Acer has sold several lines of
netbook
Netbook was a commonly used term that identified a product class of small and inexpensive laptops which were sold from 2007 to around 2013. These machines were designed primarily as cost-effective tools for consumers to access the Inte ...
s under its
Gateway brand.
AMD-based
LT31
The LT31 was released in mid-2009. Employing an
AMD Athlon
Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The original Athlon (now called Athlon Classic) was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and the fi ...
L110 processor and having a Radeon X1270 GPU (
M690T chipset) powering its 11.6" display (1,366x768), the system was praised by reviewers as a faster and more "grown-up" alternative to a standard netbook (which typically contain slower
Intel Atom processors and reduced specifications throughout). On the other hand, it had worse battery life than Atom-based products.
Its US launch price of $399 was judged "a whopping $100 less than the average netbook" by
Computer Shopper US, which gave it its "Editor's Choice" award. At the time of the launch, AMD was however unhappy with one its products being used in a netbook, still claiming they had no interest in the netbook market.
LT22
Launched in the spring of 2010, the LT22 (together with its very similar brother Acer Aspire One 521) were AMD's entry into the 10-inch netbook field with the
Athlon II Neo V105 processor (single core running at 1.2 GHz). Although the Gateway site doesn't list this variant, press reports indicate that the Canadian version of the LT22, launched in August together with the LT32, was powered by the more powerful K125 processor (1.7Ghz) just like its bigger brother.
LT32
Launched in mid-2010, the LT32 was a series of "premium netbooks" with 11.6 inch display and powered by an AMD Athlon II Neo K125 processor with an MSRP of $449 in the United States.
Engadget described it as "pretty much a rebadge of the
Acer Aspire One
Acer Aspire One is a line of netbooks first released in July 2008 by Acer Inc.
Many characteristics of a particular model of Acer Aspire One are dictated by the CPU platform chosen. Initial models were based on the Intel Atoms. Later, model ...
721," while a
CNET
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review declared it to be reminiscent of
Acer Ferrari One in design.
Atom-based
LT10
Launched in early 2009, the LT10 was only stylistically different from the 8.9-inch
Acer Aspire One
Acer Aspire One is a line of netbooks first released in July 2008 by Acer Inc.
Many characteristics of a particular model of Acer Aspire One are dictated by the CPU platform chosen. Initial models were based on the Intel Atoms. Later, model ...
.
LT20
Launched in Fall 2009, the LT-20 was a 10.1-in netbook series (1024 x 600 screen resolution) powered by
Intel Atom N270 or N280 processors. It was basically a rebadged
Acer Aspire One
Acer Aspire One is a line of netbooks first released in July 2008 by Acer Inc.
Many characteristics of a particular model of Acer Aspire One are dictated by the CPU platform chosen. Initial models were based on the Intel Atoms. Later, model ...
D250. The LT2016u model had
3G capability and was the 2nd netbook (after the HP
1151NR) to be made available with a
Verizon Wireless contract with a launch price of $149 with a two-year contract. A
PCWorld reviewer described the Verizon offering as "no deal at all" because of its hidden costs.
LT21
Launched at
CES 2010, the LT21 was described as a "shrunken version" of the LT31 by a
PCWorld India reviewer, although its specifications were quite different, being a 10.1-inch device powered by an Atom N450 ("
Pine Trail
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"). It was an unremarkable netbook.
Anandtech
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described the LT21 as identical internally with the simultaneously launched Aspire One 532h, itself a complete redesign.
LT23
Previewed at
Computex
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The last COMPUTEX was ...
2010 and officially launched in June, the LT23 was slight improvement over the LT21, featuring an N455 Atom processor with DDR3 support and more styling options for the cover.
LT28
The LT28 series was an updated 10.1-inch Atom series launched in mid-2011. It included slightly more powerful processors, up to the N570. Amid a struggling genre by then, it was heavily discounted down to $149.99 on
Black Friday 2011.
LT40
Launched in February 2012, the LT40 series had a 10.1-inch screen (1024 x 600) and was powered by an Atom N2600 or N2800 "
Cedar Trail" processor.
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