The V5 makes a good first impression. It looks every inch the high-end laptop and is significantly smarter than the V3. Our review sample had a smooth, matt silver finish on the screen bezel, keyboard and wrist rest, and is a slim 23mm thick. Its 15.6in screen has the usual 1,366×768 resolution, but colours are both bright and vivid, and our test photos showed excellent contrast and plenty of detail.

Unfortunately, though, that’s more or less where the V5’s appeal ends, as our hopes were soon dashed when we started to use the laptop for more heavy-duty tasks. 4GB of RAM is plenty for Windows 8, but with a last-generation Intel Core i3-2367M processor running at 1.4GHz, the V5 performed dismally in our multimedia benchmarks, scoring only a measly 23 overall. Even at this low price, this is below what we’d expect; you’ll be ok with office tasks and web browsing, but we wouldn’t recommend any image editing and video editing is right out.

Check out the full review here.

There’s a USB 3 port on either side of the base, along with a microSD slot and a headphone socket. A micro-HDMI port on the back is the only video output, but that’s to be expected given the thin chassis.

But the main thing that strikes you is just how much is crammed into such an incredibly small and light chassis. It’s less than half an inch thick and weighs 1.3kg, yet this tiny beast packs a Core i7 with Intel’s HD 4000 graphics, 4GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Whatever we tried on the S7, it responded instantly – including prodding the screen, which very quickly became second-nature with the screen so close to hand.

Check out the review here:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/10/30/acer-aspire-s7-391-review-first-look/

We’ve moved all of the forums over to http://www.laptop-forums.com, where you’ll find a specific Acer Aspire section complete with downloads, technical support and tips. Please do check us out if you haven’t already. All of the username from the old forums still exist over there, so no data has been lost.

Hope you enjoy the new look!

You can download it from Microsoft (either as ISO or auto-download package, which includes info how to boot via USB if required)

This consumer edition expires January 2013, so it will give a good amount to test it out, and time for developers to write new apps for it, before the final release early next year.

However at the recent CES 2012 expo in Las Vegas, there was an abundance of Cedar Trail powered laptops and netbooks on show, which forced Acer once to make a move, this time the Aspire One AOD270-1834 is ready for pre-order on Amazon. However, there is no date indicated as to when the buyer can expect to take delivery of the machine.

The AOD270-1834 comes with the normal 10.1 inch WSVGA LED back lit low-res display with a 1024 x 600 of pixel resolutions and it comes with a built in 0.3 mega pixel web camera.

The most interesting part of this netbook will be the new Cedar Trail version of the Intel Atom Dual Core N2600 Processor with 1.6 GHz, it will be supporting the Mobile Intel NM10 Express Chipset and graphics are from the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3600. Internal memory is just 1024 MB of DDR3 RAM but this in line with other netbooks, as is the 320 GB SATA Hard disk Drive (HDD) at 5400 RPM for storage.

Networking relies on the 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi feature and it would seem that no Bluetooth is available on this netbook. Other features include three standard USB 2.0 Ports, an HDMI port and there is even a useful multi into one digital media card reader.

The netbook measures 10.17 inches (L), 7.28 inches (W), 1.01 inches (H) and weighs in at 2.87 pounds (1.3 Kg) with the 6 cell Li-ion Battery (4400 mAh) that Acer claim to be good for up to eight hours Battery Life while running the Microsoft Windows 7 Starter operating system.

Pre-order availabe at www.amazon.com
Source: www.geekwithlaptop.com

The Aspire One 522 is a 1.3kg heavy 10.1-incher with a 1280×720 LED backlit screen, 1GB of memory, 320GB HDD, 6-cell battery and of course, AMD’s C-60 APU. The rest of the specs include 802.11bgn WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, VGA and HDMI outputs, 0.3MP webcam and a card reader.

The slightly larger Aspire One 722 is a 11.6-incher with the same AMD C-60 APU, LED-backlit 1366×768 screen, 2GB of memory, 320GB HDD, and same specs as its smaller Aspire One 522 sibling.

The Aspire One 522 comes packed with Windows 7 Starter 32-bit OS and is currently listed at €277, while the the bigger Aspire One 722 comes with windows 7 Home Premium OS and starts at €295,98.

Source – www.fudzilla.com

AMD C-60
•Clock speed: 1 Ghz to 1.33 GHz
•GPU clock speed: 276 MHz to 400 MHz
•Cores: 2
•TDP: 9W
•Resting battery life: 12 hours

Further reading about AMD’s new APU’s

The Happy 2 will feature the water-drop lid design that has popped up in some of the recent Acer laptops, like the Acer Aspire One 722. Also included in the Happy 2 is Intel’s latest dual-core Atom processor, the 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N570 processor. The other features included with the Happy 2 are just like the other Aspire One netbooks Acer offers.

Main specifications:

• Intel Atom Dual-Core Processor N570
• Windows 7 Starter with Microsoft Office Starter 2010
• 10.1? WSVGA LED-backlit Display
• Mobile Intel NM10 Express Chipset
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
• 1GB DDR3 Memory, 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
• Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, 3x USB 2.0 Ports
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
• Built-In 0.3MP Webcam
• 3-cell Li-ion Battery (2200 mAh); 6-cell Li-ion Battery (4400 mAh)
• Up to 4-hours for 3-cell; Up to 8-hours Battery Life for 6-cell
• Weight: 2.87 lbs. or 1.3 kg (system unit only)
• Colors: Banana Cream, Blueberry Shake, Papya Milk and Strawberry Yogurt

When the Happy 2 launches the netbook will cost either $269.99 or $299.99 depending on whether you want 3-cell or a 6-cell battery. Right now prominent online retailer Amazon has the Happy 2 available in all it’s colors for pre-order, get your’s here on Amazon.com USA

I still wanna try it out though myself anyone got a link to download it ?

Source – www.engadget.com

The Acer Aspire One Happy has been announced, an Android netbook available in a range of colours. Offering Android as an alternative to the traditional Windows or Linux operating systems is going to be an interesting theme, with the mobile operating system a major hit in the phone world.

More importantly, the specs are an LED backlit 10.1 inch screen, WiFi and the potential for embedded 3G, a weight of 1.25KG and 250GB of storage.

Add in an Intel Atom N450 or dual-core Intel Atom N550 at its heart, the Aspire One Happy and 2GB memory and you have a decent level netbook with an Android twist.

And some colours. Let’s not forget the playful colours.

The Acer Aspire One Happy is available now with a UK price of £249.99.

Source: www.techradar.com