Acer to roll out Tablet OS Notebook
eWeek | at | by Mike
Acer America Corp. this week will introduce a new computer that runs Microsoft Corp.'s Tablet PC operating system but looks and costs more like a notebook than a Tablet.
"It's our first step at commoditizing Tablet functionality," said Jeffrey Friederichs, vice president of Acer's Notebook Business Unit in San Jose, Calif.
Other than the operating system, the TravelMate 250P is very much a traditional high-end notebook computer. It features an Intel Corp. Pentium 4 processor, a 14.1-inch display, 256 MB of SDRAM, wireless LAN and Bluetooth connectiviety and a 56Kbps modem.