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Acer Ferrari One AMD-based Super Netbook To Debut At £399

(IT PRO PORTAL) - Acer and AMD are continuing their successful Ferrari-inspired collaboration with the Ferrari One Netbook, a model that goes beyond the bounds of what a netbook normally costs and looks like.

Announced nearly two weeks ago, the Ferrari One was expected to cost as much as £440 but Acer has confirmed that the netbook, which it branded as the “the world’s most exclusive netbook” will be sold for £399 with Windows 7 Home Premium from the 22nd of October.

The fact that it is not an Intel Atom-based netbook means that it will stand out of this normally rather bland segment. It comes with a larger-than-usual 11.6-inch LCD monitor capable of displaying 1366×768 pixels (and therefore qualifies for the HD-ready moniker).

The Ferrari One uses a low power AMD Athlon X2 dual core processor, the L310, which runs at 1.2GHz, coupled with a 780G chipset which hosts an ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics module. The latter - which is part of the new AMD Congo platform - is significantly more powerful than Intel’s comparable offerings and meets the requirements for AMD’s Vision.