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How to load Ubuntu on the Acer Aspire V11 Touch (or other Linux distros)

The Acer Aspire V11 is a small, fanless notebook with an Intel Bay Trail processor, a touchscreen display, long battery life, and decent performance. It ships with Windows 8.1, but one of the first things people started asking me when I mentioned I was reviewing the laptop was whether it could also run Linux. Yes, […]

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Acer Aspire V11 fanless, touchscreen laptop review

Acer recently introduced a series of affordable, portable Windows notebooks with low-power processors aimed at balancing performance and battery life. The Acer Aspire E 11 line of notebooks feature 11.6 inch displays, Intel Bay Trail processors, and starting prices as low as $250. The company also sells a similar laptop called the Aspire V11. The key […]

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Acer’s Aspire E11 and V11 fanless laptops now available for $250 and up

Acer’s new inexpensive notebooks with 11.6 inch displays, Bay Trail processors and fanless designs are now available in the United States. The Acer Aspire E11 is a small notebook which sells for as little as $250, while the Aspire V11 has a touchscreen display and a starting price of $350 (it’s worth noting that this […]