The first opponent of the MacBook Air will appear this week

Contrary to expectations, it is not Toshiba, Dell or ASUS that will release the first super-thin laptop, but Acer, namely the Aspire S3 Ultrabook.

For the first time in the U.S. and Canada, the 1,7-inch-thick laptop comes with a 13,3-inch, 1366 × 768-pixel CineCrystal LED-backlit display. The magnesium-aluminum cover covers a Core i5 processor, 4GB of memory, a 20GB SSD and a 320GB HDD. Only the integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics are responsible for the graphics, but at least it doesn’t take up much space and doesn’t even heat up. In addition to the 1,3 megapixel Crystal Eye webcam - which is always one of the best laptop cameras - 802.11 b / g / n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, card reader and HDMI output are also included in the specification. Thanks to Instant Connect technology, the machine is connected to the Internet in 2,5 seconds from sleep mode. And the battery can last for no less than 6 hours of continuous operation. The Aspire S3-951 model has a suggested end-user price of $ 899, so the magic went under $ 1000 for Acer.