Acer drops Turion 64 X2-based Aspire 5100

Now that those new AMD Turion 64 X2 chips are out and about, Acer is looking to put them to good use and has crammed some of that 64-bit, dual core goodness into their new Aspire 5100 laptop series. There are plenty of specs to go around: a 15.4-inch display with 16ms response, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 option, gigabit Ethernet, DVI-D, four USB 2.0 ports, Firewire, 5-in-1 card reader, ExpressCard and PC card slots (though it could be "or," specs aren't clear), and S-Video out. To go along with its new chipset, the 5100 packs a new ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 integrated graphics card, that boasts a 33 percent performance boost over its predecessor, and 512MB of video RAM (128MB of that dedicated). You can get a SATA drive up to 160GB in capacity, and beyond the "DVD super-multi double layer drive" there's even an option for HD DVD upon availability. We're not sure about the price to spec breakdown, but the series starts at a comfortable $899, and should be available now.

[Via MobileWhack]

[spil @ Jul 14th 2006 2:46PM]

wow. a laptop.[/voice of that teacher in farris bueler's day off]

[Isochronous @ Jul 14th 2006 4:31PM]

Yeah, it's a laptop, but have you seen the prices? Acer laptops are typically ridiculously underpriced for their components, at the cost of reduced service and warranty after purchase. For a real hard-core computer user who knows what he/she's doing and can troubleshoot his or her own problems, Acer laptops tend to get you more value for the money than anything else out there - or at least, that I've found. They don't offer custom configurations, but that's another reason they're cheaper, and they've got so many pre-configured options that I almost guarantee you'll find one with 95% of your desired feature set for 200-300 less than configuring your own system from Dell/Gateway/Whoever

[Allen @ Jul 14th 2006 4:35PM]

I hate Acer laptops. Poor drivers = poor linux experience.

[Keaton @ Jul 14th 2006 10:09PM]

Finally.... A Turion X2 laptop thats actually kinda affordable... Now I wonder what kinda battery life it gets...

http://thesoggycow.phpnet.us

[ishtar @ Jul 15th 2006 3:59AM]

Vista premium ready? Does that mean that the integrated gfx cars is dx10?

[Scott @ Jul 15th 2006 1:45PM]

You won't need a DX10 Card to run Aero or Glass.

[JD @ Jul 15th 2006 2:57PM]

Sadly, this machine doesn't actually have DVI:
http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/as5100.htm

:-(

[SJ @ Jul 15th 2006 4:17PM]

Why would you say that they dropped this product. Is it just me or doesn't dropping a product usually mean they no longer make/carry said product?

[jonn @ Jul 24th 2006 6:40PM]

! yeah its not out yet in the US this sucks well at least the one you guys get specs on

[KillerNotebooks @ Sep 21st 2006 9:26PM]

Turion X2 Dual Core - completely configurable and top the the line loaded
100 gig 7,200 rpm hard drive
2 gigs RAM
BlueTooth
108 Mbps wireless
and the Killer Notebooks warranty and support...


http://www.killernotebooks.com/zatoichi/zatoichi_custom_configuration.aspx
...for
the select few

[Loopy @ Apr 8th 2007 1:32PM]

HELP!!!!!!

Have a new acer aspire 5100. After 2 weeks, it will not power on with or without a/c power.

Anyone???

[xXSive @ Jul 11th 2007 6:05AM]

I have had this laptop for a few months now. I have ran Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Studio64, and Video Linux on it. Most perform really well on it but I'm sad to say that nothing performs as well as good ole' fashion XP media center on it. Although Ubuntu and Kubuntu run excellent and with full driver support all except for Acer's "Orbicam" and that is in developement phase from what I can find on it.(which wasn't much) Ubuntu studio ran good till I broke it.. lol.. but that was my fault. Video Linux at the time I tried it did not support the soundcard (that may have changed) And vista ran like a piece of poop!!! [decided to edit out all my Vista gripes]

[Frank @ Aug 29th 2007 11:32AM]

I am trying to get Kubuntu 7.04 working and not having great luck (so far) getting the 802.11 working. Any hints? Thanks.

[xXSive @ Jul 11th 2007 6:10AM]

day'um.. didn't see the date stamp

[Allwyn @ Aug 15th 2007 4:09AM]

can any body attatch and send me drivers required for integrated webcam (Acer Orbicam drivers) for my laptop (Aspire 5100), as instead of keeping the backup of my drivers the old drivers are not supported ,and i have installed windows XP for the fiorst time .

[Oscar @ Oct 9th 2007 1:18PM]

I have all the acer drivers. I changed from Vista to XP. If you want them email me at oeaslercarolina.rr.com

[Lee Ross @ Sep 30th 2007 7:48PM]

I have ACER 5100 with MCE, the original O/S. The webcam worked fine for a few months, in fact it worked great. Then one day the application can't see the hardware. I removed the device from device manager and it would not re-detect. Can anyone help?

[Ted @ Nov 13th 2007 2:05PM]

I would love to get all the 64-bit drivers for XP64. Any ideas? Also my left mouse button is dead. Definitely built for the price point.

[I NEED HELP!!! @ Mar 22nd 2008 9:19AM]

i need all the XP 64 drivers for my aspire 5100! where can i get them?
or do the drivers on this support site run at windows xp 64?
i changed from vista to XP64 and now i need the right drivers.
thx for your help