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10in Acer Aspire One on course for early 2009 arrival

by Parm Mann on 25 November 2008, 15:26

Tags: Aspire One, Acer (TPE:2353)

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Acer's Aspire One netbook has been selling well since its debut at COMPUTEX 2008, and our first hands-on impressions were favourable - the only real downside being the system's overly-small and cramped design.

Since then, the netbook market has gone from strength to strength with various manufacturers knocking out a multitude of models at a feverish pace. Aside from Acer, that is. For some unknown reason, the Taiwan-based manufacturer hasn't added to its 8.9in Aspire One, whilst the likes of ASUS and MSI have taken the next few steps with bigger-and-sometimes-better follow-up netbooks.

According to Digitimes, Acer's president Scott Lin says that's all about to change. Lin suggests that around February 2009 the company will finally launch a 10in addition to its Aspire One range. Additional details remain few and far between, but we'd be surprised if Acer didn't add a few other upgrades, too.

With pricing for the 8.9in model starting at around Ā£180, the Aspire One remains one of the most affordable netbook options. We'll be hoping the 10in model continues the low-cost approach.



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If you used the SSD version, then you didn't use it for long if “the only real downside being the system's overly-small and cramped design”… or the press version had a faster SSD or course…..

It's horrifically slow. Even with the lightweight Linux distribution included. In XP it borders on unusable unless you hack at the OS with Nlite and disable things like recording file access, something I've never done on any system.
Let's hope they include the facility to insert a sim card for internet data access - USB dongles are hardly elegant, and what's the use of a netbook that has mobile access tacked on as an afterthought…