Acer AOD250-1689 10.1-Inch White Netbook - Up to 9 Hours of Battery Life | 
| Brand: Acer
Category: Personal Computer
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1674
Color: White
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: Windows XP Home with Service Pack 4
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1.66
System Bus Speed: 667
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Hard Drive Size: 160
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Modem: None
USB Ports: 3
Display Size: 10.1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10.2 x 1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: LU.S690B.415
Model: AOD250-1689
UPC: 099802378349
EAN: 0099802378349
ASIN: B002P8M6NO
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| Features:
| • | 1.66GHz Intel N280 Atom Processor | | • | 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM Single Channel Memory | | • | 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Certified | | • | 10.1" WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 | | • | Windows XP Home (SP3), 6-Cell Li-ion Battery (5800 mAh) |
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Product Description
ACER 10.1IN 1GB/160/XP HOME/6 CELL WHITE
Amazon.com Product Description
Browse the Web, check email, share photos, keep up with social networks, listen to music and enjoy a variety of entertainment with the Aspire One AOD250, which features a small compact design that you can take anywhere. Acer makes it easy to stay productive while on the go with the 10.1-inch CrystalBrite LED-backlit screen as well as its excellent near full-size keyboard. A great choice for students as well as business travelers who like to travel light, this Aspire One AOD250 model (AOD250-1689) in white has a 6-cell battery that provides up to 9 hours of battery life on the go and weighs 2.79 pounds. 
The sleekly designed Aspire One AOD250 weighs just 2.79 pounds. | 
A great choice for light-packing business travelers and students, this 10.1-inch Aspire One AOD250 comes with Windows XP Home, a 160 GB hard drive, and a 6-cell battery for up to 9 hours of battery life (see larger image). | 
Pinch, flick and swirl your fingers on the Multi-Gesture Touchpad for an intuitive navigation to view web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more. | You'll be able to easily video chat wherever you roam thanks to the Crystal Eye webcam integrated into the LCD's bezel, delivering smooth video streaming and high quality images even in low-light situations. And the built-in digital microphone delivers superior voice quality keeping background noise level low and minimizing echoes. Pinch, flick and swirl your fingers on the multi-gesture touchpad for an intuitive navigation to view web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more. It's powered by the 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 processor, which is designed especially for mobile devices using an innovative design structure and hafnium-infused circuitry to reduce electrical current leakage in transistors to conserve energy. Packed with roomy 160 GB hard drive--great for storing a mobile digital audio and video library--this Aspire One also features 1 GB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), 54g Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, multi-format memory card reader, multiple USB ports, and built-in email, web browsing, and digital media applications. It comes preinstalled with the Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system, which offers more experienced users an enhanced and innovative experience that incorporates Windows Live features like Windows Live Messenger for instant messaging and Windows Live Mail for consolidated email accounts on your desktop. Key Features - 10.1-inch LED-backlit CrystalBrite screen (1024 x 600 resolution) (Learn more)
- 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 processor combines performance and efficiency to explore the Internet and stay connected while mobile (Learn more)
- Up to 9 hours of battery life with included 6-cell battery
- Multi-gesture Touchpad for circular-motion scrolling, pinch-action zoom, and page flip (Learn more)
- 160 GB hard drive (5400 RPM)
- 1 GB DDR2 RAM (533 MHz; 2 GB maximum capacity)
- Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 video processor
- Crystal Eye webcam supports Acer PrimaLite technology, which consists of a premium sensor, firmware and lenses to provide superior video performance under low-light conditions. A built-in digital microphone helps keep background noise levels low and minimizes echoes.
- 84-key keyboard, 89 percent of standard-size with 12 function keys, WLAN switch
- 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
- Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity enables you to communicate and synchronize with Bluetooth-enabled peripherals such as PDAs and cell phones.
- Fast Ethernet (10/100)
- VGA video output
- Stereo speakers and optimized Dolby Headphone technology for 5.1-channel audio
- Microsoft Window XP Home operating system (SP3)
- Pre-loaded software includes Microsoft Works for word processing and spreadsheet work. Enjoy a 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007.
