Tag: ACER

You know the drill. Buy a laptop, grab the requisite warranty and tech support guarantee, and then spend endless minutes of your life on the line with said tech support every time your new baby starts to sputter. Why, you may ask yourself, is my laptop's tech support so gosh darn un- supportive? Well, Laptop Magazine did some extensive research on the subject, contacting tech support units at ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Early indications that Microsoft totally ditched the Ring of Death's ominously blood-red hue in favor of a kinder, gentler green may be premature. According to NeoGaff snoops, an unearthed 250GB Xbox 360 houses a red light in the center of its power button, an indicator of the dreaded "insufficient ventilation" death knell. ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Nintendo recently suffered through its worst profit period in six years, but the downward trend definitely wasn't isolated to the industry leader. Video game profits, as a whole, dipped significantly last month, as the NPD Group revealed that April demonstrated the worst monthly sales decline since July of 2009. [From: CNET] ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Under leader Hugo Chavez, Venezuela hasn't exactly developed a stellar reputation for promoting and protecting human rights. Despite that lack of concern for Venezuelans' civil liberties, Chavez is seeking to protect his nation's children from an apparent capitalist tool of the devil: the video game. Chavez (who has banned the sale ...

Acer has always played second fiddle to the bigger boys here in the U.S. like Dell, Apple, and HP. It's not that Acer doesn't make quality PCs, it's just that it lacks the visibility and marketing muscle of its larger competitors. That said, Acer has seen increasing success thanks to its Aspire One netbook, which, along with the Eee, helped kick off the craze for tiny, low-power laptops. Hoping ...

We rolled over to the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey last night for Acer's computer announcement extravaganza. The PC manufacturer announced brand new netbooks, laptops, and desktop lines under its eMachines, Gateway, and Acer brands. Considering the loads of new computer models flashing onto the giant IMAX screen overhead, all intercut with short IMAX clips driven by techno versions of ...

If the Acer Aspire One netbook above makes you feel uncomfortable, even angry, then you're probably not a Japanese school-girl. Hell, even if you are we hope you have the good sense not to paste stuffed animals, taffeta, and frills to your Atom-based netbook. That's what UMPCs are for. ...

Those aesthetics aren't the only "dangerous" aspect to Acer's Predator gaming desktops. Apparently the insulation on some of the computer's internal wiring can become stripped, and has proceeded to short-circuit and melt internal components and the external casing in two separate reported incidents. Acer is recalling the ASG7200 and ASG7700 machines sold between May and December of last year, ...

Tech industry research firm Gartner has has just released its latest figures tracking the computer market, and, refreshingly, the news is good! While the rest of the economy is struggling just to avoid drowning in a sea of stagnant credit, the PC industry is soaring. According to the findings, global PC sales grew 15% since the 3rd quarter of last year. There are a number of other interesting ...

Whoa, big day in the land of low-cost ultra-portables. First Dell, now Acer in what appear to be the first shots of Acer's first sub-$500 ultra-portable. The images above were dumped into the forum over at UMPC Portal and show what appears to be an "Aspire One" branding to the right of the touchpad and what could certainly pass as the rumored 8.9-inch display. And although that UI is very ...

Look out, Alienware -- your fancy new Area-51 ALX has a carnivore hot on its trail. The Acer Aspire Predator, which was officially unveiled yesterday, has already found its way into the loving arms of Bit-Tech. Over there, folks were able to spend a good bit of time with the rig, snap a smattering of photos and dish out some initial impressions. There's some pretty interesting tidbits to be had ...

First things first: just in case that headline didn't really sink in, this is an 18.4-inch laptop. In other words, those of you with even the slightest of back problems should probably just pass this one right on by. If you're still with us, however, you'll likely be totally engrossed by Laptop Mag's review of the Acer Aspire 8920G. The larger of the two second-gen Gemstones was said to feature ...

Unlike chimps, laptops that smoke are not very funny. One company that certainly isn't laughing today is Acer, which just announced the recall of 27,000 defective laptop batteries supplied by Sony, which are prone to overheating and smoking. For anyone keeping score, that's now well over seven million batteries being recalled since last August when Dell reported six incidents of overheating ...