We're doing our darnedest to keep our expectations in check, but it looks like the long, painful wait for a halfway potent
netbook may be drawing to a close. With
Windows 7 just months away, laptop makers are finally able to skirt around Microsoft's
Windows XP-netbook limitations in preparation for a better, more refined OS. The just-leaked Aspire Timeline 1810T, for example, shares the same chassis as the underpowered
Aspire One 751, though the innards are similar to those found in the
Timeline series. We're talking an 11.6-inch display (1,366 x 768 resolution), Intel's 1.4GHz ULV SU3500 processor, GMA 4500MHD graphics, hardware accelerated decoding of HD video, up to 4GB of RAM, an HDMI socket, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, optional 3G / Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and an 8-hour battery. Naturally, this one is slated to ship with Vista Home Premium, but that
free upgrade to Win7 makes said pill entirely easier to swallow. C'mon
Acer -- dish out the price and release date, won'tcha?
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