Asus, Acer Eye Up "Luxurious" Netbook Market
Asus, Acer Eye Up "Luxurious" Netbook Market
Posted 08/25/2010 at 6:23am
| by Paul Lilly
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Both Asus and Acer didn't get the memo that users want to pay less, not more, for netbook PCs. It's not that they're planning to jack up the prices willy nilly, but both companies are going to launch "luxurious" netbooks in time for the holiday shopping season.
More specifically, Asus is prepping its 12.1-inch Lamborghini netbook, the Eee PC VX6, which will sport an Intel dual-core Atom processor and Nvidia Ion 2 graphics.
Acer, meanwhile, is putting the final touches on its 11.6-inch Ferrari model, which will come outfitted with an AMD Fusion processor (Ontario) under the hood, as well as a Ferrari smartphone (Liquid E Ferrari).
The Eee PC VX6 will ship in September or October for $700, while Acer's Ferrari will debut sometime in the fourth quarter for an as-yet undetermined price.
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Daemon
August 25, 2010 at 9:02pm
Oh boy! Hurry up I want a powerful ACER NEWTBUUK ! Something with a 24 hour battery life, 8Gigs of DDR5, a kick ass video chip with oompth suitable for High Def, and four USB3.0 ports with a, Advanced super Wifi, NO DRM, and ability to take at least 3 OS's, and its gotta be LIGHT WEIGHT and DURABLE and look very sharp and techno. Its also gotta fit a MAXPEDITION MONGO hard use gear tatical everyday carry VERSIPACK for everywhere carry. All this has to have a reasonable price point thats no wheres near a thou. And Hurry up cuz I ain't gettin any younger dammit!!!
Keith E. Whisman
August 25, 2010 at 8:33am
I want a stainless steel delorean themed netbook. If it doesn't weigh 57lbs its not a delorean.
someuid
August 25, 2010 at 8:22am
Reminds me of those kit cars you can buy and put together for cheap. You see one at the grocery store, you think Oh My God Is That Cool Or What A Lamborghini, until you find out it is just a kit car with a 4 cylinder engine and ho-hum tires. Ther person driving it is all false image. And somehow you feel cheated by the whole experience.
jbwhite99
August 25, 2010 at 7:00am
Dear Asus, if you want an appropriate name for a box with an Atom processor, I think the name "Atom Yugo" sounds more appropriate.
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