Acer Aspire One AOA150-1359

May 14, 2009 Netbooks

The Acer Aspire One AOA150-1359 is a full-function laptop in copper brown with 8.9-inch display, integrated webcam, and 6-cell battery with up to 5.5-hours of use. The netbook is powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, provides 160 GB Serial ATA hard disk drive storage space, has 1 GB RAM (2 GB max) DDR2 SDRAM memory. 54g Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g) and 10/100 Ethernet connectivity and is supported by the Intel GMA 950 graphics card.

It has 3 USB, 1 headphone, 1 microphone, Secure Digital (SD) card reader that is also compatible with MultiMedia cards (MMCs), multi-in-one card reader that supports SD, MMC, Memory Stick/Memory Stick PRO, and XD Picture Cards, and VGA monitor output interface. The netbook comes pre-installed with Windows XP Home operating system, and comes with a mouse included. The netbook measures 6.7 x 9.8 x 1.42 inch and weighs 2.44 pounds. It has a rated charge (normal use) time of 5.5 hours.

The Aspire One AOA150-1359 is packed with a 160 GB hard drive and Windows XP operating system that is supported by an 8.9 inch CrystalBrite WSVGA LED backlit display, with integrated webcam for video chatting, and Intel’s latest mobile processor, the Atom. The netbook is built with a copper brown chassis, accented with details such as an orange hinge ring. The netbook is designed for mobile devices, with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor that uses a design structure with new hafnium-infused circuitry, which reduces electrical current leakage in transistors to conserve energy and gives users more time away from the wall outlet. The Intel Atom processor uses 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 which is less than 1/10 of the 35 watts used by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor for battery management. This 1.6 GHz Atom N270 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). It provides up to 5.5 hours of usage with the included 6-cell battery. Other features include 1 GB of installed RAM (1.5 GB maximum), 54g Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), multi-format memory card reader, multiple USB ports, and built-in email, web browsing, and digital media applications. The Acer Aspire One AOA150-1359 comes preinstalled with the Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system, which incorporates Windows Live features like Windows Live Messenger for instant messaging and Windows Live Mail for consolidated email accounts on a desktop. The One AOA150-1359 comes with a 160 GB hard disk drive (5400 RPM), which offers room to hold a digital audio library of and with room left over for movies, games, and a large collection of software. This Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive also has high speed transfer of data, akin to Firewire and USB 2.0. The 1 GB of installed RAM (512 MB onboard memory and one 512 MB DIMM, 533 MHz) can be expanded to a maximum of 1.5 GB of RAM. The Aspire One does not come with an integrated optical drive, but optional CD / DVD read / write drives can be connected to the laptop via one of the three USB ports, enabling users to create music mixes, burn movies to DVD, and more. The Acer Aspire One AOA150-1359 has an integrated 54 g wireless LAN (Acer InviLink) that’s compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g networks and offers Acer’s SignalUp technology for antenna efficiency, one dedicated SD memory card slot as well as a second multi-in-one card reader that’s compatible with five different types of memory cards, such as the Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card for flexibility, the ability to have both a multi-in-1 card reader and a SD card reader at the same time that allows users to download photos from the multi-in-1 to share with others and store to the SD card as an internal storage device simultaneously. The 8.9-inch screen on the Acer Aspire One AOA150-1359 has a WSVGA resolution (1024 x 600) and support for up a 262 K color depth, with video acceleration powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which uses shared video memory with the main memory. The Acer’s CrystalBrite display technology on the display prevents the diffusion of surrounding light and internal ray, which is able to read color coordinates accurately, minimizes distortion and creates high-fidelity colors in all environments. This notebook includes an integrated audio card with Microsoft DirectSound compatibility, and it includes two stereo speakers. The Acer Aspire One notebook PC AOA150-1359 comes with a rechargeable 6-cell lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a limited warranty for parts and labor for one year from date of purchase.