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Acer Netbooks Will Dual-Boot Android and Windows 7
PCWorld ^ | October 07, 2010 2:36 PM | Katherine Noyes, PCWorld

Posted on 10/11/2010 8:32:13 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

In what will surely provide a boost to Google's Android platform outside the smartphone arena, computer maker Acer reportedly announced on Wednesday that all of its upcoming dual-core netbooks will run both Android and Windows 7.

The announcement was made at Acer's Taiwan launch of its new dual-core Aspire One netbooks, which will feature Intel's Atom 550 processor as well as Android, according to a report in DigiTimes.

The move is expected to increase demand by providing "more efficiency to consumers" while costing Acer very little, the report said.

Also included in the new "Happy" Aspire One netbooks will be a built-in 250GB hard drive, the Taipei Times reported. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2010/10/07/2003484712] Priced at US$431, the machines will reportedly be available in Taiwan this month.

Citing recent figures from Gartner, Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin also asserted that tablets will not replace netbooks anytime soon. Acer reportedly expects to ship 10 million netbooks this year.

(Excerpt) Read more at pcworld.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: android; netbooks; smartphones

1 posted on 10/11/2010 8:32:16 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce

Android ping.


2 posted on 10/11/2010 8:32:55 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Microsoft screwed the pooch when they went from XP to 7.


3 posted on 10/11/2010 8:33:48 AM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Netbooks...hardware still looking for a purpose.


4 posted on 10/11/2010 8:34:49 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

5 posted on 10/11/2010 8:35:48 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Cool.

Can I get one with Android and Windows 98SE?


6 posted on 10/11/2010 8:36:54 AM PDT by smokingfrog (Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.)
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To: All
Distrowatch looks at the Acer:

First look at Acer Aspire One D255 with Android

*****************************************EXCERPT**********************************

This is a 10-inch netbook powered by Intel Atom N450 (1.66 GHz, 512 kB cache), 1 GB of RAM, a 160 GB hard disk, with Microsoft Windows XP and Google Android as the two available operating systems. For those interested in details about the integrated peripherals please see the output of lspci below.

***************************************snip****************************************

This was actually the cheapest of the several dual-boot Aspire One netbooks launched last week. While the other models seemed to have slightly better hardware specifications, their higher price was (presumably) also justified by the presence of the newer Windows 7 on them (again dual-booting with Android).

7 posted on 10/11/2010 8:40:34 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: smokingfrog

I just (about a month ago) put my W98SE machine out to pasture. Kept the drives tho in case of ancient needs.

And someone asked why a netbook. For cruises and all around travel. Much more convenient than a laptop. I first bought the Acer and returned it in less than a week. They wouldn’t talk support without my credit card number. Bye bye Acer. Bought a Samsung and they’ll talk anytime even to just say hi. And I’m happy with the box. Wiped 7 and installed XP Pro without a blink. Just got back from my first cruise with it.


8 posted on 10/11/2010 8:44:13 AM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: Frantzie
Microsoft screwed the pooch when they went from XP to 7.

I think it's mostly because they went through Vista. I haven't heard anything real bad about 7.

Still wouldn't get it though.

If I need it cheap I'll go with the Penguin. If I got the dough I'll go with a Mac.

9 posted on 10/11/2010 9:21:14 AM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: Frantzie; Tribune7
> Microsoft screwed the pooch when they went from XP to 7.

I respectfully and thoroughly disagree.

As Tribune7 said, the problem was Vista, and also the long delay between major releases. Win7 released in 2006 would have been a huge success and every Windows user would be running it by now very happily.

Vista was designed to be the Hardware Vendors' Full-Employment and Sales Boost Act. It flopped because it wasn't nearly good enough to justify the expense of new hardware.

Win7 is Vista-Done-Right, and is a worthy successor to XP.

Besides, what else would you have had them do? XP-SP4? XP was stretched to the limit already. When does it stop?

10 posted on 10/11/2010 4:29:26 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: smokingfrog
> Can I get one with Android and Windows 98SE?

The only problem you'll have is finding drivers for 98. Otherwise, I'll bet it runs like a bat outta hell.

11 posted on 10/11/2010 4:35:14 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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