Acer eMachines eM250-1162 Netbook – 10.1″ LED / Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz / 1GB Ram / 250GB HD / 802.11g/g Wireless LAN / Webcam / Windows 7 Starter
August 2nd, 2010 | 127 views |
- Intel Atom processor N270 1.6GHz
- 10.1″ LED LCD / 1GB DDR2 Memory / 250GB Hard Drive
- 802.11b/g Wireless LAN / Multi-in-1 card reader
- Webcam with microphone / Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- Windows 7 Starter / Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset
Product Description
Take the web with you!This eMachines eM250-1162 netbook weighs under 3 pounds, making it ideal for on-the-go computing! An Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz processor and 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM memory help you tackle your work and play-r… More >>
5 Comments to “Acer eMachines eM250-1162 Netbook – 10.1″ LED / Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz / 1GB Ram / 250GB HD / 802.11g/g Wireless LAN / Webcam / Windows 7 Starter”
I bought this sight unseen at Wal-Mart yesterday. They had apparently received them for a day after Christmas sale but never put them on display. I saw a bunch of them sitting in the “laptop cage” with a price tag of $228 on it. I went ahead and bought it, figuring that if I didn’t like it I could take it back.
Well, I love it and I am so glad that I did get it. It’s a great little netbook and I am already getting used to the keyboard. My only complaint is with the trackpad – I wish it was slightly larger. It seems to me like it could be a little wider and not affect the overall size of the case.
The screen is bright, keyboard good, I’ve been happy with the performance of it so far…overall I would rate this as one of my best purchases of 2009. I might even go back and try to get one for my wife. Even though I paid less than what this is selling for on Amazon, I would not hesitate to pay up to $300 for this netbook.
Rating: 4 / 5
DITTO THE WALMART STORY. Went home and read the reviews on Amazon. This emachine is identical to the Acer d250 minus the option for a larger battery, which you can purchase if you need it. So far I get a good 3 hrs browsing the internet. Great buy at $228.
Windows 7 starter is ok but does not come with an email client like outlook express(xp). Download Monzillia’s Thunderbird, it works great and is much better than outlook express or windows mail.
In all this is a great netbook. Fast, good battery life, great screen, $price, and comes with 7.
As others have said go to Walmart and get one if you can find one.
Rating: 5 / 5
I went into walmart today like everyone else and noticed this netbook. I didnt know how emachines netbooks rated so i went home and googled it, after realizing it is the same as the acer one i ran back and bought it. $228 how can you go wrong, battery time has been great so far but will probably upgrade to the 6 cell later. but as it is way more time then my laptop, seems to run fast enough but will upgrade to 2gb ram and linux soon. I love the case. I have been looking for a netbook for a while now this one really impresses.
Rating: 5 / 5
Like many other reviewers, I too got this at Wally World. It was a steal for the amount of HDD Space they were offering at such the low price. Even though this has Windows 7 Starter, and not the ability to change your backgrounds, or the pretty transparent effects, Its just as fast as using Windows XP. I got a lot of my casual games loaded on it, and they ran great. I ripped a DVD from a program and copied it to the netbook using a USB flash drive. I was able to watch the whole movie using Power DVD version 7 using the mobile optimizations built into the program and still have a good battery time to play a game of solitaire before it truly died. You will get an average of 2 hours and 45 minutes with the battery depending on the tasks you do.
The memory card reader and the Wifi are great too. When you take a look at it in contrast, you are reminded that this is essentially an Acer Aspire One with an eMachines branding on it, so you will get the same quality as Acer as you will in this eMachine.
Overall , this is a nice netbook.
Rating: 5 / 5
Picked mine up at Mr Walton’s retail outlet for the current $228 price.
I was pleasantly surprised by the performance and overall functionality. Don’t be scared by the eMachines label– it’s just an Acer in sheep’s clothing!!
I’ve stripped off the MS Office trial version and installed Open Office 3.2.
Upgraded the memory to 2G for $40 on eBay and it runs like a little greased pig!!
Next upgrade will be a 6 cell batetry.
I test software for a living and have installed VMWare player along w/ 2 Linux VMs: Open SUSE and Ubuntu. The netbook handles the VMs flawlessly.
Connecting to my wi-fi router was a breeze and I was able to VPN into my office machine without any problems.
Sure Win 7 Starter is a little cheesey– but, hey, it is a fully functioning (though limited) OS.
I’ve read stories of a number of folks just stripping everything off the HD and going w/ one of the Linux flavors.
I’m VERY happy with my purchase and demonstrate the machine to anyone at work who’ll give me 2 minutes of their time.
Rating: 5 / 5