Review Acer Aspire One D270-26Dbb Netbook

Hot on the heels of Acer subsidary Packard Bell’s Cedar Trail netbook offering, Acer itself has released the Aspire One D270. The Cedar Trail launch was postponed, reportedly due to driver issues, and as a result the Cedar Trail chips only support DirectX 9 – not DX10.1 as originally claimed by Intel. This shouldn’t be a big deal, as Cedar Trail’s GMA 3600 graphics lacks the muscle to handle DX10 games anyway.

The new D270 looks much like older Aspire One netbooks – only the specs have been upgraded. Acer uses the new Intel Atom N2600 processor at 1600 MHz. The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 graphics card is integrated on the processor die. As with the Intel GMA 500, it is based on a core licensed from PowerVR (SGX 545).

The 10.1 incher sports a non-glare screen with a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It unfortunately has no USB 3.0 support – a standard feature on modern machines – but it does feature the latest Bluetooth 4.0. Read on to find out how the D270 compares to the rest of the netbook competition.