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With Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, 4GB of RAM and the Runcore Pro IV SSD installed, hereвЂ™s a rundown of performance reports starting with the impressive disk scores which rise 30% above the 2GB, 32bit scores.

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The license cost me about 85 Euros (OEM License) and installation was made on a clean SSD from an external USB DVD drive.Дrivers for the various Acer Aspire One 522 models are available here and can be copied from a USB stick (the Wi-Fi, LAN and SD card donвЂ™t work on initial Windows 7 install.)ДЄfter install you should see this in the system settings.

Secondly, Windows Home Premium opens up more Windows 7 functionality including Windows Media Center, Aero and Themes and, importantly here, the ability to access more than 2GB of RAM. Importantly, you get to make a fresh install of the OS without the pre-installed services and software from Acer.

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This part of the upgrade is useful on many levels.

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Upgrade to Windows Home Premium 64-bit (and full 4GB RAM usage) On average, boot-up and application start times are cut by half which is a huge, huge difference. Statistics are all well and good but how does the device perform in real life with a fast SSD upgrade? In the video below I show the boot-up time and startup times for some common applications.

I have already broken two of mine and IвЂ™ve seen a report from someone who broke all of them meaning the keyboard would have to be stuck down permanently with glue or tape. The video shows my early attempt at taking apart the device so please take note of the annotations because you donвЂ™t have to remove the outer casing screws, you donвЂ™t have to remove the two rubber feet and you donвЂ™t have to disconnect the keyboard.

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How Do you Upgrade RAM and Disk on the Acer Aspire One 522?Д«efore I show you the results for a fresh 64-bit Windows Home Premium install (which frees up the full 4GB of RAM) let me show you how to take apart the netbook to upgrade it. You can see the вЂHDDвЂ™ score at 14648 and the sequential read speed at up to 108MB/s which is about double that of the original disk. I was surprised to see that some of the CPU scores went up so much after the disk and memory swap and I was unable to repeat the 8270 ALU score at a later time but the important thing here is the jump in disk performance. HereвЂ™s the CrystalMark score after the SSD upgrade and the replacement of 1GB RAM with a 4GB stick (2GB enabled in Windows Starter.) While the AMD-based system is good, itвЂ™s not class-leading.Д«y dropping in the SSD though, the HDD score goes through the 100MB/s barrier and really gives the system a boost along with the scores. A 1.6Ghz dual-core Atom-based Asus Eee PC 1015pn due to be launched soon clocks in at an impressive 45K. In comparison, a Pinetrail based netbook (Single-core 1.6Ghz) will turn in about 25K and a dual-core N550-based system like the Samsung N350 gives a similar 35K score but most of that score comes from the CPU. Using CrystalMark 2003 (a simple, easy-to-run suite that IвЂ™ve been using for 5 years) I tested the stock system and came up with a respectable score all-round. Lets take a look at the results using a CrystalMark test suite. The SSD cuts boot times and application startup times in half and gives the system a much better feel all-round. If I was to recommend just one upgrade, this would be it. I spent about 125 Euro on a Home Premium license and a 4GB RAM stick to achieve that but before I did, I took a Runcore Pro IV 64GB SSD (2.5 inch SATA) worth $150 and dropped it in with a copy of the standard OS build. Clearly an upgrade to Windows Home Premium 64bit with a clean install over 4GB of RAM is the easiest way to enhance the device. Even with a RAM upgrade it is OS-restricted to 2GB of RAM usage. In the standard build, however, it is delivered with 32bit Windows Home Starter, and 1GB RAM. The CPU is a 64-bit part and supports 4GB of RAM. The Acer Aspire One 522 is built on the AMD Brazos platform with the Ontario APU. The results have been impressive But thereвЂ™s a limit. 3D graphics and HD video support out-pace anything thatвЂ™s built on an Intel platform and with a dual-core 1Ghz CPU that challenges the dual-core Atom at 1.5Ghz AND keeps the battery drain down to impressive levels, a 1280Г—720 screen and a reasonable build quality you have something of a bargain at 299 Euros but I wanted to see just how much I could get out of the Aspire One 522 if I pimped it out with a RAM, storage and OS upgrade. Out-of-the-box, the Acer Aspire One 522 is a very decent netbook.