Report: 10-inch Acer Aspire One on the way
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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. 
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.
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!!!
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.
Thanks for the info.
- by alanhayward July 30, 2009 11:52 AM PDT
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