If you are looking for cheap Acer netbook deals, then you should definitely check out the Acer Aspire One 532h-2588 which is currently on sale for just $273.99 and free shipping!

Acer Aspire One 532h Review
The reason I highly recommend this netbook is not just because of its low price — it has almost everything I would recommend for a netbook!

Specification
Lets first look at its internal component:

• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor
• 1GB DDR2 Memory
• 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
• 802.11 b/g/n Wireless Certified
• 10.1″ WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display
• Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
• Windows 7 Starter
• Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life

The specs itself is a pretty average in today’s netbook market. Browse around netbooks of other brands and models (Amazon sells almost every netbook models available on the market at the lowest price most of the time) and you will notice that most of them have almost the same specs as this Acer model (some have even lower specs), but you can hardly find any of them at this low price.

Touchpad And Keyboard
Due to the compact size of a netbook, there’s limited space for keyboard and touchpad. It’s important for the netbook manufacturer to optimize the available space to design a keyboad and touchpad that are large enough to be used comfortably. Acer has done a pretty good job in this area.

As you can see from the picture, Acer make use of the available space very effectively by stretching it from one end to the other. Both the Keyboard and touchpad are pretty spacious to be use comfortably. Also, the touchpad support multitouch gestures so that’s another big plus.

Performance
Performance wise, the Acer Aspire One 532h is as good as all other single core Atom based netbook. You can do tasks like surfing the web, listening to music, checking email, and chatting through Skype without any problem with this netbook. What you cannot do is watching high definition videos and playing high-end games like Crysis on this netbook. It just does not have enough processing power to handle those demanding tasks, which is also the case for all other single core Atom based netbooks on the market.

Battery Life
One of the reason that I love this netbook is its excellent battery life. I have not tested this myself but the folks at LaptopMagazine has managed to squeeze 8 hours and 36 minutes of battery life out of the Aspire One 532h. What they did was to continuously surf the web over WiFi until the battery used up. I am really impressed with such long battery life for a netbook at this price!

What Other Customers Say
That’s all for my review. If you want to get opinion about this netbook, read the customer review. Hundreds of customers have purchased this netbook, many of them left their reviews on Amazon. As of now, the average rating given to this netbook is 4 out of 5 stars based on 119 customer reviews.

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Amazon is offering the Acer Aspire One 532h-2588 for $274.99 with free shipping.

Editor’s note: The AO532h-2588 comes with a typical netbook specs which includes a 10.1-inch screen, Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB RAM, and 160GB hard drive. Acer advertised it to have a battery life of up to 8 hours, but in real life usage you should get only around 5 to 6 hours depending on what application you run. If you just want a portable computer that you can travel with and get you connected anytime for web surfing or email checking, this AO532h-2588 will not disappoint you.

Original Price: $299.99
Sales Price: $274.99
You Save: $25.00 (8%)

Here’s a review for the Acer Aspire One 532h:

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Specification:

• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor
• 1GB DDR2 Memory
• 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
• 802.11 b/g/n Wireless Certified
• 10.1″ WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display
• Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
• Windows 7 Starter
• Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life

Amazon is offering the Acer Aspire One 533-13083 (Glossy Red) for $286.89 with free shipping.

Original Price: $329.99
Sales Price: $286.89
You Save: $43.10 (13%)

Here’s an unboxing and brief review of the Aspire One 533 on the Taipei MRT

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Specification:

• Intel Atom N455 (1.66GHz, 512 KB L2 Cache)
• 1 GB of installed DDR3 RAM
• 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
• 10.1-inch LED-backlit screen (1024 x 600 resolution, 200-nit brightness)
• Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
• Windows 7 Starter Operating System
• 6 cell battery for up to 8 Hours of Battery Life

The Toshiba Mini NB255-N245 is available for $266.48 and free shipping.

