AspireOne On Sale

Aspireone.net are reporting that the Acer AspireOne is now on sale in the US. They've even gone so far as to order one. for those of you who are wondering what an AspireOne is visit the ultraportables website at AspireOne.

Acer G24 LCD Claims Highest Contrast Title

Acers new Predator-themed 24-inch G24 LCD display claims to offer the world's highest contrast ratio: 50,000:1. The G24 is designed to complement the orange-and-black look of the new Aspire Predator gaming PCs and comes with technologies designed to reduce ambient light reflection and backlight diffusion. It offers 1,920 by 1,200-pixel native resolution, HDMI, Acer's OD overdrive technology which is designed to improve grey-to-grey transition times. Acer also claim that the display has a 2 ms response time, Acer image enhancement and color management tech and of course DVI. No news on price or availability...

Acer Aspire Predator Gaming PC

Bit-Tech.net have just published a preview of the upcoming gaming rig from Acer. The Bright Orange unit looks like it should have either arms and legs, like a Transformer, or big fat chunky wheels, such as you would find on a Formula-1 race car. The Predator not only looks the part but is kitted out with some pretty heavy hardware. The systems come in four flavours the “basic” Sniper (which will retail for €1,699), the Trooper (€1,999) , the Crusher (€2,999) and at the top is the Eliminator (€3,999). The Sniper is configured with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (up to Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650), Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP1 (32-bit option available). 2x 2GB DDR2-800MHz memory (up to 8GB of DDR2-1,066MHz memory available), 2x 640GB hard drives (up to four Western Digital Raptor 150GB hard drives in RAID 0, 1, 10 or 5), BD DVD and DVD-RW, (MSI) Acer branded nForce 780i SLI motherboard, 2x GeForce 9600 GT 512MB graphics cards in SLI, Asetek CPU watercooling, Logitech G11 keyboard and G5 mouse and Delta 750W PSU. The Prices, although competitive with what is on offer from Dell and HP, are a little on the high side, when compare to what you can get built for you via one of the online kit riggers. Still, as you can see from the image above, it certainly looks the part.

Acers Gemstones - Blue Ray Dreams

Acer have announced their new media-centric Gemstone notebook computers. These high specification laptops sport Blu-ray drives, high resolution screens and up to two 320GB hard disk drives. The Aspire Gemstone 8920G and 6920G notebooks are the the first in their "Blue" line of notebook computers which have a blue & black color scheme with blue lighting effects. One of the coolest features is the cochleal touch sensitive Cinedash Media Console control which allows you to play your media and adjust the volume. The Blu-ray optical drives are complimented by screens that are capable of displaying true 1080p high-definition media. The Aspire 8920G features either an 18.4" LCD display offering full HD resolution (1,920 by 1,080 pixels), a 2x Blu-ray burner, one or two 320 GB hard drives, an Nvidia GeForce 9650M GS graphics controller with 512 MB of dedicated video memory, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The notebook also sports an integrated TV tuner, Dolby home theater audio enhancement with five built-in speakers and an Acer Tuba Cinebass booster for enhanced bass response. The 8920G also features an integral Webcam, 802.11 a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth wireless networking, gigabit Ethernet, ExpressCard/54 slot, four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI with HDCP output, VGA out, headphone and audio input jacks. The Aspire 6930G features a 16" display, which is available in a full HD (1,920 by 1,080) or 1,366 by 768 resolution, a 1x Blu-ray burner, and an Nvidia 9500M GS graphics controller with 512 MB of dedicated video memory. The 6920G also offers two built-in speakers with Acer's Tuba Cinebass low-end reinforcement, an integrated webcam, Bluetooth and 802.11 a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi wireless networking, gigabit Ethernet, and the same port and slot configuration as the 8920G. US prices are said to range between $900 and $1700. No idea yet on European prices or availability. For more information, visit the Acer website.