If you have been looking forward to the new Acer Aspire S5, your wait is almost over! Apparently its being released this month…
We just got word that it will hit shelves the last week of this month, with a starting price of $1,400. To recap (in case you’ve been overwhelmed by all the Ultrabooks on display lately), this is the one with the motorized, drop-down door hiding HDMI, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports. If fourteen hundred bucks seems expensive, remember that these specs (a Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor and 256GB SSD) are actually pretty standard for the money. And, at 2.65 pounds, it’s lighter than almost every other 13-inch Ultrabook we’ve seen. Still, at that price we’d expect something a little crisper than a 1366 x 768 display.
For what it’s worth, too, the S5 is the first product to ship in the US with the company’s free AcerCloud service baked in. In brief, you get unlimited storage for backing up your stuff, all of which you can access remotely using an Android app (Acer has said iOS and Windows Phone versions are on the way). As with other syncing services, your computer needs to be asleep, not powered-off, in order for you to retrieve your files, so avoid shutting down if you think you’ll need to reach into your PC later. source engadget.com
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Quickspecs are as follows
- Windows® 7 Home Premium
- Up to 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor
- Raid0 SSD up to 256gb
- MagicFlip
- Dolby® Home Theater® v4
- Acer Green Instant On, Acer Always Connect
- Thunderbolt™ connectivity
- 11mm thin, 1.2kg light
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