Reports: Acer to Launch Laptop with NVIDIA Tegra Processor

22.07.2011
Acer plans to introduce the first laptop with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, as well as an Intel-based Ultrabook, and new tablets running Android 3.2, according to DigiTimes. The choice of the is peculiar, but might help Acer get ahead in the race to flood the market with ARM-based laptops.

Windows 8 is expected to , but it's not due until next year, so this Acer Tegra 2 laptop will likely run either Android or Linux.

Acer chairman JT Wang is quoted by DigiTimes as saying this new laptop will appear in July, which means any day now if the report is true.

The Acer Ultrabook is expected in December, or three months after the Asus UX21 Ultrabook should be out, but both Acer and Asus may be very much , if that rumor comes to pass as well.

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