That's less time than average -- the three-cell battery in the 110 lasted for about 30 minutes longer. While that doesn't leave much time for mobile work without an outlet, keep in mind that our battery drain test is especially gruelling, so you can expect longer life with casual Web surfing and office use.
Multimedia multitasking test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Acer Aspire One D250
3,660
Jalbum photo conversion test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Asus Eee PC 1008HA Seashell
248
Acer Aspire One D150
249
Acer Aspire One D250
256
HP Mini 110
259
Lenovo IdeaPad S10
268
Samsung N120
329
Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Asus Eee PC 1008HA Seashell
727
Acer Aspire One D150
785
Samsung N120
785
HP Mini 110
792
Acer Aspire One D250
793
Lenovo IdeaPad S10
797
Video-playback battery-drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Samsung N120
314
Lenovo IdeaPad S10
241
Asus Eee PC 1008HA Seashell
201
Acer Aspire One D150
170
HP Mini 110
142
Acer Aspire One D250
110
Conclusion
The Acer Aspire One D250 is a respectable netbook that fixes some of its predecessor's most limiting flaws. The problem is, however, that it doesn't offer any ground-breaking features to make it stand out in the burgeoning netbook market.
Additional editing by Charles Kloet
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