There’s a new hierarchy emerging in the ultraportable PC space: Today’s netbooks tend to have 10 inch or smaller screens, cost less than $400, and have Intel Atom or VIA Nano processors. The new class of “thin and light” computers have 11 to 12 inch displays, AMD Neo, NVIDIA ION, or Intel CULV chipsets. And they tend […]
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Acer Aspire 1410 review (dual core version)
Acer recently updated the Acer Aspire 1410 laptop to include a dual core Intel CULV processor and Windows 7 Home Premium. And for some reason, Acer knocked about $50 off the price at the same time, making this $400 laptop one of the cheapest computers you can find with an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 […]
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Acer Aspire 1410 dual core unboxing and first look – Video
Acer recently launched an updated version of the Acer Aspire 1410. While the first version (which I reviewed last month) featured an Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500 processor, GMA 4500MHD graphics and Windows Vista Home Premium the new model has a dual core Intel Celeron SU2300 processor, GMA 4500MHD graphics, and Windows 7 Home Premium. […]
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Acer Aspire 1410 update: New $400 model can handle HD YouTube videos
When I reviewed the Acer Aspire 1410 with a Core 2 Solo SU3500 processor and Windows Vista a last month, I found that it was much faster than your average netbook when it came CPU-intensive tasks like transcoding audio and video files. But there was one thing it still couldn’t do: play HD and high […]