their tips to get the most [...]
I was around at a few different stores over the weekend and saw a few things that I didn’t expect to see (or at least know about). One I didn’t know about was the Sony Reader being at Target for sale. Not that it’s odd, I just haven’t seem them in a store. There was [...]
Walt Mossberg takes on Netbooks in a review in the Wall Street Journal and essentially says what we’ve known all along. For some users (browsing, email, etc….) they work well and for power use look elsewhere. He takes a look at a decent cross section featuring four models: The Acer Aspire One, The Dell Mini [...]
You’ve got your Netbook and now you want touch, but you’re a bit too cautious to whip out a soldering iron. Well, this might do the trick for you if you have an Acer Aspire One or an Eee PC 900/901. It contains a 4-wire resistive touch panel with Mac, Linux, and Windows drivers and [...]
While Acer and Asus squabble over who will sell the most Netbooks, and the world watches the prices of Netbooks fall like the price of gasoline, you can take advantage of a Woot! deal today. The Acer Aspire One is on Woot! for $289. Here are the specs: 1.6 GHz Atom N270 CPU 512MB of [...]
Call it a war of words, or a war of claims, or just good old fashioned competition. Whatever you call it the Netbook wars are heating up. Acer says shipments of its Aspire One Netbook will outpace Asus and the vaunted Eee PC by about 1 million units. Asus is predicted 5 million units shipped [...]
Well as I posted on Saturday I did pick up an Acer Aspire One Netbook or whatever you want to call them) at Circuit City, and I finally managed to convince my lovely wife, Thomasin, to take some time after her busy performance schedule this weekend to shoot an unboxing and first look InkShow, which [...]
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