Acer AOD250-1955 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - Up to 9 Hours of Battery Life

by Acer

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• Product Dimensions: 8 x 10.2 x 1 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002P8M6O8
• Item model number: AOD250-1955
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,778 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 21, 2009

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Browse the Web, check email, share photos, keep up with social networks, listen to music and enjoy a variety of entertainment with the Aspire One AOD250, which features a small compact design that you can take anywhere. Acer makes it easy to stay productive while on the go with the 10.1-inch CrystalBrite LED-backlit screen as well as its excellent near full-size keyboard. A great choice for students as well as business travelers who like to travel light, this Aspire One AOD250 model (AOD250-1955) in blue has a 6-cell battery that provides up to 9 hours of battery life on the go and weighs 2.79 pounds.

The sleekly designed Aspire One AOD250 weighs just 2.79 pounds.

A great choice for light-packing business travelers and students, this 10.1-inch Aspire One AOD250 comes with Windows XP Home, a 160 GB hard drive, and a 6-cell battery for up to 9 hours of battery life.

Pinch, flick and swirl your fingers on the Multi-Gesture Touchpad for an intuitive navigation to view web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more.

You'll be able to easily video chat wherever you roam thanks to the Crystal Eye webcam integrated into the LCD's bezel, delivering smooth video streaming and high quality images even in low-light situations. And the built-in digital microphone delivers superior voice quality keeping background noise level low and minimizing echoes. Pinch, flick and swirl your fingers on the multi-gesture touchpad for an intuitive navigation to view web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more.

It's powered by the 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 processor, which is designed especially for mobile devices using an innovative design structure and hafnium-infused circuitry to reduce electrical current leakage in transistors to conserve energy. Packed with roomy 160 GB hard drive--great for storing a mobile digital audio and video library--this Aspire One also features 1 GB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), 54g Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, multi-format memory card reader, multiple USB ports, and built-in email, web browsing, and digital media applications.

It comes preinstalled with the Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system, which offers more experienced users an enhanced and innovative experience that incorporates Windows Live features like Windows Live Messenger for instant messaging and Windows Live Mail for consolidated email accounts on your desktop.

Key Features

• 10.1-inch LED-backlit CrystalBrite screen (1024 x 600 resolution) (Learn more)
• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 processor combines performance and efficiency to explore the Internet and stay connected while mobile (Learn more)
• Up to 9 hours of battery life with included 6-cell battery
• Multi-gesture Touchpad for circular-motion scrolling, pinch-action zoom, and page flip (Learn more)
• 160 GB hard drive (5400 RPM)
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM (533 MHz; 2 GB maximum capacity)
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 video processor
• Crystal Eye webcam supports Acer PrimaLite technology, which consists of a premium sensor, firmware and lenses to provide superior video performance under low-light conditions. A built-in digital microphone helps keep background noise levels low and minimizes echoes.
• 84-key keyboard, 89 percent of standard-size with 12 function keys, WLAN switch
• 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity enables you to communicate and synchronize with Bluetooth-enabled peripherals such as PDAs and cell phones.
• Fast Ethernet (10/100)
• VGA video output
• Stereo speakers and optimized Dolby Headphone technology for 5.1-channel audio
• Microsoft Window XP Home operating system (SP3)
• Pre-loaded software includes Microsoft Works for word processing and spreadsheet work. Enjoy a 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007.
• Dimensions: 10.17 x 7.24 x 1 inches (WxDxH)
• Weight: 2.79 pounds
• Warranty: One-year parts and labor limited warranty with concurrent International Traveler's Warranty

Networking, Connectivity & Expansion
This Acer Aspire One notebook has an integrated 54g wireless LAN (Acer InviLink) that's compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g networks and offers Acer's SignalUp technology for enhanced antenna efficiency. It also provides Fast (10/100) Ethernet networking.

• 3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
• Analog video output: 1 VGA
• Multi-in-1 memory card reader compatible with MultiMediaCard, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO or xD-Picture Card
• 1 headphone jack, 1 microphone jack

What's in the Box
This package contains the Acer Aspire One AOD250-1955 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions

It also comes with the following software: McAfee Internet Security Suite (trial version with 60 days of live update); Microsoft Works with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial; Google Desktop; Carbonite Online Backup; Customized Windows Internet Explorer 7.0; Acer GridVista

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10.1-Inch CrystalBrite Screen

The 10.1-inch screen has a WSVGA resolution (1024 x 600) and support for up a 262K color depth. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which uses shared video memory with the main memory. Acer's CrystalBrite display technology guarantees the best possible visual experience by preventing the diffusion of surrounding light and internal ray. Compared to normal TFT LCDs, Acer CrystalBrite technology is able to read color coordinates more accurately, thus minimizing distortion and creating high-fidelity colors in all environments.

