Yesterday at press conference in Milan, Acer presented a completely new line of multimedia notebooks – Aspire Ethos. The first two models of the series, which have been announced, the 18-inch (1920 x 1080) Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G and 15.6-inch (1366 x 768) Aspire Ethos 5943G, featuring slim metallic chassis and an option for choice of Intel Core i3/ i5 or i7 processors.
The Aspire Ethos 8943G boasts ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 graphics, storage up 1.28TB (2x 640GB HDDs) Dolby Home Theater with 5 integrated speakers and 5.1 output. Features also includes fingerprint reader, multicard reader, WiFi, gigabit ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1, eSATA, USB, FireWire, HDMI, VGA and a choice of DVD or Blu-ray optical drives.
The smaller brother Aspire Ethos 5943G has a 2.1 internal speakers, ans less storage space – 640GB. Both laptops comes with pre-loaded Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, pricing and availability have not yet been announced.
Source: SlashGear