On the outside the new 11.6-inch Acer Aspire Timeline X 1830T and Acer Aspire One 721 are pretty much identical to each other with the same chassis. But when you take a look at the price, the 1830T is between $599 and $699, while the Aspire One 721 costs only $430.
So why the price difference? The 1830T as reviewed here features the Intel ULCV processor and hardware, where as the One 721 makes use of the latest AMD hardware and CPU.
1. July 2010
The very new to the market Acer Aspire One 721 and Aspire One 521 mini-notebooks / netbooks take a slightly different path than most devices currently on the market.
For starters they both use AMD hardware and ATI graphics, rather than the very common Intel hardware and Atom processors.
The Acer Aspire One 521 has a 10.1-inch LCD with a standard 1024 x 600 pixel resolution, while the Acer Aspire One 721 is the larger at 11.6-inches with a 1366 x 768 pixel resolution.
21. June 2010
Just a few short days are Acer’s latest range of netbooks were made official, and the Acer Aspire One AO721 going on sale, the Aspire One D260 and 533 are now available for pre-order!
Both the Acer Aspire One AO533 and AOD260 are powered by Intel hardware, have a 10.1-inch LCD, look great, and are the latest generation netbooks to be made available by Acer.
18. June 2010
Acer’s new and upcoming netbooks haven’t exactly been a secret and we have all the details posted on on the site for a while now. But today Acer have made their new netbooks range official in the US.
The four new netbooks can be split into two groups, the AMD powered netbooks (AO721 AO521), and the Intel powered netbooks (D260, D533).
The two new AMD netbooks are officially available to purchase from today, while the two Intel models will be available later this month.
15. June 2010
During the recent influx of new netbooks announced at Computex this month Acer unveiled a number of new netbooks and computers to the market.
Along with the Aspire One 533, 521, and D260 there was also the 11.6-inch Acer Aspire One 753 which almost slipped past us.
The Acer Aspire One 753 (Acer AO753) was announced via a UK press release earlier this month.
11. June 2010
Over the last week one of Acer’s latest netbooks, the Aspire One 721 has been officially announced and and shown up at Amazon.
The 11.6-inch impressive looking netbook is the AMD & ATI version of the Acer Aspire 1830T, which has traded in its Intel internals in favor of AMD’s.
It retains its impressive looking chassis and design, but how makes use of the more powerful AMD Athlon II Neo Processor K125 processor, and the powerful ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384 MB video memory.
9. June 2010
The latest model in the round of new netbooks from Acer is the Acer Aspire One D260.
This 10.1-inch netbook was officially announced in the UK today, with a scheduled release of June 1st. The Acer AOD260 builds on the previous D250 and has a great new stylish design.
28. May 2010
A brand new 10.1-inch netbook from Acer has been leaked by reliable source, Macles.
The Acer Aspire One 533 netbook is one of the latest generation netbooks to make use of the new Intel Atom N455 / N475 processors which have new DDR3 RAM support.
22. April 2010
The Acer Aspire One 521 is a new 10.1-inch netbook which will features AMD components and processor, rather than the usual Intel Atom core.
While the Acer AO521 has yet to be officially announced by Acer, but reliable source Macles have a number of photos of the netbook, along with a lot of details.
The Acer Aspire AO521 has a new design and a large chrome plated logo on the lid.
18. March 2010
Acer have only just officially announced the new Acer 1830T netbook a few days ago, and now it seems that they have more exciting news hidden in the sleeves.
Details have appeared of the yet unannounced Acer Aspire 1825PT and Aspire 1825PTZ 11.6-inch netbooks with a capacitive touchscreen displays.
5. July 2010