Acer Aspire One AO521 with AMD K125 CPU

Abe Olandres June 5, 2010 · 1 min read

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And we thought Intel has completely dominated the 10-inch netbook market with the Atom processor — it looks like Acer has gotten its hand on an AMD K125 CPU running at 1.7GHz on their new Aspire One AO521.

Acer Aspire One AO521
10.1″ display screen @ 1024×600 pixels
AMD K125 @ 1.7GHz 1MB Cache
AMD M880G Chipset
ATI Radeon HD 4225 Graphics 384MB RAM
1GB DDR3
250GB Hard Disk Drive
Card Reader
0.3MP webcam
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.0

The netbook also comes with a 6-cell battery and Windows 7 Starter. The 12-watt CPU is a little higher than Intel’s ULV (10-watts) CPUs but way higher than Atom’s 2.5-watt rating. Add the Radeon HD 4225 and the couple could guzzle up the battery quite fast, possibly cutting into half usual battery life when compared to other Atom-based netbooks.

I’m curious with the performance of this one though (I imagine something similar to Lenovo’s ThinkPad X100e). With a suggested retail price of Php21,900, the Aspire One AO521 could be a strong alternative in the Atom-dominated netbook market.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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146 Comments

manong ignoy · 16 years ago

@manong
ang yabang mo naman magsalita, para kang know it all
siguro anak ka nang isang presidente or baka standby kalang sa internet cafe
lol
anyways no reason to argue to people who are very close minded

@yuga
just ignore this hambug guy, it would be a waste of time to reply to his insult

IC DeaDPiPoL · 16 years ago

hope Yugatech gets an “ignore poster” feature that hides a specific poster’s post.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@manong – don’t worry, I openly say that even on all my previous TV interviews. MyPhone and Cherry Mobile are heaven-sent to those who are fans of China phones. They are basically “China phones + Pinoy brand + warranty + local support” — the best of both worlds.

lolipown · 16 years ago

@manong
CTRL + F + “this is a troll who knows what heâ€™s talking”

manong · 16 years ago

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages

for example:

“oh, manong! poor you. daddy didnâ€™t love you when you were a kid no? youâ€™re still in the â€œanal stageâ€ of psychological growth.”

“Hey, manong d0ucheebag, stop being such an eloquent tool.”

“nom nom nom nomâ€¦”

manong · 16 years ago

@yuga

aren’t everything nowadays made in china? we only named them “china phones” because they are nokia copycats also known as NOKLA.

i hope MyPhone & Cherry won’t be mad at you categorizing them with smuggled goods coz they are legit pinoy-partnered companies

lolipown · 16 years ago

@manong
trolling != arguing FYI

manong · 16 years ago

nywy, i just spoke my mind that amd never dominated anything even locally.. i’m always open being corrected, otherwise my argument stands!

and for bianca and lolipown, let me join u in ur comments:

“wla po ba discount?” (silly if yuga can answer that!)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@manong – aren’t MyPhone and Cherry Mobile, China phones?

At least now we both agree that a brand does not need to be #1 to be dominant in a market segment. The china phones and Nokia is a good example we both agree on.

lolipown · 16 years ago

nom nom nom nom…

manong · 16 years ago

@yuga

“BUT MyPhone and Cherry Mobile dominates the dual-SIM market segment in the country.”

nope.. CHINA PHONES do! bisita ka naman sa divisoria pls!

manong · 16 years ago

thanks lolipown! bianca shud always listen to u… u can even teach her how to “multi-task”

manong · 16 years ago

“Ako po ang iyong konsenya
AMD wins over Intel w/ it comes to bang for the back/ performance over price
Kindly compare the new AMD 6 core to intel u will see the huge price diff that only many pacman can buy
Haler”

will never argue with that… korek ka dyan!

manong · 16 years ago

@bianca

did ur daddy lovingly touched ur private parts? enjoy no? i assume naniwala ka sa psychological report ni noynoy

lolipown · 16 years ago

@bianca
no need to go down to his level. His “holier-than-thou” attitude is amusing in itself. Next thing you know he’ll be demanding Yuga to make him the next writer lmao.

manong · 16 years ago

@yuga

i’ll agree on 100%..

manong ignoy · 16 years ago

@manong
Ako po ang iyong konsenya
AMD wins over Intel w/ it comes to bang for the back/ performance over price
Kindly compare the new AMD 6 core to intel u will see the huge price diff that only many pacman can buy
Haler

bianca · 16 years ago

oh, manong! poor you. daddy didn’t love you when you were a kid no? you’re still in the “anal stage” of psychological growth.

lolipown · 16 years ago

Wow. And now you’re the “victim” *clap clap clap.* Too bad you’re barking up the wrong tree lmao.

manong · 16 years ago

ganito kasi karamihan ng mga comments dito and i hope magkaroon ng statistics:

“how much pow? jejeje”
“sna may pink! bili nko ni dadi agad!”
“wow ganda!”

no wonder lolipown is mad at me! peace!

manong · 16 years ago

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/apple-is-now-the-third-largest-smartphone-maker/

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

Here’s another example that’s closer to home — Nokia is #1 and dominates the mobile phone market in the Philippines BUT MyPhone and Cherry Mobile dominates the dual-SIM market segment in the country.

manong · 16 years ago

@yuga

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/apple-is-now-the-third-largest-smartphone-maker/

lolipown · 16 years ago

poor manong, he really needs a lesson in trolling lmao.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@manong – okay, if you really need to be strict about terminologies, I’d clarify my statement you quoted earlier.

Here’s my defition of terms, for your reference:

“completely dominate” – 100% ownership of the market. I could have also used “totally dominate” to mean the same thing.

