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.
I have bookmarked your web site for future references for my forthcoming site.
I always consider horsepower over anything else when choosing a mobile PC. I guess the AOD521 fits my bill. Screw the battery life–I want horsepower.
What RAM is compatible with this netbook? I want to upgrade my 1GB DDR3 to 2GB DDR3…
Just to kill the lame argument,, AMD did dominate the graphics industry the past year till now.
@topic
5hrs batt life huh.. other reviews posted around 4hrs. Really bad for a 10-inch netbook, but playing HD videos is a must for me..
mga sir, tanung ko lang kung may user dito ng 521 na nakapag undervolt. i believe the only downside of the 521 against its rival atoms is battery life.
Acer AO521 ginagamit ko ngayon and I must say masmabilis siya kaysa sa mga kahanay niyang lumabas na intel. Battery life mga 5 1/2 hours on average use
(wi-fi on). I checked some reviews online and sa benchmarking nila, okay ang performance…
haiz, naghahanap ako ng info about this new acer puro paangasan lna pla mababasa ko tao nga naman ayaw patalo.
@Manong – wow, intelligent! Haha!
I’d love to get my hands on that Acer AO521. Coming from an Asus 1000HE, it would be a bit refreshing. Won’t you agree, Manong??
Di po ako taga makati, I just work there part time.
We all have different perspective, I’m agnostic in first place. And I get your point, its just how you interact by the ways of your text is the initiative of people’s perspective to your reaction. To me I find it assertive but in a way that its rude.
Your last question…I dunno but in my perspective , Makati is a jungle but easy to manage your way in. Its too simple to find pirated softwares among the thousands of companies in makati since its just centralized. I guess OMB wants to set example that even big companies can get caught. Well thanks to that softwares are now a regular sight in computer stores, some softwares are even 3 users in one purchase.
@eason
so if i am sarcastic, does it mean i cannot end with a suggestion? your comprehension with human beings is too simplistic…
ever heard of “intelligent guess” or the pareto principle? u don’t need actual statistics to show an obvious fact. what i do know is that only 7% of pinoys belong to the ABC class and tiangges outnumber malls by the hundreds (who sell branded btw?). 80% would be a safe bet for a 97% DE class.
http://makuhari.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/3-ways-of-looking-at-the-income-distribution-of-the-philippines/
unfortunately, for someone who needs numbers like you, will never see what any ordinary person would (that makes you a special child). i hope you believe in GOD ahem!
anyway, kudos for u being a legitimate owner of softwares in makati cbd coz recently omb is lurking around over that area (bakit kayo pinag-iinitan di ba taga-makati cbd ka?)
http://www.papt.org.ph/news.aspx?id=2&news_id=112&paging=1
@Manong
If your statement is Sarcasm, then what’s the point of saying “change you line please…—
You are obviously making loopholes, and 80% doesn’t go to branded? Where on earth you get that statistics?
Yes I’m aware of the BLACK MARKET products here in the Philippines which I said earlier, so what is the connection of that to comparing LEGITIMATE product survey vs none legitimate?
If you could give me JUST ONE RESEARCH about that then fine you have a point. The thing is that, non-legitimate products will never have proper grip of comparison the LEGITIMATE products.
I’m surely not an NTC employee but I read and know proper standard laws here in the Philippines.
Furthermore, I don’t have an iPhone because its apple. and I live in Metro Manila. And your statement if all of our softwares are LEGITIMATE? Yes it is, cause its in Makati CBD. But I’m also aware of Filipinos being “Maparaan” but that is out of the topic anyways, we are talking here about what you have said in the first place.
@eason
my statement is just an emphasis on intel’s domination which the blog is questioning. ever heard of the word “SARCASM”?
i do hope you are living in a third world country where “LEGITIMATE” is as common as your internet cafe’s LICENSED WINXP & OFFICE…
get real! 80% of pinoys will never be as BRANDED as you… there goes your LEGITIMATE sales figures!
are you aware even original NOKIA items are smuggled here in our country? so are you LEGITIMIZING it now? i hope you are a NTC employee…
my basis? try LIVING in metro manila or look at the back of your “Made in China” iPHONE
yet i agree, AMD is cheaper & better than INTEL. UNFORTUNATELY, sales figures do not agree. THAT’S LEGITIMATE
@Manong
You basis simply doesn’t have grip.
First of all Sir Yuga said
“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 ”
He’s talking about 10 inch Netbooks in the Philippine Market.
Why ask in the 1st place the question – “had AMD dominated anything? change you line please…”
Sir Yuga didn’t even say anything about AMD dominating a certain field in the Processor market.
futher more : WE ARE TALKING HERE LEGITIMATE PRODUCTS.
