http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/ Engadget Comments for Acer developing 'ace in the hole' ultrathin, putting MacBook Air on notice http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/
And as far as MSI goes, iI really hope you guys can cram an i5 in a 0.7" body without overheating problems. Cause the last thing anyone needs is another 1st get Macbook Air. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/
Well if Acer can give me a better build quality then Asus did on their UL30 I might actually be willing to grab me an Acer instead, because the UL30 has extremely poor build quality, not to mention their crappy Seagate harddrives.]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/
To compare it to an Atom processor makes you sound like a n00b, regardless of the fact that the dedicated fairly powerful GPU offloads a lot of work from the CPU.

Would you like some ice for that burn? :D]]>Feb 12th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/
Likewise a 3810tz owner here, and it's about the perfect dimensions for me... I can hardly imagine it being thinner.]]>Feb 12th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/
I hope all and any contenders release better machines with some sort of real world value]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7hc6qZ_PGI

The Air with a couple USB3 ports and HDMI (so you don't have to carry a stupid dongle) w/ a decent SSD w/ TRIM support (should be in OSX 10.7) minus the Apple tax is a very appealing machine. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Maybe it's not for you. The MBA is a fairly fast CD2 processor with a 9400M chipset. The current 2GB memory limitation is becoming a liability but otherwise it offers pretty good performance. I'm not sure you'd want to run Final Cut on it but that's not what people buy them for so it's not much of an issue. The size is nice if you happen to travel a lot or simply use your laptop in a situation where you might be picking it up and sitting it down dozens of times a day. For ports, again it really depends what you specifically want or care about. I almost never plug anything into my laptop. wifi + bluetooth tethering and sometimes an external display.

So basically your specific needs may not be compatible with ultra-thin laptops but it's not too hard to understand other people might care about different things. Ultra-thins are a niche market but profitable because the people who want them will typically pay a bit more. That's why all these companies make them. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/I was going to disagree, but after some thought I can see where the X1 was one of the starting points of the netbook move. I always thought the Asus Eee PC 2G Surf was where the real netbooks started appearing. I bought one of those the first week they were out. Brought it on a trip to Maine and everyone who passed had to double take on this little white and baby blue laptop with a 7" screen running WinXP. I would almost argue that the X1 still falls in the Ultra Portable Notebook realm. But I can see the common genetics.]]>Feb 12th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/
Not to mention it sucks using an SSD in OS X since it has no TRIM support.]]>Feb 12th 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/
(expects serious downvote)]]>Feb 12th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/acer-developing-ace-in-the-hole-ultrathin-putting-macbook-air/Feb 12th 2010 1:35PM