Archos rolls out Archos 10s, Archos 13 laptops, Classmate-based student PC

Archos's new Windows 7-based Archos 9 tablet may be the headliner at today's event in Paris, but the company's also taken advantage of the opportunity to expand its laptop / netbook offerings, which have so far been confined to one. Those include the previously announced Archos 10s "MiniPC," which hangs onto some mostly identical specs to the Archos 10 but packs 'em in a slimmer and lighter package, and the all new Archos 13 (pictured above), which is a full-fledged 13-inch ultraportable with a 1.2GHz Celeron ULV processor and some fairly standard specs across the board. As if that wasn't enough, Archos has also partnered with France's Ministry of Education to make a Classmate-based laptop available to students in the country, which will also include a one-year subscription to an online course service for about $400. Still no word on price for the Archos10s, unfortunately, but it'll apparently be available later this month in both three-cell and six-cell versions, while the Archos13 will run about $800 when it rolls out closer to the end of the summer.

Read - Archos 10s
Read - Archos 13
Read - Archos Press Release [Warning: PDF link]

[Thanks, @charbax]

Update: ArchosLounge has already made the rounds of the event and provided a few hands-on pics of all the goods. Head on past the break for a quick look at the Archos 10s and Classmate PC, and hit up their site for some more shots and details.

[VooDooz0r @ Jun 11th 2009 1:13PM]

amaizing! i'm watching the live feed!

[chris @ Jun 11th 2009 1:18PM]

Watch the live feed here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/archos-live-event

Chat about this live at http://friendfeed.com/archosfans and get the live blogging there!

This must be why dell dropped archos from their store, i bought my Archos 7 at dell with my dell credit and i was planning on buying the accessories the same way, but when i went back to get the accessories a month or two later dell has since dropped all archos products, i wonder if they knew about the laptops coming out and wanted to drop their competition from their store.

[JPW @ Jun 11th 2009 1:46PM]

Per the 13's link, "The ARCHOS 13 features a 10 cell battery and weights only 2.2 oz" -- OOH LA LA, THAT'S LIGHT!

;-)

[TheLostSwede @ Jun 11th 2009 1:54PM]

The 10s looks just like the J&W Minix 811. Hands on video with the J&W from Computex here http://www.netbooknews.com/224/jw-minix-811-hands-on-video/

[sn71875 @ Jun 11th 2009 2:18PM]

Do these have a tendency to blow up like their PMP's

[hated @ Jun 11th 2009 2:26PM]

$800 hard fail !!!!!

[chubchubcullen @ Jun 11th 2009 2:53PM]

800?? at least its not another atom based ultra portable...

[dan2600 @ Jun 11th 2009 3:05PM]

Celeron!?!? 0.o they still make Celerons? I would take an atom over a damn Celeron...worse processor ever

[dan2600 @ Jun 11th 2009 3:07PM]

I say this with the fact that i thought they stopped pressing Celerons in January of last year.

[mvmot @ Jun 11th 2009 3:21PM]

archos fanboy.

[feraligatr8 @ Jun 11th 2009 7:36PM]

That first picture has in it, some of the worst apps availble for windows
Internet explorer
Windows Media Player
MS Office

[Invisiblemoose @ Jun 12th 2009 2:48AM]

I use WMP. With a decent media splitter and a few codecs, it works fine for video...

[Félix @ Jun 12th 2009 5:57AM]

Archos how can you have such BAD advertising...

You advertise for a windows PC with internet explorer ?
really ????
Does MS pay you to do so ? cause if not you've been screwed !
This is by far the worst app on Windows.