Acer launches budget 64-bit Aspire 3103 WLCi laptop

It seems Acer is letting the rubber cool just a bit on its feverish Ferrari releases, and looking to add another (relatively) run-of-the-mill option to the long standing Aspire lineup with the 3103 WLCi. While certainly not as potent (or ginormous) as the 20-inch Aspire 9800, Acer is apparently aiming for the value-conscious crowd with this offering. Sporting a not-exactly-flashy silver and black enclosure, this 64-bit notebook packs a 15.4-inch 1,280 x 800 display, 1.8GHz AMD Sempron 3400+, 512MB of RAM, 5,400RPM 60GB drive, DVD burner, and the ATi Radeon Express 1100 graphics chipset. The conventional array of ports and connectivity options are included as well, such as VGA out, 56k, Ethernet, WiFi, a trio of USB ports, and a 5-in-1 flash card reader, while more savvy add-ons -- Bluetooth and FireWire, for instance -- are (understandably) omitted. The conservatively-styled (and priced) 3103 WLCi should be hitting Japanese streets soon for just under ¥80,000 ($680).

[Via Akihabara News]

[ourownde @ Sep 20th 2006 6:55PM]

another common, boring laptop =(
by the way...
my vaio FE series laptop is so freakin heavy, I now hate the 14 - 15 inch laptops!!! must shoot for 11 - 12 inch ones!!!! anyone have suggestions for me?

[luke @ Sep 20th 2006 7:03PM]

13" macbook or 12" MSI MS-262 are both excellent machines for the price.

[Jeff @ Sep 21st 2006 9:42AM]

My 14.1" Acer TM2424 weighs 4.8 pounds w/ battery.

[VQH @ Sep 20th 2006 7:14PM]

24

[Charlie @ Sep 20th 2006 7:23PM]

Nice laptop

[tuke @ Sep 20th 2006 7:28PM]

ooo

[Mordy Greenspan @ Sep 20th 2006 7:36PM]

very nice laptop

[Cody Krieger @ Sep 20th 2006 7:37PM]

I need a new laptop...my current one sucks. Maybe I should go for one of these?

[DarkSol @ Sep 20th 2006 8:02PM]

I'd have to say that I'm very content with my IBM, but seriously, who puts a parallel port on a laptop in 2005?

[ericnels @ Sep 20th 2006 8:05PM]

Fiber, Opera Browsers for DS and now this. Japan has got it made!

[hakukaji @ Sep 20th 2006 8:13PM]

do people by acers?

[StandardAI @ Sep 20th 2006 11:37PM]

hakukaji - "do people by acers?" No, They buy them.

[TZK @ Sep 20th 2006 11:13PM]

This is a great value! (until the battery explodes and burns down your 300,000 home.)

Oh well.

[Ebzy @ Sep 21st 2006 5:44AM]

@ourownde

A bit of weight-lifting didn't hurt anyone.
Personally I'm thinking of getting acer's ginormous 9800.

As for your need I recommend a panasonic let's note t5, w5, r5, or y5 if you can find them as they are bloody awesome

[Ebzy @ Sep 21st 2006 5:45AM]

Oh yeah, if your in the states I remember dynamism.com were selling them from quite a while back.

[Jeff @ Sep 21st 2006 9:32AM]

Acer is a bunch of bastards when it comes to Bluetooth. You can see the two switches that control the BT and wifi radios on the left side forward edge of the case. The BT radio module is about $35 but they won't sell the part - you need to get the laptop preconfigured. Trouble is that most Acer laptop configurations that I've seen don't offer a BT option!

I own a Travelmate 2424 and Acer says they have a BT configuration for it but no reseller has them.


My only option for an internal radio (since they refuse to sell the module to end users) is to solder a USB BT dongle inside to one of the 3 USB ports. I'd lose an external port but would gain internal BT.

[onlydarksets @ Sep 21st 2006 11:47AM]

great.