Like a number of PC makers, Acer hasn’t officially announced any new netbooks with Intel Atom Pine Trail processors yet. But the folks at Netbook News.de tracked down some pictures of an upcoming model called the Acer Aspire One 532h. It has an Atom N450 processor, GMA 3150 graphics, and a high resolution 1280 x […]
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Target to offer pre-Black Friday Acer Aspire One at $199
In case you miss out on the insane $150 Aspire One Office Max is going to offer on Black Friday, you can still score one for just under $200 at Target. According to the leaked flyer, you’ll also receive a free neoprene sleeve for your new netbook. I’m not sure that makes the Target deal […]
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Rumor: Pick up an Acer Aspire One for $150 on Black Friday
You know the holiday season is just around the corner when the Black Friday ads start to leak onto the web. Black Friday, for the uninitiated is the day after Thanksgiving. It’s often one of the busiest shopping days of the year, and it got its name, because it’s about the time when many retail […]
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Kuki Linux 2.8 released for Acer Aspire One netbooks – Video
Kuki is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, and designed to work with Acer Aspire One mini-laptops. Specifically, it should run on most Acer netbooks that were designed to run Linpus Linux Lite, which is a stripped down Linux distribution that may be appropriate for beginners, but which may seem a bit limiting to more […]
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Acer Aspire 1410 coming soon (new name for the 11.6 inch Timeline 1810T?)
Update: Now you can read my detailed review of the Acer Aspire 1410. The Acer Aspire Timeline series of thin and light computers aren’t exactly netbooks. They have Intel CULV processors that use more energy and provide better performance than most Intel Atom based netbooks. But it’s never been the processor that defined the netbook, […]
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Acer Aspire One hack: Adding a Broadcom HD video accelerator
Most netbooks with Intel Atom processors and integrated GMA950 graphics can handle 720p HD video. But try playing a 1080p clip and you’re in for a choppy, sluggish, battery-killing experience. Two companies have solutions for that. NVIDIA’s ION platform bundles the Atom processor with a higher performance GeForce 9400M graphics processor. Not only do you […]
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Fake Acer Aspire One spotted in China
If this JingWah Digital Fashion A10 looks familiar, that’s because it’s pretty much an exact clone of the original 8.9 inch Acer Aspire One netbook. You know, except for the “Fashion A10” logo emblazoned on the netbook. Oh yeah, and the processor. While Aspire One netbooks sport Intel Atom processors, the Fashion A10 is powered […]
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aaSNES1 case mod finished, filmed, and posted on eBay
Last week we told you about the aaSNES1, a hack which involved taking the guts of an Acer Aspire One netbook and pack them into a Super Nintendo case to create a unique and arguably unattractive but incredibly geeky desktop computer. Just to make things a bit more interesting, the folks behind this hack also […]
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Aspire One 751, 531 finally show up on Acer’s US web site
Acer has been shipping several new models of Aspire One laptops across the globe for a few weeks. But the company finally got around to adding product pages for its latest mini-notebooks to its US web site this week. There’s now an official product page for the Acer Aspire One 751h, which is the first […]
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Acer Aspire One D250 Review
The Acer Aspire One D250 is the latest 10 inch netbook from Acer. It has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, but fits into a smaller and lighter case than the Acer Aspire One D150. Joe Rybicki is a freelance writer who’s spent the last 13 years […]