- Dimensions: 10.17 x 7.24 x 1 inches (WxDxH)
- Weight: 2.79 pounds
- Warranty: One-year parts and labor limited warranty with concurrent International Traveler's Warranty
Networking, Connectivity & Expansion
This Acer Aspire One notebook has an integrated 54g wireless LAN (Acer InviLink) that's compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g networks and offers Acer's SignalUp technology for enhanced antenna efficiency. It also provides Fast (10/100) Ethernet networking. - 3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
- Analog video output: 1 VGA
- Multi-in-1 memory card reader compatible with MultiMediaCard, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO or xD-Picture Card
- 1 headphone jack, 1 microphone jack
What's in the Box
This package contains the Acer Aspire One AOD250-1689 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions It also comes with the following software: McAfee Internet Security Suite (trial version with 60 days of live update); Microsoft Works with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial; Google Desktop; Carbonite Online Backup; Customized Windows Internet Explorer 7.0; Acer GridVista Learn More
The 10.1-inch screen has a WSVGA resolution (1024 x 600) and support for up a 262K color depth. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which uses shared video memory with the main memory. Acer's CrystalBrite display technology guarantees the best possible visual experience by preventing the diffusion of surrounding light and internal ray. Compared to normal TFT LCDs, Acer CrystalBrite technology is able to read color coordinates more accurately, thus minimizing distortion and creating high-fidelity colors in all environments.
Take the Internet to more places with the long battery life and flexibility of a compact, lightweight netbook powered by the incredibly small, amazingly smart Intel Atom processor. It features a design structure that packs in 47 million transistors into a single chip sized at just 22mm (0.87 inches), and it uses just 2.5 watts of power--less than 1/10 of the 35 watts used by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor--for excellent battery management. This 1.66 GHz Atom N280 processor also includes a power-optimized front side bus of 533 MHz for faster data transfer on demanding mobile applications and a 512 KB L2 cache (which temporarily stores data).
The Acer Aspire One AOD250 has been designed to be even more streamlined than its predecessors--whittling down the depth to just one inch thin and shaving the weight down to just under 2.8 pounds. The sleek aerodynamic design includes elegant touches such as the color-rich chassis along with the metallic hinge with a colored accent. It also uses a clever Multi-Gesture Touchpad that allows you to pinch, flick and swirl your fingers across the touchpad for more natural photo and video viewing as well as intuitive navigation of websites such as Google Earth. The Multi-Gesture Touchpad allows you to scroll, zoom in and out and flip through web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more. Finally, it features a soft-touch palm rest to increase typing comfort.
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 Awesome! Can't get wrong with this netbook! February 11, 2010
kudoushinichi
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just own this netbook for two days, and so far I'm satisfied with it. This is not a notebook, keep in mind, so bear with the tiny screen and slow response... still it works very well even for work.
So far, I have tested :
- 10.1" inch screen is rather small, but it's the standard size for netbook
- Keyboard is perfect for my hands, I still can type fairly fast
- Firefox, IE, YIM, Adobe Reader, all works without problem. I didn't want to install too many applications though... just in case
- Wi-Fi runs without problem in every corners of my house
- Bluetooth is fine, just tested it with my cellphone
- Speaker is not too loud, but it's fine
- Webcam is fine
- Battery last about 6 hours
Great little computer February 4, 2010
Jason M. Canody (DC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Overall this netbook does exactly what I was hoping for. Quick and easy setup. It is rather fast once I removed some of the nonsense ACER puts on this machine. Recommend taking off the Office and Works free trials and installing the regular versions as well as the free trial of MacAfee and installing a free anti-virus like AVG. WiFi is really strong and quick to setup. Keyboard is pretty close to normal, takes a minute to get used to. The scroll pad is quite nice once you figure out how to zoom.
I bascially use this netbook to surf the internet, check email, plug my phone into, and plug my iTouch into. Works great for all this. Also the Webcam is not to shabby.
Would recommed this to anyone in the market for a cheap/light weight alternate to a fullsize laptop. Can't really go wrong for the price, it packs a lot into a tiny machine.
