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Yesterday at Acer’s Worldwide Global Press conference, CEO Jason Chen showed off a new series of tablets and laptops that sported a colorful new design. Acer also showed a glimpse of the first Chromebooks to sport an Intel Core i3 processor. Acer first showed off their new Switch 10 System. It’s a hybrid 10-inch Windows 8.1 PC. The keyboard detaches with a special magnetic hinge and snaps back into place quickly, easily, and securely. It is made of aluminum, has two front facing speakers and operates in four modes: laptop mode, tablet mode, display mode, and tent mode. There were also two different 7-inch AndroidRead More →

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On Wednesday, June 20 Acer announced their latest series of ultrabooks, the Aspire Timeline Ultra M5 Series. Acer has updated their original Timeline Series by making their newest additions slimmer and lightweight. Acer says that the M5 Series features “slim, lightweight design, larger displays, all-day battery life, and powerful Intel and Nvidia technologies.” Acer offers several different options for customers to choose from while selecting their new ultra-thin M5. They can choose between a 14 or a 15.6-inch, widescreen, 1,366-by-768 display screen and a 1.5-GHz, second generation Intel Core i3 or a 2.6-GHz, third generation Intel Core i5 processor. With the 14-inch Core i3 ultrabook,Read More →

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Acer has just announced the new Aspire Ethos AS5951G and AS8951G high-end multimedia notebooks. The AS5951G is a 15.6-inch device with the AS8951G coming in at 18.4-inches. Both notebooks also contain new Intel CPUs, GeForce graphics and a very interesting design feature. Both the 15.6″ AS5951G and the 18.4″ AS8951G come with the second generation Intel Core i7 quad-core and i5 dual-core processors as well as an Nvidia GeForce GT 555M 2GB dedicated video card that allows for pretty good mid-range gaming performance. In addition to that, both devices come with up to 16GB of RAM and a DVD or Blu-ray drive. One of theRead More →

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No one knows exactly how Apple will redesign the new MacBook Air, but there are many speculations. The best way to decide what may be different about the new MacBook is to look at the laptops competition and see where it might be able to improve. Now the design is something that is going to be difficult to improve. The first design was so good that Apple didn’t change it for its second generation. The aluminum enclosure of the Air set a trend that all MacBook Pros and many other PC makers soon followed. The razor-thin Air does provide very little room for ports andRead More →

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The new Acer Aspire One is now thinner and lighter than any previous Acer netbook. Acer managed to eliminate a sizeable amount of plastic within their best-selling netbook design to allow for these qualities, while still maintaining their reasonable price point. Netbook design is not really one of Acer’s strengths. Although the plastic-topped Aspire One does not win any beauty pageants, there are many qualities that make up for the netbook’s lack of style. The Aspire One beats most comparable netbooks with its mere 0.8-inch thickness. This makes it thinner than the Samsung N120, the ASUS EeePC 1000HE, the ASUS EeePC 1008HA (Seashell), and theRead More →

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Acer has released a brand new series of multimedia optimized laptops nicknamed the Aspire 8920G and 6920G “blue” series. In a press conference Vice President Jim Wong said the new design will be bringing a “true multimedia innovation” to notebooks. Because of the multimedia functionality of Windows Vista, these new laptops will be available in either Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows Vista Home Premium and will be based off the Intel Core 2 Duo Processors. Aiming at providing an unprecedented multimedia experience, the new Aspire laptops will come in both 18.4-inch and 16-inch versions, include a Blu-Ray disc reader, full HD 1920 * 1080 highRead More →