Acer launches new notebooks and Nvidia Ion nettop
Acer has introduced a series of new notebooks, including “Timeline” models with long battery life, a netbook and three Aspire laptops. The manufacturer also comes with an all-in-one and a nettop based on Nvidia’s Ion.
Acer’s new Timeline series consists of notebooks with energy-efficient ULV CPUs, with the slowest model having a Core 2 Solo clocked at 1.4GHz and the most powerful one a Core 2 Duo running at 1.6GHz. The notebooks are equipped with 13.3″, 14″ or 15.6″ screens. The smallest model measures 24 mm at its thinnest point and weighs 1.6 kilograms, but lacks an optical drive. With an 80 GB SSD, these last 10 hours on a single battery charge. The 14″ and 15.6″ models do have a DVD drive and the heaviest model weighs 2.4 kilograms. The Timelines are based on Intel’s new Consumer Ultra Low Voltage or culv platform and the notebooks would therefore also be a lot cheaper than the current ultraportables with ulv CPUs.In America the prices will be between 700 dollars and 900 dollars, Acer could not yet indicate what the prices in the Benelux will be.
Acer has also released the Aspire One netbook with an 11.6″ LED screen with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. In this model, Acer combines an Intel Atom Z530 processor with the US15W Express chipset, while also a 160GB hard drive and a full size keyboard are present. Combined with a 5200mAh battery, the Aspire One 11.6″ would last for eight hours without having to look for the mains socket.
The Taiwanese manufacturer also released three laptops in the Aspire series: the 8935, the 5935 and the 3935. These are laptops with an 18.4″, a 15.6″ and a 13.3″ screen respectively. each with an aspect ratio of 16: 9. The Aspire 8935 will be equipped with up to 1TB of storage, the 5935 will receive a 500GB HDD and the 3935 will come with an HDD or SSD.The three Aspires will also be equipped with 4GB of RAM, WiFi, 5.1 audio, a webcam and optional bluetooth, wimax and 3g connectivity.
Acer has also unveiled the AspireRevo: a nettop with a 1.6GHz clocked Atom 230, a maximum of 4GB memory and a 250GB HDD. The nettop is based on Nvidia’s Ion platform and the GeForce 9400M IGP should therefore have no problems playing HD images, which are delivered via VGA or HDMI. There are also six USB 2.0 interfaces and an ESATA port. This nettop ships with Windows Vista Home Premium and will be available in late Q2 or early Q3.
Finally, Acer has joined the list of manufacturers that supply all-in-ones. The EZ1600 has an 18.5″ display that offers 720p display. The desktop system features an N270-Atom with a 945GSE chipset, 2 slots for SO-DIMM memory, 160GB hard drive, DVD-RW drive , Wi-Fi and a card reader With the Z5600, Acer also has a 24″ model on offer. This all-in-one can display 1080p content and comes with up to 2TB of storage memory, a TV tuner, a webcam and a Blu-ray drive. It is striking that Acer uses an mxm video card for the graphics work. The exact release dates and prices of the all-in-ones are also not yet known.