The Giz Wiz tries his first Netbook. The Acer Aspire One 11.6" Wide Screen.
August 18, 2009 3 Comments Wednesday, August 19th, 2009, Netcast 898
The Acer Aspire One AO751h is a dandy litte Netbook with some big features. It has a bright LED-backlit 11.6-inch high-definition screen (16:9 ratio) and a full-sized keyboard. I had no idea how powerful a Netbook would be so I put the Aspire One through a couple of mini-tests. It has an integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam and built in mic, so I downloaded Skype and make a couple of calls. Skype worked well. My second big test (for me anyway) was downloading Slingbox. Nothing makes me feel more at home when I travel than watching my own cable box programs. There were a few glitches here and there, but in general the audio & video was fine and I was able to watch an old movie on my home DVR. Now as you can image, the speakers in this unit are small, but in a hotel room, the sound is fine. On an airplane you’ll be listening through headphones so you’ll be able to enjoy the Dolby Headphone technology. There’s a Multi-Gesture touch-pad that enables you to pinch, flick and swirl your fingers for photo viewing, sort of like using a touch screen. The AO751h-1192 (I wish it had a model name instead of letters and numbers) is powered by the 1.3 GHz Intel Atom Intel processor. Acer says you can expect about 7+ hours of computing from their 6-cell battery. Other features include a 160 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM, a multi-format memory card reader, WiFi networking (802.11b/g), and three USB ports. This model comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows XP. It’s one-inch thin and weighs less than 3 pounds with the extended life battery. Display resolution is 1366 x 768-pixels, which Leo said, is higher than most other Netbooks. Although some press materials say the price ranges from $349.99 to $379.99, depending on the battery, it seems to be selling for closer to $399.99 at most online stores. Once this Netbook gets into wider distribution, the price is apt to come down a bit. So far, I love this Netbook!
http://www.acer.us/showrooms/aspireone/
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Reader Comments (3)
Although the AO751h-1192 seems like a better netbook then the D150 series that where before it. I feel that the Z520 at 1.3Ghz with the Intel GMA 500. Really make it a step backwords as far as performance of as being a useful netbook computer. The D150 and it's clone D250 with the N270 1.6Ghz and Intel GMA 945 are better chips in a netbook. I also find that the D150 plays hulu just fine even with it being flash heavy cpu video. The Drivers are slow sometimes yes which are old and might lag sometimes in playing hulu but, dropping out of full screen and going back is fine on XP SP3.
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