Acer Aspire One 532G with ION 2 priced at an aggressive 379 euros

Now that's how to get our attention. While the English-speaking portion of the Acer press conference left much to be desired, the second half, decidedly more German in vernacular, had a couple great tidbits. Most notable is a price of Acer's AspireOne 532G, the ION 2-equipped netbook initially espied at Mobile World Congress. The slide says it all, sort of: 379 euros -- mighty aggressive, and if history tells us anything, there's a good chance it'll be about $379 when it comes stateside, too. No word on release date as far as we can tell, but you'll definitely want to keep an eye out for this one.

[Marko Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:26AM]

So much about $200 nebooks as promissed initially! I honestly see no point in a 375euro netbook!

[DestrictoEnse Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:29AM]

@Marko
The thing about $200 netbooks is that they would suck. This, however, looks great.

[BigJayDogg3 Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:38AM]

@Marko

Both Dell and HP offer $250 netbooks. But as DestrictoEnse said, (compared to this) they suck.

Anyway, that was 5 years ago. The economy has changed DRAMATICALLY since then. Prices have risen. lrn2deal

[Ruben Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:43AM]

@Marko: In terms of graphics power, this crushes any netbook, which is why it costs so much more.

Whether thats worth it is up to the consumer. I say yes, its definitely worth it. Especially with Optimus.

[max1001 Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:48AM]

@Marko
You can find netbook for $200 easily when they go on sale. MSRP doesn't mean much these day.

[Marko Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:51AM]

@Ruben I am not saying this isn't a great netbook - it is. However, what I don't understand is what is the point of having a great netbook? What do you do with it? It is not like you will be able to get any proper work done on it. Not with a tiny keyboard and screen, and an Atom proZesor. And it is not like you will be able to enjoy multimedia, again because of the screen size, and the crappy Atom.

And if you only use it for an odd email, or to check your facebook when you are away on a trip, a $250 would do the job nicelly. Yet, for 375E, you can get a semi-decent notebook with a proper processor (well, at least compared to an atom), and a proper screen and keyboard.

[aznofazns Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:14AM]

@Marko
But for some people the advantages of a netbook are worth it. You get a much more portable, power-sipping machine that can still do any basic tasks (including HD video in this case). And while you might find the screen too small for multimedia, many other won't. It's just a matter of personal preference. In fact, I would take a ULV over a netbook any day, even if costs around twice as much.

[meekagovane Posted Mar 3rd 2010 1:29PM]

@Marko 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. Hopefully this could be it. More: http://bit.ly/acer-532g-updates

[BigJayDogg3 Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:31AM]

Anxiously awaiting reviews.

Seriously. If this thing performs even moderately well, I may finally get a netbook. I'm not looking for a gaming powerhouse (anymore) all I want is something I can bring to class and not be throughly disgusted with when because the dern thing doesn't load anything with any kind of speed. Otherwise, I'm looking at midrange thin and lights. I /really/ want something in the sub 15 inch range.

[FelixDraconis Posted Mar 3rd 2010 5:03PM]

Yeah. I haven't seen any comprehensive tests of the keyboard and mousepad yet. Although there's such a deluge of netbooks I might have missed it!

The Lenovo X100e... got to try that in a store and it's mighty tempting too.

[adminhotsale Posted Mar 3rd 2010 10:41AM]

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[sandra Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:13AM]

Please netbook manufacturers, stop making gimped single core systems already, single core atoms don't cut it, the extra $20ish to go with a dual core is well worth it, hell even smartphones are going to be getting dual core processors this year.

[WoodyTX Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:37AM]

@sandra

Single core = longer battery life. Which is one of the primary reasons for netbooks.

[msgyrd Posted Mar 5th 2010 4:53PM]

@WoodyTX
Why not give the consumer that choice to make?

I'd take a battery life trade-off in an instant, especially on the systems that are getting 10-11 hours already. Unless you're planning on making the device a media center and can make use of GPU decoding, you'll get more bang for your buck with another core vs. Ion anything.

[craiggger Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:24AM]

Give me a smartphone instead.

[weeman Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:37AM]

Has anyone else realised this things only got 512mb RAM?

[kashve Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:45AM]

@weeman 512 Mb Vram... For the graphic card...

[sandra Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:47AM]

@weeman

That's talking about the ION2's own dedicated ram as the ION2 has 512mb on board, what the system itself has who knows, but it can't be 512mb because Windows 7's min req is 1gb.

[Wesley Posted Mar 3rd 2010 11:53AM]

@weeman That says VRAM, so it is dedicated to the graphics.

Makes me feel a bit sick seeing this, cause I got me a Lenovo S12 with ION for a bit more that this price and now this is out a few months later with better price and performance, but at least I get £G simcard slot included.

[weeman Posted Mar 3rd 2010 12:17PM]

@kashve

Oh yeah...my bad

[pediwent Posted Mar 3rd 2010 12:42PM]

@sandra

Previous posts show that it has 2GB of system RAM and a 320GB HD. 512MB of video RAM is pretty impressive for a netbook. Heck, any dedicated video RAM is impressive for a netbook.

[pediwent Posted Mar 3rd 2010 12:40PM]

Not mentioned in the article, but on the slide, is the 1kg weight (2.2 lbs) and the 10 hr battery life. Pretty impressive specs. Personally, I find the 10" netbooks a little small, both in screen and keyboard size. Give me a 12" or even a 13.3" with a ULV processor and the ION2 and I'll be a happy camper.

[Armchaircritic Posted Mar 3rd 2010 1:27PM]

@pediwent

I've got a laptop with a 12"ish screen, full sized keyboard and track pad, integrated DVD writer, decent battery life and it weights about 1kg. It's almost a no compromise netbook. Anyone guess what it could be?

[m3ntat Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:52AM]

@Armchaircritic I'm interested in what 12" 1kg, 1 inch thick machine you have, what is the battery life like though?

[Gorilla800lbs Posted Mar 3rd 2010 1:29PM]

I'd be intersted to see the Ion2-based Revo refresh. It was shown by Nvidia at CEBIT stand showcasing Ion2. Would definitely buy if it's $399 or below.

[atc9000 Posted Mar 3rd 2010 5:50PM]

I have a HP DM 1 1010SA with a ULV Dual core celeron @ 1.2 ghz, and the intel 4500hmd
video. With 2gb of DDR3 for system ram 250gb HD it does 1980*1080 HD no problem playback very smooth. But still has problems with flash on facebook etc...

It's a shame as it runs windows 7 quite well too.

Hdmi and VGA and 3 USB type 2 and multi card reader..
Drop a older core solo in and still get good battery and be able to do something like my old Philips x67 did and that had built in DVD too

[Armchaircritic Posted Mar 3rd 2010 9:47PM]

@atc9000

Everybody has problems with flash because adobe makes buggy software

[cabrerachaparro Posted Mar 4th 2010 11:46AM]

Hi,

Does anybody know when the netbook will be released?

Thanks.

[StalkyTheFish Posted Apr 21st 2010 7:38PM]

I'd bet $399 US.
WANT!
/Waves 4 Franklins in the air at Acer./