It is clearly a fake as DELL can never make something that elegant and styled .

If its not that by the size I'd guess it their latest invention , 18" screen wide notebook .

I'll take 2 please .

At 650$ a pop they could have 2 units with extended warranty which is way better then any one unit even with overnight - onsite - instant replacement - 24/7 support .

Typical government thinking spending your paytax $$$ and then everyone wonders why the dollar is tumbling down .

Just another medicore Dell with some style and probably overpriced -- ahh , its an XPS you say ?

umm , maybe any old Fujitsu B or T ?

you might wanna read my comment again as it stated "used ultra portables" ,
oh and they also come with touch (B) or tablet (T) screen .

Only 3.5 hrs is not what we all had in mind when we heard about the new 2 pound tiny screen low spec EEE .

For 400$ you can have much better used ultra portables at 3 pounds , 10-12" screen with higher specs and 5+ hrs of battery time .

What a joke .

Why would Acer or Gateway need PB and its no so hot image ?

Btw Acer is more of a DELL/Gateway wannabe ,
low cost/high value and subpar quality on the low end notebooks .

I don't see why they need Gateway other then to get into the US market
which they can do better by pushing the new Gemstones more aggresively
and introducing them to consumers as a first wave .

Who is the ODM of the 670 and what model if you can ?

It looks nice but reports indicate sub par quality .

I think some of the posters should not have a laptop at all .

The idea of this laptop is to have a computer that will work with no electricity and be rugged which you can't find for 200$ or even 400$ , with all the press you should have got it by now and quit with the "get a desktop/walmart laptop etc." remarks .

The main problem I hope they dealt with would be the possible usage of this laptop for internet scams if it falls in the wrong hands .

Beside the new print & hdmi what else is new that was worth skipping the 30% ?

I thought the dv9600 would have at least 8700GT .

Sharp tend to be somewhat pricy and underpowered but with amazing screens and innovative ideas and desgins .

This doesn't matter as its hard to find a Sharp notebook anyway . They are like unicorns ,white and unreacable .