10″ Aspire One (finally)
- posted by Michael Walsh on February 2nd, 2009
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Anyone spot the new kid on the block?
There have been so many leaks, snippets and pictures published already about the 10″ Aspire One, I’m kinda arriving late to the party but here it is anyway.
If you want to know what I was doing in the last half of the London Kick off, I was rewriting the press release to this which you can find in full here. And no I’m not responsible for the error about halfway down.
OK. Let’s sort something out first. Why isn’t it called the Aspire Two? Well Aspire One is what’s called the marketing name and Acer’s netbooks are all going to be called Aspire One (think BMW), no matter how big or small they get. The 10″ model goes by the very glamorous code of: AOD150.
Second up, the rumors are true. It’s Windows XP® Home only. Don’t ask me coz I don’t know and even if I did I might not necessarily agree.
So the headline news for this new netbook is: 10-inch screen, Windows XP, integrated Bluetooth and 7 hours battery life (optional 57.7 W 5200 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack – otherwise with the standard 3-cell, you get 3 hours).
Size-wize it’s not that much bigger than the 8.9″ model and weighs just 1.18 kg.
- 8.9″ (Linux) = 249 (W) x 170 (D) x 29 (H) mm (9.8 x 6.7 x 1.14 inches)
- 10.1″ (XP) = 260 (W) x 185 (D) x 33.4 (H) mm (10.2 x 7.28 x 1.31 inches)
It’s available in four colors including white, blue, red and black and if you head off over to my Flickr page, there’s a bunch of official pictures for you to have a look at.
Cool, sure. But wait to you see what’s coming next…
Other articles on the 10″ Aspire One so far:
- 10-inch Aspire One does a little government work at the FCC – Engadget
- 10" Acer Aspire One D150 detailed specs and pictures …
- 10" Acer Aspire One inches closer to reality | UMPCPortal – The …
- 10-inch Acer Aspire One D150 slips by the FCC | GPS Obsessed
- Acer Confirms Linux/SSD Model 10" Aspire One
- 10-inch Acer Aspire One D150 clears FCC | iPhone The Solution 3G
- 10 inch Acer Aspire One arrives in Hong Kong
- 10-inch Aspire One does a little government work at the FCC : Tech …
- Acer Aspire One – 10″ D150 in Hong Kong : Small Laptops and Notebooks
- 10-inch Aspire One does a little government work at the FCC …
– It looks like Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One D150 is getting set for a US debut, as it just popped up in the FCC’s all-knowing database. Nothing here we didn’t know or couldn’t guess — Acer’s own list of changes from the 8.9-inch Aspire One …
– 10 Acer Aspire One D150 detailed specs and pictures.
– It seems like we’ve known about the upcoming 10 netbook from Acer for a while, but things just got a little bit more official. Netbook3G has found details.
– We’ve already caught Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One up for preorder at J&R, but now it’s officially passed through the FCC so it should be shipping in the next couple of weeks. The FCC documents don’t really give us anything …
– OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
– The 10-inch Acer Aspire One D150 has cleared the FCC, suggesting a US launch could be imminent. As well as the hardware of the netbook itself – which began showing up for preorder late last week – the FCC have also published the …
– A news and information web site covering low cost ultraportable laptops, or netbooks.
– It looks like Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One D150 is getting set for a US debut, as it just popped up in the FCC’s all-knowing database. Nothing here we didn’t know or couldn’t guess — Acer’s own list of changes from the …
– Acer Aspire One 10-inch Just a few days ago, retailers in the US and UK started taking pre-orders for 10″ Acer Aspire One (D150), the larger Intel Atom-based sequel to Acer’s popular 8.9″ Acer Aspire One. …
– It looks like Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One D150 is getting set for a US debut, as it just popped up …
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Morris Lee wrote, on February 3rd, 2009:
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG !!! beautiful piece!
little bigger I suppose? with the old 3 cell battery, I can JUST fit it into my hoody’s front pocket(but not every comfortable when the whole thing is dangling and pushing back and forth on my “you-know-what”) isn’t exactly practical.
but being bigger, I think it lost the idea of a netbook, the ASUS one offers 9300, this give a great gaming performence boost over the intel 950 on the current 8.9 edition, if the 10.1′ does not come with a better graphics card, I think ti is not going to fly too much higher then the ASUS N10
battery life is more impressive then the 8.9 though~
jlmiller wrote, on February 6th, 2009:
My only beef with both the 10.1 and the 8.9 is the video. Surely they could have spent a little more to get 1024×768. This little beauty would be excellent for us photographers who need at the very least 1024×768 (since the likes of Canon) will not make their product install on PC that has less than 1024×768.
I have the 8.9 and I plan to use it for checking out my shoots, but I really would have love to have been able to tether the shoot.
Michael Walsh wrote, on February 6th, 2009:
@jlmiller The press release confirms your gripe: “10.1″ WSVGA high-brightness (typical 180-nit) Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution” which is a shame but – trust me on this one – expect great things from Acer in the next few *months*.
like I said in the article, Cool, sure. But wait to you see what’s coming next…
Sascha wrote, on February 7th, 2009:
My first hands on with the D150 is online:
http://www.netbooknews.de/1524/video-acer-aspire-one-d150-erste-eindruecke/
Cheers
Sascha
Morris Lee wrote, on February 7th, 2009:
@Sascha,
Thanks for the fast review, yeah, I think it is using the same size keyboard as the original Aspire One. the touchpad could have been bigger for a change yes.
but the 10′ started to look like a “laptop” rather then a “netbook”, kind of disappointing in a way….
Michael Walsh wrote, on February 7th, 2009:
@Sascha
Man you’re fast!! Deserves it’s own article. Hope you don’t mind the link love
please keep me posted on your follow up videos!