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The recent Display Search Report reported that almost 70% netbook market share are carved up two brand. Acer Aspire One account for 38.3%, Asus Eee PC account for 30.3%, HP Mini account for 5.8%, takes third place, and Wind account for 5.7%, in forth place.

When Acer introduce low price 10.2 inch Acer Aspire One, we have enough reason to give more expectation to it’s market performance. So, what is the difference between 8.9 inch Aspire One A150 and Aspire One D150? Let us introduce them for you as following:

Dimension weight and optional color

This time, the Aspire One we evaluate is 10.2 inch netbook, he body dimension is 26.0 × 18.5 × 3.4 cm, the old model 8.9 inch A150 is 24.9 × 17.0 × 2.9 cm, cubage increased around 33%. But compared to mainstream 12.1 inch laptop, it reduced about 30%, so this product also with excellent portability. Even though it can’t foist into your trousers pocket same as Sony VAIO P, it is quite easy to put into your attache case.

According to the actual weight, we can see that 10.2 inch Aspire One complete machine weight is 1.182 KG, add the power adaptor the travelling weight is 1.488 KG. But the previous 8.9 inch A150 is 0.981 KG and 1.308 KG respectively. From this, we can find that 10.2 inch Aspire One increased around 20% in the complete machine side.

Same as many other brand netbook, Acer Aspire One D150 also provide a lot of color for consumers to choose, because of it’s appearance design is similar with Aspire series bijou netbook, so the two models looks like blue bijou and red bijou, besides, black shell and silver palm bracket suit for those mature business person.

Material/Screen/WebCam

Same as other netbooks, Aspire One D150 also adopt the common ABS engineer plastic as main body material, meanwhile, add a film silkscreen forwarding clarity coat on the coping surface, in the one hand, it can reflect the light better to makes the netbook looks glossy. In the other hand,it can protect the painting and pattern not be worn. But this coating is easy to leave finger mark and difficult to clean.

10 inch Acer Aspire One D150 netbook

This netbook introduce 10.2 inch LED backlight screen,the ratio between length and width is 16:9, the optimization dpi is 1024×600, hense, the presenting words is bigger and looks more comfortbale. If you hope to present 1024×768 or higher dpi, you can settle it on desktop.

Screen upside install a webcam inside and the actual shoot effection

Int the process of evaluting, we find that this netbook screen presenting effection is quite satisfied, the brightness is very high makes the users can see the screen cotent when under violent light circumstance. Besides, the webcam shoot effection is very good, color reversion is very precise.

Body left & right side interface

Netbook as a application tool, the performance demand is not very strict, the extension ability is more important, this 10.2 inch Acer Aspire One D150 offer 3 USB 2.0 interface, one is in the left, the others is in the back of the machine.

Except for the necessary power adaptor, earphone and network cable, it also provide VGA interface which convenient users to convert the menu to big screen display or projection, in addition, it also collocate a multiple card reader insert groove, it can support including SD, xD, MS Pro and MMC multi-memory card.

Wireless swith, inside construction

Many people who have laptop already but still want to buy a netbook, because they take a fancy that this netbook can surf in the internet anywhere as long as with WiFi, hence, we hope that netbook can provide more humanity design in this field. It it glad that Aspire One considered this point, it devise a wireless network switch, only need a dial then can finish all the acess and exit operation.

Hardware facility and performance test

At present, every brand of netbook even with different style, but their hardware collocation are almost the same. Acer Aspire One D150 is no exception, it introduce Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz),945GSE chip group integrate GMA950 pattern chip, 1GB memory and 160GB hard disk, Atheros 802.11b/g wireless module.

Intel Atom N270 Processor detail parameter

HD Tach Hard disk average read speed:51.2MB/Second

From the PCMark05 test result, compare to the same price common laptop, netbook have big gap to laptop about the performance, especial in the processor and pattern chips section, the netbook can not suit to make video, 3D drawing and other complex tasks. But it’s memory and hard disk performance are very good, the hard disk read speec is almost same with popular laptops.

