Acer Moves to third dimension with windows 7
On the eve of the arrival of Windows 7 from Microsoftoperating system, Acer is showing off a couple of new computers. Windows 7 isn’t the only thing that’s new in them.
In fact, the Acer Aspire One netbook — the company’s latest entry of many into that blooming category — doesn’t even run Windows 7. It’s loaded with Windows XP, but the hook here is that it also boots with Android mobile operating system from Google.
Android — a first for a netbook, Acer says — means Internet access is instantly available, even if the XP systems or programs aren’t running.
This $350 netbook is fairly run of the mill otherwise — a 10.1-inch WSVGA display, a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom processor — but it is intended as a mobile device, so the Android feature is certainly appropriate.
Acer has another trick up its corporate sleeve, as well: a full-size laptop that shows off 3-D content. Just put on a pair of those strange wraparound glasses. A pair is packed with the computer.
It’s a novelty, and one that I expect will run out of gas sooner or later. But differentiation is the name of the game here, and the $780 Acer 5738DG hits that mark with its TriDef 3D package, which includes the specially coated 15-inch screen and software. The TriDef app also enables 2-D to 3-D conversion in games and applications supporting DirectX 9 and above.
And yes, it comes with Windows 7.
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