Acer skeleton to opposition a MacBook Air this Oct with a new 13.3-inch Ultrabook laptop featuring Intel Core Sandy Bridge chips, longer battery life, and solid-state or tough hoop storage options, according to a latest rumors. The ostensible Acer Aspire 3951 is clearly a MacBook Air-inspired device including pattern choices such as china aluminum casing, vast trackpad, and chiclet keyboard. Images of a ostensible new laptop recently leaked online by a Vietnamese site Sohoa.
Rumored specs for a Aspire 3951 embody a formerly mentioned 13.3-inch arrangement (no word on resolution), Sandy Bridge Core i processors, 6 hours of battery life, 30 days of standby time, reduction than dual seconds of response time from sleep, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI and USB ports, Dolby Home Theater sound, and a label reader. Storage options embody a 160GB SSD or an HDD with presumably 250GB or 500GB capacity. The new laptop reportedly measures about 0.51 inches thick (the Air magnitude 0.68-inches during a thickest point) and weighs reduction than 3.10 pounds. No word on pricing, though Ultrabooks are ostensible to be labelled during reduction than $1,000.
All about Ultrabooks
Intel in May announced a new category of ultraportable laptops called Ultrabooks that would feature
longer battery life, be reduction than 0.8-inches thick and labelled during reduction than $1,000. The initial turn of Ultrabooks should strike shelves this tumble with Sandy Bridge Core i5 or i7 laptops. In early 2012, a new laptop category will switch over to Ivy Bridge chips — Intel’s follow-up to Sandy Bridge and a initial Intel chips to use a company’s new 22-nanometer (nm) production technology.
So far, usually Asus has strictly announced an Ultrabook called a UX21. Asus’ ultraportable laptop shares identical facilities to a rumored Aspire 3951, generally when it comes to design. Asus’ 2.4-pound laptop has a unibody design, measures 0.67-inches during a thickest point, and can support adult to a Core i7 processor. The UX21 facilities an 11.6-inch arrangement with 1366-by-768 resolution, potion trackpad, mini-HDMI, one USB 2.0 port, and one USB 3.0.
Just like a rumored Aspire 3951, a UX21 is really most desirous by a MacBook Air, that is good if you’re a Windows user looking for something neat to receptacle around town. But deliberation Apple’s stream fit opposite Samsung over ripping off a iPhone’s demeanour and feel, we have to consternation how a Mac builder will conflict to dual (and presumably more) Air clones attack store shelves by a finish of a year.
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