I really do get the appeal of small notebooks that are really cheap. I can see having one for toting around town and sing at the coffee shop for surfing the net. I could even see using one for business if your work revolves around light data entry. To that end the Asus Eee looks pretty interesting and it’s cool to see more competition in the low cost, small notebook market.

One of the new competitors in that market is Acer and it has officially unveiled its Acer Aspire One at Computex. The little computer comes with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and future version could come with integrated WiMAX as well. Battery life is promised to me 3 hours with standard 3-cell battery and 6 hours with the optional 6-cell battery. The LED backlit LCD is 8.9-inches and sports a 1024 x 600 resolution.

The Aspire One is available with either Linpus Linux or Windows XP Home. The One is powered by the Intel Atom processor and can be had with 512MB or 1GB of RAM. Storage options include an 8GB SSD or 80GB HDD and a multi-format memory card reader is built in as well. The system will be available in early Q3 2008 starting at $379.

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