“The new Aspire laptops start at $219 (~Rs 14,000) in the US”
Apart from the new Swift and Switch series laptops and convertibles, Acer also launched four new Aspire series notebooks at its big launch event in New York yesterday. The new Aspire notebooks consist of the Aspire 1, Aspire 3, Aspire 5 and Aspire 7 – all catering to different price segments and requirements.
The Acer Aspire 1 is the most affordable of the lot featuring a 14-inch display and an Intel Celeron or Pentium processor, mated to 4GB of RAM. The notebook gets a one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal, 1TB of OneDrive storage, 32GB or 64GB of eMMC storage, Intel HD graphics and up to nine hours of battery life.
The Aspire 3 is being offered in 14-inch and 15.6-inch variants with up to full HD screen resolution. It offers Intel Core, Celeron or Pentium processors, up to 12GB of RAM and Acer BlueLightShield technology.
The Aspire 5 comes with a 15.6-inch display with up to full HD resolution. It is powered by up to 7th-gen Intel Core processors, mated to a maximum of 20GB of DDR4 RAM. The notebook can be configured with up to 2TB of HDD storage and up to 256GB of SSD storage. It comes with Acer TrueHarmony sound, Skype for Business and NVIDIA GeForce graphics.
The Aspire 7 is being offered in 15-inch and 17-inch variants. The notebook offers a 7th-gen Intel Core processor, mated to up to 32GB of RAM and up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics. It comes with up to 2TB of HDD storage, an HD camera with HDR, Dolby Audio Premium and power-off charging.
As for the pricing, the Acer Aspire 1 will be available starting at $219 (~Rs 14,000), the Aspire 3 at $299 (~Rs 19,200), the Aspire 5 at $449 (~Rs 28,830), and the Aspire 7 at $799 (~Rs 51,300). They will first go on sale in China later this month, followed a roll out in other countries.