The great little netbook gets better. February 21, 2010
Mark B. (Pittsburgh, PA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Since buying an Acer 8.9" Netbook I've been quite pleased with it. The 10.1" version polishes up an already sleek machine to be worth a purchase. I've been hooking up friends with Acers like this current model. And there are improvements.
Compared to my older 8.9" model this lacks a second SD card slot. It only has the one multi flash card reader (high-capacity compatible). In this case they also included a cover that snaps into the slot to keep dust out when not in use. It still has the three USB 2.0 ports, VGA external display port, audio in/out jacks, Kensington lock hole and AC adapter port. The best part is that it uses the same rechargeable battery packs as the 8.9" Acer. If you want a higher capacity battery I recommend the 9-Cell Super-Capacity Li-ion Battery.
Improvements between this and the 8.9" model is the addition of BlueTooth capability and enhanced audio featuring Dolby Headphone technology. And the extra inches results in a bigger keyboard which feels closer to a standard PC keyboard. The best improvement of all is the ease in upgrading the memory. This 10.1" has an easily accessible panel on the underside where you can upgrade the system RAM quite easily for a quick upgrade. The 8.9" Acer lacks that feature.
Just like the 8.9" Acer, because of a lack of external storage all software that ships with the Acer is on a specially configured hard drive with a hidden partition. Most of the drivers are available in the "\I386" subdirectory on the main hard drive. I suggest backing up these drivers onto a flash memory card. If you want a great external drive with both the smooth looks and multiread/burn features I wholeheartedly recommend the LG Electronics DVD+/-RW LightScribe Dual Layer Slim External.
While the Atom processor is very energy efficient it isn't going to win any speed records. But for what it offers, such as very long battery life and portability, I have found no major problems with this netbook. My needs don't demand much in the way of horsepower (usually writing, graphic design and game emulator use with some retro programming thrown in). And this is one of the last models to have XP-Home installed on it which is nice if you found your own experiences with "7" or Vista less than awe-inspiring.
I'm impressed with the changes made to this 10.1" model versus the 8.9" model. Even if you currently have a netbook it doesn't hurt to get another as a spare or to hook a friend up with.
UPDATE 2010-03-08:
One of the gripes that I have with this Acer is that there's more stuff that I had to uninstall from it as opposed to the 8.9" Acer. In particular I removed the unnecessary M$-Office trialware, M$-Works (I'm quite happy with[...]) and a very bloated trialware Acer-branded game pack which ate up disc space as well. Also there's a hidden "C:\ACER" folder that contains the installers as well (it still has a hidden partition, though).
What I did was use "Add & Remove Programs" via Control Panel to get rid of the bloat. I transferred the C:\ACER folder to a SDHC card and created a backup DVD-R that contained that and the pre-uninstall of the stuff before I pruned it all (backup made using 7-Zip's very tight LZMA compression).
Still, it was worth the trouble and I still highly recommend this netbook.
UPDATE 2010-04-13
I'm back from Jovina's Spring Fling 2010 in Monrovia, MD. At first I thought it would be strange to pack both the 8.9" and 10.1" Acers. But they proved their worth as one was used as an impromptu Internet kiosk hooked up to Jovina's extra-large screen hi-def LCD in the living room while I used the other for my writing and video/photo organizing.
So that's the power of my portable 3Ghz quad-core Atom computing solution. ;-)
 best of the netbooks February 4, 2010
Mark R. Pearson (VA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Quiet, solid, no issues, less flimsy than the others. Can upgrade to two gigs of ram so you can increase the performance. Ships with Windows XP NOT Windows 7.
Expectations met February 1, 2010
Edson Luis Almeida Viana (São Paulo, Brazil)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this netbook for my wife, but sometimes I use it or I help our kid to use it also, so I have a few comments to make about it:
Pros:
1. It is very beautiful, seems to be very well manufactured
2. Plenty of diskspace
3. Webcam has a very good image and movement definition
Cons:
1. Its battery lasts about 5h30min... I think that for it to reach 9hours I should decrease the video intensity or something like that
2. We have a notebook equipped with a intel dual core processor and it seems faster than this Intel Atom
3. The bluetooth is not working yet. I didn't read the documentation to fix it, but I thought it would come already configured
Overall, it is a nice product and I recommend it, once the Cons are known.
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