*update* The Aspire One AO721 has now begun shipping!
We spotted the Acer Aspire One A0721 passing through the FCC site in March, but now it’s finally up for preorder from Amazon. This netbook has some very impressive specs for the price ($429 with free shipping):
- Display: 11.6″ 1366 x 768
- Processor: AMD Athlon II Neo K125 1.7GHz
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384MB dedicated video memory
- Memory: 2GB of DDR3 RAM
- HD: 250GB
- Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
- Battery: 6 cell, 4400mah (up to 5.5 hours)
- Dimensions (3 pounds, 1″ thick)
As you can see this netbook has some pretty beefy specs, and HD video is definitely no problem for the ATI Radeon HD graphics card, even full-screen 1080p flash video (Hulu, youtube, etc). The new AMD processor is actually from the new thin-and-light category so it’s much faster than the usual Atom processors we’re used to.
The only week point for this netbook might be the battery life, even though it’s listed at up to 5.5 hours with full-screen HD video playing we’d be surprised to see anywhere close to 4.
The netbook is currently listed as out of stock but should start shipping shortly, and if you’re looking for something a little faster than your normal netbook with full HD video support you won’t be disappointed with the Aspire One 721 at $429.
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this thing looks amazing, im going to pre-order it. does anyone know the release date?
still no word on ship date, but I’m very much looking forward to some performance tests when it does
This will be available soon but I do not see a release date anywhere.