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November 25, 2008 12:49 PM PST

Report: 10-inch Acer Aspire One on the way

by Michelle Thatcher
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Acer Aspire One (Credit: CNET Networks)

Acer is readying a 10-inch version of its Aspire One Netbook, according to a report in DigiTimes. The publication attributed the news to Scott Lin, president of Acer Taiwan, and said to expect an official launch of the new Netbook in February or March of 2009.

Lin offered no further details about the 10-inch Aspire One, including whether (or when) it will make its way to the United States. We assume it will, and that when it does it'll have largely the same specs as the current model, adding perhaps some more RAM and (we hope) a larger battery. No matter what, a 10-inch screen will provide a welcome break from all that scrolling.

Of course, this puts a kink in the plans of anyone who'd hoped to buy an Aspire One this holiday season. If you've been planning to buy an Acer Netbook, will you now hold out in hopes of a larger model, or proceed with your purchase as planned?

Michelle Thatcher has been reviewing technology products for nearly a decade. Her current focus is laptop reviews, with some kitchen gadgetry and Web 2.0 thrown in for good measure.
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by Al Meckler November 25, 2008 2:33 PM PST
Re: 10-inch Aspire One. "...a 10-inch screen will provide a welcome break from all that scrolling."
The size of the screen has nothing to do with the scrolling; that's determined by resolution. And that may be the same as 9 or 7 inch models. You can try that out on the HP Mini 1000.
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by Dalmatian28 November 25, 2008 6:12 PM PST
Are you sure about that Mr. Al Meckler??? You are right when you said that size is "determined by resolution" ...but which resolution you will choose depends on the size of your screen. So if you have big screen you are likely to select high resolution so that you get the letter size that you want. If everything gets smaller that means that you can feet more content on the screen and pure logic tells you that there will be less scrolling! The problem is if you have small screen and you select high resolution...you will not be able to read anything because it is too small. That would mean that Ms. Michelle Thatcher was actually right!
I think that you do have idea how screen resolution work but you just wasn't aware that high resolution makes content smaller and not bigger on the screen! Hope this helps!!!
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by mdsix November 25, 2008 6:54 PM PST
Dalmatian, what Al Meckler was saying is that the 10" model will likely have the same 1024x600 resolution as most other netbooks. If I remember correctly, the Asus 10" Eee has the same resolution as a 9" Eee. The only real difference would be larger pixel size and a larger keyboard.
by perontopsp November 26, 2008 7:47 AM PST
everybody just needs to leave the facts to cnet, they are professionals, they kinda have a clue on what their doing.
by xZero2007x November 26, 2008 11:03 AM PST
What are you? 90 and 3/4 blind? Even IF netbooks gave a decent resolution for the available screen sizes, I can't imagine it'd be that hard to read unless you were losing your eye sight.

And mdsix is right--because this is a netbook we're talking about here, its likely the resolution will cap out at 1024x600.. or worse.
..which was what Al Meckler was referring to in the begining. Please don't be technical, especially if you don't get the facts right the first time. It just takes the focus away from the article.
by supermann423 November 25, 2008 7:31 PM PST
man....ive been waiting till this holiday season to get the aspire one, but now i'm debating...
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by brio101 November 26, 2008 1:40 AM PST
I wouldn't bother with that Acer. The MSI Wind beats it in all aspects (including price) and it already has a 10 inch screen today.
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by LUV2JOURNY November 27, 2008 10:07 AM PST
I like the looks of the Acer and the thought of a 10" screen is great, but they only have B & G for wireless, not the N, which is important to me.
Thanks for the info.
by donsms November 26, 2008 9:02 AM PST
The Acer is the much better deal as per my experience with an older Acer 17" lapper i`ve owned for a few years
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by N-A November 26, 2008 10:13 AM PST
I bought one Aspire One a couple weeks ago and loved it so much I just bought another. I'll keep them in every room in the house. They're fantastic, quick loading, great wireless accessibility, easy to use, easy to type, attractive.... The model I just got has the larger battery and it lasts about 5.5 hours! Can't beat it. No need to wait for a larger version in my opinion.
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by alanhayward July 30, 2009 11:52 AM PDT
Good luck trying to print an email, there's no print button!
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