Acer Aspire One now available for purchase in America |
The netbook category is relatively new and is already getting crowded with lots of competition. The first netbook to show up was the ASUS Eee and it has spawned a wealth of competitors looking for a piece of the low cost netbook market.
Back in June Acer unveiled its Acer Aspire One netbook and Acer has now announced that the Aspire One is available for purchase in the America. Acer says prices for the machine starts at only $379. For that amount of cash you get a 2.17 pound netbook that measures 9.8” x 6.7” x 1.14”. The CPU is an Atom N270 and it features 512MB of RAM, 8GB SSD, 8.9” LCD, webcam, 802.11 b/g and a 3 cell battery.
The OS on the lowest price model is Linpus Linux Lite. Add $20 to the price and you can get a unit with 1GB of RAM (512MB on-board), a 120GB HDD, and Windows XP Home. At $449 you get Linux, a 6-cell battery, 1GB of RAM and all other features are the same. Graphics on all models are via Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950.
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My wufe’s sister has the original EEE and another friend has the HP Mininote with its ridiculous price.
Since we have a laptop in the house, she will not pay 550-650$ for the new EEE or 800$ for the MIninote.
Price makes a big difference.
She’s been online for the past month gathering all the info she could and she is
either going with the Acer One or the Dell E Video+ model which will come out next month.
She has used both her sisters EEE and our own PCLinuxOS so interface is of no importance to her. She needs to surf the net, get email and write a few letters.
The web centric nature where user experience is headed makes the PC just another appliance. Like the phone, fax machine or microwave.
$379 is the price we paid for a our gaming system and the price of our big microwave and the TV in our eldest’s room.
When it gets to 200-300$, it can become an impulse item next to the check out line, next to the battery chargers.
“Oh, look honey, why dont we buy one for the country place and another for our kitchen? That blue one is so pretty.”