Review: Acer TravelMate 6291 (PC Magazine)

Yesterday, PC Magazine published their review of the Acer TravelMate 6291. Why the TravelMate 6291 instead of the Acer TravelMate 6292? Most likely a 6292 was not available at press-time. The 6292 is based on Intel’s Santa Rosa platform – the 6291 is based on … Read more

Acer Buys Gateway Which Buys Packard Bell

Get your flowcharts out – well, not really, but this one will surprise you. It’s one of the biggest stories to hit the laptop and Tablet PC market in quite a while. First, Gateway is going to acquire Packard Bell. Quote: Gateway intends to exercise … Read more

Component Shortages for Laptops

Following Dell’s problems with meeting demand for some of the smaller laptops just coming out, DigiTimes is reporting that this is an industry wide problem. The problems are also affecting several areas of production – optical drives, batteries, LCD displays, etc. Dell, Acer, and Hewlett-Packard … Read more

Review: Acer TravelMate 6292 (TrustedReviews)

TrustedReviews has published their review of the Acer TravelMate 6292. The TravelMate 6292 is an Intel Core 2 Duo-powered ultraportable with a 12.1″ widescreen display and Intel’s GMA X3100 graphics chipset, a Dual-Layer “SuperMulti” DVD burner, and with a weight of 3.9 – 4.4 pounds … Read more

Head of Acer Talks about Microsoft Windows Vista

Physorg.com had some interesting comments from the head of Acer, Gianfranco Lanci. Acer happens to be the fourth largest PC maker, and the comments came in an interview with Financial Times Deutschland. Lanci was quoted as saying “The entire industry is disappointed by Windows Vista,” … Read more