Acer Aspire One D250 with Android
Posted November 15th, 2009 by admin No Comments »
Review Installing a second operating system on a PC is nothing new. Plenty of manufacturers have done so before, building a slimline Linux distro into their machines to provide a much more rapid start-up than Windows can manage: full access to the internet within seconds of pressing on power key.
Acer’s Aspire with Android: fast start for Google, slower boot to Microsoft
What sets Acer apart is its choice of secondary OS: Google’s Android, an operating system usually found in smartphones, but here pressed into service the way Asus has used SplashTop, Sony has used XMB and Dell has used Latitude On.
All of these services play second fiddle to Windows, and Acer’s Android offering is no different. Right from the outset, Android is junior partner to the Microsoft OS. Switch the machine on – it’s an Aspire One 10in D250 netbook, almost exactly like the one we reviewed here – and alongside the regular invitation to enter the Bios setup screen by pressing F2, you have the chance “to enter Windows OS” by pressing F9.
You have to be quick, though. If you’re too slow, or you keep your mitts off the keyboard, the familiar Google ‘droid appears, cheekily peering up at you from the bottom right corner of the screen. Within seconds – 18.9, to be precise – you’re facing the Android UI. Read the rest of this entry »
