Netbook Review: Acer Aspire One with Intel Atom N450 running Netflix

Quick and easy home review of my new netbook. Yeah, it can run Netflix over Wifi!

# Blue Acer Netbook PCIntel Atom Processor N450
1.66 GHz, 667 MHz Front Side Bus, 512 KB L2 Cache
# 1024 MB DDR2 667 MHz
Enough memory to handle today's most memory-hungry applications
# 250 GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive
Store your music, videos, photos and documents with plenty of space to spare
# Wired Ethernet; Wireless Wifi
Connect the Blue Acer Netbook PC to a broadband modem with 10/100 Ethernet; connect wirelessly to a WiFi network or hotspot with built-in Acer InviLink Nplify 802.11b/g/draft-n WLAN
# 10.1" WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED-backlit display
1024x600 resolution; Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 with 64 MB VRAM

Additional Features
# Built-in Webcam
# Multi-in-1 Digital Card Reader
# 3 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x VGA port, 1 x headphone/speaker/line-out jack, 1 x microphone-in jack, 1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) port, 1 x DC-in jack for AC adapter, 1 x Kensington lock slot
# 6-cell Li-ion battery (up to 10 hours)
# AC power supply included

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Netbook
• Acer
• Aspire One
• Netflix
• Youtube
• N450
• Intel Atom

[randlefactor]

This computer is now over a year old and its a complete piece of trash. It takes about 5 minutes to boot up, the battery only holds 7% of the original charge, and sometimes the hard drive doesn't recognize it's own files.

Buy a macbook pro and you will have it for years.

[theassassinjadin]

hey can you set up a password and user name in the main screen you know like when you turn it on can u set it to have a username and password

[randlefactor]

@theassassinjadin Yes, you can.

[ArronDeRoy]

Does the keys on the keyboard light up ?

[randlefactor]

@ArronDeRoy Nope, the keys don't light up.

[whitesox001]

You said you hooked up your netbook to an external TV. How did you do it? With a VGA to HDMI cable? VGA to VGA cable?

[randlefactor]

@whitesox001 VGA to VGA

[MrROTD]

@randlefactor I had a macbook pro got stolen so i had to get one of these for now, six months later Im doing ok, sorry about your luck I like it considering its so affordable

[MrROTD]

cons are short battery life, not enough ram it should have 2 gigs stock. keys jam easily by debris. volume icon wont go away on rare occasions when you change it, need to reboot as a result. volume of speakers weak and volume control is not easily accessed. left shift key is too small its a pain. overall Im satisfied considering its so cheap and I can save my PC for gaming use this for the net and travel.

[MrROTD]

I have this in the dual core 1 gig,heres the Pros.. I like its size, it's convienient for travel. screen looks good, multitouch is nice to have not too smooth but its there. I used it for Onlive worked well, played Terraria and minecraft on minimal settings but I dont recommend it for gaming. Price is so cheap I cant complain if it explodes tommorow. 3 usb thats great. had it 6 months heavy browsing every day never had to get it serviced.

[MrROTD]

@mistervanderveer Onlive works of course but I dont recommend this for gaming. I played terreria it runs smooth on mine great travel game to have on your netbook.

[mrsgraves100]

@vReapzz haha ... yea. a thousand+ dollar alienware, like everybody can get those lol

[JasonToddIsntDead]

Can you upgrade the Acer Aspire one d255e's processor

[flatblackstrat]

Got the same setup on my aspire one, or at least did. I have an older model from about 2-3 years ago with a older atom chip and 512mb ram, so it won't run HD video. It was a great computer though and extremely reliable and rugged.