Acer unveils two more Aspires

ACER IS ADDING to its Aspire One line, announcing two new netbooks, the 11.6-inch AO751h and the 10.1-inch AOD250 today.

Weighing in at 1.25 kgs, boasting a 1.22 GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor, up to 2GB of DDR2 memory and a 250GB internal hard drive, the AO751h is being touted as the first 11.6-inch netbook on the market. The firm reckons the little lappie's full sized keyboard, multi-gesture touchpad, web cam and 16:9 high-def, LED-backlit widescreen will win punters over despite a rather pricey $380 for the six-cell battery version.

The AO75ih's touchpad purportedly allows punters to pinch, flick and swirl their fingers to scroll, zoom and flip through when noodling about on Google Earth or editing videos and pictures.

According to Acer, the optional six-cell battery for the AO751h will give the netbook up to eight hours worth of juice, compared with just four on the three-cell version. The crotchtop also offers a plethora of wireless capabilities including Wi-Fi and in-built Bluetooth.

The $300, 10.1-inch AOD250, weighing just 1.1kg, is based on Chipzilla's 1.60GHz Atom N270 processor, comes with a160GB hard drive, three USB 2.0 Ports, a web cam and 1024MB of DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM. It too can come with either a three or six cell battery, with the latter claiming up to six hours of precious lappie life.

Both netbooks come with Microsoft Windows XP Home edition installed. µ