Netbook winner
Acer Aspire One D255
Verdict
An affordable dual-core netbook that puts in a sterling all-round performance
Review Date: 4 Jul 2011
Price when reviewed: £206
Overall Rating
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Toshiba NB550D
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Comparison
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Acer Aspire One D255
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Toshiba NB550D
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| Details | ||
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| Part Code | LU.SEV0D.010 | PLL5FE-00M008EN |
| Review Date | 4 Jul 2011 | 25 Mar 2011 |
| Price ex VAT | £208 | £251 |
| Price inc VAT | £250 | £301 |
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| Warranty | ||
| Warranty | 1 yr return to base International | ERROR: Script can't be evaluated |
| Physical specifications | ||
| Dimensions | 259 x 185 x 29mm (WDH) | 262 x 190 x 36mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 1.130kg | 1.270kg |
| Travelling weight | 1.4kg | 1.6kg |
| Processor and memory | ||
| Processor | Intel Atom N550 | AMD Fusion C-50 |
| Motherboard chipset | AMD Fusion | |
| RAM capacity | 1.00GB | 1.00GB |
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| SODIMM sockets free | 0 | 0 |
| SODIMM sockets total | 1 | 1 |
| Screen and video | ||
| Screen size | 10.1in | 10.1in |
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,024 | 1,024 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 600 | 600 |
| Resolution | 1024 x 600 | 1024 x 600 |
| Graphics chipset | Intel GMA 3150 | AMD Radeon HD 6250 |
| Graphics card RAM | 256MB | |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 1 | 0 |
| HDMI outputs | 0 | 1 |
| S-Video outputs | 0 | |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 | |
| DVI-D outputs | 0 | |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 | |
| Drives | ||
| Capacity | 250GB | 250GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 233GB | |
| Spindle speed | 5,400RPM | |
| Internal disk interface | SATA/300 | |
| Hard disk | Western Digital WD2500BEVT | Toshiba MK2565GSXN |
| Optical disc technology | N/A | |
| Optical drive | N/A | N/A |
| Battery capacity | 4,400mAh | 5,300mAh |
| Replacement battery price inc VAT | £0 | £0 |
| Networking | ||
| Wired adapter speed | 100Mbits/sec | 100Mbits/sec |
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| Integrated 3G adapter |
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| Wireless key-combination switch |
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| Modem |
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| ExpressCard34 slots | 0 | |
| ExpressCard54 slots | 0 | |
| PC Card slots | 0 | |
| USB ports (downstream) | 3 | 3 |
| FireWire ports | 0 | |
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| 9-pin serial ports | 0 | |
| Parallel ports | 0 | |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 0 | |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 | |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 2 | |
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| xD-card reader |
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| Pointing device type | Touchpad | |
| Audio chipset | AMD HD Audio | |
| Speaker location | Wrist rest | |
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| Integrated microphone? |
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| Integrated webcam? |
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| Camera megapixel rating | 1.3mp | 1.3mp |
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| Operating system and software | ||
| Operating system | Windows 7 Starter 32-bit | Windows 7 Starter 32-bit |
| OS family | Windows 7 | Windows 7 |
| Recovery method | Recovery partiion | Recovery partition |
| Software supplied | N/A | |
| Battery and performance tests | ||
| Battery life, light use | 9hr 25min | 9hr 55min |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | N/A | |
| 3D performance setting | N/A | |
| Overall Real World Benchmark score | 0.21 | |
| Responsiveness score | 0.40 | |
| Media score | 0.15 | |
| Multitasking score | 0.08 | |
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