Komputer Klinic: Laptop's too big? Try an affordable ultraportable
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| Acer, which owns Gateway, is reportedly finalizing an ultraportable to
| compete with the Eee. It will have a 9-inch display and a price starting
| around $350. Elitegroup Computer Systems has also announced plans for
| low-cost ultraportables. The Simply Smart laptops will have several
| configurations. The top-end model will have a 10-inch screen and a cellular
| card.
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http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/113279
PC Makers Race to Market With Low-Cost 'Netbooks'
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| The University of Chicago undergraduate recently bought an Eee PC, a low-end
| laptop from Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. that starts at $299. The device
| has a small screen, a cramped keyboard, no hard drive and was introduced with
| Linux rather than Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system -- and Asustek
| can't make enough of them.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120761749843296893.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Recent:
Acer launches latest notebook “Aspire 2920” for Rs 37,115
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| The notebook is available in major cities across the country with the Linux
| model priced at Rs 37,115 and the Vista Home Premium model available for Rs
| 40,615.
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http://www.topnews.in/acer-launches-latest-notebook-aspire-2920-rs-37-115-223651
Acer plans new, low-cost laptop
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| Everex’s CloudBook goes on sale at Wal-Mart starting this Friday (2/15/08),
| according to the company. It will cost the same as the Eee PC 4G, but it uses
| a standard 30GB disk drive in place of the smaller SSD. It runs the gOS
| operating system, which is based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution,
| and includes the usual open-source suspects (Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice 2.3
| and GIMP, an image editing program).
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/computers/?p=116
Acer laptops with Ubuntu Linux available now
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| I think this is a temporary offer only, and I don't have many more details
| than what is in the product page, but it looks like Acer is making a limited
| laptop series available now with Ubuntu Linux pre-loaded.
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http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm/4387
Acer eyes future desktop systems, including game machine
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| Right now, the Acer brand name is still equated with PC notebooks only,
| despite Acer's acquisition of Gateway. But in an interview with BetaNews at
| its press event on Wednesday, Acer's senior vice president, James T. Wong,
| said that his company has a game machine in mind, and that it will be based
| on "open standards."
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| "If you look at most of the other game machines that are out there right
| now -- Nintendo's, the Xbox -- they are 'closed' and proprietary systems," he
| told BetaNews.
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| Wong said that, beyond "openness," all of the Acer-branded systems being eyed
| right now, including the game machine, are envisioned as offering new and
| innovative form factors and applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Acer_eyes_future_desktop_systems_including_game_machine/1205406937
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