Posted on Thursday, December 23 2010 @ 17:39 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Macles
got its hands on photos and specifications of the Acer Aspire One 522, an upcoming 10.1" netbook with AMD's C-50 "Ontario" APU. The dual-core 1GHz processor has a TDP of just 9W and features integrated Radeon HD 6250 graphics with DX11 support and UVD3 for accelerated video decoding. The screen has a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, there's a HDMI port and the battery life is rated at 6 hours.
One component is still missing for HD though. And indeed, Acer puts a 10.1 inch panel with 1280x720 screen resolution into the 522. It does have an HDMI port too, which is joined by all other standard ports, plus all the features already in the 255. However unlike the 255 it only has a single speaker. I doubt it makes a difference.
Perhaps more interesting is battery, rated at 6 hours. Less than I expected for the new AMD platform to be honest, despite quite capable graphics and improved CPU performance. It's 2 hours less than the 255. I wonder if the higher resolution panel plays a part in this.
