Acer Aspire One Slims Down, Slightly [Unconfirmed]
Gizmodo —
... has recently introduced a 10-inch Aspire One (a form factor we've presumed to become the Aspire One's new standard), a few details has surfaced on a new, slimmer version of the netbook. Given the slim design, this particular Aspire One model is presumed to be an SSD system—one that reintroduces an SD slot into the design for easy and cheap storage expansion. We know, that's not a lot of information. We'll keep an eye out for more deets. [macles via Engadget]
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New slimline Acer Aspire One slimline pics, alleged specs leak
Engadget —
... After seeing the tiniest bit of evidence this morning of a slimmer Acer Aspire One, an anonymous reader has bragged to netbooknews.de that he's gotten some hands-on time with the laptop, and brought along some purported pics of it as evidence. Dimension-wise, we're looking at 0.95 inches thick, 10 inches wide, 7.28 inches deep. As for specs, it's pretty much what you'd expect from a netbook: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 with 945GME graphics, 1024 x 600 resolution, 1GB RAM, 802.11 a/b/g, a 3-cell battery that's said to last a discouraging 3 hours or less, and "apparently" ...
Slimmer Acer Aspire One pops up in the FCC
Engadget —
... we've seen in the past few days -- it looks like that rumored slimmer model with the weird hinge VGA and Ethernet ports is in fact real and headed for our fair shores. No hard specs on this mysterious stranger just yet except for the presence of the 3G SIM slot, but the model number Z68 AO530 strongly suggests that there's an Atom Z530 lurking in there instead of the usual N270. We'll let you know if we find out anything else -- hit the read link for some more pics and oodles of FCC test data. ...



