Acer 1420P makes an appearence on Acer's US site

It has quite a lot of juice under the hood

Acer 1420P ultraportable

Acer is seriously making a mark in the field of laptop market and a new research supports this fact. A recent research report indicates that Acer has overtaken Dell in worldwide PC sales. To add to these growing numbers Acer is now adding a second multi-touch Tablet PC to its burgeoning list of notebooks.

It seems that all the notebook makers were waiting for October 22^nd 2009 (formal launch date of Windows 7) to launch new notebook models, as most of them had in mind that Windows 7 would be an ideal operating system for their laptops.

Following the Acer 1820P notebook is the latest Acer 1420P laptop which has some really cool features to boast about:

First, is the multi touch 11.6-inch swivel display with a resolution of 1366x768 pixels that is capable of producing really crisp images.  The second powerful feature is its battery life which is upto 8 hours on a single charge thanks to its all new ultra-low-voltage processor and a 5,600mAh six-cell battery.

The spec sheet of the Acer 1420P is as follows:

Operating System

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium

Processor & Chipset:

• Intel Celeron ULV processor with 1 MB L2 cache
• Mobile Intel GS45 Express Chipset
  

Memory:

• Dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM support
• 4 GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory upgradable to 8 GB using two SODIMM modules

HDD:

• 250/320 GB hard disk drive
  

Storage:

• Multi-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS Pro, MS, XD, miniSD, microSD, Memory stick Duo, RS-MMC, Memory stick Pro Duo)

Graphics:

• Intel integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics

Multimedia:

• Supports 7.1-channel surround sound and 2-channel stereo output (multiple streaming)
• Optimized 2nd Generation Dolby Sound Room4 audio enhancement, featuring Dolby Headphone, Dolby Natural Bass, and Dolby Sound Space Expander
• High-definition audio support

Communication

• WLAN: Intel WiFi Link 1000 802.11b/g/Draft-N with Acer Nplify
• LAN: Gigabit Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready
• WPAN: Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

I/O Interface

• 3x USB 2.0 ports
• 1x Ethernet (RJ-45) port
• 1x external display (VGA) port
• 1x Headphones/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support
• 1x DC-in jack for AC adapter
• 1x Microphone-in jack
• 1x HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support

Weight & Dimensions

• 285 (W) 208.9 (D) 28.5/34.5 (H) mm (11.22 x 8.22 x 1.12/1.36 inches)
• 1.72 kg (3.79 lbs.) for non-3G model