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Acer Aspire 532H netbook details uncovered
update: read
Acer 532h review
Some juicy details about the Acer Aspire One 532h Pinetrail based netbook. It is a netbook with 10-inch display with a marvelous 1280×720 resolution. It runs the Intel’s new Pineview N450 processor that runs at 1.66GHz clock speed. Another great news for the GMA 500 haters, it packs GMA 3150 graphic chipset which will replace both GMA 500 and GMA 945 that was prevalent in the N270/N280 basd netbooks.
It will ship with Windows 7 Starter operating system.
The Aspire One is currently listed at Lithuanian reseller site with a price tag of £297/$483/€328 but we suspect that the price might even be lower once this one is released and shows up at e-tail.
The Intel’s Pineview N450 CPU has integrated DDR2 memory controller and graphics core built into the CPU itself, rather than the chipset.
11.6-inch Acer Ferrari One official in US, no HDMI port
11.6inch Acer Aspire One sporting a Ferrari logo is now available in the US. Priced at $600, it measures 11.2 x 8.03 x 0.9/1.2-inch and weighs 3.31 pounds. It runs 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium OS and comes with 5600mAh 6-cell Battery that should run good for 5-hours
The Acer Ferrari One (model FO200-1799) has 11.6-inch display with1366 x 768 resolution just like the current Acer’s 11.6-incher, Aspire 751H. Underneath, it runs a much more powerful dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 L310 processor (1.2GHz), 4GB RAM, AMD M780G Chipset and 250GB Hard disk. It has a nice ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphic card instead of the pathetic GMA 500 chipset.
However, there is no HDMI port in this model. We wonder why was it removed since it has the GPU and CPU to run HD videos perfectly.
New trendy netbook by DELL- Limited edition Deanne Cheuk Inspiron Mini
Dell following the same track as that of the Vivienne Tam editions by HP and now offering a limited edition design from Deanne Cheuk. It features Intel Atom Z530 that runs at 1.6GHz clock speed, 10-inch screen with1024×600 resolution, 1GB RAM, 160GB Hard disk, Intel GMA 500, wireless b/g, HDMI output and 3 cell Li-on battery. Runs Windows 7 Starter as OS. Only available at Best Buy for $379.99.
Few Tweaks for improving performance of GMA 950 chipset
Here are few tweaks that one can do on a netbook that comes with GMA 950 chipset to improve its performance:
- Disable Power Savings (Right click desktop, Graphics Properties, Display Settings, Power Settings, set the slider to “Disable Power Savings”)
- Set Driver Memory Footprint to High (Right click desktop, Graphics Properties, 3D settings, Change “Driver Memory Footprint” value from Normal to High)
- Some people have luck with GMABooster, I however haven’t tried it yet because I’m unsure about the safety of it. http://www.gmabooster.com/
-If you run Vista/7, turning off Aero will give you some more frames in the games.
New GMA 500 Poulsbo drivers for the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
There is no need to use 9.04 Ubuntu’s drivers now on the Karmic Koala as there are new GMA 500 drivers for the Karmic Koala. Just add the following repositories to the sources (System>Administration>software sources>”Other Software”)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/gma500/ubuntu/ karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/gma500/ubuntu/ karmic main
..and then install psb-kernel sources and psb-kernel headers using the following commands:
sudo apt–get install psb-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install psb-kernel-headers
sudo apt-get install psb-modules
Reboot.
Note: You can reboot using sudo reboot in the terminal
Nokia Booklet 3G unboxed at Best Buy
Earlier, we learnt that Best Buy got themselves an exclusive deal over the Booklet 3G and now, it is available at Best Buy for pre-orders. This beauty runs Windows 7 and is equipped with an Intel Atom Z530 processor, Intel GMA 500 graphic chipset.
Available in Blue, Black and White.
uSmart M1C – a tiny netbook that is 1080p capable
At the Hong Kong Electronics fair, uSmart uncovered a tiny netbook, called the M1C. This one has just 4.8-inch display and is equipped with power-sipping Intel Atom Z530 processor, a GMA 500 graphic chipset and HDMI out. It weighs just 0.5kg and can run Linux, Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.
That keyboard looks awful!
MSI Wind U110 Eco now available the US – Netbook with long battery life!
We have heard about its great 9 hour battery life in the past. Well, here is it FINALLY! MSI has finally put up the MSI’s U110 its page up which can only mean one thing: it will be hitting the stores pretty soon!
It has an Intel Atom Z530 processor coupled with the GMA 500 graphic chipset. It has 160GB HDD and 1GB RAM. It is fitted with an 10-inch 1024×600 display and has built-in WiFi and Bluetooth. You can opt in for either Windows XP Home of Vista Home Basic as your OS.
Presenting Fedora Mini – Lightweight Linux for netbooks
Following the path of Ubuntu, which released Ubuntu NBR few months back, Fedora has also come up with special version customized to netbook environment.
The Fedora Mini SIG is a group of Fedora contributors that are interested in Fedora on small devices. Initially aimed at supporting NetBooks, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), it could over time be expanded to also cover things such as Set Top Boxes (STBs).
Right now, it supports EEE PCs, Aspire One and Dell Mini 9
It is not available for public download at the moment. However, if you are using Fedora 12 (alpha) at the moment, you can test it by typing yum groupinstall “Moblin Desktop Environment” and re-login.
Note: Netbooks with GMA 500 chipset are NOT supported at the moment, although it may be supported in the future, but not for now.
How to view full screen Youtube videos on Acer Aspire 751H?
It is not an unknown fact that the Aspire 751h chokes even while performing some light weight tasks like watching a basic youtube video. However, if you use Vista or Windows 7, you can upgrade the graphic drivers for the Intel GMA 500 that will enable to view not only the basic Youtube videos smoothly, but also HD content and that too in HD!
read Aspire One 751H review!
Click on read more to find out how to play Youtube videos smoothly on the Aspire 751H!
