Intrigued by all the Ultrabook news of late and are ready to order one of your very own? Acer has you covered with their Aspire S3.
The Aspire S3 is a 13.3″ Ultrabook weighing around 3 pounds, and is .5″ thin. It has an LED-backlit display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio. The model that is up for pre-order on Amazon for $899.99 has a 1.6 GHz, Intel Core i5 processor with 4 GB RAM. It also has a 20 GB SSD that is used to store the state of the machine to give a 2-second “instant-on” response when waking from sleep, or take less about 6 seconds to wake from a deep sleep state. For internal storage, the Aspire S3 has a 320 GB SATA HDD.
Even though the Aspire S3 is extremely thin, it still has an SD card reader and 2 USB 2.0 ports for connectivity, as well as a full HDMI out port to connect to an external monitor or HDTV. To round out the features, the S3 has a 1.3 MP webcam for video conferencing, stereo speakers with Dolby Home Theatre audio enhancement, and of course Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n support. The 3-cell Lithium-Polymer battery gives up to 6 hours of battery life.
Check out our quick hands-on video from IFA 2011:
If you’re interested in pre-ordering the Acer Aspire S3 from Amazon, click here.
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