http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/ Engadget Comments for Acer Aspire 1551 hits retailers with 1.5GHz dual-core Turion II CPU 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/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
sorry i meant AMD processors... damn edit button where r u?]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/AMD is still very much alive, coming from an owner of the N930 Mobile Quad-Core.]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/AMD is doing quite well in the desktop space.

And as you alluded to ATI has been doing well too.]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
If engadget comments had an edit button... they blew it?

(please don't ban me)]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
if thats your best joke, you blew it.]]>Jun 29th 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Nah, it's not that bad, only 1 big one on the right, and 2 badges on the left.]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
Pain isn't it? You buy a nice gleaming new laptop with a lovely brushed metal effect and then some moron decides to stick stickers all over the place!! Why can't they just stick them on the bottom? ]]>Jun 29th 2010 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
This laptop looks great, but the battery life is IMO far too low. One of the draws of netbooks is long battery life, and 5hrs just doesn't cut it. I would take this package if it offered 10+ hours.]]>Jun 29th 2010 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
Agreed. Give it 8+ hours battery and I'd buy it.]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
hate to break it to you, but the iPad is nowhere near the speed of this]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
I do work on COMPUTERS not on gadgets.
I have and love the iPad but it has nothing to do with COMPUTERS, It's a nice gadget is all.]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/How is the iPad better?
You're comparing a giant smartphone to a computer. For a normal, non-techy person fine. But you read Engadget, you are part of thoses people who know more about computers than others.
The iPad is not faster or more desirable; it's different.]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Does your iPad have 4GB ram? What about a 320GB hard drive (upgradeable)? 1080p playback? FLASH?
Didn't think so.
Troll elsewhere.]]>Jun 29th 2010 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
Why do you guys feed the troll? Just downrank and move on.]]>Jun 29th 2010 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/The card aint half bad. It would play COD6 pretty easily. Maybe with some of the details turned up even.]]>Jun 29th 2010 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/It runs the original Crysis 2007 set to LOW at 15.2 fps, with a more powerful CPU.]]>Jun 29th 2010 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Not completely useless : it allows this kind of low CPU to smoothly play 1080p video && run composite 2D/3D desktop effects without using 30% of your CPU.
So definitely not useless if you plan to run Windows 7 or Compiz for instance.

Remember Turion X2 has no integrated GPU like Cori i3/i5/i7.]]>Jun 29th 2010 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
As for the battery-life complaints that everyone has, I suspect that this system is also plagued with a low capacity battery like the previous batch of AMD laptops were.

Check this page from Anandtech's recent AMD Toshiba review to see what I'm talking about:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3784/toshiba-a505ds6987-turion-ii-ultra-m600/6]]>Jun 29th 2010 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
Low Battery capacity yes, but this cpu consumes half the watts of the AMD Toshiba unit from Anandtech. So expect better battery, but this unit should have a bubble butt 9 cell battery option ]]>Jun 29th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/
Speaking of the 1830T, I really wish they'd hurry up and release the i5 version of it in Canada! A bunch of US stores (NewEgg, Amazon, TigerDirect, etc) have had it in stock for a week or two, but nobody in Canada is selling them, not even the Canadian versions of NewEgg, Amazon, or TigerDirect.]]>Jun 29th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/acer-aspire-1551-hits-retailers-with-1-5ghz-dual-core-turion-ii/Jun 29th 2010 5:14PM