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MeeGo running on an Acer notebook? Hardly surprising stuff. Pairing that OS with a Sandy Bridge CPU, however, is something to take note of. Contradicting Acer’s past claims that the company would only issue the operating system on Atom-based netbooks, the Aspire 5749 has popped up on Amazon.de serving up a 2.1GHz Core i3 processor and 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 display.

Weighing in at 2.6kg (about 6lbs) and measuring 34mm in thickness, the Taiwanese-made laptop will set you back 400 Euros (about $577), and comes packed with 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB of storage, Intel’s GMA 3000 graphics set, DVD burner, three USB 2.0 ports, a 2-in-1 card reader and, of course, WiFi. Itching to get your import on? Then skip past the break and head to the source below.

It’s been a long and twisted road for Acer’s 7-inch Honeycomb tablet, but after all the starts and stops, we’ve finally got an ETA for the Iconia Tab A100. According to an email sent out to Acer retail partners today, the slab should land in stores sometime in early August with a suggested price tag of $300. The Tegra 2-powered device was originally slated for a mid-May launch, but was reportedly held up by Honeycomb compatibility issues.

Also arriving early August, is a pair of new Aspire notebooks: the 15.6-inch 5750Z and the 17.3-inch 7739Z, ringing in at $475 a piece. Both laptops rock 4GB of DDR3 RAM (upgradable to 8GB), 500GB of storage, and Intel Pentium processors. Given the extra three months Acer’s had to get the Iconia Tab A100 to market, that Honeycomb better taste extra sweet when it finally makes its debut.

Acer’s got a few nice yet-unseen netbooks coming out – the Cedar Trail Acer Aspire One D270 and the Ferrari One FO300 with one of AMD’s newer, upcoming Fusion chips. They’ve also got the Aspire One Happy2 netbooks which have just shown up on Amazon.com overnight. I’ll tell you right off the bat that these are still Pine Trail netbooks so nothing to get excited about. Basically just an update to Atom N570 and the ripple-lid design from the older “Happy” series.

Being in the “Happy” series there are a bunch of fruity colors. There’s a lower end model priced at $270 and a higher end model for $300 with the only difference being a 3-cell battery for the lower-end and a 6-cell battery for the higher end models.

Shared specs between them – a 10.1″ 1024 x 600 display, Intel Atom N570 processor, 1GB DDR3 RAM, 250GB HDD, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, SD card reader, 0.3MP webcam, 3x USB 2.0 and Windows 7 Starter. 8 hour, 4400mAh 6-cell battery or 3-cell 2200mAh battery. This is, of course, one of those netbook deals to make us – customers Happy, as the name says

The laptop features an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processor, GMA 3150 graphics, 2GB of DDR3 memory, and 16GB of storage. It has 2 USB ports, an HDMI output, a 1.3MP camera and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. There’s also a second listing for a model with 3G.

Acer is expected to begin selling its first Chromebook on June 15th, but you can check out the product page for one of the first laptops designed to run Google Chrome OS today. Amazon has posted a product page for the Acer Cromia AC761, confirming an earlier rumor about the laptop’s name.
The laptop features an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processor, GMA 3150 graphics, 2GB of DDR3 memory, and 16GB of storage. It has 2 USB ports, an HDMI output, a 1.3MP camera and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. There’s also a second listing for a model with 3G.
The laptops are expected to sell for $349 and up, but there are no prices listed at the moment.
The Acer Chromebook actually first showed up on Amazon nearly a month ago, but at the time it wasn’t called the Cromia AC761, it was just described as an Acer WiFi Chromebook.

A couple of days before Google debuted Chrome OS, there was a screenshot leak of a keyboard that supposedly belonged to an Acer netbook with the yet to be released OS. The keyboard showed a layout different from the usual Windows setup and optimized for Chrome OS.

This was probably the cancelled ZGA  device mentioned back in December. However, Acer, along with Samsung did announce they’d be shipping Chrome OS netbooks when the OS is ready, so they’ve got something in the works and today Acer insider Macles has discovered what it is through bug reports.

He’s figured out that Acer’s upcoming Chrome OS netbook, is codenamed ZGB – the successor of the cancelled ZGA model, and that it’ll have a 1366 x 768 display, no size mentioned and HDMI output. It’ll have an Atom chip instead of AMD Fusion as one of parts is a video encoder chip, and AMD Fusion has that built-in already, not requiring an external part. That’s all for the time being. Chrome OS devices are expected to hit within the next 2 – 3 months but nobody’s offically announced anything yet.

Remember the Acer Aspire One D257 back at MWC in February?

Probably not as there’s nothing much new with it. It has an almost identical same chassis to many of their netbooks that we’ve seen for years, with the new aspect being the splash design on the lid, with either a dual core Atom N550 / N570 processor with standard integrated graphics and the usual netbook specs.

That said, this news is even less exciting unless you have a color fetish – new AOHAPPY like color additions for the D257 – Blueberry Shake, Banana Cream, Papaya Milk and Strawberry Yogurt. I don’t think this D257 has been released yet, if it hasn’t already been in a few parts in Europe.

Last year Acer introduced two mini-laptops with AMD processors, the Acer Aspire One 521 and Aspire One 721. The key difference was that the 721 had a larger 11.6 inch display while the 521 model featured 10.1 inch screen.

This year Acer updated the lineup with an Acer Aspire One 522 10 inch netbook featuring a new AMD C-50 processor. So it should come as no surprise that the company also plans to launch an Aspire One 722 with… you guessed it — a larger display and the same processor.

Macles reports that the Acer Aspire One 722 will have an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and a 1 GHz AMD C-50 dual core processor with Radeon HD 6250 graphics. The laptop will have stereo speakers and a higher capacity battery than the Aspire One 522, but in most respects it’s just a larger version of the same laptop.

The lid has also been tweaked to include a water-drop design.

There’s no word on when the Aspire One 722 will ship or how much the laptop will cost.

Acer Aspire 5742-6814 is a high end model coming at a reasonable price.

Acer Aspire series is subtle and targets ordinary people as the company has given it a competitive look, configuration and marketing policy. Acer Aspire 5742-6814 has a 15.6 inches wide screen TFT display which has high screen resolution of 1366×768 pixel. The company has preinstalled 4GB DDR3 RAM with 320 GB hard drive. It has Intel Core i3-380M processor which offers 2.5 GHz processor speed. It has Intel HD as the chief graphics card. It has DVD with Re writable drive. It has a Wi-Fi networking which is boosted by the introduction of 802.11 b/g/n WLAN.

Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ480 is a general purpose, value for money notebook.

This notebook is designed for common people and not for professionals. The notebook has a resilient configuration for regular use. Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ480 has a 15.6 inches wide screen TFT display which has high screen resolution of 1366×768 pixels. The company has preinstalled 4GB DDR3 RAM with 320 GB hard drive. It has AMD Dual-Core E-350 processor which offers 2.0 GHz processor speed. It has AMD Radeon HD 6310M as the chief graphics card. It has DVD with Re writable drive. It has a Wi-Fi networking which is boosted with integrated WLAN.

Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG-6847 hosts a 14 inches of HD wide screen LED display which has  high screen resolution of 1366×768 pixel.

The company has preinstalled 4GB DDR3 RAM with 640 GB hard drive. It has Intel Core i5-480m processor which offers 2.66 GHz processor speed. It has 1.3 mega pixel webcam. It has an 8x SuperMulti DVD with Re writable drive. It has built-in stereo speakers with Dolby advanced Audio. It has a Wi-Fi networking which is boosted with integrated WLAN. Acer is marketing at a reasonable price which will definitely begin another combative session in IT retail market.