Acer launches first business netbook
Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:40 AM
The Aspire One Pro 531, introduced on Tuesday, is very similar to the consumer-oriented Aspire One 531, the main difference being options for more storage, built-in 3G and professional-grade Windows.
Whereas the Aspire One 531 is loaded with XP Home Edition, buyers of the Aspire One Pro 531 get XP Professional. The consumer version comes with only a 160GB hard drive, but the business version has a 250GB hard drive.
The 2.5cm-thick Aspire One Pro 531 weighs 1.03kg or 1.17kg--depending on whether it uses a three-cell or six-cell battery--and is designed to provide battery life of up to 7.5 hours. The netbook has an 89-percent-size keyboard and a multi-gesture touchpad. Acer has not given it 802.11n Wi-Fi, opting instead for the slower 802.11b/g standard. Integrated 3G and Bluetooth are optional.
The Aspire One Pro 531 is available now at two prices: US$579.70 plus VAT for the version with a three-cell battery and 1GB of RAM, and US$662.70 plus VAT for the version with a six-cell battery and 2GB of RAM.
Acer launches first business netbook
There is the much controversy on whether netbooks are business-ready. A is brave in taking the first step in launching an official netbook for business use. Vista on Atom is iffy and not sure how well it will run with data-intensive business apps (e.g. Lotus). Interesting to see where this goes...
Posted by DI guru on Monday, June 08 2009 03:27 PM