Tag: Acer Notebooks
Acer Aspire TimelineX Refresh Announced with Longer Battery Life, Multimedia Prowess
Acer has announced a refresh of their thin Aspire TimelineX series that is designed to be an “ultra-slender notebook” at just an inch thick, but this time with Sandy Bridge processors and a promised eight to ten hours of battery life (depending on configuration), making all-day computing possible on these new models. With optional NVIDIA [...]
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Acer Aspire 7552G-6436 Review [Video]
The Acer Aspire 7552G-6436 is one of those systems that will impress the average computer buyer even if more advanced users will be disappointed with it. It has a big 17.3″ display and a full size keyboard making it really a good desktop replacement. You won’t be satisfied if you want a lightweight, portable system [...]
PC Growth Not as Fast in 2011 Says DisplaySearch
To paraphrase Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the netbook is not dead yet! It is fading according to one more market research firm. DisplaySearch says that growth in the mobile PC market is not going to grow quite as fast as it did last year. They say the netbook is not as popular thanks [...]
Acer PC Shipments Plummet while Toshiba, Lenovo, Apple Grow
Studies released by IDC and Gartner, published at Businesswire, show that Acer’s PC shipments in the US and worldwide have plummeted in the first quarter of 2011. These figures include both desktop and laptop figures. US PC Shipments According to IDC, Acer saw a 42.1% drop in US units shipped compared to the same quarter [...]
Acer Timeline X with Sandy Bridge Spotted in Taiwan
Acer is going to upgrade their Aspire TimelineX series with Intel Sandy Bridge processors. This is a welcome change which we reported would come in April, but it won’t be showing up in the US, or anywhere other than Taiwan, for now. The new models are only going to be available in Taiwan according to [...]
Acer Iconica 6120 Dual Screen Notebook Available for Pre-Order at $1,199
Acer has shown off the for some time, making a splash back at CES 2011, and now it is finally coming to a store near you. The Acer Iconica 6120 is a dual screen notebook with two, yes two, 14″ displays. The primary display is exactly where you would expect it to be, but the secondary [...]
Laptop Mag Notebook Manufacturer Grades Show Apple on Top
Laptop Magazine released their brand reviews of notebook computer manufacturers ranking nine builders based on a number of criteria. The top three were Apple, Lenovo and HP. The rankings were based on the following: reviews design tech support software innovation customer satisfaction This is the second year straight that Apple has ranked first and Lenovo [...]
Acer Timeline Joins the Sandy Bridge Party in April
Acer will be launching their own Sandy Bridge notebooks in the Timeline series this April, according to DigiTimes. the new ultrathin notebooks will come in sizes ranging from 13 to 15 inches and will be produced by OEM Compal Electronics. There are no prices on these new models yet because Acer is not officially launching [...]
Ultra-thin Notebooks Coming from Acer, Asus and Lenovo
Sometime during the second quarter of 2011 notebook manufacturers are expected to start launching their own ultra-thin ultra-portable notebooks to compete with the likes of the Apple MacBook Air and Samsung 9 Series notebooks according to Digitimes. These extremely thin computers starting under $1,000 are selling well, and other manufacturers are hoping to cash in [...]
Notebooks.com Week in Review PlayBook and Winter Notebooks October 1
The last week in September turned out to be busy one for tech news with the launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook and new notebooks from Acer Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo and Panasonic. The dominating news was that RIM had finally launched BlackBerry Tablet. Last week we thought this device might be called the BlackPad, but it [...]
