Coming in at the mid-range of expected Ultrabook screen sizes the 13.3” Acer Aspire 3951 looks the business and there’s an interesting pricing rumour to go with it.
Via Notebookitalia I’ve read that the Acer Aspire 3951 could be the first in a range of Acer ultrabooks. Given the potential cost of making the ‘engine’ it would make sense to deliver it in multiple bodies for a wider market. The 3951 will have a 13.3 inch screen.
The source article has now gone (a good sign that it’s for real) but the images are all over the place now.
Not that many of the ports are on the rear of the device. From the article and images we can pull out the following specs.
Acer Aspire 3951
- Intel Sandy Bridge (2nd Generation)
- HDD (250Gb or 500GB) or SSD of 160GB [Not sure I like the spinning hard drive option – Chippy]
- 2 X USB (V 3.0 likely)
- 1 x HDMI
- SD card slot
- BT 4.0
There’s no size or weight figures available yet.
Pricing is rumoured (be wary of this) to be starting at an equivalent 500 Euros but I find that hard to believe. Acer have always been aggressive on pricing but their current cheapest Core i5, 13” device is 550 Euro. (Acer Aspire 3750G, pre tax price, Germany) A lighter, thinner device with high-quality casing is surely going to cost much more than that.
We’ll keep an eye out for official pics and specs and keep you posted. Expect to hear more in mid-September at the latest when we attend Intel’s developer forum in San Francisco.
One thing that’s becoming clear. Choosing between Ultrabooks is going to be really really difficult if the price range is similar. (We’ve teamed-up with MeetMobility Forums to try and give you a platform for Q&A. More information on that soon but feel free to test the Ultrabook forum out there.)
