the now defunct manufacturer of ibm pc compatible computers . for the also defunct manufacturer of 8 bit microcomputers and 32 bit risc os personal computers see acorn computers . acorn computers limited former type computer hardware industry computer hardware founded 2006 defunct 2009 headquarters nottingham england uk products deskbook series sohonote series datapod website www.acorncomputers.co.uk acorn computers ltd was a company based in nottingham england in the united kingdom . it licensed in early 2006 the dormant acorn computers trademark from french company aristide & co antiquaire de marques . 1 this company sold ibm pc compatible computers 2 and had no connection to arm . 3 contents 1 launch 2 products 3 acorncomputers.co.uk domain dispute 4 demise 5 see also 6 references 7 external links launch edit an acorn datapod external harddrive in april 2006 internet news portals claimed that the company was to relaunch . 4 5 the new company announced its range before the 2006 computer trade show held at the nec near birmingham uk . 6 at the show the company distributed leaflets inviting people to be part of one of the most exciting brand re launches in uk history by joining its reseller program . 7 8 products edit the company sold a range of laptop computers . the systems used microsoft windows rather than the risc os operating system developed by the original acorn computers and this incarnation of acorn did not support or license any technologies or products of the original apart from the name and trademark . 2 9 the reuse of the acorn computers ltd name caused an amount of confusion and controversy particularly amongst users of the original company s products . 10 acorncomputers.co.uk domain dispute edit on 24 july 2006 nominet s dispute resolution service drs ruled that the domain name acorncomputers.co.uk should be transferred to the new acorn from computer enthusiast roy johnson . the company made a complaint to the drs contending that the use of acorn computers company name is illegal and has caused much confusion and continues to do so which is detrimental to acorn and extremely misleading . despite the fact that johnson appeared to have been operating the website since at least 2001 five years before the new acorn was registered as a company nominet ruled in favour of acorn as johnson had not maintained an accurate record of his postal address and mail to johnson s registered address was returned by royal mail marked addressee has gone away . 11 demise edit acorn computers ltd failed to file any accounts at companies house and so was struck off the limited companies register 12 and dissolved in december 2009 . 13 see also edit acorn computers references edit drs number 03682 acorn computers limited and roy johnson nominet uk dispute resolution service and companies house webcheck a b acorn computers limited about 2007 malone steve 2006 05 08 . acorn computers name resurrected . pc pro . retrieved 2011 03 18 . the new incarnation of acorn computers has no connection with arm acorn risc machines a spin off which has since carved itself a lucrative niche in designing chips for mobile phones . acorn computers to be reborn as laptop maker marc penton engadget.com 5 may 2006 . acorn computers reborn archived 28 september 2007 at the wayback machine . blaptops.com 10 may 2006 . smith tony 2006 05 05 . acorn revived to launch laptop pcs . reg hardware . the register . retrieved 2011 03 18 . it has said it will offer four notebooks the 12.1 in solo note 14.1 in solo book 15.4 in desk note and 17in desk book all equipped with wxga displays run windows xp and will bundle sun s star office . exhibitor acorn computers ltd archived 13 october 2006 at the wayback machine . computer trade show 2006 website acorn is a legendary brand says new acorn chris williams drobe.co.uk 15 may 2006 00 11 28gmt goodwins rupert 10 may 2006 . rupert goodwins diary . zdnet . retrieved 15 december 2011 . but all that s left of the company itself now finds itself employed as a badge on a series of laptops imported by a nottingham firm with it has to be said almost no interesting features . the only claim to innovation the company can provide is that the screens are particularly shiny thanks to acorn vybrio technology which gives them a glass like finish for vibrancy and brilliance . computer trade show exhibitor thread comp.sys.acorn.misc started 4 may 2006 ; it s acorn but not as we know them ... andrew poole iconbar.com 5 may 2006 ; acorn brand name in pc laptop launch chris williams drobe.co.uk 5 may 2006 ; acorn is a legendary brand says new acorn chris williams drobe.co.uk 15 may 2006 ; onega evaluates acorn permanent dead link ros fan loses acorn domain in dispute josh eilken drobe.co.uk 6 september 2006 ; drs number 03682 acorn computers limited and roy johnson nominet uk dispute resolution service london gazette companies house webcheck external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acorn computers 2006 & oldid 742397517 categories companies based in nottinghamcomputer companies of the united kingdomcomputer hardware companiesretail companies established in 2006re established companiesretail companies disestablished in 2009hidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linksuse dmy dates from march 2015use british english from march 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 13 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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