Laptop Thoughts: First Acer Aspire One to Sport Intel Atom N550

"This is an update to the AOD260 (yes) which adds a new processor configuration and new colors, but drops the chrome elements and the glass splitter like "flake" design. Otherwise it's exactly the same."

Too bad they couldn't reduce the size of that massive logo on the lid while they were at it. If you use multi-threaded applications that can take advantage of a dual core processor, then you'll certainly see an advantage with a dual core netbook; otherwise, since the individual cores are slower, you may actually see a performance drop with this upgrade.