The 11.6” range of netbooks is a personal favourite, offering a decent sized screen with higher resolutions than your typical 10.1” display or more cost effective than the ones that it equals. Although the new Acer Aspire 1430 Notebook doesn’t technically qualify as a netbook, it does provide a fantastic solution for either a netbook...
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Hands on with Happy In my brief time spent outside yesterday, I got my hands on the single version of the Acer Aspire One Happy. First impressions of the device is that it does look fun, but it also looks rather cheap, the join between separate coloured plastics is slightly uneven and the white plastic that was...
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It seems that the wait for Android 3.0 is taking its toll on many of the companies wanting to get in on the action, not just that they’re having to sit around doing nothing, but this added time where they are not making themselves known in this specific industry could really make the difference on...
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It’s easy to forget Acer’s contribution to the business sector, although their computers aren’t as widely used as their competitor’s due to Acer more specific focus on the consumer market and Dell’s undoubted market domination. The Acer Extensa 5235 is one such device that offers good business performance for an agreeable price point. Acer have kitted...
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When buying an Acer notebook, there are 2 things that are important to remember, one which is that Acer notebooks tend to have very good value for money, this comes as great news of course, but the second point is that the top of the range models have terrible issues with overheating. The Acer Aspire...
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It’s no secret that Acer has intentions of breaking into the tablet PC market in a big way, with a number of android powered tablets already in the works in a range of sizes including 10-inch, 7-inch and the very small 5-inch screen sizes. Like many other manufacturers, Acer are playing the waiting game, with the...
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Happy news for the Europe’s netbook community and every pun intended. The Acer Aspire Happy will be making its way to the UK and at the reasonable price of just £250, sadly there’s no yet mention of a specific release date but it should be making it to the rest of Europe as well priced...
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It seems that the hot spot for netbooks is Amazon.com, frequently putting their netbooks up for pre-order before anyone else. The latest addition to their collection of pre-orderable netbooks is the long awaited Acer Aspire One D255. There are a select few netbooks that have a distinct aim and that have stuck to it to whatever...
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Although it’s not exactly a netbook, the Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T is turning more than a few heads. This device has the size of a netbook but with performance bordering that of a full sized laptop. The 1830T comes equipped with and Intel Core i7-680 ultra mobile processor, clocked at 1.46Ghz, it would seem Intel are...
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There have been a few different rumours circulating the internet just recently about who is going to be releasing the first Google Chrome OS netbook. The lightweight OS is one we’ve been waiting for for some time, I personally can’t wait to see how well cloud computing really works and from the looks of the specs...
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