Acer Aspire One 532G first to feature NVIDIA Ion 2 switchable graphics
By Joanna Stern 
posted February 15th 2010 3:01PM
posted February 15th 2010 3:01PM
Acer Aspire One 532G: first netbook with dedicated graphics for true Hi-Def video enjoyment
Playback 1080p on external screen for viewing Hi-Def content with friends and family
2010-02-15 - The new Acer Aspire One 532G sets the netbook trend in the digital world where Hi-Def viewing online is growing dramatically. Acer presents the world's first netbook with dedicated next-generation NVIDIA® ION™ graphics acceleration enabling users to enjoy Hi-Def content online as well as playback at 720p; alternatively, connect through HDMI output to a secondary Hi-Def TV/LCD monitor for sharing Hi-Def content with friends at a larger 1080p resolution.
With up to 10 hours* of battery life, integrated Wi-Fi®, 10.1" Hi-Def LED backlit display and optional 3G, the Aspire One 532G matches outstanding performance with an ultra-compact design, offering all the power you need. Netbook users can now enjoy flawless Hi-Def web content streaming and multiple Internet applications with ease.
Flawless web Hi-Def acceleration† and Hi-Def entertainment
Go beyond simple Internet browsing to experience full high-definition video on sites like YouTube HD, Hulu and Facebook, Aspire One 532G with dedicated graphics accelerates web Hi-Def content streaming effortlessly. Enjoy smooth and flawless 3D computing, mainstream PC gaming, boost the performance of editing and converting videos, face-tagging photos and Hi-Def video playback up to 1080p via HDMI-output to HDTV; and effectively perform everyday Internet browsing, emailing, chats, photo viewing, document editing and such on the Aspire One 532G. All of these are achieved with the new Intel Atom™ N450 platform and next-generation NVIDIA® ION™ GPU with dedicated 512MB memory.
Smart power and Hi-Def performance
The Aspire One 532G makes no compromise on great performance and battery life; it mobilizes online Hi-Def computing, at the same time lowers power consumption for longer-lasting battery. NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology intelligently, automatically, and seamlessly transitions between the powerful NVIDIA® ION™ GPU, and battery-saving integrated graphics – depending on the needs of the application – delivering great battery life and great performance when you need it.
Care-free mobile companion
Making light work of Internet multi-tasking, the Aspire One 532G needs only a single charge for up to 10 hours* of cable-free power, enabling users to stay connected and get the most on-the-go. The innovative AC adapter is travel friendly, lighter than typical adapters, saves 1/3 charging time and comes with interchangeable AC converters. No matter where you are, you can always have the right plug.
Measuring only 1" thin and about 1 kg in weight, the Aspire One 532G is available in three contemporary colors – Sapphire Blue, Ruby Red and Pearl Silver. Its compact form, fluid Hi-Def cinema and flawless Hi-Def flash video quality along with great battery life, truly realizes barrier-free communication.
This highly efficient netbook is Energy Star® v5.0 qualified and compliant with RoHS and WEEE EU directives, regulating the use and disposal of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. It also features LED backlight, making it mercury free.
The Aspire One 532G will start shipping at the end of Q1 2010.
Playback 1080p on external screen for viewing Hi-Def content with friends and family
2010-02-15 - The new Acer Aspire One 532G sets the netbook trend in the digital world where Hi-Def viewing online is growing dramatically. Acer presents the world's first netbook with dedicated next-generation NVIDIA® ION™ graphics acceleration enabling users to enjoy Hi-Def content online as well as playback at 720p; alternatively, connect through HDMI output to a secondary Hi-Def TV/LCD monitor for sharing Hi-Def content with friends at a larger 1080p resolution.
With up to 10 hours* of battery life, integrated Wi-Fi®, 10.1" Hi-Def LED backlit display and optional 3G, the Aspire One 532G matches outstanding performance with an ultra-compact design, offering all the power you need. Netbook users can now enjoy flawless Hi-Def web content streaming and multiple Internet applications with ease.
