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Archive for July 18, 2008
Acer Aspire One – site gets updated
Jul 18th
Acer have updated their own Acer Aspire One site
Some FAQs on the site now and new images, apart from that, some awful background noise as well :P
PC Sales Continue to Grow, Thanks to Mini-Notebooks
Jul 18th
Despite the worldwide economic slump that is besetting us all, worldwide PC unit sales continues to post significant growth in Q2, Gartner reports. According to Gartner, a total of 71.9 million PCs were shipped in Q2 which is a 16% increase in Q2 of 2007. Strong PC sales were registered in Europe, Middle East and African regions where 23.1 million units were solds.
HP tops the list of manufacturers who posted a growth in PC sales with its 4.5 million units sales followed by Acer, Dell, Toshiba and Asus.
Now here’s the most interesting part. Among the 5 brands, Asus enjoyed the largest growth with a total sale of 1.3 million PC units shipped. This is a whooping 159.1% increase from previous year. And what made Asus reached this numbers? – the Eee PC.
Now you know why, other manufacturers have been rushing to come up with their own mini-pcs and netbooks.
Post from: Asus Eee PC – Blog.
PC Sales Continue to Grow, Thanks to Mini-Notebooks
Acer Aspire One Up for Pre-Order at Amazon
Jul 18th
Here you go. So while some Asian countries are enjoying the availability of the Acer Aspire One, which is touted as a possible Eee PC killer, Amazon has just put up a pre-order form for the said netbook. Amazon’s price tag for the Aspire One is at $416.99 which is almost the same as the going rate in Singapore and the Philippines. For that price you’ll get an 8.9-inch mini notebook, with 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 512 MB RAM, 8GB SSD and Linpus Linux Lite.
If you’re looking to buy a netbook, you might want to consider the Aspire One, especially if you got turned off by the recent slew of Eee PC variants that Asus has been introducing into the market lately.
I chanced upon the Aspire One on display in one of the local stores here in Manila and honestly it didn’t strike me as interesting as when I first saw the Eee PC 701. It was just like your ordinare Acer Aspire laptops in smaller size. Don’t get me wrong here, I like Acer machines both technically and aesthetically. But the Aspire One doesn’t seem to have that aura that will pull you through and buy it.
But still, it’s a good steal for the price you have to pay for it.
Post from: Asus Eee PC – Blog.
Acer Aspire One Up for Pre-Order at Amazon
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