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Acer Aspire One D250

Jan 18, 2010 Netbooks

The Acer Aspire One D250 is a netbook computer from Acer’s D series. It sports a sleek, slim and attractive design that is combined with robust features.

Specifications
The Acer Aspire One D250 measures 258.5 mm x 184.0 mm x 25.4 mm (W x D x H) in dimension and weighs approximately 1.1 kg including its standard provided three-cell battery. It comes under a one year parts and labor limited warranty which also comes with a concurrent International Traveler’s Warranty. The Acer Aspire One D250 is powered by a three-cell removable battery that has a capacity of 2200 mAh and can provide up to 3.0 hours of battery life depending on configuration and usage. Alternatively, it can also be powered by six cell batteries for longer performance, or even direct current via its provided AC adapter of 30 Watts. The Acer Aspire One D250 can operate on either the bundled genuine Windows 7 Starter Edition operating system, or a Windows XP Home Edition operating system. It runs on an Intel Atom Processor N280 of 512 KB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB and a speed of 1.66 GHz. Besides that, it also incorporates a Mobile Intel 945 GSE Express chipset. In terms of system memory, the Acer Aspire One D250 incorporates DDR2 technology 533 SDRAM of 1 GB. As for storage space, the Acer Aspire One D250 comes with a built-in SATA hard disk drive of 5400 RPM with up to 250 GB of storage space. Besides that, it also has a built-in multi-in-one card reader that has the ability to support optional MultiMediaCard, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and even xD-Picture Card memory cards. In addition to that, the Acer Aspire One D250 also has an optional adapter that can support Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, miniSD, and microSD memory cards. In terms of video features, the Acer Aspire One D250 has a hight-brightness (200-nit) TFT LCD that incorporates Acer CrystalBrite technology. The display measures 10.1 inches diagonally and has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. Besides that, it also has LED backlighte features. Not only that, the Acer Aspire One D250 also incorporates an integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 graphics card. In addition to that, it also has a built-in Acer Crystal Eye web camera situated right above its display. There is also a VGA port on the body of the Acer Aspire One D250. In terms of audio features, the Acer Aspire One D250 includes two integrated stereo speakers, an integrated digital microphone, as well as ports for headphones, speakers, line-out and microphone. Not only that, the Acer Aspire One D250 also incorporates optimized Dolby Headphone technology as well as features compatibility for Microsoft DirectSound. As for interface ports, the Acer Aspire One D250 includes DC-in, RJ 45 LAN, VGA, headphones/ speakers/ line-out, microphone as well as three USB 2.0 ports. In addition to that, the Acer Aspire One D250 also comes pre-installed with software including Acer Game Zone, Acer Recovery Management, Acer Video Conference, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Flash Player, Carbonite Online Backup, eSObi, Google Desktop, Setup and Toolbar, McAfee Internet Security Suite (trial version), customized Windows Internet Explorer 7.0, as well as Windows Live Essentials. Not only that, the Acer Aspire One D250 also has Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR (enhanced data rate) capabilities, Ethernet 10/ 100 LAN compatibilities, as well as an Acer InviLink 802.11 b/g/Draft-N wireless LAN with Acer SignalUp technology for enhanced antenna efficiency.

Reviews

“And so, overall I’m profoundly pleased with my purchase. For less than $400 including shipping, I’ve got a light, thin, reliable, and sensibly designed little road warrior. Sure, there are things I’d change: mainly the trackpad and that obnoxious fingerprint-magnet of a top lid. But aside from those minor annoyances, this thing does everything I want it to do, exactly as I’d hoped. To my mind, it doesn’t get much better than that.” (LiliPuting, 2009)

“For the price, it’s hard to find fault with Acer’s even cheaper version of the 10.1-inch Aspire One, as long as you’re not expecting top-of-the-line features.” (CNET, 2009)

“Considering how crowded the netbook market has become over the last year I really expected Acer to deliver more with their 10-inch netbook. Yes, it costs less than $300, but that price looks less impressive when other netbooks have better keyboards, better touchpads, and MUCH better battery life for less than $400.” (NotebookReview, 2009)