S$799
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The bad: Heavy for a Netbook, terrible touchpad and mouse buttons.
The bottom line: The new 10-inch Aspire One AOD150 will further cement Acer's lead in the Netbook market, largely on account of its affordable price.
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Despite owning a huge chunk of the growing Netbook market, the popular Acer Aspire One has been saddled with a 9-inch screen, rather than the bigger 10-inch type we prefer. At long last, Acer now has a 10-inch model, the Aspire One AOD150. Even better, it's keeping the starting price at S$799 (US$575.15), which is cheaper than similarly configured systems from other PC makers considering it comes bundled with a six-cell battery while other vendors offer it as an option. The Aspire One series has been neither the best nor the worst Netbook out there, and Acer's market share to date has largely been based on its lower retail price strategy.
With the basic Intel Atom with 1GB RAM and Windows XP Home setup, you'll get a similar experience to using a Netbook such as the HP Mini 1000 or Lenovo S10, but there are a handful of tradeoffs for the AOD150's price. While its keyboard is large enough for comfortable typing, the tiny touchpad and mouse buttons (on a flimsy rocker bar) are painful to use, and the extended six-cell battery runs for up to 6 hours, but makes the whole package relatively heavy. Note that our test unit had a slightly beefed-up battery (5,800mAh versus 4,400mAh) compared with the actual retail unit, and we'll retest with the official six-cell battery when we get our hands on one.
Netbooks were originally intended as cheap, no-frills travel machines, and the new Aspire One fits that bill well, but there are also plenty of slightly more expensive options that add polish.
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Design
The new Acer Aspire One AOD150 is available in blue, white, red, and black. Our review unit was sapphire blue with a glossy lid and a matte, slightly textured finish on the keyboard tray. While the new Acer Aspire One has a footprint similar to other 10-inch Netbooks such as the MSI Wind, it's significantly thicker than the slim HP Mini 1000, and also heavier, thanks to the bulky battery.| Price as reviewed | S$799 (US$575.15) |
| Processor | 1.6GHz Atom Processor N270 |
| Memory | 1GB, 533MHz DDR2 |
| Hard drive | 160GB 5,400rpm |
| Chipset | Mobile Intel 945GSE |
| Graphics | Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 |
| Operating system | Windows XP |
| Dimensions | 259 x 213mm |
| Height | 33mm |
| Screen size (diagonal) | 10.1 inches |
| System weight (Weight with AC adapter) | 1.32kg (1.6kg) |
| Category | Netbook |
The first Acer Aspire One we looked at was a 9-inch Linux model, and while the AOD150 model has a larger chassis and screen, the keyboard is virtually identical. Despite not having as comfortable a keyboard as the Samsung NC10 or HP Mini, we did appreciate the inclusion of dedicated page-up and page-down keys.
Tags: Netbook, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Keyboard, processor
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Good netbook with reasonable price
May 14, 2009Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Easy zoom in & out when surfing the internet
Cons: 0.3M pixels webcam but still acceptable
Opinion:
Acer Aspire One is a good value for money netbook. It comes with almost everything you need for surfing the internet and Word processing. With bulit-in WiFi, microphone & speaker. Comfortable keyboard. Special zoom in & out when surfing the internet. It allows you to zoom in the page when the website's font size is small.
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