Flawless web Hi-Def acceleration† and Hi-Def entertainment
Go beyond simple Internet browsing to experience full high-definition video on sites like YouTube HD, Hulu and Facebook, Aspire One 532G with dedicated graphics accelerates web Hi-Def content streaming effortlessly. Enjoy smooth and flawless 3D computing, mainstream PC gaming, boost the performance of editing and converting videos, face-tagging photos and Hi-Def video playback up to 1080p via HDMI-output to HDTV; and effectively perform everyday Internet browsing, emailing, chats, photo viewing, document editing and such on the Aspire One 532G. All of these are achieved with the new Intel Atom™ N450 platform and next-generation NVIDIA® ION™ GPU with dedicated 512MB memory.
Smart power and Hi-Def performance
The Aspire One 532G makes no compromise on great performance and battery life; it mobilizes online Hi-Def computing, at the same time lowers power consumption for longer-lasting battery. NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology intelligently, automatically, and seamlessly transitions between the powerful NVIDIA® ION™ GPU, and battery-saving integrated graphics – depending on the needs of the application – delivering great battery life and great performance when you need it.
Care-free mobile companion
Making light work of Internet multi-tasking, the Aspire One 532G needs only a single charge for up to 10 hours* of cable-free power, enabling users to stay connected and get the most on-the-go. The innovative AC adapter is travel friendly, lighter than typical adapters, saves 1/3 charging time and comes with interchangeable AC converters. No matter where you are, you can always have the right plug.
Measuring only 1" thin and about 1 kg in weight, the Aspire One 532G is available in three contemporary colors – Sapphire Blue, Ruby Red and Pearl Silver. Its compact form, fluid Hi-Def cinema and flawless Hi-Def flash video quality along with great battery life, truly realizes barrier-free communication.
This highly efficient netbook is Energy Star® v5.0 qualified and compliant with RoHS and WEEE EU directives, regulating the use and disposal of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. It also features LED backlight, making it mercury free.
The Aspire One 532G will start shipping at the end of Q1 2010.
Netbook just seem not to be impressive anymore. I would rather have an UL portable.
If it features a G310m, then you're getting the same GPU as what's in the UL-series. Of course, I'm just wondering how they're planning on keeping that thing cool in such a small machine.
@Leindurstit A little larger keyboard and Screeen. It keeps the light weight for some UL Portables. I went out an played with newer Asus Netbooks and it felt just like my old Asus Netbook.
@grydlok
Its all about price though. Netbooks have never been about the wow factor, they are just budget ultraportables.
I remember five years ago, anything in the 1.2kg range was around £1000. Whilst ultraportables have come down a fair bit, they still can't undercut netbooks.
I agree they are getting a bit boring though. I buy hundreds of them for my work each year, and I have tried most of them out there. I would like something like the original aluminium encased HP Mini but with dual core atoms in there, an 11 inch screen that went right to the edges, and a razor thin body. Aint gonna happen though. :(
@Leindurstit
the G310 is a small, weak GPU. It isnt going to put out alot of heat.
@fel Acer is boasting that the netbook can handle YouTube HD videos and high-def playback from Facebook without problems, while mainstream gaming and 3D computing should be no trouble either. Hopefully its true. Updates: http://bit.ly/acer-532g-new-gen-laptop
if it's over or around 400 (which it most like will be) why wouldn't savvy shoppers opt for acer's own Timeline series? metal casing, same great batter life, and upgraded internals including RAM and HD.
seems like we've supersaturated the netbook market...
@willowtwf
you get a larger screen with the timeline, but the graphics aren't going to compete, so if you're after something to play HD this is probably a better choice. Plus, you'll pay $150 or so more, and the netbook is smaller. seems different enough to me.
Either way, seems like people are really just looking for cheap light laptops with decent graphics and faster processors - this shouldn't be hard for anyone in marketing to come up with, should it?
@Eddie W
For me size is the critical factor with netbooks. People keep saying it's about low cost but size is the only thing I'm looking at (but the price does have to be reasonable if it's an Atom).
I owned a 9" netbook and it was too small. I borrowed my friends 11" netbook for a week and it was too big. 10" is the perfect size for easy portability but still be good for typing.
To finally have one with graphics acceleration so I can stream all the videos off my network will be final piece of the puzzle (plus good flash with Adobe 10.1). The HDMI out for playing HD videos on a TV is icing on the cake. I 'd also like it to convert to a tablet as will but all told the price would probably go over $800 then.
