http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/ Engadget Comments for Acer Aspire One 532G first to feature NVIDIA Ion 2 switchable graphics http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/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. :(]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/the G310 is a small, weak GPU. It isnt going to put out alot of heat.]]>Feb 15th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://bit.ly/acer-532g-new-gen-laptop]]>Feb 21st 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/
seems like we've supersaturated the netbook market... ]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/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?]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/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.]]>Feb 17th 2010 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/
Scratch that wrong post :P]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/10.1' just wont do for a lot of us.]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/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!]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/
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.]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/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.]]>Feb 15th 2010 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/
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.]]>Feb 15th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/Feb 15th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/acer-aspire-one-532g-first-to-feature-nvidia-ion-2-switchable-gr/
WORD! Completely agree.
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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.]]>Feb 18th 2010 5:03PM