UFO Hayashi, famous Japanese gadget artist, has redesigned the appearance of Acer’s Aspire One netbook and make it more appealing to rich people market. Offered for at least $3,000 on eBay, the compact laptop now comes with an elegant art and a whole lots of bling-bling accessories. With the current economic situation, I definitely don’t want to buy one… well actually, I don’t even want to buy the ‘normal’ Aspire One since many reviews said that it has such a crappy perfomance… I’ll stick with my Wind U100 netbook as well as its stupid WiFI receiver…

Aspire 3935 is another new laptop from Acer. Comes with a compact 13.3-inch display (16:9 aspect ratio), the notebook features the latest generation of Intel processor, up to 4BG of main memory, Dolby sound system, an integrated webcam module, optional fingerprint biometrics reader, multi-gesture touchpad, and Smart Power function that optimize the machine’s power consumption, thanks to the company’s proprietary power-on-demand technology. Users can choose either a traditional HDD or SSD for their storage, however, no detail how much capacity packed on each option. Moreover, the laptop has a wide-range of connectivity options, which include Bluetooth, USB, WiFI, WiMAX, and even 3G connectivities. Not bad for sure!

Along with Aspire 3935, Acer also announced the new Aspire 8935 and Aspire 5935 laptops. The former has an 18.4-inch display and the latter has 15.6-inch display. Both specs are similar to Aspire 3935, except that Aspire 8935 supports up to 1TB of HDD, while Aspire 5935 supports up to 500GB of HDD.

Acer is pretty busy lately. They have several new products waiting in line to be announced this early April. One of them is this all-in-one PC named Aspire Z5600. Boasts a large 24-inch touchscreen LCD, the computer is set with the latest generation of Intel processor, the latest generation of MXM graphic processor, up to 2TB of storage, built-in TV tuner, an integrated webcam, and a DVD or Blu-Ray combo. According to the company, Z5600 is ready for the next generation of Windows operating system, the Windows Seven. What do you think?

Writing about this all-in-one PC makes me remember that my own desktop PC is broken. Don’t know why, but it won’t start itself up. I guess its power supply crashed, but I’m still too lazy to check it. Maybe when that computer is totally dead, I’ll replace it with Aspire Z5600 or any of its siblings…

Two days ago, Acer announced its new laptop series under the Aspire sub-brand, the Acer Aspire Timeline, which combines perfomance, mobility, connectivity, and entertainment, without sacrificing the machine’s weight and dimension (only 23.4mm thicks). In a matter of fact, Timeline also offers more efficient and less power consumption, thus providing more than eight hours of battery life per full charge! If it’s true, Timeline is a truly dream machine for people like me who mostly works outdoors. However, to obtain this incredible feature, you have to first activate Acer’s Smart Power function. Once activated, it will do its best to extend the laptop’s battery life by using on-demand system (no unnecessary waste of energy).

Regarding hardware, Acer Aspire Timeline series laptop features Intel Core 2 Duo ultra low voltage (ULV) processor and Intel Display Power Savings Technology (Intel DPST) that reduces display backlight with minimum visual impact, saving up to 33% energy compared to typical notebooks. As a result, the system efficiency is greatly increased, reducing power consumption and boosting battery life by up to 40%. It also comes with a built-in cooling technology that is developed together with Intel. Through the addition of louvers to the inlet vents, the cooling air flow is redirected along the bottom side of the notebook chassis, putting fresh air precisely where it’s needed to better cool the skin.

Sounds good so far? Well, one of Timeline configuration include an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 (1.4Ghz) processor, up to 8GB of DDR3 main memory, up to 500GB of hard drive (or 80GB of SSD), a DVD Super Multi drive, and up to 15.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution. Three models will be release first: Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T (13.3-inch), 4810T (14.1-inch), and 5810T (15.6-inch). Hmmm, definitely looking forward for this!

Acer AspireRevo NetTop is definitely going into my wish list — the first mini PC powered by nVidia’s ION platform which allows support for full-HD video playback as well as Blu-Ray video quality on any Atom-based machine. This wonderful platform also offers desktop PC capabilities on a compact device, including advanced graphics (it supports Microsoft DirectX 10 with advanced digital display connectivity) and impressive multimedia features, without using a lot of power consumption. As said by Dan Vivoli, nVidia’s senior vice president of marketing, “The Acer AspireRevo with our new NVIDIA ION GPU is so small and powerful it’s unbelievable. Watch Blu-ray movies1 and HD movie trailers, or clean up jerky, dim cell phone videos for internet streaming. This is the perfect PC for today’s consumers.“.