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Intel Atom Processor: Your PC's Perfect Internet Companion

Take the Internet to more places with the long battery life and flexibility of a compact, lightweight netbook powered by the incredibly small, amazingly smart Intel Atom processor. It features 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--less than 1/10 of the 35 watts used by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor--for excellent battery management. This 1.66 GHz Atom N280 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).

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Sleek, Eye-Catching Design Matched with Highly Functional Additions

The Acer Aspire One AOD250 has been designed to be even more streamlined than its predecessors--whittling down the depth to just one inch thin and shaving the weight down to just under 2.8 pounds. The sleek aerodynamic design includes elegant touches such as the color-rich chassis along with the metallic hinge with a colored accent.

It also uses a clever Multi-Gesture Touchpad that allows you to pinch, flick and swirl your fingers across the touchpad for more natural photo and video viewing as well as intuitive navigation of websites such as Google Earth. The Multi-Gesture Touchpad allows you to scroll, zoom in and out and flip through web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more. Finally, it features a soft-touch palm rest to increase typing comfort.

Product Description

Acer AOD250-1955 comes with these high level Specs. Intel Atom Processor N280, Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3, 10.1-Inch WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display, Mobile Intel 945GSE Express Chipset, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 1024 MB DDR2 SDRAM Single Channel Memory, 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), Integrated Acer Crystal Eye Webcam, Two Built-in Stereo Speakers, 3 - USB 2.0 Ports, 6-cell Li-ion Battery (5800 mAh), Up to 9-hours battery life, 2.79 lbs. | 1.27 kg (system unit only)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for it's use, November 24, 2009

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Vincent L. Wright (Dumfries, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acer AOD250-1955 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - Up to 9 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

The Acer 1955 Netbook is just what I was looking for. I had only one problem that was easily rectified. The mouse pad stopped working on the third day of use. I had to reinstall the drivers. Other then that I recommend it to anyone. Good deal Good product.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Black Friday Price of $250, December 22, 2009

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This review is from: Acer AOD250-1955 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - Up to 9 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

I spent a lot of time researching netbooks. One option I wanted was to be able to replace the hard drive, which is possible on the Aspire One but not many others. I pulled the trigger on Black Friday, when Amazon was selling the 1955, which has XP, bluetooth, a 5800 mAh battery, and the N280 processor (all good) for $250. These options on this and other netbooks push the price closer to $400.

The unit is good, but other netbooks have better keyboards. This model's isn't bad, but the keys could be bigger; it does have a proper right shift key, which is crucial. Battery life if outstanding, at around 9-10 hours for basic web browsing and the screen dimmed to about 60%, which is perfectly viewable. Haven't been able to get bluetooth working yet, but I've only tried once so far. Performance is standard for netbooks with the Atom processor. For a heavy video user, I would suggest getting one with an Ion chip or similar.

Highly recommended for web and email use and anyone that needs to access the drive bay. New models coming out at CES, so the AO250 design will probably be phased out. If you're going to get an Aspire One, get this model.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Netbook!, December 6, 2009

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Raylon - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Acer AOD250-1955 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - Up to 9 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

Bought this netbook. Price was extremely cheap so I jumped on it. First of all, this unit is beautiful. The Blue finish really is fantastic. The black bezel inside along with blue makes it look quite nice.

Pros:
-9-Cell Battery. Measured over 7 hours of use when having constant internet gaming(Runescape), using a bluetooth mouse and brightest brightness on screen.
-Super Bright screen. I was slightly worried about screen being dim, but it is extremely bright, very pleased.
-Windows XP - Proven OS, and no extra money needed to upgrade to 7 Home or whatever.
-Great wireless, better reception that my large laptop.
-Once bloatware removed, very quick. Can do some basic multitasking with ease.

Cons:
-No back up CD's. Must get external drive to burn copy of OS to CD and drivers. Minor annoyance. Most people get external drive anyways.
-Wish it was free?

Great netbook, very happy with it.