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Intel’s Ivy Bridge platform to herald rise of $700 ultrabooks in Q2 2012

Apparently, Intel still won’t budge and just won’t give PC makers such as Acer the CPU price subsidy necessary to launch sub-$1000 ultrabooks. And even though people like Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin appear confident about future sales of ultrabooks (compared with tablet PCs), it seems that the whole industry is a bit cautiously optimistic [...]

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Ultrabooks set to finally disillusion consumers from tablet PC mania?

Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin knows that tablet PCs are currently selling like hotcakes. Yes, as someone who leads a company that sells devices being taken over by these slate-like contraptions on the market, Lin is bound to realize just how much of an impact tablet PCs are having on computers such as notebooks these [...]

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Acer offers Iconia Tab A500 on a limited basis in SK for under $350 USD

Acer’s Android Honeycomb-powered Iconia Tab A500 tablet PC will now become available in South Korea on a limited basis. According to the official press release, Acer plans to offer 1000 units of the Iconia Tab A500 tablet PC for 399,000 Korean won or about $348 USD. This is a great move in terms of pricing [...]

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Acer Aspire 5750G Review

Acer’s Aspire 5750G, a multimedia all rounder with a 2630QM quad core and Nvidia GT540M promises to be a good enough substitute for the desktop. The Nvidia Optimus is great for office use and and good battery run time makes it one of the favorites in the list. The i7-2630QM quad core CPU from Intel [...]

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Acer Iconia A100 released in the UK

The Acer Iconia A100 has finally been released in Europe and pricing comes in at under £300. In the UK, online retailer Pixmania has the 7 inch tablet available to buy for £259 including VAT. Shipping with Pixmania however isn’t free and starts at £9.40, making the tablet £268.40 with delivery within 2-3 days. The [...]

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