14 DAY TRIAL // It was a certainty that Acer would release its Ultrabook soon and, sure enough, the company spoke up during this year's IFA and formally released the product, giving it the name of Acer Aspire Ultrabook S3.
The Ultrabook market is bound to at least cause some sort of ripples on the IT industry, what with so many companies backing the initiative.
The concept appeared as a result of the laptop segment needing some way to stave off the indirect assault of tablets.
Basically, Ultrabooks are super-thin laptops, thin enough, in fact, that they are as compact, if not more, than tablets, even when closed.
Acer was known to be working on one for months, its name being Aspire 3951 until just a short time ago.
More precisely, an Italian listing said that the product had a different name, that of Aspire Ultrabook S3.
Now, the company itself has confirmed that moniker, during its press conference at IFA 2011, in Berlin, Germany.
For those that want a reminder as to what the product is made of, an Intel Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 CPU lies at its heart.
Whatever CPU is selected is backed by 4 GB of RAM (random access memory) and complemented by either a solid state drive (SSD) or hard disk drive (HDD).
Also, the 13.3-inch LCD (liquid crystal display) features a native resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels, HD as it were.
Finally, the entire device has a thickness of just 13 mm and a weight of 1.40 kilograms, less than many a hard drive, especially large, external desktop solutions.
The price of the Aspire Ultrabook S3 (whose battery can last for seven hours, or 50 days in sleep) is, so far, reported to be of 799 to 1,199 Euro in Europe. US availability should come soon as well.