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Acer Aspire One
DeveloperAcer
TypeSubnotebook/Netbook
Media8/16 GiB SSD or
120/160 GB HDD
Operating systemLinpus Linux Lite, Windows XP Home
CPU1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270
Memory512 MiB, 1 GiB, 1.5 GiB
Display10.1 in (26 cm), 8.9 in (23 cm) 1024×600 LCD TFT
Input89% size[1] Keyboard
Touchpad
Camera0.3 MP Suyin or 1.3 MP Liteon Webcam
ConnectivityRealtek 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet
Atheros 802.11b/g WLAN
3G/UMTS
Power3-cell: 2.200 Ah, 2.4 Ah, 2.9 Ah;[2] 6-cell: 5.2 Ah, 6.6 Ah (aftermarket extended-life batteries capacity may differ)

Acer Aspire One is a line of subcompact notebook computers, or netbooks, released in July 2008 by Acer Inc.[3] It is based on the Intel Atom platform, which consists of the Intel Atom N270 processor, Intel 945GSE Express chipset and Intel 82801GBM (ICH7M) I/O controller.[4] The line is manufactured for Acer Inc. by Quanta Computer,[5] and is available in several shell colors: seashell white, sapphire blue, golden brown, onyx black, and coral pink. Its main competitors in the low-cost netbook market are the Asus Eee PC line and the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. An industry newsletter reports that Acer and Quanta have had a falling out and production of the Acer Aspire One line will be shifting to other manufacturers in 2009.[6]

CNET editors' review has been positive,[7][8] although held reservations as the Aspire One is early to market and many netbooks are planned for the near future.

Features

Operating System

Windows

Windows XP Home Edition SP3 is installed on the models with a name ending in X, or ending in B followed by another letter denoting color.

It is also possible to install and run Windows Vista or pre-release versions of Windows 7 on the laptop.

Linux

Models with names ending in L, or ending in A followed by a letter for color, are shipped with Linpus Linux Lite.[9] This offers a simplified user interface, with default applications like the Firefox 2 browser, OpenOffice.org 2.3, Acer One Mail and Acer One Messenger available directly on the main screen. The default desktop environment has been designed to hide advanced features from the user and to prevent modification. However, it is still possible to modify it to present a more traditional Xfce 4 desktop, enable more advanced features such as context menus, or install additional software.[10]

It is possible to install and run other Linux distributions on the Acer Aspire One, and some specially customised Linux distributions have been designed to offer out-of-the-box functionality. These include Linux4One,[11] and Kuki Linux.[12] Other distributions of the Linux operating system will also run, such as Fedora,[13], Debian, Mandriva Linux,[14] Ubuntu,[15] Eeebuntu,[16] openSUSE,[17] and Linux Mint. Ubuntu Netbook Remix is specifically designed for netbooks and comes pre-installed on some of the Dell models.

Mac OS X

Using work created by the OSx86 project, it can be run using many different hacks, including iAtkos, iDeneb, and Kalyway distributions. Upgrading your BIOS and booting one of these through USB will allow you to gain access to the OSx86 operating system.

Other operating systems

Other x86 operating systems like FreeBSD[18] and OpenSolaris[19] are known to run on the Aspire One.

Storage

SSD disks

The A110 model ships with an 8 GB or 16 GB solid-state drive (SSD). Early 8 GB models come with the Intel Z-P230, model SSDPAMM0008G1. This SSD has been criticized for its slow read and write speed. Intel lists the drive's maximum speeds as 38 MB/s read and 10 MB/s write.[20] Later models come with the slightly faster Samsung P-SSD 1800.

Hard disks

The HDD is a regular 2.5-in 5400 rpm SATA drive with 120 or 160 GB. Five different drives have been reported so far: Seagate ST9120817AS, Western Digital WD1200BEVS, WD1600BEVT, Hitachi HTS543212L9A300, and Toshiba MK1652GSX.[21][22][23]

Storage Expansion Slot

There is also an SD/SDHC storage expansion slot on all models for additional storage (16 GB max. in either slot). On Linux versions this automatically expands the space of the SSD or HDD using aufs. Windows XP models treat it as a normal removable drive. A second slot acts as a standard multi-in-1 flash memory card reader. However the BIOS does not support booting an operating system from these slots. (Note: it is possible to boot from HD or USB using a /boot partition and initrd that will support accessing a kernel on SD, but this is not booting from SD, as the /boot partition cannot reside there)

Power management

The Intel Atom platform has a specified maximum TDP of 11.8 W. Individual figures are 2.5 W for the N270 processor, 6 W for the 945GSE chipset and 3.3 W for the 82801GBM I/O controller.[24][25][26][27] The AUO B089AW01 LCD panel is rated at a maximum power consumption of 3 W.[28] Typical read/write power consumption for the SSD is around 0.3 W, and 0.01 W when idle. The different HDDs are rated at about 1.5–2.5 W for read/write operations and around 0.7 W when idle.[21][22][23]

The Official ratings for the battery are up to 3 hours for the 3-cell, and up to 7 hours for the 6-cell. Linpus Linux Lite has been optimized by Acer for lower power consumption. Battery life is shorter on HDD configurations with Windows XP, at approximately 2.5 hours for the 3-cell.[citation needed] Although the standard 3-cell battery is 2.2 Ah, some users have reported 2.4 Ah and 2.9 Ah batteries from the factory. Various suppliers online now carry aftermarket batteries, including the 6-cell. Aftermarket 9-cell batteries have recently become avaliable, though as expected are quite heavy, making the Aspire One less lightweight.

