Thread: The Great Acer aspire one laptop

When is a laptop not a laptop? Or not a notebook? Well, according to Acer, when it's an Aspire One, which is the company's current attempt to rival the success of other mini ‘not-laptops' like Asus's Eee PCs and HP's Mini Note. If you accept the publicity blurb then this is “an all-new communication device designed to make your online activities fast, simple and utterly cool.” Which is another way of saying it's a small, affordable, portable laptop for the social networking crowd.



Currently available in rather manly ‘sapphire blue' and ‘seashell white' (the latter would go very smartly with your iPod), we are promised future versions in golden brown and coral pink, presumably to appeal to the female market (don't flame us - we're just thinking what the marketeers are thinking). Built in a solid plastic casing, it measures just 249 x 170 x 29mm with the standard 3-cell battery attached and weighs in at a shade under 1kg. So yes, it's ideal for slipping into a backpack, handbag or briefcase.