Acer's Aspire One - another tiny laptop to look for

Acer's Aspire One gets official
by Ryan Block, posted Jun 3rd 2008 at 8:28PM
Source : Engadget.com



Just in case you're not already totally sick of all these tiny laptops, Acer's Aspire One is finally official. You saw our hands-on from the show floor at Computex, now the full specs:

8.9-inch 1024 x 600 LED-backlit display 1.6GHz Atom N270 512MB DDR2 SDRAM (expandable) 1.3 megapixel camera, SDHC and multi-format media readers 802.11b/g, Ethernet, three USB 2.0, VGA, and 3.5mm audio out One free mini PCI slot for WWAN 80GB hard drive (with XP) or 8GB solid state (with Linux) 2.5 or 5 hours on 3 or 6-cell batteries in XP model, 3 or 7 hours on Linux 1kg (2.2 pounds) It should be available overseas this month in blue or white (with black, red, and pink models coming soon), and supposedly US release later this year. At the outset you'll be ponying up £199 (~$400 US) for the Linux model, and £299 (~$600 US) for XP.

[Thanks, Garry, via El Reg]