UK Netbook Review

Google’s Chrome OS is scheduled to officially launch at the end of this year, but according to Digitimes, we could be seeing netbooks with Google Chrome much earlier than that. They report that Acer is planning to launch devices running Google’s Chrome OS in the middle of 2010. Sound familiar? Yup, we heard the same news late last year, and also earlier this year with Samsung’s plans to launch a Google Chrome OS netbook later this year.

Engadget reprorts that Acer, the netbook manfucaturing giant, will release a netbook running Google’s upcoming, and eagerly awaited Chrome OS, late this year. No comment was given on whether it will use an Intel or RM hardware, or possibly both in a dual-boot configuration. Any guesses?

We just had the review of the Acer Aspire One 532h and now Stefano from Netbooknews.it has an unboxing video up. It’s in Italian, but still a good watch to get a feel for the look and feel of this new netbook from Acer.
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Engadget has gotten their hands on the new Aspire One 532h and have posted a detailed review. At just 2.4 pounds and less than an inch thick, the new Acer Aspire is one of the thinnest and lightest netbooks around. It has a chiclet-style keyboard underneath the netbook standard 10.1-inch screen. Under the hood, this netbook packs a new Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, Windows 7 Starter, 160GB hard drive and a six-cell battery, coming in at a price of just $299 in the US.

The guys at Netbook News.de have found some of the first information about Acer’s new Pinetrail netbooks. Th new model, called the Acer Aspire One 532h has an Atom N450 processor, GMA 3150 graphics, and a high resolution 1280 x 720 pixel 10.1 inch display. Aside from the new Pinetrail Atom N450 and GMA 3150 combo, it looks very much like the current Acer Aspire One cosmetically, and with 1GB of RAM, either a 160GB or 250GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, and run Windows 7 Starter Edition.