Compelling yes, but not the $400/£200 we were promised. At this rate (assuming CCL Online sticks to its quoted price) we shall be able to get our Ones for less in the UK than the US – amazing.

Ha. From $400 to $600? Sorry folks… I’m out. Enjoy.

I’ve seen this article posted around a lot, as well as comments incredulous at the presumed price jump.

Seeing that no one has pointed this out yet, I figured I might as well take a shot at it,….

APCMag appears to be an Australian website, hence it’s very likely those prices are in Australian dollars.

Since Acer is competing on price with the Asus EeePCs, it would be insane for them to price these machines higher than the current 9xx series.

I do expect Acer to keep its promised price point — the promised release date, however,… well, I’m not holding my breath….

lightpost: Thanks for that. I was wondering if it was a currency issue, but I couldn’t find much info on the site.

Our (Australian) dollar is normally worth over US$0.95, so this sort of margin is pretty large. The price will surely be cheaper in USD.

In comparison, the Wind’s RRP here in Aus $699, compared to US$499 in the states.

Personally I think it’s all a bit twisted considering all these netbooks are made in the asia pacific region, we should be getting them cheaper.

Depending on what the prices are in the States, I may just ship mine over instead of buying locally.

True that,… even though the USD has devaluated quite a bit, none of these manufacturers seem to have gotten the memo as they still continue to price according to decade-old price ratios. I’m sure a Canadian can probably attest to that fact.

In any event, I feel I should post a Mea Culpa, as I might have given them a bit too much credit regarding price points:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/02/acer_ups_linux_laptop_price/

Not that this is overly exuberant price hike,… but as long as there’s no target date set in stone and at least some prerelease advertisement, the risk will exist for the price to slowly creep just a tad bit higher.

That’s why I’d much rather have dates and places-to-buy, rather than prices at this point.

found out some interesting points for the au release, looks like we may be getting it sooner than others:

“Righto, ‘embargo’ from the briefing has lifted so here’s the good oil.

* Acer was certain the SD card slot supported SDHC, but said they’d check to make 100% sure
* Ditto for the solid state drive in the Linux model — they were under the impression it was a ‘proper’ drive rather than just a flash memory module, but are checking back with head office in Taiwan
* The RAM is not easily user-upgradeable. There’s no little hatch on the chassis’ underside to make the memory slot accessible (there is a door but that’s for dropping a SIM card into the forthcoming 3G HSDPA module, due Q4). So buyers of the Linux model would either have to open the unit to add memory, or send it back to Acer to pay for a memory upgrade. Acer couldn’t specify the price of the memory upgrade, nor if the very act of opening the chassis would void the warranty.
* Both the Linux and Windows models will initially ship with a three-cell battery (estimated ~3.5 hours life). As of August, the six cell battery (~6 hours life) will be available as an option for “just under $100″ — it’ll be an alternative to the three-cell when you order your Aspire One, or you can buy it as a spare cell and swap ‘em over.
* However, in October “or even earlier”, both the Linux and Windows models will be upgraded to the six-cell battery from the factory, with the intention being to keep the unit price the same
* The webcam is confirmed as being 0.3 megapixel
* And for those who care about the colours: blue at launch (it’s a very nice looking blue), white in early August, black in late August, pink in early Sept and golden brown (which after dark blue would be my favourite of the five) in late Sept.”

source: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/988074.html

Supposedly release here is meant to be today (3rd), but it’ll be interesting to see how well that applies, as i’m not finding many online sellers