Comes with Intel Atom 230 processor, Acer’s AspireRevo compact PC features a 4GB of main memory, a 250GB of hard drivee, a true-fidelity 7.1-channel audio system, a HDMI and VGA output, a 4-in-1 media card reader, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, and USB 2.0 interface. It is also equipped with Windows Vista Home Premium OS that will fully unleashed AspireRevo’s potential.

The e-Machine EL1600 series is a compact Intel Atom-powered desktop PC from Acer. This cheap machine is created for those who want a basic computer that can simply handle their office works, play their movie or music collection, network file server, or play simple mini games. Inside its small body, you can find a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom 230 processor, a 1GB of main memory, a 160GB of hard drive, an Intel 945GC Express chipset, a DVD SuperMulti burner, a PCI Express slot, and a pre-installed Windows XP Home Edition operating system. If interested, the price is set at 35,000 Yen or about 270 EUR.

FYI, there’s also a better e-Machine model on the market if you want a more powerful PC. The e-Machine EL1800 for example, sports an Intel Pentium E5200 CPU, a 2GB of RAM, a 320GB of HDD, and an Nvidia 7100+nForce 630i chipset…

Acer is get ready to launch the new e-Machine entry level notebook. They will show the new PC-E520 in Japanese market yesterday (okteber 31). The PC-E520 has 15.4″ with LCD monitor and 1280×800 in resolution depth. Because of this entry level, the laptop only equipped with Intel Celeron 575 (2GHz) for the processor. The RAM capacity is 1GB and 160GB in hardisk space. Running under windows Vista Home Premium as the bundled OS, PC-E520 offers DVD super-mukti and Intel GL40 Express.

The dimention is 364.6×273.6×27~38.4mm at 2.8kg, it offers around 3 hours of battery life. Suggested price is 59,800(JPY).

And another one from Acer… a LCD monitor which would fit nicely to the previously posted Hellcat desktop PC — F-22Bid Ferrari LCD monitor. This 22-inch display, available in a limited edition with only 500 units produced, sports a contrast ratio of 20,000:1 (ACM), a brightness of 300cd/m2, a response time of 2ms (GTG), a resolution of 1680 x 1050 (WSXGA), and a HDMI/DVI-D24/D-Sub interfaces.

Acer’s monster gaming desktop PC is finally available in Japan. ASG7700-A11 a.k.a Hellcat, retailed for 329,800 Yen (about €2,250), is powered by a 3.00Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 processor, two nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX graphics engine, an nVidia nForce 780i SLI chipset, a 4GB of main memory (upgradeable up to 8GB), and a 1TB of 7,200rpm SATA hard drive. Sounds powerful, huh? But hold on, the joy is not over yet. This computer is also equipped with a Blu-Ray disc drive, six USB ports, a media card reader, two eSATA ports, four DVI-I ports, and two S-video outputs. Gorgeous!

Following the Japan release, Acer’s Aspire One Netbook has finally arrived on US shores. Right now, the UMPC is available in two color variants: Sapphire Blue and Seashell White colors. Don’t like ‘em? Don’t worry, the company plans to release another two flavours later — the Golden Brown and Diamond Black. And once again, right now, there are three different models of Aspire One, with price ranged from $379 up to $449. You can check the detail specs for each configuration right after the jump or purchased them online.

Acer Aspire One AOA110-1722 ($379)

* Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
* 512MB Memory
* 8GB SSD NAND Flash Module
* 8.9″ WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite 1024 x 600
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera
* 10/100 Mbps LAN
* 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Certified WLAN
* 3-Cell battery
* Multi-in-1 Media Card Reader
* SD Storage Expansion Card Reader
* Linpus Linux Lite
* 3 USB 2.0 Ports

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1570 ($399)

* Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
* 1GB Memory (512MB On-board)
* 120GB Internal Hard Drive
* 8.9″ WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite 1024 x 600
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera
* 10/100 Mbps LAN
* 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Certified WLAN
* 3-Cell Battery
* Multi-in-1 Media Card Reader
* SD Card Reader
* Windows XP Home
* 3 USB 2.0 Ports

Acer Aspire One AOA110-1566 ($449)

* Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
* 1GB Memory
* 8GB SSD NAND Flash Module
* 8.9″ WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite 1024 x 600
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera
* 10/100 Mbps LAN
* 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Certified WLAN
* 6-Cell Battery
* Multi-in-1 Media Card Reader
* SD Card Reader
* Linpus Linux Lite
* 3 USB 2.0 Ports

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