Acer Aspire One 522 Series
Processor: AMD C-Series C-50Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6250
Display: 10.1 inch
Weight: 1.17kg, 1.2kg, 1.3kg
Price: 299, 300 euro
Average of 27 scores (from 39 reviews)
mobility: 81%, workmanship: 74%, ergonomy: 79%, emissions: 80%
Acer Aspire One 522-C5Dkk
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire One 522-C5DkkProcessor: AMD C-Series C-50
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6250
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:9, 1280x720 pixels
Weight: 1.17kg
Price: 299 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 10 scores (from 19 reviews)
AMD refresh. The Acer Aspire One 522 is the latest netbook from Taiwan and, at the same time, the opponent of the available D255 netbook with an Atom N550. The refresh contains the AMD C-50 APU including AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics. Is this, together with a HD display, the perfect match?
Source: PC Pro

It’s disappointing, as in most other ways the Aspire One 522 is ahead of the pack. The screen is a huge plus few netbooks can match, the processor and the graphics chip are as fast as netbooks currently offer, and the 250GB hard disk and port selection are fine for such a reasonable price. But that battery means we can only really recommend it in the unlikely event that you don’t intend to use your netbook on the move.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/04/2011
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 67% performance: 50% features: 83% ergonomy: 83%
Source: Techradar

If it wasn't for the terrible battery life, the Acer Aspire One 522 would be a commendable entry in the netbook market. If you can live with that then we'd recommend it as a well-built, highly usable machine, but there's better to be had.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/05/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Liliputing

The netbook’s keyboard and touchpad are also not the best I’ve ever used — so if you really want a device with a higher resolution screen and a full sized keyboard, you may want to consider a notebook with an 11.6 inch display. But in my opinion, you’ll be hard pressed to get more bang for your buck out of any 10 inch model than the Aspire One 522 right now.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/15/2011
Source: Netbooknews.com

So far he’s expressed concern over what I consider typical Acer build quality such as the unreliable track pad (I’ve actually for the same problems with the Happy, which is essentially the same chassis). But its cheap, real cheap at €299, so you have to forgive it its idiosyncrasies since you really didn’t pay for excellence.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/08/2011
Source: Digital Versus

The Acer Aspire One 522 is a 10.1 inch netbook with a 1280x720 pixel panel and an AMD Brazos Ontario APU (processor and graphics card together), the C-50. Although entirely in plastic, the Aspire One 522 has a sober and relatively elegant design. The Aspire 522 is far from being the highest performance netbook around. Nor is its low battery life in its favour.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/04/2011
Rating: Total score: 40%
Source: Notebookinfo
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/05/2011
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 75% features: 83% display: 85% mobility: 95% ergonomy: 92% emissions: 85%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/18/2011
Rating: performance: 70% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 40%
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/31/2011
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 72% features: 77% display: 77% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 84% emissions: 80%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 58% display: 71% mobility: 92% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 83% emissions: 86%
Source: ZDNet
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/09/2011
Rating: Total score: 74% performance: 70% features: 80% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 80%
Source: Netzwelt
DE→ENprice and performance very good, display has a high resolution but is glossy, ergonomy not convincing
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/12/2011
Source: Tom's Hardware
DE→ENprice fair, workmanship, ergonomy and resolution good, battery runtime very good, RAM low, display dark
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/31/2011
Source: nDevil
DE→ENbattery runtime acceptable
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/13/2011
Source: PC Praxis

price good
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 03/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: 01Net
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: 01Net
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/18/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Zoom
RU→ENlow price, excellent display, weak CPU, few RAM
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/14/2011
Source: Media IT
KO→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/25/2011
Acer Aspire One 522-C58kk
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire One 522-C58kkProcessor: AMD C-Series C-50
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6250
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:9, 1280x720 pixels
Weight: 1.3kg
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 9 scores (from 13 reviews)
Source: Tech2.in.com

The Acer 522 has some good things going for it like the HD screen, 1080p video playback, HDMI-out and great design and build quality. However, it runs unnecessarily warm, has an average battery life and worst of all, the APU is too weak to handle Windows 7 smoothly.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/07/2011
Rating: Total score: 65%
Source: V3.co.uk