Since not 100% of all netbooks in the market are running Intel CPUs (I guess only 99.9% are Intel and 0.1% are AMD), then Intel has not “completely dominate” that market.

If you have a different definition of “completely dominate”, then let’s agree to disagree.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@manong

Here are my numbers for the 5800XM, N97 and iPhone.

For year-end of 2009:

Nokia N97: 2 million
Nokia 5800XM: 8 million
iPhone 3G/3GS: 20.731 million

Let me know if you have a different number.

manong · 16 years ago

@bianca

coz i don’t work 24/7 like 7/11. do u? ever heard of sunday? or 5 minutes?

can’t u guys go back to the topic?

manong · 16 years ago

@bianca

coz don’t work 24/7 like 7/11.. do u?

manong · 16 years ago

@lolipown

ever wonder what’s the purpose of “Leave a Reply”?

i hope you learned that in school

bianca · 16 years ago

manong – at least you admit you are indeed a troll. got lots of free time on our hands, huh?

manong · 16 years ago

@lolo

get your facts and tell them here. ikaw kasi sanay sa tsismis eh! a product may be better but it is not an assurance it will dominate.

domÂ·iÂ·nate – 1.To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power; 2.To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over

lolipown · 16 years ago

@manong
man up and get a blog

manong · 16 years ago

@lolo

with due respect, i can always debate with you all things under the sun.. comments like yours only add spice to it..

amd vs. intel? game over!

dominate is such a strong word and it only applies to intel, windows and nokia. pls do your reseach before accusing someone an ignorant troll

manong · 16 years ago

@yuga

your example is again wrong.. NOKIA is #1 overall even on smartphones! do your research on sales of 5800 and N97 pls… and because of that, they also dominate cameraphones!

this is a troll who knows what he’s talking

IC DeaDPiPoL · 16 years ago

AMD dominates Intel when it comes to Price/Performance Ratio

-Their processors tend to underperform when compared with Intel’s current crops but their lower price makes them more feasable for budget conscious users (exception would be the early P4 series which underperformed compared to the Athlon series and increasingly expensive due to its reliance to the RDRAMs)

-AMD’s socket support for motherboards is longer compared to Intel. As of now their CPU still support the AM2 /AM2+/AM3 socket motherboards where you can still upgrade to newer AMD processors provided your motherboard vendor’s availability of a BIOS update to support latter processors.

Earlier than that was the Socket A(462) that supported AMD Athlon series from 650Mhz up to 1400Mhz, Athlon XP from 1500+ ~ 3200+

Between these two was the socket 754 and 939 series variant that supported AMD 64 series and early multicore processors.

lolipown · 16 years ago

@Lolo
we call them trolls

Lolo Tasyo · 16 years ago

kahit saan kang online forum pumunta, meron ka makikita na katulad ni “manong.” enjoy sila na makipag-away sa ibang posters, at gusto nila “ma-take over” yung discussions. matapang sila kasi hindi face-to-face yung usapan sa internet. pero kung harapan, i doubt kung maka-piyok man lang yan. best thing to do with them: huwag pansinin ang mga KSP na mga yan.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@manong – I think you mis-interpreted my use of the word dominant. I never included the term global in it, just market segment.

Here’s an example so you can better understand. Nokia is the globally dominant mobile handset manufacturer. However, there are segments of the market that other phone manufacturers are leading over Nokia.

As such, it does not mean that if Nokia is the global leader, it also dominates the smartphone market, cameraphone market or the MID market. There are other smaller players that are market leaders as well like Apple and RIM.

jojo · 16 years ago

is AMD K125 dual core? kindly do some benchmark on its performance…thanks so much

lolipown · 16 years ago

@manong
sales? yeah right.
Isn’t that why AMD got paid by Intel a total sum of $1 billion? Bet you can’t find the reason behind that one.

Miguel · 16 years ago

“K” is for Kryptonite – hope they give Intel some good competition.

manong · 16 years ago

yet i wonder if companies in the philippines are out-numbered by your internet cafes circa 1999…

this amd domination thing i believe remains only in your world… w/ pareng jose

manong · 16 years ago

sorry boss… i never realized your internet cafe was worldwide before! that’s why AMD dominated… so what happened? closed shop?

manong · 16 years ago

hey jose.. go buy your lola’s vinegar! you fool!

John Ray Cabrera · 16 years ago

the thing with AMD-slapped netbooks is that it eats up a lot of your battery. that is why, AMD’s battery rate is way too shorter than the Intel’s.

jose · 16 years ago

Hey, manong d0ucheebag, stop being such an eloquent tool.

manong · 16 years ago

@lolipown

pentium III dominated in sales vs. k7 athlon even though the latter has better performance.

and i don’t think atom will receive any performance award either!

lolipown · 16 years ago

@manong
AMD’s k7

manong · 16 years ago

“And we thought Intel has completely dominated the 10-inch netbook market with the Atom processor”

had AMD dominated anything? change you line please…

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@manong – AMD dominated the internet cafe gaming PC market for a long time. I run an internet cafe and the only CPUs we use are AMDs.

Jon · 16 years ago

Nice one for AMD. Im not that sure though if people would be keen to trade battery life for power with this netbook. I think people getting 10 incher netbooks care more for battery life than performance.

I just hope battery life for this one wont be too bad.

CD · 16 years ago

cool! the transition is just way too fast with netbooks. ive only got my MSI U230 for 2months with an AMD L335 1.6Ghz proc and now this! this may not be the Atom killer but, AMD is getting there. and their procs can beat Atoms on some benchmark aspects. they only need to make them sip and not guzzle battery life.