Acer Aspire D255 review

Dan Worth
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A curate's egg of a netbook, despite dual-boot functionality

The Acer Aspire D255 joins the growing ranks of devices that offer dual-boot of two operating systems, in this instance Windows 7 Starter and Android 2.1, which allows you to switch between the two...

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