Heat dissipation and battery duration test

Next is the focused heat dissipation test, in 26℃ indoors condiction, we keep Aspire One running PCMark05 and makes it in high loading condition, two hours later, use Infrared temperature appliance to test the top temperature,normally, the palm tray section lower than 37℃, machine back lower than 42℃ will meet our satisfaction.

Now is the battery duratio time test, this time, the Aspire One we evaluated, we collocate 11.1V 2200mAh 3 cell battery, capacity is around 23Wh, besides, it has 2 sorts 6 cell for you to choose, they are 4400mAh and 5200mAh respectively.

Under the condition of standard 3 cell battery, this netbook stll able to run 3 hours, it seems like that the low collocation can’t bring low consumption and power saving advantages. If you don’t want to take adaptor when go out for a whole day, it is better for you to choose a 6 cell battery.

Summerise:

After long time probation, we understand more about this 10 inch Acer Aspire One D150 netbook, compare to the peer product, it is in leading position in comestic design, detail workmanship, and hardware facility.

Advantage: Performance is good, beautiful apperance, steady workmanship, keyboard with good elasticity

Disadvantage: Touch panel is small, hard sledding for left and right key-press, easy to leave finger mark on coping

We can see from the webpage browze function that the browser provided by Lenovo Quick Start is similar with Maxthon Browser. So users can start using it easily, we can also notice that this browzer support video playing very well.

       LenovoQuick Start System

But Music Playing is quite similar with Itunes, not only for the appearance, but also for the function side, but it is a pity that it is not support movable hard disk and U disk.

                                                    Lenovo Quick Start System

In the Lenovo Quick Start system, it also provide a kind of IM product, it can log into AIM, Goole Talk, MSN, Yahoo chatting tools.

 
                                                     Lenovo Quick Start System

Summarise：

Advantages：

Start speed is really very speediness, enter in the system only need 5 seconds, open webpage browse only need 10 seconds.

Fast starting, better than XP system.

Disadvantages:

The application can not be customized, hope this system can be improved after promotion.

Above photo is the upgraded edition Asus Eee PC 1000HE which possess overlength battery duration ability, besides the battery duration ablility receive the fully promotion, 1000HE keyboard and inside core processor also changed obviously. However, regarding the price aspect, EeePC 1000HE not raise selling price because of hardware promotion, so it holds distinct advantages in homogeneous products.

Therefore, the afresh ration of price and hardware let us pay attention to every aspects of thisnetbook a lot, and if you also want to acquaint Asus EeePC 1000HE’s performance, then you will find answer in this article.

Asus EeePC 1000HE body appearance and weight

The whole Asus EeePC 1000HE body compared to 1000H has no big difference, the mould is well-knowned by us, but, the only difference is EeePC 1000HE offer the original white, black and blue color, besides, a new special color- gold also joined this model, the color matching is similar with the high-end EeePC S101.

The product we evaluted here is the white style, so it is difficult to distinguish the difference with model1000H if only looks the cosmetic.

Extreme long battery duration - Asus EeePC 1000HE

Regarding the battery duration problem, Ausus erasure the last flaw of EeePC series netbooks.

From the pioneer EeePC 700 to everybody well knowned, best-seller EeePC 1000H, Asus only takes one and half a year to achieve the whole netbooks series from earliest chaos status to ultimate perfect feature spallation. In addition, at the same time, in accordance with consumer demand to make self-improvement, EeePC guide a new road for other manufacturers as well as the whole industry, so that most of the suppliers which including copycat just as see the Christ and rush to enter netbook this market.

Of course, the final result is detais determine everything. Hence, we see that Asus is still upgrade the approximate perfect EccPC 1000H strictly,and this promotion announce EeePC fills the netbooks battery duration shortage problem thoroughly.

It all started out as a bit of a novelty – the Asus Eee PC 700 Series letting web lovers with zero cash and no space cart around a laptop whenever they fancied.

Now though, things have got completely out of hand. Netbooks, as every mug now calls them, have become more ubiquitous than a Geldof daughter clattering into the papprazzi of a Tuesday night. Confused? Don’t be. Take us by the hand and we’ll tell you everything you need to know before you buy a netbook.

