Acer's new TravelMate C310 convertible tablet

At the other end of the tablet scale (from this), we have this new monster from Acer.

• 14.1-inch XGA display


• Sonoma Centrino with Pentium M


• DDR2 SDRAM


• GeForce Go 6200 graphics


• 802.11 b/g


• Bluetooth


• Gigabit Ethernet


• dual-layer DVD burner


• 80 or 100GB hard drive


• 4-in-1 card reader


• magnesium chassis


• 8.5-hour battery (claimed)

OK, so the battery life looks a bit on the spurious side, but doesn't it always? This is a desktop replacement that also works as a tablet - quite a different target market to the Fujitsu Lifebook we mentioned earlier. Nice price too - starting from about US$1700.