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Checking up on Acer today I stumbled upon the Aspire 1430  – yet another 11.6-incher to complement that lineup which already consists of multiple models.

There’s pretty much nothing new apart from slighty differing specs, of which, it compares closely to the Aspire TimeLineX 1830T except it comes with a slightly faster processor – the Core i5-540UM instead of a i5-430UM. Both are clocked at 1.2 GHz but the former has a higher Max Turbo speed of 2GHz instead of 1.73GHz and includes AES Advanced Encryption Standard.

The rest of the specs – an 11.6″ 1366 x 768 display, Intel HD graphics, 320GB HDD, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Gigabit LAN, webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and the usual array of ports including HDMI out. I don’t see it in any stores so who knows about the pricing.

Acer has released an Aspire TimelineX AS1830T 11.6-inch ultraportable laptop model with the Intel Core i7-680UM, chip maker’s top-of-the-line ultra-low voltage processor.

The 3.1-pound Acer Aspire TimelineX AS1830T-68U118 is the only notebook in the US market with the i7-680UM, which features two ULV CPU cores and 1.46GHz clock speed (2.53 GHz via Turbo Boost). The ultraportable also has 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, integrated Intel HD graphics, and a 6-cell battery for “up to eight hours” of run time on a single charge.

The 11.6″ LED backlight display has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.

There are also stereo speakers, a 1.3MP webcam, wireless N, Bluetooth, Gigabit LAN, three USB ports, a 5-in-1 media card reader, and HDMI and VGA outputs.

The Acer Aspire TimelineX AS1830T-68U118 is available via Newegg ($849.99), Amazon ($915.30), and other sellers.