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Acer bets big on Linux-based ultraportable laptops
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6-4-2008 4:09 PM
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6-4-2008
5:56 PM
Antara
I spent a whole afternoon drooling over these, lol. I am still thinking.......
6-4-2008
5:58 PM
Antara
The ones I was checking out were ASUS--
Even Target has them.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/70d4505a-ecdc-491f-ace9-d92e9479f044/F992DD5C-9DF3-4052-83AA-F553126546B3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows_and_linux_pcs&articleId=9093339&taxonomyId=64&intsrc=kc_top" href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows_and_linux_pcs&articleId=9093339&taxonomyId=64&intsrc=kc_top" style="font-size: 11px;">www.computerworld.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows_and_linux_pcs&articleId=9093339&taxonomyId=64&intsrc=kc_top"><SPAN class=date> </SPAN><A title="Acer Inc." href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Acer+Inc.">Acer Inc.</A> is looking to be part of what the company hopes will be a hot new market: the mini-laptop</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows_and_linux_pcs&articleId=9093339&taxonomyId=64&intsrc=kc_top">showed off its new Aspire one, a small-form-factor, ultraportable computer at the <A href="http://www.computextaipei.com.tw/" target=new>Computex trade show</A> in Taiwan. The <A href="http://us.acer.com/public/page92.do?sp=page74&dau42.oid=12485&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=25&CountryISOCtxParam=US&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx3=-1&ctx4=United+States&crc=2291346060" target=new>Aspire one</A> is designed to use <A title="Intel Corporation" href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Intel+Corporation">Intel</A>'s new Atom N270 chip, <A href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9093038&intsrc=hm_list">also unveiled Tuesday</A> at Computex.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows_and_linux_pcs&articleId=9093339&taxonomyId=64&intsrc=kc_top">comes with 512MB or 1GB of RAM, runs either the <A href="http://www.linpus.com/xampp/modules/cjaycontent/ " target=new>Linpus Linux Lite</A> operating system or <A title="Microsoft Corporation" href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Microsoft+Corporation">Microsoft Corp.</A>'s <A title="Microsoft Windows XP" href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Microsoft+Windows+XP">Windows XP</A> Home software. 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