Acer's new Aspire 1800 & Travelmate 3200

The latest company sweating the Apple design team is Acer, which is dolling up their Aspire 1800 and Travelmate 3200 with "rounded edges and a sleek metallic-looking exterior." The product announcement didn't include many details other than the inclusion of a button that launches a control console for functions including power management, display settings, security and boot options. While considerate of them this isn't really necessary since all those functions are pretty easy to get at. The only most interesting part is the inclusion of a remote which sits in the PCMCIA slot when not in use. We're guessing that this remote will be sans-display and as such not good for all that much. Who uses their laptop as a media center anyway?