Acer's 10-inch Aspire One Coming With XP, Linux
Acer's 8.9-inch Aspire One was perfectly suitable for those scouting
one of the smallest netbooks on the market, but Acer realized that not
everyone wants a machine that's small enough to slide into the average
cargo pocket. To that end, the company is planning to release a 10-inch
version in the not-too-distant future.
We've learned that the
10-inch Aspire One will eventually arrive with Windows XP, a 160GB hard
drive, a 1,024 x 600 resolution display, 1GB of RAM, a 1.6GHz Intel
Atom processor and a three cell battery. According to ZDNet's UK
branch, an Acer spokesperson has chimed in to add that a Linux version
will also be made available. To quote him specifically, the 10-inch
Aspire One "will be available with XP or Linux, and HDD or SSD." The
Linux model will utilize a Linux distribution dubbed Linpus, and the
base SSD will be 16GB; unfortunately, these "increased storage
capacities" have eliminated the second SD card slot, which was
available on the 8.9-inch variant in order to act as a supplement to
the hard drive.
There's no US ship date or price just yet, but we wouldn't be shocked to hear those critical details unveiled at CeBIT (if not before).
We've learned that the
10-inch Aspire One will eventually arrive with Windows XP, a 160GB hard
drive, a 1,024 x 600 resolution display, 1GB of RAM, a 1.6GHz Intel
Atom processor and a three cell battery. According to ZDNet's UK
branch, an Acer spokesperson has chimed in to add that a Linux version
will also be made available. To quote him specifically, the 10-inch
Aspire One "will be available with XP or Linux, and HDD or SSD." The
Linux model will utilize a Linux distribution dubbed Linpus, and the
base SSD will be 16GB; unfortunately, these "increased storage
capacities" have eliminated the second SD card slot, which was
available on the 8.9-inch variant in order to act as a supplement to
the hard drive. There's no US ship date or price just yet, but we wouldn't be shocked to hear those critical details unveiled at CeBIT (if not before).
