Acer has formally launched the Aspire One Pro 531, a "business class" version of the already rather corporate-styled Aspire One 531.
Acer Aspire One 531 Pro Acer's Aspire One 531 Pro: business class, apparently
To be honest, we think the regular 531 is better looking, and since both vanilla and Pro machines are an inch thick …
Any word on whether they'd offer it with business class support?
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We get a few people wanting a work-bought netbook for when they go travelling, and Dell have finally caught up and started offering us something viable with a suitable warranty (ie next business day, on site parts & labour, etc). Last time I checked Acer's offering, it was something like a 5-business-day collect-and-return job, which is an instant "no".
Why bother, at the cost and weight of this one you can get a much better laptop. Marketing seem to be in a little world of their own on the recent 'netbooks'
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Acer has formally launched the Aspire One Pro 531, a "business class" version of the already rather corporate-styled Aspire One 531. Acer Aspire One 531 Pro Acer's Aspire One 531 Pro: business class, apparently To be honest, we think the regular 531 is better looking, and since both vanilla and Pro machines are an inch thick …
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Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 12:53 GMT
A. H. O. Thabeth
Too much HD size? #
"The Pro also comes with a 250GB hard drive to the regular 531's 160GB HDD, but how much storage space do you need in a netbook, for heaven's sake?"
How much HD space is too much?
Please do let me know.
A.H.O. Thabeth
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 12:53 GMT
Gary Walker
1024 x 600 ? #
What is the point?!
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 12:53 GMT
Bit Fiddler
More Trademarks! #
A netBook Pro™?! Psion are going to go proper mental now...
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 12:53 GMT
Tom Chiverton
Linux ? #
Is the hardware supported, at least ?
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 12:53 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Any word on whether they'd offer it with business class support? #
We get a few people wanting a work-bought netbook for when they go travelling, and Dell have finally caught up and started offering us something viable with a suitable warranty (ie next business day, on site parts & labour, etc). Last time I checked Acer's offering, it was something like a 5-business-day collect-and-return job, which is an instant "no".
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 12:53 GMT
jason
Non-Gloss finish!!!! Thats worth the extra alone! #
God I hate glossy finishes. Its just ...retarded...and dirty.
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 13:59 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Lost the plot? #
Netbook - cheap, small, light....
Why bother, at the cost and weight of this one you can get a much better laptop. Marketing seem to be in a little world of their own on the recent 'netbooks'
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 14:38 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Missing 'n'. #
All that extra storage space in a netbook can only mean one thing: this is the Pr0n bersion, not the Pro version.
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 20:48 GMT
Keith T
Netbook benchmark suggestion --- #
Why not benchmark these netbooks by seeing how many Facebook and MySpace tabs you can simultaneously have open and still get good response.
And make it a realistic test, with all the standard updates for the O/S, and an up-to-date anti-virus installed.
If you get a netbook with 1GB of memory you are going to wish you had 2GB of memory by the end of the second week.
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