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Sure, we had known a few bits and pieces about Acer's forthcoming AMD
Fusion-powered netbook but you can always count on Amazon to dish out
the spec and pricing details we've been waiting for. Unlike the Fusion
HP Pavilion dm1 we just reviewed, which packs a higher-end AMD Zacate
E-350 APU, the Aspire One 522 is powered by AMD's netbook-class 1GHz
C-50 Ontario processor. The 10.1-inch laptop still melds that CPU with
Radeon HD 6250 graphics so it should be able to handle full HD video
and some light gaming, and for $330 we're certainly expecting it to
trounce Atom netbooks in both price and graphics prowess. Other than
that, the 2.8-pound Aspire One 522 seems to be a lot like the previous
AMD Neo-powered Aspire One 521 -- it looks to have a similar chassis
and has 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, HDMI port, Windows 7 Starter,
and a 4400mAh battery, which apparently provides six hours of battery
life. No word on when the 522 will actually come out of the pre-order
stage and start shipping, but our guess is that it shouldn't be too
long of a wait.
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