Laptop Magazine has published their review of the Acer Aspire One AOD250 Netbook:

It’s been only a few months since Acer debuted its Aspire One AOD150  netbook, but already the company has come out with a slimmed-down model, the AOD250 (AOD250-1165), which is both thinner and lighter than its predecessor.

Our configuration of the AOD250 (with a 3-cell battery) will set you back $298; the AOD250 with a 6-cell battery will cost $349 when it’s released in June. Considering the extra runtime involved, we think it’s worth spending the extra $50. Acer makes it easy for users to upgrade the hard drive and RAM on the AOD250, both of which are accessible via removable panels on the system’s underside

You can read the entire article at Laptop Magazine.  While they enjoyed the lighter/slimer design and bright display, the felt the keyboard was somewhat cramped and the touchpad too small. Netbook Dads with normal-to-large hands should take note. 

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By late last year, the Acer Aspire One had beat out ASUS’s combined offerings to become the top-selling netbook-or so market research firm DisplaySearch concluded. The One’s primacy has been confirmed by Amazon.com-which ranked it as its best seller over the Christmas holiday-as well as other sites that monitor laptop sales. The One reached this pinnacle despite a smaller-than-average (8.9-inch) screen and a pair of awkwardly placed mouse buttons, because it was (and still is) the most aggressively priced netbook around. The Acer Aspire One (10-inch) ($350 street) is the long-overdue update, and as its name implies, the screen size has finally caught up with its 10-inch peers. The mouse buttons, furthermore, have been relocated to their correct positions-beneath the touchpad. It’s not the best-equipped netbook, now that the ASUS EeePC 1000HE has landed. But that shouldn’t affect the One’s blistering sales pace, because Acer addresses the most crucial part of a netbook: price.

You can read the entire review at PC Mag.

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