Acer Aspire 1420p tablet looks sexy

Posted in Acer by Conner Flynn on October 23rd, 2009

Aspire 1420p tablet looks sexyLook at this guy twisting and posing for the camera. Acer’s Aspire 1420p tablet was caught showing off at a Chinese press event. And yes this sexy beast is coming to the states, according to a rough product page found on Acer’s US site.

It looks like it packs an 11.6-inch LED-backlit multitouch screen with WXGA resolution, an Intel Celeron processor with integrated graphics, up to 8GB RAM and 320GB HDD, 802.11b/g/Draft-N, Bluetooth, a multi-card reader, webcam, and optional 3G.

Acer recalls some Aspire laptops

Posted in Acer by Conner Flynn on October 11th, 2009

Acer recalls some Aspire laptopsHave you recently purchased an Acer Aspire laptop? If so, you may be interested to know that Acer has issued a product recall for certain models. Some of the laptops have a microphone cable on the left hand side, under the palm rest, which may overheat when extreme pressure is applied.

The models in question include the Aspire models AS3410, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG which were manufactured before September 15th 2009. Hit up the link for more details to see what you should do if you have one.

Acer Aspire Timelines get 8-hour battery life for $699

Posted in Acer by Conner Flynn on April 7th, 2009

Acer Aspire Timelines get 8-hour battery life for $699The Aspire Timeline notebooks manage to get 8-10 hours of battery life and they start at just $699. It accomplishes this through Intel’s ultra-low voltage processors, LED-backlit screens and dual graphics cards. Apparently you’ll get 8 hours with a regular hard drive, and 10 with an SSD.

The charger helps keep the power consumption down by cutting the power when it senses a full charge. The notebook is a tad over an inch thick, by 13.3, 14 and 15.6 inches at 3.5-5.3 pounds.

Acer AspireREvo launched

Posted in Acer by Conner Flynn on April 7th, 2009

Acer AspireREvo launchedAcer has been busy as usual. The company just announced the first computer based on NVIDIA’s ION platform. It goes by the name of AspireRevo and looks like a Nettop, but it contains an entry-level NVIDIA GPU that is much faster than previous solutions from Intel. It has a 4GB memory limit which is nice.

It’ll run 1080p videos, output 7.1 surround sound audio and is compatible with DX 10 graphics. It will ship with Vista Home Premium at launch, followed by Windows 7 soon after.

New Acer Aspire One is coming

Posted in Acer by Conner Flynn on February 24th, 2009

New Acer Aspire One is comingAcer has no plans to rest with the success of its Aspire One netbook. They’re already working hard on a new model that improves on its predecessor. The new model will feature a slimmer chassis and come with an SD memory card slot like the one that first appeared on the 8.9″ model.

There can be only one reason for the slimmer chassis: an SSD instead of a hard drive. The presence of the Windows key on the keyboard suggests the new Aspire One will run XP, though a Linux version is likely.

Acer Aspire 8930G quad-core laptop

Posted in Acer by Conner Flynn on December 29th, 2008

Acer Aspire 8930G quad-core laptopAcer has now updated their 8930G gaming line, adding the 8930-7665. It’s an 18.4-inch behemoth featuring Intel’s new Core 2 Quad Mobile Q9000 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB 7200 SATA hard drive, and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT graphics with 512MB of dedicated video memory.

Aside from that, it’s identical to the previous 8930G models. Truth is most of us probably don’t need a quad-core CPU in our laptop, but why the hell not? You gotta keep up with the Jones’ and we are talking about power here. For a price. And it’s not as bad as you might think. It’s available now for $1800.

Acer unveils four new Aspire Gemstone laptops

Posted in Acer by Conner Flynn on October 5th, 2008

Acer unveils Aspire 8930, 6930, 5735 & 4730 Gemstone laptopsI picked up an Acer Gemstone 6920 awhile back and it’s an awesome and powerful laptop. Those who are wanting to get in on the Gemstone action and haven’t yet now have four new models to look at. The high-end Aspire 8930 sports a 18.4-inch HD CineCrystal display, 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo T9400 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA’s GeForce 9700M GT, optional Blu-ray drive, WiFi, 320GB 7,200RPM SATA drive and starts at $1,699.99.

The 6930 features a 16-inch WXGA LCD and as you might expect, less few less options for $699.99. Then there’s the 5735 with a Pentium T3200, 15.6-inch WXGA display, and 2GB of RAM for $549.99. Last but not least is the 14.1-inch 4730, which also starts at $549.99. All are available now.





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