Acer Low-Cost Vista-Ready Laptop

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 19 September 2006

Acer has announced a Vista-ready Media Center notebook priced at A$1,599 that doesn't skimp on specifications to get the price down. The Acer Aspire 5601WLMi has a 15.4" WXGA widescreen CrystalBrite display and S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) digital sound. the screen actually has a 16:10 ratio viewing area that offers up to 30 per cent more screen than a standard 15" notebook. Backed with Intel's UMA 950 128Mb graphics and a full GB of DDR2 533 memory, the 5601WLMi comes standard with a 120Gb Hard Drive,Instant On/Off, integrated 5-in-1 card reader and 8x DVD Super Multi Double Layer. The processor is an Intel T2050 Dual Core Processor (1.6Ghz, 2MB Cache, 533Mhz FSB). All notebook functions can be efficiently managed with Acer Empowering Technology, an intuitive interface that gives users easy control over their notebook's security, performance, settings and communication with a single touch of the Empowering Key. The Aspire 5601WLMi is pre-loaded with either Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Microsoft Windows Professional Edition and is already Microsoft Windows Vista Premium Ready. Related news items Tiny Rugged UMPC WIth Vista -10/10/2007 HP Goes iPaq Mad -06/09/2007 Leather-Bound ThinkPad Has Its Own Nerd -06/09/2007 Semi-Rugged With Grunt -05/09/2007 Fujitsu LifeBook - 12.1 inch; 11 hours; 1.53kg -21/08/2007 Newer news items Sony Plans World's Lightest Laptop -05/11/2006 Dell Debut's AMD Laptop As System Builders Complain -01/11/2006 Massive Sony Battery Recall Completes Debacle -24/10/2006 MacBook's Get Processor Upgrade -24/10/2006 Pioneer Adds Grunt To UMPC -27/09/2006 Older news items Acer's Core 2 Duo Laptops -12/09/2006 New Toshiba Notebooks Well Guarded -06/09/2006 Core 2 Duo Screams Into Laptop Market -29/08/2006 HP Docking Station Has Own Storage -30/07/2006 Dell's Embarrassment Grows: Another Laptop Fire -30/07/2006 Tag This Now: