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Acer Aspire One D255

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

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Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

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Toshiba NB550D

Toshiba NB550D

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Comparison

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Acer Aspire One D255

Acer Aspire One D255

Toshiba NB550D

Toshiba NB550D
Details
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
Overall rating 5 stars out of 6 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 6 stars out of 6 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 4 stars out of 6 6 stars out of 6
Performance 3 stars out of 6 2 stars out of 6
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
802.11a support no
802.11b support yes yes
802.11g support yes yes
802.11 draft-n support yes yes
Integrated 3G adapter no no
Bluetooth support no yes
Other Features
Wireless hardware on/off switch no no
Wireless key-combination switch yes yes
Modem no no
ExpressCard34 slots 0
ExpressCard54 slots 0
PC Card slots 0
USB ports (downstream) 3 3
FireWire ports 0
PS/2 mouse port no
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
SD card reader yes yes
Memory Stick reader yes no
MMC (multimedia card) reader yes yes
Smart Media reader no no
Compact Flash reader no no
xD-card reader yes no
Pointing device type Touchpad
Audio chipset AMD HD Audio
Speaker location Wrist rest
Hardware volume control? no
Integrated microphone? yes yes
Integrated webcam? yes yes
Camera megapixel rating 1.3mp 1.3mp
TPM no no
Fingerprint reader no no
Smartcard reader no no
Carry case no
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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