Original Price: $299.99
Sales Price: $244.68
You Save: $33.51 (11%)

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Specification:

• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N455 processor
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM
• 160 GB SATA hard drive
• 10.1-inch LED backlit widescreen display
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 video processor
• Microsoft Windows 7 Starter
• 8.3 hours of battery life

With the release of the new Eee PC Lineup, online retailer start to drop the price of earlier generation of Eee PC netbook. Amazon is now offering the Asus Eee PC 1005PE-MU27-BK for just $294.99 with free shipping.

Original Price: $339.99
Sales Price: $294.99
You Save: $45.00 (13%)

It’s worth mentioning that although the new Eee PC lineup has a more stylish design, the system performance is similar to the Eee PC 1005PE. In fact, the 1005PE has longer battery life than the new generation. Here’s a video review on the Eee PC 1005PE:

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Specification:

• Intel Atom N450 (1.66GHz, 512 KB L2 Cache)
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM, 1 SODIMM Slot, 2 GB Max
• 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) + 500 GB Free Web Storage
• 10.1-Inch Color-Shine 1024X600 WSVGA LCD Display
• Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
• Windows 7 Starter Operating System
• Kindle for PC pre-installed
• 6 cell battery for up to 11 Hours of Battery Life

Amazon is offering the Acer Aspire One 532h-2588 for $279.45 with free shipping.

Original Price: $299.99
Sales Price: $279.45
You Save: $20.54 (7%)

Here’s a review for the Acer Aspire One 532h:

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Specification:

• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor
• 1GB DDR2 Memory
• 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
• 802.11 b/g/n Wireless Certified
• 10.1″ WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display
• Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
• Windows 7 Starter
• Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life

Great discount on the Samsung N150 Black Matte version — you can get one for $279.99 and with free shipping.

Original Price: $349.00
Sales Price: $279.99
You Save: $69.01 (20%)

Here’s a video review of the Samsung N150 netbook. Overall, everything about this netbook is pretty good except for the pre-installed bloatware which slows down the netbook at the the first time startup.

Specification:

• 1.66GHz Intel N450 Atom Processor
• 1GB DDR2 Memory
• 160GB Hard Drive
• 10.1″ Non-Glare Display
• Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
• Windows 7 Starter Operating System
• Up to 7 Hours of Battery Life

Amazon is offering the Asus Eee PC 1005HA-MU17-BK netbook for $288.75 with free shipping.

Original Price: $349.00
Sales Price: $288.75
You Save: $60.25 (17%)

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Specification:

• Intel Atom N270 Processor 1.6GHz
• 1GB DDR2 RAM, 1 x SODIMM Slot, 2GB Max
• 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
• 10.1 WSVGA 1024×600 LCD Display
• Windows 7 Starter Operating System (32 Bit)
• 8.5 Hours of Battery Life

Amazon is offering the Samsung N150 netbook for $290.23 with free shipping.

Original Price: $349.00
Sales Price: $290.23
You Save: $58.77 (17%)

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Specification: 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 160GB HDD, 7 hours battery life, 10.1-inch Non-glare Display, Intel GMA 3150, Windows 7 Sarter

Amazon is offering the Asus Eee PC 1005HA-PU17-BK for $269.99 and free shipping.

Original Price: $399.00
Sales Price: $269.99
Total Discount: $129.01 (32%)

This is one of the best deal offered by Amazon recently. The Asus Eee PC 1005HA-PU17 is the predecessor for the Eee PC 1005PE-PU17, which is currently one of the best netbook on the market. The main difference between the 2 models is that the 1005HA has an older processor (Atom N280) which is not as energy efficient as the new Pinetrial processor used on the 1005PE. The 1005HA-PU17 still offers up to 10.5 hours of battery life although not as long as the 14.5 hours of the 1005PE.

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Specification:

• Intel Atom N280 Processor 1.66GHz
• 1GB DDR2 RAM
• 250 GB HDD
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
• 10.1 WSVGA 1024×600 LCD Display
• Windows 7 Starter Operating System (32 Bit)
• Up to 10.5 hours of battery life