Acer Aspire One is Official

[Gamez and Gadgetz]

Acer has officially rolled out the Aspire One mciro notebook that is powered by Intel's Atom processor. According to Acer, the Aspire One will be able to run for half a dozen hours before gasping for a power outlet, which is a much better figure compared to the Eee PC from Asus. Other features include a webcam, a 5-in-1 memory card reader, a secondary SD memory card slot that enables the user to expand the Aspire One's permanent storage (SDHC would've been better since we can bump it up by another 32GB when the card becomes available). It will retail from $379 upwards, netting you a 512MB RAM system powered by Linux and having 8GB of flash memory. Initially, blue and white models will be available followed by brown and pink versions later on in the year.