This Acer Aspire One AOD 150 review will show you that this little mini netbook computer is a great choice for your mobile computer needs. This model proves how portable, light weight and user friendly it is.

Acer does a great job making their products very affordable. You will find that the Acer Aspire One AOD 150 can fit into your budget quite nicely under $350. A stand out feature of the Acer Aspire One AOD 150 netbook model is how fast it is.

The 1.6 GHz N270 Intel Atom processor is a single core processor but that’s more than enough to handle the applications you need to use. This baby is installed with Windows XP Home with SP3 installed not Vista. Laptop users who have been lugging around those 17″ laptops will welcome the portability of the Acer Aspire One AOD 150.

Many people falsely assume that small laptops aren’t powerful laptops, or that small laptops could not possibly be as feature-rich as their larger competitors, but anyone who believes these false assumptions have not met the Acer Aspire One Mini Laptop. The Acer Aspire One is an 8.9 inch LCD, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM White Laptop Computer that weighs a mere 2.78 lbs and offers amazing transportability.

Regardless of whether you are checking your e-mail, managing your online accounts or having a conversation with your friends, this surprisingly transportable Aspire One laptop offers an operating system that is simple and intuitive, clearly organizing everything that you need in order to effectively surf the internet, get your work done or simply have some fun.

Battery Life – This is one of the greatest elements of the Acer Aspire One. As far as battery life is concerned, you will be surprised when you see how long this battery can go for. I’ve taken my laptop out of the house expecting to lose power within an hour or so. After playing my favorite video game for four hours straight, I closed it down and found that I still had a surprising hour and fifteen minutes worth of battery life to take advantage of.

This Acer Aspire One D250 certainly qualifies as a best netbook because it has it all, from the very basics to more advanced in-built features. It is very lightweight and has a good strong feel to it. It also has an excellent keyboard, superb WIFI and three USB ports which make a huge difference if you are running an external drive or have attached an external mouse.

The battery life is less in practice than Acer claim, but the performance is superb and we found that it was able to run programs like Adobe Premiere without any problems, and that is saying something. To our surprise, it even managed to run certain games with its built-in graphics card although the detail was somewhat lacking.

On the negative side, this netbook doesn’t have a CD-ROM drive, and while it isn’t necessary, you can’t even play a CD while you are working. Sure, you can copy files onto another pc and use a flash drive to install software, but it is something a purchaser should be aware of prior to buying.

Although these the Toshiba Mini and the Acer Aspire one are currently two of the best selling netbook models in the market, I am going to put it straight out that the Toshiba Mini is a much better 10.1-inch netbook especially in terms of functionality and performance.

The Toshiba model has a 1.66Ghz processor while the Acer netbook has a 1.6Ghz processor. Besides this difference, both models have similar specs that include 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive and a 6-cell battery. There is where the differences end.

The new Toshiba netbook has so much to offer in terms of features and many of which are not found on the Acer Aspire One. For instance, besides having a 6-cell battery, the battery on the Toshiba model can last up to 9 hours on a single charge compared to Acer’s usual 6 hours. Another unique feature is that you can also charge USB devices on the Toshiba model even when the Toshiba mini is off or on standby mode.

Acer’s featherweight Aspire One 533 Netbook is fitted with the Atom N457 chip and boasts the quicker DDR 3 ram chip, so it is no slouch. The Aspire 533 uses the same 250 GB hard drive as its predecessor and features Intel’s 3150 graphics card. Our test machine shipped with Windows 7 Starter edition.

The latest offering from Acer is a nice looking machine, it’s shiny cabinet available in four colours, and unlike many other notebooks with a shiny surface this one doesn’t seem to attract fingerprints. If it does become a problem, however, there is a cleaning cloth included in the box.

Size and weight

Following the success of the Asus Eee, almost every major laptop manufacturer has come up with their own netbook. Being the pioneer in ultra-portable laptops, you would expect Asus to dominate the netbook market, at least for the next few years. Until the release of the Acer Aspire One, the ultra-portables released by other manufacturers fall short in many ways. Many of the models compromised performance, or if it didn’t, carry a hefty price tag with it.

The Acer Aspire One to date is a shining example of the ‘perfect’ ultra-portable laptop. One of its strongest selling points is it competitive pricing. Costing about $350 a piece, the Acer Aspire one is one of the most affordable netbooks in the market. Weighing at just 2.2 pounds, the average unit comes with a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 1 GB of Ram, a 1.4 Megapixel camera and 160 GB of memory. As far as affordable ultra-portable goes, this is as good as it gets!

The Acer Aspire One comes in 4 different colors and has a sleek and stylish design. It is very solidly built and also has a tinge of chrome styling. The LCD screen is crystal clear with great contrasts.