14 DAY TRIAL // The netbook market may still be dominated by entry-level systems based on the Intel Atom series of central processing units, but it looks like AMD's Fusion is not going to back down, with one video having caught sight of a certain Acer unit.
With Computex 2011 nearing day by day, many IT companies are getting ready to show off their newest and best devices.
Acer, of course, is no exception, and while HP will probably win in terms of new product announcements, today anyway, the former does have its own projects.
Among other things, Acer has been working on an entry-level mobile computer, a netbook as it were, powered by AMD's Fusion architecture.
More specifically, the product goes by the name of Aspire one 722 and has a hardware configuration that revolves around the C-50 dual-core APU (accelerated processing unit).
For those that do not remember, this chip has a clock frequency of 1 GHz and includes the Radeon HD 6250 integrated, DirectX 11 graphics.
Granted, DirectX 11 support doesn't matter much for a product that won't play any games with tessellation, but this video solution is still superior to most everything else netbooks can get these days.
It would seem that up to 4 GB of RAM (random access memory) can be put in, to complement the chip, while a hard disk drive adds up to 640 GB of storage to the mix. Also, the display is an LCD with HD support (1,366 x 768 pixels resolution).
The other asset of the Aspire One 722 is that it features a very unusual design element on its 11.6-inch lid, namely a ripple pattern, similar to what water droplets would cause.
No doubt some would have hoped this new piece of news would contain some sort of availability date, or at least a general idea on the pricing.
Such details are still a mystery, however, although a video demonstration, at least, has found its way to the web, meaning the users now have a better of idea of what to expect.