Three new AMD-based laptops from Acer

Thursday, 13 May 2010 20:25 Mathias Wedelholm

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Acer logo Acer have unveiled a trio of notebooks with AMD's brand new "Nile" platform. There is Aspire One 521 at 10 inches, Aspire One 721 at 11.6 inches and Aspire 1551, also at 11.6 inches.

Nile was launched yesterday and is designed for ultrathin laptops - AMD promise a performance boost of 22% over the older "Congo" platform. Devices with the platform should also be able to manage a battery life ranging from 4 (active use) to 8 (idle) hours, which sounds like a vast improvement.

Aspire One 521 specs:

- 10.1 inch display, 1024 x 600 pixels
- 1.2GHz single-core AMD V105 processor
- ATI Radeon HD 4225 (supports fuld HD video, among other things)
- Windows 7 Starter
- 1GB RAM
- 160GB hard drive
- HDMI, VGA, 3x USB, audio jacks
- Ethernet LAN, WiFi
- Other features: integrated webcam, multi-touch trackpad
- Battery should be able to handle 6 hours of 1080p video playback

Aspire One 721 specs:

Pretty much the same as Aspire One 521, but has that 11.6 inch display (1366 x 768 pixels) and a dual-core AMD Athlon II Neo K325 (1.3GHz, 2MB cache) processor.

Aspire 1551 specs:

- 11.6 inches, 1366 x 768 pixels
- dual-core AMD Turion II Neo K625 (1.5GHz, 2MB cache) or Athlon II Neo K325 (1.3GHz, 2MB cache)
- ATI Radeon HD 4225
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- Up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM
- Up to a 640GB hard drive
- HDMI, VGA, 3x USB, audio jacks, multi-in-1 card reader
- Ethernet LAN, WiFi, optional Bluetooth and 3G
- Integrated webcam
- Battery life of 6-7 hours

No official price yet, but AMD-based laptops are traditionally cheaper than corresponding Intel devices. That often comes at the cost of battery life, so it will be interesting to see if they can really reach 6 hours.

Source: Slashgear

Acer Aspire One 521