A new breed of Laptop, known as the “Ultra Portable” takes a bold leap in technology. Perhaps out of the necessity of its smaller size, Ultra Portables are manufactured to use “Solid State” Drives (SSD), replacing the conventional spinning disk. This may be the beginning of the long awaited SSD revolution.
The Acer Aspire One weighs just 2.7lbs, Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz) processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB SSD, 8.9″ Acer CrystalBrite Display. Acer CrystalEye webcam, Wireless b/g, and a 95% full size keyboard with Touch Pad
The MacBook Air weighs 3lbs, 13.3″ Display, 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor custom-built for MacBook Air, 2GB of integrated RAM, 80GB spinning Disk, or optional 64GB SSD, Wireless b/g, “iSight” camera.
The Asus Eee PC 1000 weighs 2.8 lbs, 10″ Display, Intel Atom Processor, 2GB Ram, 40GB SSD, Wireless n, 1.3mp camera.
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