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Oct 10, 2011

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook Rings in at $899

And the Ultrabooks have arrived! Acer Aspire S3 will go on sale in the US and Canada this week for $899 -- making it the first pinch-thin, MacBook Air competitor to hit the market, landing ahead of competing models from Toshiba, Lenovo and ASUS. To recap, this 2.98-pound aluminum beaut has a 13.3-inch (1366 x 768) panel, is rated for six hours (or 50 standby days!) of battery life and promises to wake from sleep in a mere two seconds. For the money, you'll get an ultra low voltage Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM and 20GB of solid-state storage combined with a 320GB HDD. This $899 version will be followed by models with Core i3 and i7 processors and beefier storage capacity. Intrigued?
 
 

10 comments:

Rob Forget said...

Not to sure about these just yet!

Nokel said...

six hours? that's worse than my current acer computer which is supposed to be able to do 8? o_O

although, that could be because i have an i3 and not an i5

Rob Forget said...

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Enigmatic Vapor said...

Interesting, but I've always been a desktop kind of person (with the occasional touchpad)

shinobi_tns said...

i want this laptop

Lot's Wife said...

I think I'd be losing it all the time, if it turned sideways.

earth said...

pretty neat for it's price.

great blog!

Lord Phrozen said...

This looks excellent! I even like the price.

DWei said...

Not really, I haven't heard many good things about Acers in the past.

The Offender said...

I would prefer a thicker, heavier, laptop with more power and function.