Solid State or Hard Disk?

You could argue the whole point of a netbook is that you can sling it about without fear of it ending up in gadget hospital. But while solid state drives can take a battering, they’re expensive and won’t store much. HDDs can’t stand as much of a battering but will look after your docs. If you want SSD, then the Eee PC 901 is where it’s at. HDD? The 120GB Acer Aspire One should do the trick.

9in or 10in screen?

This is more about the keyboard than the screen itself. Buy a 10in netbook and you’ll have a full–size pad on which to tap out disparaging blog posts and tiresome tweets. Get a 9in and you’ll have a (far more) portable machine that’s a darn sight harder to type on. Of course, you can always compromise with the Asus Eee PC 904HD.

Eee PC or not Eee PC?

As the folks who started this whole cheap laptops shebang, Asus know a thing or two about netbooks. The Eee PC 901, with its seemingly endless battery life, affordable price tag and SSD is a winner. But newbies by Acer and Lenovo are cheaper and look the part. We’re sticking with Asus for now, but as more players saturate the market, that could change very soon.

Big price or cut price?

It’s definitely true that the more you pay for a netbook, the better quality it is. The HP Mini-note is fantastic machine, but at £410, it encroaches on proper laptop territory. At £199, the Acer Aspire One is cheaper than a night out with Danielle Lloyd, but build quality is suspect. If you’re skint and just want a lappie for getting online, then go with the latter. If you’ve got more money in the bank, spend it on something with more durability.

Buy now or hang on?

A tough one this – the Eee PCs, the Acer Aspire One and MSI Wind are all great netbooks. But the Lenovo Ideapad S9 and Dell E–series won’t be rearing their heads until later this year. The latter will most likely be a warhorse, well worth the apparently infinite delays. If you can hold on for a few months do – new models and heftier cut–price SSDs could mean netbooks will get even cheaper in the run up to Christmas.

Keyboard & Mouse

Going hand in hand with the design are the primary input devices, the keyboard and mouse. If you’re looking for an example of a great keyboard then the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is again our first port of call, but the MSI Wind is an equally good example.

Important things to note here are the size and proportion of the keys themselves, as well as depth of travel and response. We don’t need ThinkPad X300 levels of quality here, but in this day and age it shouldn’t be that hard. Other things to avoid include putting the Shift keys in stupid places (ala Eee PCs) and poorly placed cursor keys (Eee PCs again). In fact, just avoid Eee PC keyboards altogether!

As for the mouse, why on earth has no-one opted for a track point yet? It seems the obvious solution for a small machine like a netbook, since they’re easy to use and create more space for that roomy keyboard we all desire.

Screen

Screen size and resolution is a tricky one. To my mind nine inches is the sweet spot form factor wise, it is part of the reason I still love the Eee PC 901 so much despite its suspect keyboard. However, though I’ve welcomed the 1,024 x 600 resolution, if we could push this closer to 1,280 x 800 then I’d be even happier - the HP Mini-Note is the model here yet again! Another key point here is no glossy finishes! We all want to use these things outside, so we can’t have everything reflecting back at us when we’re out and about.

One other issue to consider here is: do we want touchscreens? Once upon a time Eee PCs were touted to be having them, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside and I fully understand why. As the iPhone demonstrated, if you want a touchscreen device to work it needs the interface to match and this means a lot of work. Moreover, touchscreens are more the realm of your budding MID (Mobile Internet Device) than a netbook.

Processor & Memory

Memory is pretty straightforward, though power users might desire 2GBs of RAM, at the moment at least there’s little reason to need more than the 1GB that’s the standard at the moment. Processors, on the other hand, are less straightforward. Despite the Intel Atom CPU being more or less the de facto netbook CPU, that’s largely because it’s the only one readily available at the moment. Many have touted the potential of the VIA Nano platform and Edward was suitably impressed when he took a look at it, but what we’ve yet to see is a netbook class version of the Nano and given Intel’s stranglehold on the market, it might take a while.

