Acer Aspire One AOA150-1126
The Acer Aspire One AOA150-1126 comes with an integrated 1.3 mega pixel camera and an Intel Atom processor.
Weight
This one is very light. Weighing just over 2 pounds, it’s perfect for those looking to travel light.
Storage
It has a 160 GB hard drive. When you break that down, you’re looking at over 25,000 songs with extra room for movies and games. It has a Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive, which means it has the file-transfer swiftness of a USB or Firewire drive.
Memory
It has 1 GB of RAM and can be expanded to 1.5 GB.
Processor
The Intel Atom has 47 million transistors in a single 22mm chip. It uses only 2.5 watts of power. Put that next to the 35 watts used by a Core 2 Duo found in most regular sized notebooks, and that’s what we call fantastic battery management. The 1.6 GHz Atom N270 has a front side bus of 533 MHz for much faster data transfer on those hard-driving mobile applications and a 512 KB L2 cache that can store data temporarily.
DVD/CD Drive
There isn’t one, but it has 3 USB ports for external drive usage.
Connectivity
It comes with:
- An integrated 54g wireless LAN that’s compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g networks
- 3 USB 2.0 ports
- A Multi-in-One card reader (SD, MMC, Memory Stick/Memory Stick Pro, and SD Picture Cards)
- 1 VGA monitor port
- Headphone jack, Microphone jack
- Ethernet port
- Modem port
Screen, AV
An 8.9 inch screen has 1024 x 600 resolution and up to 262k colors. Video is run by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950.
Battery
The 6-cell battery can last up to 5.5 hours. That’s average for netbooks.
Warranty
It’s backed by a 1-year limited warranty for parts and labor.
Pros
The weight. 2 lbs is light enough to be mistaken for a textbook, which is why it’s a perfect mini notebook for a student.
The storage. 160 GB is nothing to scoff at. A little over a year ago, that was the standard in regular sized-laptops.
The design. Very sleek, Acer style. The colors come in white or blue.
Cons
The left and right-click buttons are located on the left and right sides of the mouse pad. Many users have complained that this can be confusing at first.
Price: $300
Rating: 4.3/5.0