As smaller form factors become ever more popular, so are they becoming more powerful after Acer revealed that it has updated two netbooks in its Aspire One portfolio.
The Aspire One AO521 and AO721 each feature AMD Athlon II Neo processors and ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384MB of dedicated memory.
“Users can vigorously multitask, even with visually intense, high-def applications, while freely exploring the Internet, sending and receiving emails, watching videos and playing games – all on the go and untethered from a power source,” Acer officials said in a statement 18 June.
With the Aspire One AO521, users get a 10.1-inch CrystalBrite LED backlit display, a keyboard that’s 93 percent full size, 1GB of DDR3 memory and an up to 250GB hard drive. It measures just shy of 1 inch thin, weighs 2.75 pounds and runs Microsoft’s Windows 7 Starter.
The Aspire One AO721 also features a high-definition, 11.6-inch CrystalBrite LED backlit display, a full-size keyboard, 2GB of DDR3 memory and an up to 250GB internal hard drive. It’s less than an inch thin, weighs approximately 3 pounds and runs Microsoft’s Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.
With either the AO721 and the AO521, users will get 802.11b/g/n, Ethernet LAN and Bluetooth connectivity, as well as a webcam and digital microphone for video conferencing, and HDMI connectivity for connecting to an HDTV.
And for easy navigation, each netbook also features a Multi-Gesture touchpad, for pinching, flicking and swirling one’s way through Web pages and documents.
Both netbooks are now available at popular retailers, the 10-inch AO521 for a starting price of $349.99 (£236) and the 11.6-inch AO721 starting at $429.99 (£290).
Acer is the number PC market share holder worldwide, and in the first quarter of 2010 it shipped 12 million units – preceded by Hewlett-Packard and followed by Dell. In the US market, however, tight competition between Acer and Dell pushed Acer to third place, with its 2.7 million units following the Texas-based PC maker’s 4.1 million units, according to April data from Gartner.
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