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Acer Aspire One – HD Version in the UK on the 18th (Amazon UK)

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Acer Aspire One The 120GB hard drive version of the 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One has been available for pre-order in the United Kingdom for several weeks now. Just recently, Amazon.co.uk has started showing a release date of 18 August 2008 for the HDD models.

These are all 3-cell battery models unfortunately. There’s only two colors for now – Sapphire Blue and Seashell White, and you basically (on the HD models) get a choice of Operating System (Windows XP Home or Linpus Linux), and either 512MB or 1GB or RAM.

Acer Aspire One HDD Models (Amazon.co.uk):
– Acer Aspire One A150-Bb (LU.S050B.106) – Windows XP Home, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, Sapphire Blue – £283.16
– Acer Aspire One A150-Bw (LU.S040B.107) – Windows XP Home, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, Seashell White – £299.99
– Acer Aspire One A150-Ab (LU.S050A.074) – Linux, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, Sapphire Blue = £249.08
– Acer Aspire One A150-Aw (LU.S040A.074) – Linux, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, Seashell White – £249.08

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Gigabyte M912 – Pre-Order in the UK

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If you are in the UK (probably other parts of Europe as well), you now have the chance to pre-order the 8.9-inch Gigabyte M912. The M912 is one of the neater ultraportables / netbooks, it’s one of the few Intel Atom-powered “convertibles” that functions both … Read more

Gigabyte M912V: Europe and Asia Only

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If you are located in the US or Canada and were looking forward to the Gigabyte M912V, you may have to go through an importer like Dynamism. Why, you ask, would we need to import it? In trying to obtain more information about the maximum … Read more

Asus Eee PC to get 3G Connectivity

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PC World is reporting that Asustek could be shipping Eee PCs with 3G mobile wireless capability as soon as September of this year, at least in Europe. According to an Asustek company representative, this is in response to other companies offering similar options. A week … Read more

Acer Aspire One Pricing – UK

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Acer has clarified their pricing for the 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One, at least for the UK. As of today according to Register Hardware / ComputerActive magazine, Acer’s starting price for the Aspire One will be £220 (including VAT), which is around $440 USD (depending on … Read more