China phones in DIVISORIA doesn’t have NTC clearance thus its considered as a BLACK MARKET PRODUCT. While Myphone, Cherry Mobile, Torque and other branded China Phones are locally partnered brands from china, they have clearance to sell in the Philippine Market. In proper terms, comparing “Divisoria Black Market Phones” to Nokia doesn’t have any basis at all.
And if you are going to argue to me that Nokia is made in China against “China BRANDLESS Phones”, then you really don’t know what you are talking about.
I have an Intel Lapop, but in terms of Desktop I’m 100% AMD cause its cheaper and Better. I too manage an computer cafe, and all of the unit there are 100% AMD.
Unless you have proper basis in your alleged “argument” then I suggest research how to compare products in the LEGITIMATE WAY.
To Sir Yuga : Don’t you think the Asus Asus Eee PC 1201T is much better than this one? The AMD Congo?
@eason – yeah, the Neo X2 is still better.
“sir mas ok kaya ito meaning mas powerful than neo mv-40 hd3200??”
@Manerdie:
Yes both in processor and graphics.
Performance-wise be it Processor or Graphics, this lil bad@ss netbook will trounce any Atom-based (Pine Trail) netbooks anytime of the day.
AMD is not dominant in sales but in price/performance Intel loses.
Pine Trail netbook will have a longer battery life though.
This should be a nice alternative to MSI U230. ^_^
@yuga
sir mas ok kaya ito meaning mas powerful than neo mv-40 hd3200??
di pa pala tapos lmao
I remember this gem from manong as a reply to abe himself.
“sorry boss… i never realized your internet cafe was worldwide before! that’s why AMD dominated… so what happened? closed shop?”
lmao. And he’s accusing everyone else of trolling :)
cont
price wise AMD is the winner
the only problem lies with the user because of the previous fear that AMD CPU will still overheat and will be choosy in the programs that will run
but this has change already,
same holds true with the mobile PC CPU
AMD CPU are way cheaper than Intel and you always have the upper hand in choosing it over Intel performance wise because it is coupled with ATI video card
expect quadcore AMD processor to come out early this year at a very low price compared to Intel icore 7
@manong
with the 50K 6 core Intel CPU you can already bought an ATI HD 5970 2GB and a six core AMD CPU plus 1.5TB HDD, or 64GB SSD OCZ from CD R king
with this set up it will surely pawn the Intel set up price wise
and always remember high end specs will become obsolete by 6months after so the 50k price will probably less than 5k
always put depreciation factor in building a rig plus how many years are you going to used it
parang fanboy nang Intel yata or baka endorser
@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
hope Yugatech gets an “ignore poster” feature that hides a specific poster’s post.
@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.
@manong
CTRL + F + “this is a troll who knows what he’s talking”
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages
for example:
“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.”
“Hey, manong d0ucheebag, stop being such an eloquent tool.”
“nom nom nom nom…”
@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
@manong
trolling != arguing FYI
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!)
@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.
nom nom nom nom…
@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!
thanks lolipown! bianca shud always listen to u… u can even teach her how to “multi-task”
“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!
@bianca
did ur daddy lovingly touched ur private parts? enjoy no? i assume naniwala ka sa psychological report ni noynoy
@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.
@yuga
i’ll agree on 100%..
@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
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.
Wow. And now you’re the “victim” *clap clap clap.* Too bad you’re barking up the wrong tree lmao.
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!
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/apple-is-now-the-third-largest-smartphone-maker/
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.
@yuga
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/apple-is-now-the-third-largest-smartphone-maker/
poor manong, he really needs a lesson in trolling lmao.
@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.
@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.
@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?
@bianca
coz don’t work 24/7 like 7/11.. do u?
@lolipown
ever wonder what’s the purpose of “Leave a Reply”?
i hope you learned that in school
manong – at least you admit you are indeed a troll. got lots of free time on our hands, huh?
@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.
dom·i·nate – 1.To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power; 2.To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over
@manong
man up and get a blog
@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
@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
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.
@Lolo
we call them trolls
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.
@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.
is AMD K125 dual core? kindly do some benchmark on its performance…thanks so much
@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.
“K” is for Kryptonite – hope they give Intel some good competition.
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
sorry boss… i never realized your internet cafe was worldwide before! that’s why AMD dominated… so what happened? closed shop?
hey jose.. go buy your lola’s vinegar! you fool!
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.
Hey, manong d0ucheebag, stop being such an eloquent tool.
@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!
@manong
AMD’s k7
“And we thought Intel has completely dominated the 10-inch netbook market with the Atom processor”
had AMD dominated anything? change you line please…
@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.
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.
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.