Acer Aspire One D255 10.1 inch Netbook (Intel Atom N450 Processor, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Wifi, Webcam, 8hrs battery life, Windows 7 Starter&Android) - Ruby Red
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- Acer Aspire One D255 10.1 inch Netbook (Intel Atom N450 Processor, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Wifi, Webcam, 8hrs battery life, Windows 7 Starter&Android) - Ruby Red
94 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Very happy, works well with MS Office and BBC iplayer, By
Mr. A. J. Nolan (Bucks UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Acer Aspire One Happy 10.1 inch Netbook (Intel Atom N450 Processor, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Wifi, Webcam, 8hrs battery life, Windows 7 Starter&Android) - Lime Green (Electronics)
Thought long and hard before choosing a netbook for my daughter. I was worried that the Atom processor and 1GB of RAM might make it underpowered for the types of applications she uses - MS office, youtube, bbc iplayer and lots of flash based online games (eg Club Penguin, cbbc games).I needn't have done so; The full version of Office 2010 loads and runs well to allow her to do homework and emails and graphics heavy apps such as the aforementioned games also run well. I also loaded up a couple of ripped movies in MP4 format and these too play well in itunes.
I suspect anything which is in recorded in HD may be too much for smooth viewing, but this is not an issue for us.
I loaded microsoft security essentials and this has proven to be a very effective but "resource light" security suite for free. Windows 7 starter edition is robust, and we almost always wake the device from hibernate (which takes about 10 seconds) rather than shut down and re-start. Only minor disappointment so far has been a "feature" of windows 7 starter, namely that one cannot change the desktop picture. Haven't tried it yet (and don't intend to) in Android.
The machine is well designed with lots of connectivity, a very nice bright screen and a solid keyboard. The 6 cell battery gives lots of life (>6 hours). We also bought a matching lime green mouse, which my daughter likes, thought the trackpad also works well.
All in all a very good choice and, 2 months in, I am very happy with the choice we made.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
A Little Cracker!, By
willow127 - See all my reviews
This review is from: Acer Aspire One D255 10.1 inch Netbook (Intel Atom N450 Processor, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Wifi, Webcam, 8hrs battery life, Windows 7 Starter&Android) - Ruby Red (Electronics)
I wanted to buy a Netbook and browsed my local store but could not get the all important colour...red...! I came home and checked Amazon reading the reviews carefully and noted the negative ones in particular. I must admit, I have not found any of the problems mentioned by other buyers, I think this Netbook is pretty perfect.It is neat, light, has plenty of storage, is not slow as some reviewers suggested, and the battery life is fine. Obviously if you are using it for a few hours you will have to recharge but for my purpose which is a secondary 'laptop' to my main one which stores my photos etc I couldn't have asked for a better model,and it is a gorgeous shade of red...!
To browse the net, check e mails, watch tv, store photos I love my little Acer Netbook...my laptop is also Acer and I have never had a problem with it.
I am a very happy bunny!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
love it ! :0), By
cool beenz - See all my reviews
This review is from: Acer Aspire One Happy 10.1 inch Netbook (Intel Atom N450 Processor, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Wifi, Webcam, 8hrs battery life, Windows 7 Starter&Android) - Candy Pink (Electronics)
I have recently purchased an Acer Aspire One Happy 10.1 inch Netbook with the dual boot for windows7 starter and Android.First and foremost...this is a NOTEBOOK and as such dont expect the sort of computing power the pentagon would be happy with..that is just unrealistic.
I am delighted with it..nay ..I LOVE it :0) lol I accept it is what it is, its a notebook. If i wanted something with real grunt id buy a laptop.
It runs really well, especially since removing loads of preinstalled bloatware. I have ordered an uprade chip for the memory to 2 Gb as i can see how this will deffo improve things.
The touchpad with its multi gesturing feature is really cool and i have no problems with it at all.
The built in 1.3Mp webcam is very good..nice clear and smooth image, and the built in mic is also very responsive.
Windows7 starter is lacking in several features and the most annoying ive found to date is the inability to play DVD via external DVD drive. seems its not just a simple case of loading the missing drivers (i could be wrong but my research says no ..you need to upgrade 7 to home premium or ultimate) BUT the good news is the Freeware media player by VLC works great with no hassles at all ..find it here
http://www.vlcmediaplayer.org/download.html
The sound quality is excellent (with headphones, the speakers are what they are so dont expect miracles..)and the screen gives a beautifully clear picture and wonderfully smooth video.
I have booted it into Android and all seems fine, but as i dont as yet use Android on a mobile device its not that important a feature to me...but could be very handy in the future.
to sum up, its light, small, gorgeous colour (mines pink)works the web excellently runs flash video better than my 2.66Ghz quad core desktop, has excellent storage at 250 Gb and you could be in the Albert hall when you plug in the headphones and tweek the HD audio manager!
OOOHHH and WiFi (new to me) is sooo easy to connect.
Im a very happy bunny sat here typing this review on it! :0)
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