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aimed at casual household users. The Aspire series covers both

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s. Acer developed the series to range from essentials to high performance. The Aspire mainly competes against computers such as Asus' Transformer Book Flip, VivoBook and

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and XPS, HP's

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. The Aspire series was first brought to the market in 1999 when the Aspire 1151 was introduced and featured a 200 MHz

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. The Aspire series then replaced the AcerPower series in 2002 and became one of Acer's main series.

Switch tablets

Acer Aspire Switch is a series of two-in-one tablet computers running Windows 8, with a tablet and detachable keyboard sold together.

List of Acer Aspire Switch Models

*SW3-013 *SW3-013P *SW3-016 *SW3-016P *SW5-011 *SW5-012 *SW5-012P *SW5-014 *SW5-014P *SW5-015 *SW5-111 *SW5-111P *SW5-171 *SW5-171P *SW5-173 *SW5-173P *SW5-271 *SW7-272 *SW7-272P

Switch 10

Acer Aspire Switch 10 was announced in April 2014. It is a 10.1-inch two-in-one, with a resolution display and

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Z3745 processor. A second-generation Acer Aspire Switch 10 was then launched in October 2014 It was given a different display resolution of , and a different Intel Atom Z3735F processor.

Switch 11

Acer Aspire Switch 11 was announced in September 2014, as a larger 11.6-inch version, that was planned for release in November. There are two models of the Acer Aspire Switch 11: The Acer Aspire Switch 11 SW5-111 with an Intel Atom Z3735 processor, 2GB RAM, and a resolution display, and the Acer Aspire Switch 11 SW5-171 with an

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processor, 4GB RAM, and a resolution display.

Laptop models

Acer Markets their Aspire laptops under many different sub series such as Aspire E series, Aspire F series, Aspire M series, Aspire P series, Aspire R series, Aspire S series, Aspire V Nitro series, Aspire V series and Aspire VX series.

All-in-Ones models

List of Acer Aspire All-in-Ones Models

*5600U *5920G *7600U *A3-600 *C20-220 Elxan *C20-720 *C22-720 *C22-760 *C22-860 *C24-760 *C24-865 *C24-963 *U27-880 *U5-610 *U5-620 *U5-710 *Z1100 *Z1110 *Z1-211 *Z1220 *Z1-601 *Z1-602 *Z1-611 *Z1-612 *Z1620 *Z1-621 *Z1-621G *Z1-622 *Z1-623 *Z1650 *Z1-751 *Z1-752 *Z1800 *Z1801 *Z1810 *Z1811 *Z1850 *Z20-730 *Z20-780 *Z22-780 *Z24-880 *Z3100 *Z3101 *Z3-105 *Z3-115 *Z3170 *Z3171 *Z3280 *Z3-600 *Z3-601 *Z3-605 *Z3-610 *Z3-613 *Z3-615 *Z3620 *Z3-700 *Z3-705 *Z3-710 *Z3-711 *Z3-715 *Z3730 *Z3731 *Z3760 *Z3761 *Z3770 *Z3771 *Z3800 *Z3801 *Z5101 *Z5600 *Z5610 *Z5700 *Z5710 *Z5730 *Z5751 *Z5760 *Z5761 *Z5770 *Z5771 *Z5801 *ZC-102 *ZC-105 *ZC-106 *ZC-107 *ZC-602 *ZC-605 *ZC-606 *ZC-610 *ZC-700 *ZC-700G *ZS600 *ZS600G *5100 series

Desktop models

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s. Acer developed the series in order to cover from essentials to high performances. The AcerPower S series was replaced by the Aspire desktop series in 2002. The AcerPower S Series consisted of two types: the AcerPower Se Series and the AcerPower Sn Series desktop. As of July 2019 Acer offers three desktop Aspire model lines.

References

External links

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