Also included is Office 2010 Starter edition, which consists of reduced functionality versions of Microsoft's Word and Excel applications only. Our review system also came pre-loaded with trial versions of McAfee Internet Security and Norton Online Backup.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/18/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Techradar

If it wasn't for the terrible battery life, the Acer Aspire One 522 would be a commendable entry in the netbook market. If you can live with that then we'd recommend it as a well-built, highly usable machine, but there's better to be had.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/05/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Onlinekosten.de
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/26/2011
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 70% features: 70% display: 87% mobility: 91% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 80%
Source: PC Magazin - 5/11

Comparison, , Long, Date: 04/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Computerbild - 9/11

Comparison, , Long, Date: 04/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 81% performance: 71% display: 86% mobility: 87% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 91%
Source: Hartware
DE→ENoutstanding multimedia performance, very silent, very good battery runtime
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/12/2011
Source: Bitcity.it
IT→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/04/2011
Rating: Total score: 72% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 79%
Source: Notebook Italia
IT→ENperformance and mobility for a cheap price
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/11/2011
Source: Erenumerique
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/29/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Retera
RU→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/09/2011
Rating: Total score: 55% performance: 22% display: 47% mobility: 73% emissions: 50%
Source: Notebook.cz
CZ→ENpositive: performance, resolution; negative: low RAM
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/12/2011
Source: IT.com.cn
zh-CN→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/30/2011
Acer Aspire One 522-BZ897
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire One 522-BZ897Processor: AMD C-Series C-50
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6250
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:9, 1280x720 pixels
Weight: 1.2kg
Price: 300 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section Aspire One 522-BZ897 (Model)
Average Score:
Average of 7 scores (from 7 reviews)
Source: PC Advisor

Overall, the Aspire One 522-BZ892 seems perfect for no-frills netbook use - the type of portable you can easily toss into a handbag or backpack and pull out to browse the web, watch videos or make video calls. Its great battery life and modest price tag are huge assets, and if you like your netbooks small (and don't plan on doing huge amounts of typing or number crunching), the Aspire One 52-BZ892 is well worth a look.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Techreview Source

Acer includes quite a bit of trialware and bloatware with this netbook, which is very disappointing. The office productivity suite that comes with the Acer Aspire One 522-BZ897 is Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition, which is a "light" version of the regular Office suite. There are also many different Acer-related utilities and tools and some of which are helpful, but some are not. There's also many games and completely left-field applications like the New York Times eReader software.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: PC World

Compact and attractively priced, the Aspire One 522 delivers great battery life and multimedia performance, but doesn't have much raw computing power.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/22/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Chip.de
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/05/2011
Rating: Total score: 76% price: 89% performance: 56% features: 79% display: 74% mobility: 86% ergonomy: 72%
Source: PC Go - 5/11

Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 04/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: PC Games Hardware - 5/11

Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 04/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 92%
Source: Techno Zoom
IT→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/10/2011
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70%
Comment
Acer: Acer Incorporated is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer. Its product lineup includes desktops and laptops, as well as personal digital assistants (PDAs), servers and storage, displays, peripherals, and e-business services for business, government, education, and home users. Acer is the third largest computer manufacturer in the world (by sales) after HP and Dell Inc (2007). The company owns the largest franchised computer retail chain in Taipei, Taiwan. Originally named Multitech, it was founded in 1976. Gateway and Packard Bell are economically connected with Acer. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
AMD Radeon HD 6250: Integrated graphics card in the Ontario netbook processors (e.g. C-50 and C-30) featuring an UVD3 video decoder and no dedicated memory.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD C-Series:
C-50: Dual Core low power processor with an integrated graphics cards. Due to the low clock speed, the CPU should be only as fast as a single core Atom CPU, but offers a faster integrated GPU.
10.1: The netbook/subnotebook has a quite small display format. Nonetheless, it is a common format for netbooks. The advantage is, that the subnotebook/netbook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes. It is difficult to use high resolutions.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.17 kg:
This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
1.3 kg:
This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist only few sub-notebooks, which weight less. 10 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
72.41%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.







