Acer Aspire One available in Europe

According to reports, Acer's tiny Aspire One laptop is now available in three breathtaking variations: the A110L, A150L, and A150X. The A110L sports an Atom N270 CPU, Intel's 946GSE chipset, 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 8GB of NAND flash storage, an 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 display, 802.11b/g, and three USB ports. The other two models come equipped with the same specs, save for a 120GB hard drive in place of the flash storage, and are offered with Linpus Linux, or Windows XP. Excited? Retailers in Germany already claim to have the A110L in stock now, selling for €329 (or about $518).

[Via Fudzilla]

[Flashpoint @ Jul 4th 2008 10:15AM]

I would take the HDD over the NAND.

For $518 though, this thing is a bit expensive unless this is the specific class of laptop you need.

[Andrew @ Jul 4th 2008 10:45AM]

It's rather silly to rate the product on the cost-of-buying-Euros-with-Dollar price ($518) when that's an artificial "price".

A European consumer would not be paying $518 - because his purchasing power is far greater at the moment. The price you are referring to is the cost of buying Euros with the weak US Dollar.

We all know it won't cost $518 in the US, we are just getting screwed here in Europe because companies know they can charge *relatively* a lot more.

[schmitty338 @ Jul 4th 2008 10:54AM]

Exactly...you can't compare directly like that.

For example, the Aspire One is available for pre-order here in Canada for only $379.99CDN....much better deal than the Eee if you ask meee (har har).

[schmitty338 @ Jul 4th 2008 10:59AM]

Here's the link for other Canadians out there:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019015&cid=896.862

[helloUser @ Jul 4th 2008 11:58AM]

schmitty338, thanks for the link!

holy CRAP! $380?? Thats such a good deal! I'm thinking of picking up.....its REALLY tempting.

[CosterMonger @ Jul 4th 2008 1:36PM]

damn: white only, I'm really digging the blue.

[CosterMonger @ Jul 4th 2008 1:45PM]

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3949915&CatId=2814

found blue preorder on Tigerdirect.ca
(this is not an advertisement, I do not buy from nor endorse Tiger Direct)

must resist...

[Don @ Jul 4th 2008 10:00PM]

Will we ever get dvd burners in these things?????????

[bazzz @ Jul 5th 2008 9:22AM]

Please note that the german price of €329 already includes 19% VAT, so that would be roughly 276 Euros without VAT which is roughly $430. European prices for end-customers (be it cars, laptops, gas, whatever) ALWAYS include VAT (which is between 15% and 25% in the EU).

[Jarris @ Jul 7th 2008 6:07PM]

I'm so sick of the nettop sticker creep! I was waiting for this at $399 damnit.

[WickedEast @ Jul 9th 2008 2:32AM]

Thanks for the links to the pre-order guys!

[Blaine Oliver @ Jul 4th 2008 10:20AM]

Msi failed me now im getting an aspire one.

[Itsuru @ Jul 4th 2008 10:28AM]

I'm sick of netbooks already.

[Khris @ Jul 4th 2008 10:59AM]

So stop reading/commenting on them.

Problem solved!

[abigsmurf @ Jul 4th 2008 10:35AM]

Carphone Warehouse are now offering the Elonix Webbook for £229 (used to be contract only) which comes with a 1.6ghz via CPU. Anyone know how it compares?

[w00t @ Jul 4th 2008 1:51PM]

Yeah, badly.
This is faster, looks nicer, and £220 at Expansys. I'm getting one :)

[Methanoid @ Jul 4th 2008 5:26PM]

@abigsmurf

"Carphone Warehouse are now offering the Elonix Webbook for £229 (used to be contract only) which comes with a 1.6ghz via CPU"

Where? Not on their website. No-one seems sure whether the CPU is a C7 or an Atom which makes a difference!

[Andrew @ Jul 4th 2008 10:37AM]

Here we go again with the stupid currency "translations". Even if €329 is technically $518 it has nothing to do with the local cost for a European consumer. And it won't cost $518 in the US anyway, so why tell us about the dollar cost?

Why don't you stop converting currencies and simply compare apples with apples (or euros and euros)?

[Ky @ Jul 4th 2008 10:43AM]

Because some people don't have a good grasp of how much a euro is in their home currency?

Too many countries in the world match their national currencies primarily to the US Dollar. Besides, numbers are numbers -- you say it probably won't cost 518 in the States, but this is just information, not implying anything. Information made in a way that's easier to understand to a different group of readers.

[Andrew @ Jul 4th 2008 10:53AM]

The problem is that the information is MISLEADING! People tend to compare and get confused by the inflated and higher "price" in US Dollars.

The $518 USD is not the actual price at all, far from it, the actual cost to a consumer in the European market will be far lower when you consider it in terms of purchasing power.

We would be better off if Engadget did it's own Big Mac Index, and showed the prices in relation to other products in the same market. Compare apples with apples.

[initialxy @ Jul 4th 2008 11:17AM]

the thing is that manufactures probably won't adjust pricing level dramatically when ported to north america. and we (who live in north america) don't care the difference in purchasing power between north america and europe. and it would be pointless if engadget makes a whole mess with detailed pricing explanations. a direct currency conversion would be the easiest approach to show an approximation. and if you are on track with engadget you can probably compare its price with other laptops (such as with the previous two posts). it's pretty pointless to find out how many burgers can i get with this money in europe.

[Atenlaugh @ Jul 4th 2008 3:44PM]

So misleading information is better than both no information AND too much good information?

