Acer launches its first touch screen notebook with Windows 7 Home Premium with the Acer Aspire AS5738PG notebook PC. With the AS5738PG, owners can now use the touch screen as an alternative way of interface for varied uses such as playing movies, navigating through websites and launching installed applications.

Among the striking features of this Acer notebook include a 15.6” HD CineCrystal LED backlit multi-touch screen display, an Intel Core Duo processor T6600, 4GB DDR memory, 320GB SATA HD, 8X DVD multi-double layer drive, built-in stereo sound speakers with Dolby Optimized Surround Sound and an Acer Crystal Eye webcam (640×480). The Acer Aspire AS5738PG notebook PC will retail for $799.99 and will be available starting October 22 at local retailers.

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For the people on the go, here is another potential notebook you can consider having along. Acer unveils its latest portable computing device with the releases of the Acer Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ 11.6-inch notebook. Boasting of an 11.6” HD LED backlit-display(1366×768, 16:9 aspect ratio), the Acer AS1810TZ is powered by an Intel Core Duo processor, an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 4096MB DDR2 memory, 320 GB HDD, webcam, multi-in-1 card reader, HDMI port and more. The Acer Aspire AS1810TZ notebook retails for $599.99 and will be available by October 22.

There are other models as well with varying screen size. Pricing is indicated below for reference.

• Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810T-8737 (13.3” LED-backlit TFT LCD screen) ($799.99)
• Acer Aspire Timeline AS4810TZ-4508 (14” LED-backlit TFT LCD screen) ($649.99)
• Acer Aspire Timeline AS5810TZ-4784 (15.6” LED-backlit TFT LCD screen) ($649.99)

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Acer has formally unveiled its first laptop with touch screen capability which should provide another way of interface and navigation from people who put premium on functional features for notebooks today. The Acer 5738PG laptop highlights this new feature, a first for the company as well as standard features of their latest offering that include a notebook powered by an Intel Core Duo with ATI Radeon HD 4570 with a 15.6” LED-backlit screen (1366×768 resolution). Other specs include 4GB RAM, 320GG HDD, HDMI out and 4 USB 2.0 ports. The Acer 5738 laptop will retail for $799.99 and is expected to come out by October 22 along with a Windows 7 OS.

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MSI has unveiled a new gaming laptop in the MSI Turbo Drive Laptop series. Heading the new series is the GX723 gaming laptop which boasts of a 17 inch WXSGA screen and an Intel Core Duo processor. It also comes with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M video card, memory of up to 4GB ram and a choice of either a 320GB or 500GB hard drive.

Such monster specs from a new mobile device solution that is sure to capture the eye of people looking for a reliable laptop used for gaming. However, it may not be surprising if people purchase this laptop for their own personal or business use. But that would depend on how much it would cost, something that has yet to be released as well as availability.

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