Specifications

Model OS Display Storage RAM Battery Webcam Bluetooth Availability
Type Size
A110L Linux 8.9 in (22.6 cm),
1024×600 TFT LCD 		SSD 8 GB 512 MiB 3-cell 0.3 megapixel No US,[29][30] CA, GB,[31] AU, UAE, EU
A110X XP SSD 16 GB 1 GiB 6-cell 0.3 megapixel No US, CA, GB, AU, UAE
A150L Linux HDD 120 GB 512 MiB/1 GiB 3-cell 0.3 megapixel No CA, GB
A150-1382 160 GB 1 GiB Un­known[32] No US
A150X XP HDD 120 GB 1 GiB 3-cell 0.3 megapixel No US, CA, GB, AE, TW, AU
160 GB 6-cell 1.3 megapixel[33] No US, CA, CH, TW
A150X-3G XP HDD 120 GB 1 GiB 6-cell 1.3 megapixel No GB, MX, DE (T-Mobile)
ZG5[34] XP HDD 120 GB 512 MiB/1 GiB 3-cell/6-cell 0.3 megapixel No BR CA
160 GB No US (Walmart), SI (SiOL)[35]
Linux 160 GB No TW
SSD 8 GB No TW, PT, AT
XP 8 GB No US
D150 XP 10.1 in (25.7 cm),
1024×600 TFT LCD 		HDD 160 GB 1 GiB, can accept up to 2 GiB Varies by country and model, 3-cell standard[36][37] 0.3 megapixel Yes US, CA, GB, AU, UAE, IN, SG

Additional Hardware

Since November 2008 the 3G-enabled model Aspire One A150X-3G is available in Europe,[38] while models with 3G modems will begin shipping in the United Kingdom in December and are denoted by the letter G in their model number. The first generation Aspire One webcam is an Acer Labs International M5608 camera controller with attached 0.3 MP SuYin or 1.3 MP LiteOn CMOS sensor.

The Aspire One uses an Intel 945GSE chipset which only supports 2 GiB of RAM.[39] Installing memory modules larger than 2 GiB has caused the Aspire to fail the power-on self-test.

The AOD150 is the latest netbook version from Acer. It sports a new 10.1 in screen, and comes standard with a six cell battery except in Canada in which it is still sold with a 3-cell battery.

References

  1. ^ http://blog.laptopmag.com/acer-intros-aspire-one-mini-notebook
  2. ^ http://www4.slikomat.com/09/0408/7bp-AAO-3-.jpg
  3. ^ Acer US press release
  4. ^ http://www.acer.com/aspireone/ - About - Platform
  5. ^ http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20080710PD222.html
  6. ^ http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081015PD214.html
  7. ^ Acer Aspire One Reviews
  8. ^ CNET reviewers: "the best all-around Netbook we've seen for less than $400"
  9. ^ http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/12/acer-aspire-one-recovery-dvd.html Acer Aspire One Linpus Linux Lite recovery DVD online
  10. ^ http://www.laptopmag.com/advice/how-to/aspire-one-apps.aspx
  11. ^ http://eeepc.itrunsonlinux.com/the-news/1-latest-news/242-linux4one-ubuntu-for-the-acer-aspire-one-
  12. ^ "Kuki Linux 2.0 for the Acer Aspire One".
  13. ^ http://jorge.fbarr.net/2008/11/10/fedora-10-on-the-acer-aspire-one/
  14. ^ http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva-announces-a-new-solution-for-netbooks-mandriva-mini
  15. ^ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne110L
  16. ^ http://eeepc.itrunsonlinux.com/the-news/1-latest-news/256-eeebuntu-sd-card-installation-on-the-aspire-one-netbook Eeebuntu SD Card Installation on the Aspire One Netbook
  17. ^ http://en.opensuse.org/Acer_Aspire_One
  18. ^ http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=382
  19. ^ http://blogs.sun.com/oslab/entry/fun_with_opensolaris_on_the
  20. ^ http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/z-p230/319955.pdf
  21. ^ a b http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/notebook/momentus/5400.4/SATA/100468842a.pdf
  22. ^ a b http://www.wdc.com/de/products/products.asp?driveid=200
  23. ^ a b http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/C51A283F52498251862573FA005A3C98/$file/Travelstar_5K320_DS.pdf
  24. ^ http://ark.intel.com/system.aspx?groupID=36331&configID=27616&chipsetID=36550
  25. ^ http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=36331
  26. ^ http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=35553
  27. ^ http://ark.intel.com/product.aspx?id=27680
  28. ^ http://www.gblcd.com/datacenter/au/B089AW01_V0.pdf
  29. ^ http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/22/acer_us_cuts_aa1_price/
  30. ^ http://www.small-laptops.com/2008/07/03/acer-aspire-one-a110l-a150l-a150x-specs-prices/
  31. ^ http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/18/review_acer_aspire_one/
  32. ^ Appears only to be sold by Buy.com, which does not specify webcam resolution
  33. ^ http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/?p=284&akst_action=share-this
  34. ^ http://www.e-gear.com/story/story.bsp?sid=178323&var=story
  35. ^ http://itm.siol.net/doc/2008/11/Acer%20Aspire%20One.pdf
  36. ^ http://acer.com.au/acer/product.do?link=oln23g.redirect&changedAlts=&kcond5e.c2att92=864&CRC=240481035
  37. ^ http://us.acer.com/acer/product.do?link=oln24g.redirect&changedAlts=&kcond5e.c2att92=843&CRC=2745306029
  38. ^ http://parabook.de/2008/10/20/acer-aspire-one-a150x-3g-kommt/
  39. ^ http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=35553

See also

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