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.
just searched for a sec I guess if you want the dual core you have to go with something like Aspire 1551, at least good to know that they do have them
funny I remember someone saying netbooks will go away... forget what ceo that was im sure someone will refresh my memory
You mean the Atoms strapped to a chipset that requires 6x the power of the processor at one stage? ATi chipsets are actually quite efficient, and so is there low end video cards.
You want battery saver, you get something specifically for it, this is more an all round unit by the sounds of it - much better for every day usage etc.
What netbook ever used VIA chipsets?
And yes, Aspire One 1551 is top dog:
Turion II K625 1.3Ghz dual core / K635 1.5Ghz dual core flavors.
Atom = garbage
comparing an atom to a normal processor is like comparing an IGP video card to a ATI 5970 - both do the same thing but are not competing and nothing alike in terms of market position, price, power/thermal etc - ofcourse Atom fails comparing to a processor that draws 10x the power and is literally 10x bigger
The GPU is not anything amazing. It's an underclocked Radeon 3400 IGP. I hope Acer's "384MB of dedicated system memory" means that it has 384MB of dedicated GDDR memory (sideport), then it might be OK.
You do realize this GPU is an IGP right? Not a dedicated GPU that you can disable? Also, even though it is no rocket, is faster and more power efficient than Intel's netbook graphics solutions.