racoma.com.phJ. Angelo Racoma on technology, economics, writing, problogging, and getting things done

Acer is apparently anticipating huge demand for their upcoming Aspire One ultraportable (earlier announced). I’ve made a few calls and Acer said the Aspire One will hit the retail shops third week of July. It also seems there are already stocks in some shops here in Manila (like the Acer concept store in SM Megamall Cyberzone).

However, judging from what I’ve read on the TipidPC forums, it seems Acer is intent on moving slower-selling products along with the Aspire One, since they will only sell X number of Aspire One units with Y number of other models. This is from the point of view of retailers. So does this mean the Aspire One will come in limited stocks?

Also, reports say that the SSD version of the Aspire One is unbearably slow on Windows XP, which might be a deal breaker for most consumers, who are more Windows-savvy. For those of us who are into exploring, well, there are other options, like possibly Ubuntu (or some variant thereof).

Things are getting a bit more exciting for laptop / ultraportable aficionados (like someone I know). Let’s wait for the Dell E series to come this August!

Just when you thought the ultraportable market is already saturated with the entry of the HP Mini Note and the MSI Wind, here comes Acer with its Aspire One. This had been announced earlier this year, but it has come as a pleasant (or not) surprise to me that Acer has launched it locally at a starting price of PhP 18,800.

Correction: I had earlier written “Asus” instead of “Acer. Sorry for the confusion.

Inquirer has a feature.

The new Acer notebook is positioned to attract users wanting a portable and light notebook that is also Internet ready. It runs on the Linpus Linux Lite operating system.

The new Aspire One notebook, which was launched with a host of the company’s latest products in Manila, will cost P18,800.

Jayvee posts some pictures on abuggedlife.com.

Believing in numerology, Acer folks reportedly wanted to launch the Aspire One at July 8th, 2008 at 8 p.m. (8, 8, 8).

That’s an attractive price for an Intel Atom powered machine! To me, the Asus Eee (900) had set the standard for what an ultraportable should be. I’m wondering with the low price if the Acer Aspire One would come out the winner!