Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook gets Intel Core i7 CPU, SSD: $1,299
Summary: Considering that Intel was pushing vendors to keep its Ultrabook prices below $1,000, charging $300 more than that doesn't exactly jibe with the plan to undercut the MacBook Air pricing.
Acer was able to keep the price on its first Aspire S3 Ultrabook under $899 by using a hybrid hard drive setup instead of a purely solid-state-drive solution. But for its latest iteration, the company is beefing up the S3's specs -- and its price tag.
The Aspire S3-951-6432, now available at major retailers, will come with a 240GB SSD and no hard drive, along with a Core i7-2637 processor. As a result, Acer claims that the new laptop is slightly lighter and will eek out an extra hour of battery life over the S3-951-6646 (7 hours compared to 6 hours). Specs are otherwise the same (13.3-inch screen, 4GB of RAM, 0.51 inches at this thinnest point, roughly 3-pound weight), but the price is significantly higher -- $1,299.99.
Considering that Intel was pushing vendors to keep its Ultrabook prices below $1,000, charging $300 more than that doesn't exactly jibe with the plan to undercut the MacBook Air pricing. At the same time, you get better specs on the $1,300 S3 Ultrabook than the $1,300 Air configuration, which only comes with a Core-i5 CPU and a 128GB SSD drive. Will someone spending that much on a super-light laptop choose a better-equipped Windows model than a MacBook? Acer is sure hoping so.
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RE: Latest Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook gets Intel Core i7 CPU, SSD, $1,299 price tag
HELLOOOOO INTEL!
You gave us a promise and now you're producing these crap deals left right and centre. This isn't new Intel. We have this already Intel. Stop lying Intel and produce what you promised.
Odd comment.
Whats all this "new Intel" talk? I guess you read someplace that Itel said we could start referring to them as the "new Intel", and of course with some full description of what the "new Intel" was claimed to be?
I think if you look around even a little wee bit you will see that Intel went from just being "Intel" to the New Intel back about the year 2000. That would automatically make any Intel we deal with now the New Intel which is then the same Intel we have dealt with for years.
Also likewise, I think you should take a closer look at what so called "promises" were made in relation to Ultrabooks. The real promises were not made so much by Intel as they were made by reporting agencies saying that "Ultrabooks promise", not Intel promises to the consumer or to anyone.
Do you actually claim Intel made any bare faced "promises" that Ultrabooks would in all ways be of exacting specifications including some absolute maximum price?
I hope not, from what I recall reading, because that would be wrong. You should get a little real here buddy. Intel came up with a marketing concept that was going to be promoted within certain guidelines. The idea that if someone came out with a good product that cost more then the targeted price range that the product is simply bad is a dumb thought. Think a little about the dynamics of this for just a second or two.
1. Intel says here is our guidelines for what an Ultrabooks should consist of and it should be targeting the under $1000 price tag.
2. The vast majority of producers who want to sell products falling into the Ultrabooks concept adhere to the under $1000 price tag.
3. A company who wants to create an ultrabook with improved spec's finds that there is no way to profitably produce the item without exceeding the $1000 price tag.
4. Two possibilities:
a) A product that exceeds the typical Ultrabooks spec's but cost more is "crap" so it should not be produced
b) A product that exceeds typical Ultrabooks spec's but cost more is a fantastic but more expensive product so it should still be produced for those who are willing to pay for a more elite ultrabook.
I myself say 4.(b) is true. There is nothing to say this is any kind of a crap deal. As a matter of fact a device with better spec's then an identically priced Mac should be considered to be a good deal as a matter of simple logic.
If you think your ever going to brow beat a company into providing a great product for a price that is unsustainable you are even dumber then what your post indicates.
This is ok and well worth it compared to the MBA. But
RE: Latest Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook gets Intel Core i7 CPU, SSD, $1,299 price tag