Acer Aspire "Gemstone" laptop concept to be unveiled Friday

We really don't have much of a clue what Acer is up to here, but it's a bit of an exception when Acer isn't doing something completely predictable with its product lineup and design direction, so we though we'd give you a heads up. The "Gemstone concept" is apparently a new Acer Aspire laptop line, or so it seems -- the promo material is a bit obtuse. It could very well look totally gaudy, but we suppose we'll find out on Friday, and it's pretty much impossible to look much more ridiculous than Acer's Ferrari lineup, so how can we lose?

[Thanks, Olivier]

[Crayola @ May 2nd 2007 6:33PM]

Damnit Engadget! This is like no news, we only ogle photos and skip the waffling editorials, the site has nothing! Are you guys having some kind of competition with those juvenile delinquent at Gizmodo?

[thegibbon @ May 2nd 2007 7:06PM]

Oi dead-head that has been up on the Acer Site for like nearly 4 dayz and it has taken you that long to realise.

Ooooo get you engadget "the first with News at rechy stuff" it seems you aint that quick after all.

the Gibbon

inna Jungle near you

[Ignacio @ May 2nd 2007 7:08PM]

Your link to the Acer Ferrari search is misspelled, it searches for Acer+Ferarri.

[thegibbon @ May 2nd 2007 7:22PM]

More git-type remarks from a tiny minded hack that has no idea how shit werx.

Paul do you not realise that your artcle is speculative toss about a device that in all honesty is more or less the same as the miriad of other electronic gadgets that are pumped out of giant factories by massive no-face manfacturing conglomerates that control every fing.

Take a closer look at the shit that for sale nowdays, it is all the same. It ain't about who makes the coolest lookin box of trix. It is all about people gettin connected and toppling useless corperate driven control mechnisms that are put in place and funded by the chimps tring to subliminaly sell them buy splatting the whole page with adds telling you to buy the shit you are talking about.

and another fing I carn be arsed ne more coz this site toss.. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

oh and BTW

[rp @ May 2nd 2007 7:43PM]

Quiet down monkey boy and take the blue pill.

[Mr Funk @ May 2nd 2007 8:33PM]

Obtuse...

This word you keep saying. I don't think it means what I think you think it means. I beleive you're looking for "abstruse"

[HoldenCfld @ May 2nd 2007 10:12PM]

Obtuse: blunt, not acute, rounded

Abstruse: Difficult to understand

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Chalk one up for Mr Funk.

[TAJ @ May 2nd 2007 10:11PM]

Inconceivable!

[John Doe @ May 2nd 2007 11:10PM]

Its a good thing the thread is so on topic or it might become obtuse. *rolls eyes*

As for the laptop, yah know the thing the entry is about, it looks interesting. However must learn more. If this is the revamp of the Apple ibook (a.k.a the woman's compact wannabe) Umm ugh... However Acer was one of the first if not THE first out of the gate with the flipable tablet PC screens. So who knows....

[D T @ May 3rd 2007 5:37AM]

Now now, lets not pan Acer too much. The original Acer Aspire desktop was one of the first computers in the world to emphasize design, with interesting colours and shapes. Have we forgotten so soon (ok, it was almost 12 years ago, but still...)?

http://www.global.acer.com/about/affairs_library/events/20001_computex/html/history-phase3-story1.htm

[Matthew Meta @ May 8th 2007 7:46PM]

http://m-w.com/dictionary/obtuse

2b : difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression