Acer Injects Aspire One with AMD Athlon II Neo
Two new Acer Aspire One netbooks sport AMD's Athlon II Neo and ATI Radeon HD 4225.
Acer America said on Friday that it's now offering two new versions of its popular line of Aspire One netbooks: the 11.6-inch Aspire One AO721 and the 10.1-inch Aspire One AO521. Both utilize AMD Athlon II Neo K125 processors and ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384 MB of dedicated system memory.
The Aspire One AO721, starting at $429.99, features an HD 11.6-inch CrystalBrite LED backlit display. The device is housed in a black matte, mesh-textured cover that limits fingerprints and smudging. It measures less than 1-inch thin and weighs around three pounds while offering a full-sized keyboard. Although the netbook comes packed with 2 GB of DDR3 memory and Windows 7 Home Premium, users can choose up to 250 GB of HDD space, depending on their budget.
As for the Aspire One AO521, this device features an HD 10.1-inch CrystalBrite LED backlit display. Starting at $349.99, this netbook isn't quite as meaty as the AO721, providing a 93-percent-sized keyboard, 1 GB of DDR3 memory, Windows 7 Starter Edition, and up to 250 GB of HDD space. The AO521 is also a bit lighter, weighing around 2.75 pounds.
Friday Acer said that both netbooks share similar features including HDMI connectivity, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi and fast Ethernet LAN, a built-in webcam and microphone, a Multi-Gesture Touchpad, and a standard one-year parts and labor warranty.
The Aspire One AO721 and the Aspire One AO521 are now available at retail and e-tail outlets nationwide.
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I'm not a big fan of netbooks, but this spec looks decent for the money.
The single-core, 45nm AMD Athlon II Neo Mobile K125 CPU runs at 1.7GHz, has 1MB L2 and 12W TDP.
AMD's Ultrathin Platform Portfolio http://www.amd.com/us/products/not [...] tform.aspx
Be interested to see how this machines stacks up against the competition; the Mobility Radeon 4225 should pack a serious punch in games and HD video playback.
I like how more and more laptops feature AMD cpu's - thumbs up for competition. Intel has been too dominant for too long in the netbook and laptop markets imo.
No I'm not a AMD fanboi - both my desktop and laptop contains Intel cpus.
Hmm... the 4225 is a slower clocked version of the Mobility HD 4200. Not good.
From what i see singe core just won't cut it anymore... if your used to more powerfull gear...just too many slowdown and stalling with single core + vista/win7
Anyone thinking about buying this laptop please think twice!! It has the worst freezing problem I've ever seen. I bought it for my girlfriend about 4 months ago and all it has done is given me headaches and trips to Acer support. They've already changed my motherboard once and my HDD twice!
The worse of it is that Acer denies any problems with the laptops freezing. Even after seeing these forums which already has 79 pages of complaints and counting...
http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum [...] 87&t=16164
Don't join this group...you won't be a happy customer.