Acer Aspire One xp Home

The Acer Aspire One xp Home is a netbook that is available in Seashell White Sapphire Blue, Coral Pink and Golden Brown. It can be slipped easily into a bag or backpack and also has instant-on capabilities which means that it will be ready to go and online in less than 30 seconds from the moment you switch it on
Specifications
The Acer Aspire One xp Home is smaller than an average diary, measuring 249 mm x 170 mm x 29 mm in dimension, and weighing less than a kilogram. There is also an 10 inch CrystalBrite LED backlit LCD display that has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, making it suitable for the user-friendly interface. On the home screen display, there are four areas of which each has space for three applications which can be personalized by just clicking on the arrow to the right of each area and dragging your favourite application into the shaded zone. There is also an integrated Crystal Eye webcam located on the top of the screen as well as a built-in microphone, making the Acer Aspire One xp Home ready for live chats. Not only that, it also incorporates a clean and simple Instant Messaging interface that has full support for all your favourite Messenger applications and emoticons. There is also a Mail program which has the capability to manage up to six separate email addresses with support for POP3/ SMTP/ IMAP mailboxes, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange from a single application in order to give you instant access to all your mobile communication from the same window. In addition to that, the Acer Aspire One xp Home also incorporates a Smart File Manager that instantly and seamlessly merges extra storage capacity from any SD card inserted into the second card slot to the left of the keyboard into the main memory available to the user. In terms of internet browsing, the Acer Aspire One xp Home has an integrated Mozilla Firefox web browser that is optimized for most of the popular websites and supports full video streaming capabilities straight out of the box. Other than that, it also has a Writer programme that is a fully functional word processing application and is compatible with Microsoft Word to allow you to open and save files directly in .doc format. Besides that, it also has a spreadsheet application that is intuitive and easy to learn. The Acer Aspire One xp Home is also capable of producing multimedia presentations that are complete with 3D clip art, fontworks, special effects, animation and high-impact drawing tools. The Acer Aspire One xp Home operates on an Intel Atom N270 processor of 1.6 GHz with 533 MHz bus speed and Mobile Intel 945 GSE Express Chipset. Besides that, it also has an L2-cache memory type that is 512 KB in size. As for the RAM installed, it is of a 1 GB capacity of DDR2 SDRAM- 533 MHz technology in SO DIMM 200-pin form factor with one user-accessible socket for configuration. It is built with the world’s smallest transistors and is designed especially for low power consumption. The Acer Aspire One xp Home runs on a standard 3 cell battery pack that is included with the netbook. The battery pack has the capacity to provide up to 3 hours of battery life. Alternatively, there is also an option to upgrade to a 6 cell battery pack that offers up to 7 hours of battery life. The Acer Aspire One xp Home has a hard drive storage capacity of 120 GB. It also has support for high definition audio.
Reviews

“Since the prices of mini-notebooks have seemingly been escalating with each new model, we’re pleased to see one for just $349, adhering to the idea of the “low-cost PC.” The 9-inch Asus Eee PC 901 XP ($520 with rebate at Newegg.com, as of this writing) has a faster solid state drive, but the Aspire One offers much more capacity (120GB vs. 12GB) and costs $171 less. And even if you opt for the Aspire One with the 6-cell battery, you’ll still be paying $121 less. The touchpad is small and the vertical buttons are awkward, but we prefer the Aspire One overall because it offers a superior keyboard and much better bang for your buck. In the suddenly crowded field of mini-notebooks, the XP version of the Aspire One offers the best value.” (LaptopMag, 2009)

“Despite these shortcomings, the Aspire One is a fine little machine. If you need more hard drive headroom or slightly speedier performance, Lenovo’s IdeaPad S10 may be a better choice. But Acer’s Aspire One is one of the best category bargains around. Just stay near a power outlet or invest in the extra six-cell battery.” (PCWorld, 2009)

“To sum up the Acer Aspire One: this is what notebooks should have always been like. Small, portable, light, fast, and cheap. For just EUR 299, you are getting a proper netbook, with all the functionality of its big brothers and sisters. Maybe not as full-featured as the MSI Wind, and not as hyped as the eeePC, but still the better choice, simply because it’s a hell of a lot cheaper.” (OSNews, 2009)