BANGALORE, INDIA: Acer today announced a new limited period special festive offer for the period Jan 9th –20th 2009 on its entire range of Netbooks for the Indian consumer.

Acer is making available Aspire ONE netbook at Rs.. 14,499. The laptop comes loaded Windows XP Home version of the Aspire ONE now available for the very first time at price of under Rs.. 16,499. 
 
The laptop comes with an LCD size of 8.9” and weighing less than one kilo and offers connectivity possibilities, software application suite and battery life of up to 3 hours. Aspire one comes with an ergonomically designed keyboard which is 89% of the full size.

The Aspire one is a portable device that can be taken anywhere and opens doors to new and unexplored opportunities to access the online world. Available in India in five singularly trendy colours of Sapphire Blue, Brown, Black, Pink & White and will be available going into 2009 with industry 'leading' specifications and range of colours.

S. Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India said, “Acer has always believed in bringing the benefits of mobile computing closer to the common man. With this initiative I have no doubt that we will make the dream getting onto the mobile computing bandwagon a reality for millions of our country men.

They now have access to the best Netbook in the world at the most amazing price points. We strongly believe that our strategy will help acer emerge stronger in the PC market and will help the company to make a major impact in the market and at the same time go a long way in helping the larger cause PC penetration in India. We can make the dream of a PC in every home a reality and this initiate is a small step to test out the waters in that direction.”