Is there still a place for netbooks in what's starting to seem like a tablet-mad world? Acer thinks so. At a time when the Apple iPad is at the top of so many shopping lists and product after product is being evaluated as a potential "iPad-killer," Acer is betting on enough prospective buyers still looking for the more notebook-like experience, but with the smaller size and price tag, that a netbook offers. And so it's kept right on refreshing its netbook line, with a recent example being the unit we're looking at today: the Aspire One D255.
With the D255, Acer has upped the ante by going with the Intel Atom N550, a dual-core processor that is clocked at 1.5GHz. And with a price tag of $329, it's still priced around where units sporting single-core processors had recently been. But do more cores translate into more performance and better value? Let's take a look and find out.
Perhaps the hardest part for those of us used to desktop and laptop PCs is getting used to the Acer's 93-percent-full-sized keyboard -- the A through apostrophe keys that span eight inches on a desktop cover 7.5 inches on the D255. Obviously, however, it's an easier adjustment than typing on a phone, tablet or other diminutive device.
As mentioned above, the D255 is powered by the 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550, a dual-core processor that comes with 1MB of L2 cache. A rarity among 10.1-inch netbooks, this would seem to offer a distinct advantage over competing models. But while the D255's CPU does indeed perform admirably in comparison to single-core Atoms, the difference isn't enough to knock anyone's socks off. In PCMark Vantage, the D255 posted a score of 1,603, while in Cinebench 11.5's CPU test, it was able to render the sample scene in 14 minutes and 23 seconds.
More information, please visit this site
0 comments:
Post a Comment