Acer Launces Aspire One at PhP 18,800
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.
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!
