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Acer Wants To Compete With The Eee PC: Officially Introduces The New Aspire One Mini Laptop

Originally written on June 5th:

After Asus, MSI, HP and Dell, there’s another player who wants to take part in the mini-laptop party, as Acer has introduced its new Aspire One notebook at Computex in Taipei. Nothing much to say, but we do know it will be equipped with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 8.9-inch LED-backlit display (1024 x 600), a built-in 1.3 MP camera, three USB 2.0, card reader slot, 802.11b/g and Ethernet connectivity. You will be able to choose between a Linux model with 8GB SSD storage capacity or a Windows XP model with 80GB hard drive. The Acer Aspire One will be available this month in white or blue flavors, for prices ranged from $400 (Linux version) up to $600 (XP version).

Update1: checkout the video (by Tech Digest) after the break.

Update2: Turns out there is a problem, once playing music at maximum level through the speakers. According to several reports, a guy who played U2’s “Hold Me, Thrill Me…” at full sound, caused a vibration of the speakers which completely trashed the hard drive. The problems occurs only in hard drive devices but skips out in case you have SSD drives.

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Dell Mini Inspiron Showed Up In The Wild

After the Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind and the HP 2133, there’s a new kid on the mini-laptop block, as Michael Dell has snappily revealed the new Dell Mini Inspiron at the All Things Digital conference. This sub-$500 lappy presumably features an 8.9-inch screen, a card reader, three USB ports, Ethernet connection, a VGA output, a built-in webcam and many more. We can’t be sure if it is equipped with an Atom-based processor but the Mini Inspiron is expected to run either Windows XP Home or Ubuntu Linux OS. Stay tuned for more details to be revealed next week at the Computex show.

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Another picture after the break.

[via gizmodo]

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MSI Wind Goes Live With Intel Atom Processor And 10" Screen

The competition is getting warmer, as MSI has officially released the MSI Wind specs, coming in 8.9-inch and 10-inch display versions, running XP or Linux operating systems. But the most alluring detail is the Intel-Atom-based processor, which set a new mini-laptops mark. Both models will be available on June 3rd with starting price of $399 up to $549. Click on the table, to clearly see the full specs. You can find more pictures in here. Checkout the video after the break:

Update: a 6-cell battery version will cost $50 more.

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Everex Cloudbook Pretends To Be Eee PC

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Following the tremendous success of the Asus Eee PC, we are getting more and more ultra-portable twin PCs, heading our way. One of those is the Everex Cloudbook, making its first steps toward the US market and expected to land across Walmart soon. The Cloudbook features VIA C7-M 1.2GHz processor, 7-inch LCD TFT screen, Linux OS, 512MB RAM (MAX 1GB), 30GB hard drive storage, WiFi connectivity, card reader, 1.3 MP built-in camera and scanty weight of 900gm. Price is set for 399$.

Check out the video.

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[via jkkmobile]