Acer Aspire S3 Is Thin, Light & Very Fast

Acer has jumped on the Ultrabook bandwagon — the new class of ultra-portable laptops pushed by Intel  with Aspire S3, officially unveiled at the IFA trade show in Berlin.


The device lives up to its name, with a magnesium alloy case measuring only 13 mm in thinness and weighing 1.3 kg. Acer says it takes only 1.5 seconds for the Aspire S3 to wake up from sleep (6 seconds from deep sleep), and 2 more seconds for it to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot, which makes it a perfect portable machine for people who don’t like to waste time.

The rest of the specs include: a 13.3-inch, 1366 x 768 pixel LED display; a choice between low voltage Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 CPUs; a battery that should last 7 hours and a choice between SSD or HDD for storage.

The prices in Europe are €799 to €1,199 ($1,138 to $1,707), and the device should become available in September.