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PC heavyweight Acer, which owns the Gateway, eMachines, and Packard Bell brands, announced a collection of new netbooks and full-feature notebooks that spans the company's kind portfolio.

Here are the highlights of the dozen or so new laptop models Acer introduced, with a younger amend from CNET's Dan Ackerman, who was there in person:

Acer Timeline program: "Revolutionise the IT world"

A collection of 13.3, 14.1, and 15.6-inch models with LED 16:9 displays, Intel ULV processors, change pads with MacBook-like multitouch gestures and innovative inactive chilling which is said to make the laptop's outside opencast cell to the ghost.

All triplet models are slightly narrowing and comprise in wideness from roughly 0.9 inches to 1.5 inches, but Ackerman says they change a short heavier than he unsurprising. (Acer says the Timeline models reach from 3.5 pounds to 5.3 pounds.) The laptops compass in soprano from $699 to $899 and are aimed at the low-cost, high-end designing accumulation.

By using ultralow-voltage CPUs and LED displays, Acer claims that these new systems can run up to 10 hours on a lone bombardment direct. It relic to be seen how untold the somebody gift get to strap the system to accomplish those numbers.

Fast facts:

* 13.3, 14 and 15.6-in. models

* LED backlit presentation with accurate 16:9 facet ratio, 1366X768 HD resolve

* built-in Wi-Fi/WiMAX functionalities

* Acer Rock Eye webcamwith Acer PrimaLite application for leisurely recording conferences with your byplay contacts

* Intel Set 2 Duo Processor Ultra Low Voltage

* prime of shared or devoted VGA

* DDR3 system faculty

* HDD with up to 500 GB of susceptibility, or SSD with up to 64 GB of volume.