Acer is a company that showed up out of nowhere about 15 years ago and offered amazingly high quality electronics such as televisions and DVD players at super low prices. It wasn’t long before they started their own line of computers. Today, you can find Acer brand computers in most government office buildings because of their reliability and low price. The Acer Aspire One AOD 150 is one of their latest netbooks and like their other products, rises very high on the charts among user reviews.
The Acer Aspire One AOD 150 is a 10 inch model which offers a bigger screen than the 8.9 inch netbooks but is still small enough to pack around almost anywhere. The screen uses Acer’s CrystalBrite Technology which gives you a great resolution and is easy to see in most conditions. Like a lot of the newer netbooks, this model will give you 1GB of RAM, an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor and 160GB of hard drive space. The built in battery will usually last well over 5 hours so you can get work done on the go without having to run for an outlet.
The speed of the processor in this netbook combined with the decent amount of RAM guarantees that it will run almost any program you can think of. This is especially important for business people and students as each company or university will have their own particular requirements. The Acer Aspire One AOD 150 comes with Windows XP installed instead of Vista which is a better choice for netbooks as it doesn’t use up as much memory. This allows your netbook to run fast and with very few problems.
A popular feature of the Acer Aspire One AOD 150 line is the various colors that are available. You can get this model in black, white, blue, red, and a few other very cool colors so you can match it to your home office or just get your favorite color instead of a bland white or off-white generic netbook.
You can usually pick up an Acer Aspire One AOD 150 for under $350 which is a great deal for such a powerful yet small machine. A laptop with similar storage and RAM will cost around $500 and will be almost twice the size.
Tech Specs(varies with customization):
Display Type: WSVGA
Screen Size: 8.9″
Maximum Resolution: 1024 x 600
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory Size: 1GB
Capacity: 120GB
Hard Drives Included: 1x 120GB
Drive Types: Hard Drive
Lifestyle: Business
Operating Systems: Windows XP Home
Startup Operating System: Windows® XP Home
Platform: Netbook
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Class: Atom
Processor Speed: 1.60GHz
Processor Number: N270
Processor FSB: 533MHz
Processor Cache: 512KB L2 Cache
Graphics Description: Integrated Graphics
GPU/VPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Video Interface: VGA
Supplemental Drive Type: Media Reader
Capacity: 5-in-1
Media Types: SecureDigital
Memory Stick
xD-Picture Card
Memory Stick PRO
Multi Media Card
Supplemental Drive Type: Media Reader
Capacity: 1
Media Types: Smart Card
Audio Description: Integrated Audio
Audio Chipset: Microsoft DirectSound compatibility
Audio Channels: Built-in Stereo Speakers
Audio Input: 1- Microphone input port
Audio Output: 1 – Headphone output port
Integrated Microphone: Yes
PS/2 Mouse Connectors: N/A
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: N/A
Serial Communication Ports: N/A
Parallel Ports: N/A
USB Ports: 3
FireWire Ports: N/A
LAN Ports: 1
Audio Out Jacks: 1
Microphone Jacks: 1
VGA Ports: 1
Communications Description: Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless LAN
Interface Type: RJ-45
Data Transfer Rate: 10/100Mbps Network
Protocols: 802.11b
802.11g
Width: 9.8″
Height: 1.1”
Depth: 6.7″
Weight: 2.3 lbs
Mouse Type: TouchPad™ Pointing Device
Buttons: 2
Keyboard Type: 84-key Keyboard
Battery Type: 3-Cell Lithium-ion
Battery Life: upgradable
Integrated Webcam: Yes