So, sticking with Atom for the moment, the other issue is: do we need dual-core? Ideally I’d say yes, but things aren’t as simple as that. First, Intel has stated that dual-core Atoms are meant for nettops, not netbooks; secondly, what impact would a dual-core Atom in a small netbook have on thermal performance and battery life? Bearing these as yet untested concerns in mind the Atom N270 remains the logical choice and for the moment it does the job just fine and if someone shows dual-core Atom can work in a netbook, then all the better.

Graphics & Sound

Keep it simple! Do I need to play games? No. Do I need to decode 720p video? No. Do I need to decode 1080p video? Definitely not! All I really need is something that’ll ouput to an external screen at 1,920 x 1,200 or less, while making sure everything displays smoothly and without fuss.

As for sound, the Eee PCs have led the way here with some very good integrated speakers. This is great but if some money can be saved here to spend on something more important, so be it!

Storage

While we’ve seen plenty of netbooks with mechanical drives, I’m pretty adamant that solid state storage, generally in the form of flash memory as opposed to an actual SSD, is the netbook ideal. Though some might lament the limited capacity, the lack of moving parts and minimal heat produced by flash memory means better battery life and cooler running - two fundamentals for any ultra-portable laptop. Moreover, solid state memory takes up less space, so helps keep the chassis as small, light and portable as possible.

How much do you need? Well, I found the 20GB found in the Linux version of the Eee PC 901 to be more than sufficient, but I’d go further and say that internally 16GB is all you really need. This is more than enough for an operating system, all relevant programs and plenty of files and odds and sods. I’d then take an innovation used on the Acer Aspire One, adding a dedicated SDHC card reader that merges seamlessly with the internal memory. This, combined with a USB external drive and a regular multi-card reader, should ensure plenty of flexibility.

Connections & Networking

For the most part there’s very little I’d add to most netbooks when it comes to connections. Three USB ports, VGA, Ethernet, headphone and microphone jacks and a memory card reader are pretty sufficient for the usage. My only other desire would be for HDMI, since it makes playing video on a TV that bit easier.

As for networking, despite Apple’s best efforts you still need wired Ethernet - so that’s a given. For Wi-Fi I’d happily settle for 802.11b/g instead of Wireless-N if it meant saving a few bob, though if I were offered N I’d happily take that, too. Bluetooth, however, is an absolute must. There was something else, too, but I can’t quite remember what it was just now…

Operating System & Software

Windows XP or Linux? If the latter, what kind? There are a few potential solutions:

1. Windows XP - Unlike its much maligned successor, Windows XP is a mature, fast and familiar operating system that already works very well. People like it, there are thousands of freely available applications for it and it has vast hardware compatibility. This makes it a safe choice.

2. Linux - Since the beginning netbooks and Linux have been together, yet of late Windows XP seems to have garnered a foothold in the market as people demand more flexibility. What is needed, then, is a Linux OS that has the ease of use of current distros (ala Eee PC/Acer Aspire One) but with a little more freedom. A potential answer is the extremely promising Ubuntu Netbook Remix, but until it’s more widely used it’s hard to come to a conclusion. Most vitally, however, what is needed is an iPhone Application Store type platform so that users can add new programs quickly and easily, without recourse to the often tortuous installation processes used in Linux.

3. Both - Then there’s the compromise solution of Windows XP with a small instant boot Linux element available as well. This may well tick many people’s boxes in terms of flexibility and knowing Asus’ use of this technique in the past, one can reasonably expect it to do something similar in future netbooks and for others to follow.

So, what about my Ultimate Netbook? Well, logical though the final solution is my heart says Linux only is the way to go. It is, after all, the original netbook OS. What we need, however, is as suggested before, a development community and platform into which many weird and wonderful applications can proliferate. Applications designed specifically with netbooks in mind and with easy one-click installations. And if not Ubuntu Netbook Remix, is there a place for a Google Android for netbooks? I’ll leave that one up to you…

Battery

This is a no brainer. One of the abiding advantages Eee PCs have had of late is the use of six-cell batteries, when all others have relied on just three-cells and four-cells. Having a six-cell battery more or less guarantees, at the very least, four hours of battery life and with prudent use this can go as high as six, seven and allegedly eight hours, too. This is the kind of battery life an ultimate netbook needs, so six-cells is the way to go. Here i suggest netbook users for battery choosing should select high-class laptop battery manufacturer.