The weird bump on the edge made me think it had a qwerty keyboard, dissapointed :(
@JustThatNerdyGuy
Scratch that wrong post :P
Please release this with 12' and 13' screens too Acer.
10.1' just wont do for a lot of us.
@(Unverified)
Or make it 10 inch but cut down on bezel. Why do all netbooks have such mega bezels? Every time the screen grows, the bezel grows uniformly!
Couple things...
People are missing that this has an ION 2 in it so that means REAL graphics when you are plugged in or if you do not care about battery life. The Timeline series, as nice as they are, only have Intel graphics in them. Of course, if Acer does some real magic and makes a C2D CULV based Timeline at 13" with the ION 2 in it, well, then we have a more interesting product all the way around :D
On cost, the biggest impact will be from it shipping with Win7 Premium and even with that, I cannot see it being much above $400 if it is even above that. Remember that its non-ION 2 brother is only $300 and the specs are the same otherwise.
And on the bezel. If you want it smaller, then prepare for the thing to overall get smaller and thicker or get more expensive.
people should really check out some youtube vids of people gaming on their ASUS 1201Ns, which have ION1 and dual core Atoms. A surprising number of resource-heavy games from 2008-9 are playable on that (800x600 mostly, but still). ION2 is going to make those games jump up to 1366x768, which is more than enough for screens of this resolution.
Considering Acer's Timeline series gets better battery life at the same general size with several times the performance at around the same or double the cost I can't imagine why anyone would settle for these subpar netbooks.
@Anticrawl
Well, if they do it right like ASUS 1005P, this little machine can get up to 12.5 hours with a bigger battery assuming you don't use the graphics card to accelerate anything.
The GPU really beats the Timeline series by far, 3~6 times better at least, allowing you to play things like Left4Dead and Sims3.
The CPU might be weaker, but it still gets the job a laptop normally do easily, it's not like you're gonna use a laptop to play games at 1680x1050 or go crazy on image edition with very high resolutions.
As for the price... this thing should go for around 325~425 EUR (as a comparison the 1201N is going for 415 EUR and has a way better screen) and the Timeline lappys currently cost between 600~800 EUR depending on the model.
However the Timeline series do have better screens (size), those 13.3 are really nice for maximum portability.
Or at least thats my opinion on the case.
If HP doesn't do the same (i.e. Ion 2, since the Broadcom HD won't cut it) with their Mini (which has the nicest design out there imo), then this is going to be my AOA-150 replacement.
Too bad the only thing holding it back is the Atom CPU.
@daytripper W/ Flash 10.1 and hardware accelerated video decoding, should be much stress on the Atom, and its the higher FSB version.
Sounds to me like this should be inexpensive, have crazy long battery life, and enough oomph to handle any HD video or light gaming.
I'm an Asus over Acer fanboi right now though, they seem to pay a bit more attention to detail.
This is pretty sweet. I waited and waited for an Ion netbook with a 10 inch 1366 x 768 screen and an HDMI out but they seemed to be all on 11 or 12 inchers for some reason. I really couldn't figure it out - the point of a netbook is to be SMALL! If you want a bigger screen then don't get a netbook. And I can't stand low res LCD's. My Thinkpad R61 has 1680 X 1050 and I wish it went higher. Glad I didn't buy one of those 1st gen ones now. I'll be keeping an eye out for this one.
@SolonLysander
WORD! Completely agree.
this is the worst keyboard in the industry, and they are sticking with it in their next lineup? why?
@cuby I couldn't agree more.
I have both an Aspire One A110 and a Gateway EC1803h. The A110 has an amazing keyboard IMO, it's very comfortable to use (albeit a little small).
The Gateway, OTOH, has the same keyboard type as this netbook and I find that's absolutely awful to use. Getting used doesn't help. The keys are flat, with almost no gaps between them, so feeling the keys is almost impossible. This makes touch typing extremely difficult.
I can't believe they're putting this same keyboard type on the new Aspire One. =( This is really a huge disappointment for me; I might not get this netbook mainly because of this downside.
I've learned the hard way with my Gateway, an awful keyboard and really ruin a netbook.