[cf292007 @ Jul 4th 2008 8:52PM]

i agree with you that the information might be misleading for some people, but i for one would like to know how much a currency in another country compares to mine. I am always curious about how much people pay for a product in another country how it compares to my country. I am sure many people agree with me.( i hope so)

[initialxy @ Jul 5th 2008 11:43AM]

@Atenlaugh, my point is that engadget is a gadget site, but not a business nor economics site. And many readers don't have much economics understandings. so showing detailed pricing indexes under each post is time consuming for writers, and it wouldn't make sense for a gadget site to emphasize so much on such details.

so to answer your question, misleading info is bad, but too much unnecessary good info is also bad. it can slow down engadget's efficiency, and possibly confuse some readers. I guess technically speaking, no info is the best way to go. but psychologically speaking, people living in north america have absolutely no value about euro. so for me (at least) remembering the pricing as a dollar value would be much easier, since the dollar sign is far more significant quantity for me (even now i don't remember its euro value at all). so if you are a regular engadget reader, you should be able to compare price with other products using dollar value as an index rather than actual financial value.

to conclude, there's no perfect solution. but it's pretty pointless to complain against a gadget site about economics matters (at least in my opinion).

[BrianB @ Jul 4th 2008 10:46AM]

I own a Dell Inspiron 700m and it's been good to me for 3 years. I need a replacement for its sweet portableness and delightful lack of fan noise. This is it, though Dell's offering ain't to bad either.

[Alex @ Jul 4th 2008 12:43PM]

I am using my 700m right now.

It's been ok, I have had some keyboard and audio issues (WHO HASN"T) see the shift key just got randomly stuck...but oh well...

These things are great for email and basic web use.

[upgeog @ Jul 4th 2008 10:54AM]

Heh! and the EEE is hated on for its numerous iterations. This one got three on the first strike.

[bob e @ Jul 4th 2008 10:51AM]

The 8.9" display is just too small IMO - perfect size is 11" like the Sony Vaio.

But it so nice I still would like one in blue.

[cbsevenfifty @ Jul 4th 2008 11:04AM]

Maybe you should have a look at the link before posting what Fudzilla says. The retailers in Germany don't claim to have them in stock. It says they will be sending them out in two weeks.

http://www.t-online-shop.at/tonline/product.do?action=getProductDetail&ref=geizhalsat&product=44347

[lance @ Jul 4th 2008 11:06AM]

all i can say is all these "netbooks" are sooo overpriced at this point. what was to be is history!
When someone truly hits the price point the same as a game system then you will see mass adoption.

[BrianB @ Jul 4th 2008 11:12AM]

Price not too bad considering that 10-12-inch laptops used to go for $1500-$3000.

[BrianB @ Jul 4th 2008 11:13AM]

Price not too bad considering that 10-12-inch laptops used to go for $1500-$3000.

[lance @ Jul 4th 2008 11:16AM]

That was before lcd screens took the forefront. More popular brings price down.

[boozie @ Jul 4th 2008 11:08AM]

It is also available at german online shop www.cyberport.de.
At 329€ it is 70€ cheaper than the suggested retail price of eeePC900 or MSI wind so I think it's a fair deal.

[boozie @ Jul 4th 2008 11:14AM]

Cyberport actually claims to have them in stock and to be able to ship them within 24h.

[SPOKE @ Jul 4th 2008 11:14AM]

all these mini netbooks started out because of the OLPC, and how cheap it was... now the concept and idea has just morphed into some overpriced junk that does nothing for you. do you really need a $500 8 inch display?
I didnt think so.

[Alex @ Jul 4th 2008 12:41PM]

Personally, I would find it quite useful if the iPhone didn't exist...

[ShadowMaker @ Jul 4th 2008 3:16PM]

So far the iPhone doesn't exist over here either.

[Fusion Fuzo @ Jul 4th 2008 11:13AM]

Nice, Cant wait

[verybadboy @ Jul 4th 2008 12:44PM]

seems good

[Tobi @ Jul 4th 2008 1:15PM]

I m actually more in to apple and never have been a big fan of acer (in germany due to metro group its somehow associated with the labels cheap and painful), but this one looks sooo much over the top nice....i ll get one before i move to egypt next month....just in case anythings happens to the mb

[Andrew @ Jul 4th 2008 9:06PM]

Why would you want to move to Egypt? Is Germany that bad? ;)

[Rezzonico @ Jul 4th 2008 1:16PM]

In Italy costs €299 ;)

http://compraonline.mediaworld.it/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=20000&storeId=20000&productId=967874&langId=-1&category_rn=60653632

[Hellios @ Jul 4th 2008 1:42PM]

Wow, it's similarly priced as the 4g EEE (7", 4gb ssd) only 30€ more yet it offers so much more in features, but the crucial thing here is the battery life. If it manages to last up to 3 hours with wifi and moderate firefox usage (no crazy flash, no myspace laggy profiles) then I'm so getting one at first, and then a couple more.

[w00t @ Jul 4th 2008 1:54PM]

I gotta agree with you I was set on an EEE until I saw this, it's just a much better deal.

Better still, the extended battery is said to go for 6+ hours :)

[CosterMonger @ Jul 4th 2008 1:56PM]

must... resist... temptation...
must read reviews first.

[Pfanne @ Jul 4th 2008 2:08PM]

i wouldnt buy any of these machines right now!
they fight for the price is about to start...
it would be better to wait half a year and watch the prices drop!

[king @ Jul 4th 2008 3:10PM]

acer aspire one resource site - www.aspireoneuser.com

[Jeff @ Jul 4th 2008 3:18PM]

946GSE chipset? I think you meant the 945GSE...

[jonaslie @ Jul 4th 2008 8:20PM]

I "ordered" mine June 9 in Norway with est. delivery date July 14 - this date has now been pushed back for all Norwegian webshops to July 25.

I dont belive this will appear until i hold the Aspire One in my hands.