Acer Aspire 3951

Images of Acer's answer to Apple's MacBook Air – the Acer Aspire 3951 sporting Intel's ultra-sleek ultrabook design – have found their way online. The shots were provided by Vietnamese site Sohoa and reveals an extremely thin chassis that looks too brittle to be real. Still, that's the point of Intel's sexy ultrabook design: a hot, super-thin body packed with impressive hardware for under $1000 USD.

The Acer ultrabook is reportedly slated for October (seems to be a hot month for gadgets) and will sport a 13.3-inch screen, an aluminum chassis and an overall weight of less than 3.09 pounds. It will also supposedly measure just 0.51-inches thick – roughly the equivalent size of Apple's impressive MacBook Air 13-inch model. The images provided by Sohoa confirm that most of the device's ports are located on the rear just under the hinge.

Under the keyboard, the ultrabook will feature Intel's second-generation Core CPU, 250 GB or 500 GB of HDD, optional 160 GB of SSD storage, a memory card reader, HDMI output, USB ports, Bluetooth 4.0, an HD webcam and more. The device will jump out of sleep mode in 1.7 seconds and even have a standby time of 30 days. Actual runtime should be around 6 hours

Here’s a look at another upcoming ultra-thin laptop from Acer, the Aspire 3951. Measuring only 13mm thick and weighing just 1.4kg, the system comes with an aluminum casing, a 13.3-inch display, a 2nd generation Core processor, up to 500GB hard drive or 160GB SSD, an HD webcam, a 2-in-1 card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, an HDMI port and a 6-hour battery. The Acer Aspire 3951 is expected to be released in October 2011 for a retail price between $768 and $960