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Acer Aspire One D250 Review (Notebook)
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The score of B is reached using 6 different tests on the Acer Aspire One D250 (s).
Average score of all laptops & notebooks: B.
Average score of all laptops & notebooks: B.
Product specs:
Display Size: 10.1"; Weight: 1100g; Battery life: 5h; Internal memory: 1024MB; Processor clock speed: 1600MHz; Hard disk drive capacity: 160GB; Features: Card Reader, Webcam, Numeric block ...
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Publication date 1/2010 Single test |
"Good points: Good looking; lots of storage space; Android operating system loads quickly.
Bad points: No touchscreen; Android doesn’t really add anything."
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Publication date 12/2009 Single test |
"Overall Android is an interesting addition, but not one that is very compelling. With the browser not returning a solid performance, we'd be tempted just to let Windows 7 boot, in which case you can ignore this edition of the netbook altogether. What you are left with is a netbook that works well enough, but without the Android OS as a valid differentiator, there are plenty of other netbooks out there to consider. Android fans might be tempted, but as a mainstream netbook this has limited appeal."
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Publication date 11/2009 Single test |
Value for money: 3.5 out of 5 stars
"This new version of the Acer Aspire One D250 with Windows 7 and Android is around £280 – or you can find the first Windows XP version for £199. Put kindly, we’d say that Acer's Android-on-a-netbook project is work in progress right now, with so little actually possible on the Google Linux side. If you need to get things done, you’re still going to have to work in Windows."
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Publication date 11/2009 Single test |
"The Acer Aspire One D250 Android is a pretty decent netbook, but we're not sure its Android OS contributes very much. It'll let you surf the Web quickly, but, if you fancy doing anything else, you'll need to fire up Windows XP. After a while, you'll begin to question whether it was worth bothering with the Android OS in the first place. Ultimately, we think its inclusion is something of a gimmick, but, as the D250 isn't a bad device, it's one we can ultimately forgive."
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Publication date 11/2009 Single test |
"... Android boots up much quicker than Windows 7, but the stripped-down version installed is barely useful. ... Many of the features that make Android exciting - the Market, hassle-free Google synchronisation and touchscreen control - are missing from the D250. Windows 7 is a far more useful operating system. However, with a small keyboard and touchpad, we wouldn't rush out to buy the D250 yet. Plenty of other Windows 7 netbooks are becoming available ... The inclusion of Android is ultimately disappointing, and otherwise the D250 is just another netbook."
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Publication date 11/2009 Single test |
"We were hoping for so much more. Android on phones is a powerful, highly customisable OS with a growing selection of third-party apps. On Acer's dual-OS Aspire One D250, it's just a basic front-end for quick web, and music and photo media access. We knew from that start that's what it was there for, but did they have to limit it quite so much? This is not, and probably never will be, a true Android netbook. The OS here isn't on a par with Windows, in terms of functionality or role. We like the hardware - the D250 is a nice netbook - but this version really doesn't improve on the basic, cheaper model."
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Summary of Acer Aspire One D250
Computer Shopper magazine reviewed the Acer Aspire One D250 notebook in issue (11/2009). 3 out of 5 stars was the best it was able to achieve.
The notebook was tested in 6 different magazines but was found lacking that special something, only managing an average score of C.
Its highest score of "very good" (7 out of 10 points) came from CNET.co.uk online magazine which tested the Acer Aspire One D250 in their 11/2009 issue. The product received its worst result from Computer act!ve online magazine (issue 1/2010) with a score of 3 out of 5 stars.