Acer has unveiled its dual OS netbook of Acer Aspire One family. It offers innovate features, more speed, and responds better to tasks such as checking e-mail or instant Internet access with Android features. It is able to boot in 18-seconds and can shutdown in only 3. It is equipped with a special button for switching to Windows OS as well.
Acer has been working hard at the Mobile World Congress, presenting, showcasing and previewing a wide variety of products. No doubt, the Acer Aspire One 532 ION 2-based netbook will get a fair share of the attention. Still, among the multitude of devices, Acer’s new Aspire One with dual-boot functionality is a netbook with real ingenuity .
The official press release says little, if anything, concerning the actual specifications of the device, focusing, instead, on explaining the benefits of having the possibility of switching between two operating systems. The laptop is an Acer Aspire One with Android and Windows 7. This netbook will allow the end-users to easily switch between the two OSes according to the tasks that need to be performed.
For instance, in case consumers need to browse the web or send an e-mail, they must only press a button and, within 18 seconds (at most), the netbook will boot Android. This OS is convenient because it uses a low amount of power. Switching back to Windows 7, in case of the need for the advanced productivity features provided by it, can be accomplished just as easily.
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Acer said nothing about the insides of the product, but the presence of Windows 7 points towards an x86 central processing unit. This means that the new laptop will likely be based on either the Intel Pine Trail platform or NVIDIA’s ION 2. The Aspire One is an updated version of the 10.1-inch Acer Aspire One Android netbook, which was shown in the past year.
The dual-boot netbook brings along a true revolution as it gives the best of two worlds. It offers the immediacy, the ultrafast connectivity and speed of Android for instant access to web browsing, emails and social interaction together with the full and reliable productivity of the Windows environment, simply by clicking to switch OS. Unfortunately, besides not going into the technical details of the netbook, Acer also failed to mention anything related to pricing and availability. (www.acer.com)
