Reviews of Acer Laptops - Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 10-Inch Low Cost Netbook

Acer recently updated its line of low cost netbookto capture the 10inch market share. This new model
offerings with the introduction of its new 10-Inchretails at USD349. Thus, it is now the cheapest within
Acer Aspire One AOD150 unit. This review on acerthe 10-inch range of netbooks.
laptops intends to provide you with an overview ofBattery Life - Watch At Least 2 Movies In A Single
what you'll get from this new Acer mini notebookCharge
unit.The first wave of netbooks came with 3 cells
Acer too, like most other vendors, is now targetingbatteries that lasts for about 3 hours or less pre
the 10-inch low cost netbook market segment. Well,charge. Today, the new models come with 6 cells
to be honest, I do think that all those sub 10-inchbatteries. They now lasts from 5 - 7 hours per
netbooks are just way too small for the majority ofcharge.
users. A 10 or 11-inch would be just nice for a gadgetThe Acer AOD150 comes with a 6 cells battery.
that is supposed to fill in the gap between a regularTests have confirmed that the 6 cells battery is
sized notebooks and smartphones.capable of powering the unit for about 5.5 hours or
Specifications - Nothing Newso. Not long enough still? Perhaps you should then
So, lets get on with this review of the new Acercustomize it with a 5,800-mAh six-cell battery. This
10-inch netbook. First of all, how about a brief look atwill power you up for an amazingly close to 8 hours.
the specifications. Following is what is under the hoodThe unit comes standard with a 4,400-mAh battery.
of this little gem from Acer.Mouse Pad Buttons - Located Where It Really Should
Be
1. Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB,I don't know about you, but I am certainly not a big
512KB L2 cache)fan of those netbook units where the mousepad
2. 1024MB DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM Single Channelbuttons are designed to be at the side. They feel
Memoryutterly unnatural for heavy usage. I have yet to
3. 160GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drivemaster the act of using the side buttons.
4. Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3Thankfully, Acer decided to go back to the old tried
5. Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950and tested design of mousepads button at the
6. 3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range ofbottom. No more awkwardness with the mousepads.
peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 playersDisplay - Same Old Same Old.
7. Multi-in-one card reader supports Secure DigitalIs 1024x600 to be the only video resolution made
(SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Reduced Size MultiMediaavailable for netbooks? I certainly don't think so. HP's
(RS-MMC), Memory Stick/Memory Stick PRO, and XDlatest model supports a pretty fine 1366x768
Picture Cardsresolution.
8. VGA monitor portDon't get me wrong, 1024x600 is fine. However, it
9. 1 headphone jack and 1 microphone jackwould certainly be better if we can get a little bit
10. RJ-45 port for 10/100 Fast Ethernet connectionmore pixels to play with. More screen real estate to
11. Kensington lock slot Looking at the specs, thisplay with.
Acer unit does not seem to be any different thanKeyboard - 89%, Not too bad. Could've been better.
every other netbooks around. So, what is so specialAt 89% of a normal sized notebook keys, the
about it? Price - Hard To Beat. I'll just be blunt upkeyboard of this Acer AOD150 is certainly nothing to
front. The thing that surely makes this Acer unit ashout about. Of course, I would've preferred it to be
best seller is its price. Simple. Value for money. It isa little bigger.
more or less similar in specs and configurations withI find it strange that Acer didn't capitalize on the
every other 10 inch netbooks.extra space provided by the 10-inch model. There's
As such, they all don't differ very much in terms ofplenty of room still to put in a slightly larger keyboard.
performance. Acer is certainly pushing extremely hard