Acer Aspire 1410: Single-Core CULV Takes on Atom



We’ve already looked at a number of systems with Intel’s CULV platform, but interestingly, all of them have been of the dual-core variety. We frequently champion the CULV platform as offering massive battery life and decent performance at a very reasonable price, and usually present the lower end, single-core CULV machines as an alternative to netbooks. So it’s only fair to the netbook class that we test an ultraportable based around the single-core CULV platform.



The laptop on our operating table today is the Acer Aspire 1410, and it may be the best reason to avoid netbooks. The AS1410 is similar to the Acer Timeline 1810T we looked at as part of our CULV roundup, only with a single-core SU3500 processor, 2GB RAM, a 250GB HDD, and a smaller battery. Instead of $600, the AS1410 costs just $400, so we're definitely in netbook territory. The two notebooks share the same 3.10lb chassis, 11.6” screen, and chiclet keyboard, so the AS1410 is essentially just a stripped down 1810T.



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