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(More customer reviews)When I was out looking for a laptop, one of the tech guys warned me that no matter what (non-apple) brand or type of laptop I chose, after 1 year the battery life would diminish by half, and then after the second year it would decrease by half again. So a 4 hour laptop battery would last only 1 hour after 2 years. I dont know if this is true, but in my experience my old windows based laptops never had long battery life.
So I looked a long time for a netbook with a long battery life. I was willing to give up computing power and processor speed for battery life, and I only wanted to run the MS Office suite and a browser. If you are like me, you'll find your needs nicely met with the AOD255E, which lasts for a full 8+ hours and recharges quickly. I charge it about once a week, and I use it about 3 days per week.
Not sure why, but battery life seems to be a function of both the processor (how the processor efficiently uses battery power) and the number of battery cells. This netbook uses an Intel Atom 455 and a 6 cell battery and gets at least an 8 hour charge, so far. I dont know if Acer designed for this combination or if they just merged these two features together, but so far it has resulted in good results.
It comes with Windows 7 starter. I dont really want to upgrade to the full version of 7 because I like the spare starter version. Not a lot of bells and whistles, but also very quick to load and quick to operate. Out of the box this netbook is sloooooow, but I bought the 2 GB ram upgrade suggested by Amazon, which I confirmed with Crucial was the correct one. Because the AOD255E is such a new model, Crucial did not have pictures of the netbook, so they couldn't send me pictorial directions on swapping out my memory chip. So I had a computer friend swap it out for me- he said it is easy to figure out if you've swapped out netbook memory before. He said I could swap out for as much as 4 GB RAM, but in checking wikipedia, it says the max for System 7 Starter is 2 GB RAM.
When I first got my netbook, and was paying attention to this kind of thing, I could use it for about 2 hours and it would still tell me it had 9 hours of power left. I dont really notice anymore because I havent hit the battery life wall yet.
It is very light and cute and doesnt give off a lot of heat while operating. I carry it in this hard case: Notebook Hard Case up to 14.1" color Green with shoulder strap - Low Profile. which I bought on sale for cheap from Amazon, and decorated the netbook with this matching skin: iPod Touch Skin (High Gloss Finish) - Lime Punch which was way too expensive but I couldnt resist it. I get lots of admiring comments when I whip my notebook out because it looks adorable, but mostly I am happy with the performance and at 2 lbs, my shoulder never aches from carrying it around.
I think that it currently comes only in black, which fingerprints way too easily, but with a skin on, its fine.
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Get fantastic mobile connectivity with the Acer Aspire One D255E in ruby red (model AOD255E-13633), which features a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display, comfortable typing keyboard, and an ultra-thin design that travels light. You'll also enjoy excellent mobile computing power thanks to the Intel Atom N455 processor as well as up to 8 hours of battery life on a single charge from the included 6-cell battery.
The Acer Aspire One D255E comes in a variety of colors.
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