Size & Weight

A nine inch screen settles the size aspect fairly simply, so then there’s weight. Having a six-cell battery probably rules out a sub-1kg figure, but as close to this figure as possible should always be the aim and less than 1.3kg the minimum requirement.

Price

This, of course, will always vary depending on region, but for the UK £350 or less is the benchmark. In an ideal world I’d say less than £300, but if you want the best netbook possible, you’re probably going to have to pay a little more.

Oh, yes, now I remember what that other thing was…

HSDPA. Integrated. Please.

This is the one thing everyone is likely to agree on. If netbooks are to truly break free from the constraints of the home, the Internet Cafe or other Wi-Fi covered location, then 3G networking is an absolute must. In fact, I’d go as far as to say a netbook without 3G HSDPA should take its “netbook” credentials with a pinch of salt. If that means purchasing a netbook with a contract then I’m cool with it, but the option to go “unlocked” should always be there.

To summarise , the recipe for the Ultimate Netbook, by Andy Vandervell:

• Take HP Mini-Note and Sony VAIO TZ. Mix thoroughly and season with colourings to taste.
• Add track point mouse to make room for well proportioned keyboard.
• Add nine inch screen with 1,280 x 800 resolution.
• Insert 1GB RAM module and Intel Atom CPU. Sprinkle lightly with graphics and sound that do the job, but move on quickly or netbook will become bloated and expensive!
• Add solid state memory for storage and expandable memory options to taste.
• Throw in basics like USB ports, then add HDMI port and whisk for five minutes.
• Add Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, but don’t forget Ethernet too!
• Install custom Linux OS and create community and development to help make it thrive. Ensure all essential software and codecs are pre-installed.
• Insert six-cell battery to avoid premature deflation, but ensure netbook remains light and fluffy.
• Add the magic ingredient, HSDPA.
• Bake for three months, slowly increasing temperature through a prolonged campaign of deliberately leaked blurry products shot and proposed spec sheets.
• Finally, release and sell for less than £350.

The Ultimate Netbook? Done.

How to solve a problem like the netbook? To my mind, despite nearly every manufacturer taking a stab at the thing, none has yet quite distilled my idea of what the Ultimate Netbook would be. This is partly because, until recently, not everyone had a clear understanding of what a netbook was meant to do but also because manufacturers have all been far too busy jostling for market share to put a lot of thought into the finer details.

This isn’t to say there haven’t been some fine examples, mind; the likes of the Asus Eee PC 901, Eee PC 1000H, MSI Wind (as the Advent 4211) and Acer Aspire One have all been worthy of awards in the past, and there are plenty of new contenders from Dell, Samsung, Toshiba, Lenovo and the like that could yet fit our perfect mould. Right here and now, though, we’re still waiting.

Design

This is probably the one area where netbooks could do with a lot more work. Nice though the likes of the Eee PC 901 or MSI Wind are, none but a select few netbooks have that look and feel that says they’re a serious bits of technology. They are, to quote an oft used phrase: “toy-like”. There is an exception, however; the wonderfully flawed HP 2133 Mini-Note PC. This is largely because, rightly or wrongly, it was meant for the business and education market and had a suitably smart but also durable design to match.

It is clearly an excellent starting point, yet its metal finish undoubtedly added too much cost. So, what we really need is a balance between this and something like a Sony VAIO TZ. Something that isn’t finished in cheap white or black plastic, but has a few more subtle curves and a slightly more quality feel to it. What we really need is a “business class” netbook, a device you’d happily sit down and use around all those snooty business execs. Something they’ll think looks premium and exclusive, but is in fact cheap and cheerful so you can laugh inwardly and say “if only they knew!”