Acer launches 'Gemstone Blue' notebooks

Bangalore

April 4, 2008

Acer has launched the latest notebooks 'Aspire Gemstone Blue', the
higher-end version of the Gemstone series launched previous year.

The series that includes Aspire 6920 and 8920 targeted at the consumer market
is bundled with new features to be an entertainment notebooks will all new 'cine
dash media console'.

WS Mukund, MD, Acer India said, “Consumer desktops is the current focus for
growth for the company. It has seen good traction in previous two quarters. Acer
global expects to be $20 billion by this year-end.”

The new series is equipped with Intel Centrino Processor technology,
featuring Intel Core 2 Duo Processors, the mobile Intel T5550 and T7300 express
chipset on the 2GB RAM and 3GB RAM, respectively.

The new notebooks integrate Dolby Home Theatre technology. It is build on a
16-inch and 18-inch footprint, full HD LCD screens and native 16:9 resolution.

The Aspire 6920 and 8920 with HDD of 250GB and 320GB is available for Rs
49,999 and Rs 79, 999, respectively.

Acer has currently 250 brand shops and the company is planning to expand it
to 350 this year.