14 DAY TRIAL // Amazon just listed a certain netbook at a price that is nothing short of extremely low, or at least close enough that it will show just how much fire such devices still have left in them.
Simply put, Amazon just put up the Acer Aspire on 722 for order, one that features a stronger processor than before.
It isn't any old processor either, or even a regular one for that matter.
The netbooks got the C60 dual-core accelerated processing unit, which operates at 1 GHz and has Integrated Radeon graphics as well.
That really is the only real difference from the original Acer Aspire one 722, which utilized a single-core C50 CPU and still got praised in reviews.
As a reminder, the notebook measures 11.6 inches in diagonal, which is not a size easy to find in this segment.
After all, netbooks are, for the most part, 10.1-inch entry-level PC, because they commonly have Intel Atom chips.
This isn't to say that the Atom series is somehow limited and can't work on bigger machines.
The reason Intel-powered netbooks don't come in bigger form factors is because Intel set that condition for most of its Atom chips, as it wants to differentiate the product type from other notebooks.
Advanced Micro Devices did not impose that limit, though, apparently, this wasn't enough to get it too many design wins.
Still, at the end of it all, the Acer Aspire One 722 is a very powerful netbook, even as it has a smaller price than many other, far less impressive competitors.
The price Amazon placed on the mobile PC is $298, about the same as 223 Euro.
Seeing how ultrabooks haven't actually impressed many people, and with Fusion chips capable of doing a lot on their own, people may as well buy one of these, unless they want to see what CES brings first.