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Acer Aspire iDea: Viiv la revolution

Crave Back in April we brought you news of what we thought was the sexiest Media Center PC ever, the Acer Aspire iDea. Back then we could only fondle it under the watchful gaze of Acer's product managers, but we recently managed to sneak one into our...

Tags: acer, ports, intel, output

23 June 2006, 11:22

Hands-on with Acer Aspire 5920: The BMW laptop

Crave The Acer laptop folks are nuts about cars. Rather than just stick a BMW badge on the lid, Acer has conducted seven months of market research to discover what constitutes a sexy laptop, then left the results in the capable hands of over 100...

Tags: acer, car, opening, hands

23 May 2007, 9:36

Acer Aspire 9800: Giant laptop squashes competition

Crave We'd just finished admiring the awesome Dell XPS M2010 (watch out for the review soon), when its arch nemesis, the Acer Aspire 9800, landed on our laps. It's what you'd get if you pumped one of the standard Acer Aspire laptops full of steroids and...

Tags: acer, ram, laptops, dell

24 July 2006, 11:30

Acer Aspire 6920 and 8920: Gemstone Blue media laptops

Crave Acer has unveiled two new multimedia- oriented laptops with unconventional screen sizes, the 16-inch Acer Aspire 6920 and the 18.4-inch Acer Aspire 8920. Both are part of what Acer is calling the Gemstone Blue series.

Tags: acer, laptops, controls, displays

13 March 2008, 15:58

Acer targets tightwads with cheap laptops

Crave We normally treat such requests with contempt, especially when they're not accompanied by offers of free alcohol, but when we're in a good mood we tend to direct people towards Acer's range of budget PCs.

Tags: acer, laptop, laptops, ram

8 March 2007, 10:30

Photos: Acer Aspire 8920 18-inch widescreen laptop

Crave Recently we told you about two new widescreen Acer laptops, the 16-inch Aspire 6920, and the 18.4-inch Aspire 8920 -- part of the Gemstone Blue series. Today Acer sent us a pre-production Aspire 8920 to play with, so it's only right we take a bunch...

27 March 2008, 11:45

Mini laptops: Dell Mini Inspiron, Acer Aspire One, Wizbook, Via OpenBook, RazorBook 400

Crave Next up is Acer, whose Aspire One has just been leaked ahead of the official Tuesday 3 June launch date. Update: Read our full Acer Aspire One review and Dell Inspiron Mini 9 review This here's the Acer Aspire One.

30 May 2008, 15:21

Photos: Acer Aspire One is quite literally 'the one'

Crave Earlier we brought you details on the Aspire One -- Acer's rival to the Eee PC 900. While you've been reading that, we've been hanging with our chums at Acer, getting a proper hands-on, and taking pictures.

3 June 2008, 15:31

Acer Aspire One: Packing Intel Atom

Crave After months as the subject of speculation in the media, Acer will introduce its own low-cost mini-laptop PC at the Computex trade show in Taipei today. The device will be called the Acer Aspire One, as expected.

Tags: acer, mini, linux, ram

3 June 2008, 9:39

Acer TravelMate 8215WLMi: Blu-ray laptop

Crave We've already seen the Sony Vaio VGN-AR11S, and now this: the Acer TravelMate 8215WLMi -- part of the 8200 series and a descendant of the venerable TravelMate 8204WLMi. Update: a full review of the Acer TravelMate 8215WLMi is now live.

Tags: acer, ray, blu, blu ray

9 November 2006, 10:17

Acer TravelMate C202TMi slides into view

Crave Never one to rest on its laurels, Acer has unveiled a new tablet design that makes the traditional twisting mechanism look dated. Instead of swivelling, the screen on the Acer TravelMate C202TMi slides backwards and upwards to reveal the keyboard.

Tags: acer, keyboard, laptop, tablet

16 December 2005, 10:35

Acer F-17: a Ferrari for £300

Crave You've probably heard about, seen, or even own an Acer Ferrari laptop, or read about the Asus Lamborghini laptop, set for release this April. Not content with car-branded laptops, Acer has gone a step further and released a range of Ferrari-branded...

Tags: acer, laptop, branded, ferrari

11 January 2006, 10:45

Photos: Eee PC 901 vs Acer Aspire One

Crave Rory ReidUpdate: Read our full Acer Aspire One review. But you also want the Acer Aspire One, don't you, you Internet-loving netbook fiend? Acer wins the inputs round. The Aspire One's wider frame has allowed Acer to fit a much larger keyboard than...

19 June 2008, 11:57

Lamborghini laptop looms large

Crave We're more inclined to believe the move was instigated by Lamborghini as a response to the successful Ferrari-branded Acer notebook released in mid-2004. Acer and Ferrari aren't the only carmakers getting in on the laptop PC act.

Tags: intel, laptop, notebook, branded

15 November 2005, 14:00

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave Over the following pages you'll find our unique assessment of the Eee PC 700, 1000 and S101, MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One and more. Acer makes a splash at number 4 in our countdown with the Aspire One, a machine that has the potential to become the...

30 October 2008, 15:55