ACER ASPIRE S3 HITS FCC

The Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook has hit the FCC. The laptop is due out this fall. The Ultrabook is a new category of ultrathin and light laptops that measure less than an inch in thickness and weigh under 3 pounds. Unlike netbooks, Ultrabooks have Intel’s latest processors and price tags hovering around $1000.


The Aspire S3 is the first Ultrabook from Acer. The FCC application for the laptop doesn’t reveal a lot of details, but one thing is certain now. The laptop will have a 36.4Whr, 3280mAh battery which isn’t user replaceable. That means you will have to send the laptop for repair if you want to replace the battery.

The Aspire S3 has a 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixels display. It will be available with a choice of Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processors. Other specifications include WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and a choice of SSDs and HDDs. The notebook measures 0.5 inches in thickness and weighs about 3 pounds. Acer says that it will get up to 7 hours of runtime.