- Aspire One
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Developer = Acer
Type =Subnotebook /Netbook
Connectivity = 10/100 MbitEthernet 802.11b/g WLAN 3 USB 2.0 ports
Media = 8 GBSSD or 120/160 GBHDD
OS =Linpus Linux Lite ,Windows XP Home
Input = 95% size KeyboardTouchpad 0.3 or 1.3 MP Webcam
Memory = 512 MB or 1 GB
Power = 2200mAh 3-cell or 5200mAh 6-cell battery
Processor = 1.6 GHzIntel Atom N270
Display = 8.9" (22.6 cm) 1024x600 LED TFT
Weight = 2.19lbs (0.99kg ) for SDD, 3-cell battery unit 2.78 lbs (1.26 kg) for HDD, 6-cell battery unitThe Acer Aspire One is a small notebook computer (also known as a
netbook ). It is based on the Intel Atom platform consisting of anIntel Atom N270 processor, Intel 945GSE Express chipset and Intel 82801GBM (ICH7M) I/O controller. [http://www.acer.com/aspireone/ - About - Platform]The Aspire One became available in July 2008. [ [http://us.acer.com/public/page92.do?sp=page29&dau42.oid=13762&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=25&CountryISOCtxParam=US&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx3=-1&ctx4=United+States&crc=3201121738 Acer US press release] ] Initially in Seashell White and Sapphire Blue, with a 3-cell battery. Acer has since then introduced models with the larger 6-cell battery, as well as a wider selection of colors including Coral Pink, Golden Brown and Onyx Black.
It is manufactured by
Quanta Computer . [http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20080710PD222.html]torage
Current versions of the Aspire One are configured with either an 8 GB
SSD or a 120/160 GBHDD .The SSD has a 40pin ZIF PATA connector, and identifies itself as SSDPAMM0008G1 or P-SSD 1800. The former is the Intel Z-P230, with a specified maximum read speed of 38 MB/s and write speed of 10 MB/s, while the latter is an unspecified Samsung model reported to be slightly faster.http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/z-p230/index.htm]
The HDD is a regular 2.5" 5400rpm SATA drive. Three different drives have been reported so far: Seagate ST9120817AS, Western Digital WD1200BEVS and Hitachi HTS543212L9A300.http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/notebook/momentus/5400.4/SATA/100468842a.pdf] http://www.wdc.com/de/products/products.asp?driveid=200] http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/C51A283F52498251862573FA005A3C98/$file/Travelstar_5K320_DS.pdf]
The ICH7M I/O Controller supports
AHCI NCQ. However Acer has disabled the AHCI function in the BIOS. The HDD is recognized as a normal IDE HDD in Windows with lower performance. A future BIOS patch should be able to turn on AHCI, but it is fully determined by Acer.There is also an SD/SDHC storage expansion slot for additional storage, which automatically expands the space of the SSD or HDD on Linux versions via
aufs , and an additional multi-in-1 flash memory card reader. The built in BIOS does not support booting an operating system from these slots though.Power
Components
The Intel Atom platform has a specified maximum TDP of 11.8W. Individual figures are 2.5W for the N270 processor, 6W for the 945GSE chipset and 3.3W for the 82801GBM I/O controller. [http://ark.intel.com/system.aspx?groupID=36331&configID=27616&chipsetID=36550] [http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=36331] [http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=35553] [http://ark.intel.com/product.aspx?id=27680] The AUO B089AW01 LCD panel is rated at a maximum power consumption of 3W. [http://www.gblcd.com/datacenter/au/B089AW01_V0.pdf] Typical read/write power consumption for the SSD is around 0.3W, and 0.01W when idle. The different HDDs are rated at about 1.5-2.5W for read/write operations and around 0.7W when idle.
Battery Life
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 XP and HDD configurations.oftware
Models are pre-installed with either
Windows XP Home (SP3) orLinpus Linux Lite [http://www.acer.com/aspireone/ - About - Software] offering 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.ource code
In accordance with the GPL Acer has released the source code for
Linpus Linux Lite and their modified Linux kernel. [ftp://guest@csdftp.acer.com.tw/Aspire_One_Linpus_Linux/]References
External links
* [http://www.acer.com/aspireone/ Official Aspire One website]
* [ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_one_150/driver/ Aspire One Drivers]
* [http://onelinux.org/ OneLinux.org] - Project about a remastered version of Ubuntu for the Aspire One
* [http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/ Aspire One User Forum] - A forum especially for the Acer Aspire One with scripts and detailed information
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