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Acer Aspire One D250
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2 50094 01-15-2010
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100% of reviewers $199.00 9.0
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Description: OEM Configuration:
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter
Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (512KB L2 cache, 1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB)
1GB DDR2 667 SDRAM
160GB hard drive, multi-in-one card reader
10.1" WSVGA (1024 x 600) TFT display, Acer® CrystalBrite Technology
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, webcam; sapphire blue chassis
three-cell battery
one-year limited warranty
Keywords: acer aspire d250 1417 atom n270 945gm 82801g ar9285 ar8132
/sbin/lspci output:
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)


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Old 12-06-2009, 10:50 AM   #1
Chuck56
 
Registered: Dec 2006
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 395

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $199.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.29.6-smp
Distribution: Slackware 13 - 32 bit stable



Overview:
The Acer Aspire One D250-1417 netbook worked well out of the box on Win7 Starter. The Atom N270 processor does not support a 64 bit OS but does have hyper-threading so I installed Slackware 13 - 32 bit smp. USB was used initially to boot and install the OS. Everything works!

Pros:
  • Low initial investment
  • Good hardware
  • Can boot from USB.
  • BIOS is upgradable.
  • SMP kernel detects 2 virtual CPUs.
  • Touch pad, video, sound, webcam and mic were all recognized.

Cons:
  • Came with Windows 7 Starter
  • Came with 3-cell battery with 3 hour charge life. (upgrades available)

Comments:
  • The ethernet was not recognized without a driver update.
  • The wireless adapter LED did not illuminate and did not auto connect after suspend/hibernate without a driver update.
  • The touch pad did not have vertical scroll without a HAL policy update.
  • The mute, lower/raise volume Fn keys required xbindkeys to function.
  • I have not tried the multi-card reader yet.
 
Old 01-15-2010, 01:05 AM   #2
lupusarcanus
 
Registered: Mar 2009
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 1,018

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.31-17-generic
Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala


Almost everything works out of box, including webcam, SD card reader, USB, microphone, processor, GMA 950, Fn keys, touch pad, speakers and advanced ACPI features.

The Ethernet card will be supported out of the box on any distribution with kernel version 2.6.31-14 or higher. Any lower and you may experience problems.

The LED and dongle for the wireless card won't work, but the wireless works very well, with monitor mode and injection supported.

I give it an 8 for the two above problems, everything else will work well out of the box.

All in all, it has made a good Linux laptop for me. I definitely would recommend this to anyone in the market for a very cheap but very usable laptop.
 




  



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