Acer has launched its new Acer Aspire 1 netbook which is only 8.9″ with a price tag that only aimed to challenge all the market competitors. The new Acer Aspire 1, which comes with 8GB SSD and with the Linux operating system starts at $329.The new Acer Aspire 1 specifications:
- The new Acer Aspire Netbook comes with the Intel Atom Processor 1.6GHz N 270 One GB DDR2 533MHz. The operating system is Windows XP Home edition SP3 and 8.9″ screen with 1024 x 600 display WSVGA shiny LED backlit display. The Hitachi Hard Drive with the storage capacity of 120GB 2.5″ with 5400 Rotation Per Minute. WI-FI connectivity is 802.11b/g Atheros Wireless. The size of the netbook is 9.75″ x 6.625″ x 1.28″ and the Weight is 2lb 5.0oz with 3-Cell 23Wh battery.
Build and Design
The Acer Aspire 1 netbook is very sleek with gently rounded ends and a smooth shiny surface that is easy to hold when closed. The look of the Acer Aspire 1 netbook is quite basic. Shiny plastic is established on the top and the entire LCD of the netbook.
The new Acer Aspire 1 build quality is very solid and the production feels strong sufficient to touch being tossed approximately within a book bag with out much worry for its safety. The screen of the new Acer Aspire cover feels mainly strong, which is very important for caring the quite weak LCD panel.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard of the Aspire netbook is spacious, since the Aspire 1 is only 9″ inch netbook inside the 10” inch body. The Aser Aspire netbook slight disadvantage of having large screen borders. The key board of the Acer Aspire netbook is confined compared to a full size laptop. The typing surface of the new Acer Aspire 1 netbook feels strong with no key board contract and individual key of the Key board feel tough with no shake. For scrolling long web pages, specially with mini touch pad of Acer Aspire 1 Netbook, page up and down keys can offer a more correct way of navigating a web page or document at a fast pace.
The touch pad of Acer Aspire 1 design is a little exclusive compared to other net books and laptops in general, with the buttons of the Acer Aspire 1 on each side of the touch surface. The design is a bit delicate. The outside of Acer Aspire 1 is simply to slip your finger on and the sensitivity simply tracks your finger with a very light pressure
Display
The LED backlit display of the Acer Aspire 1 netbook is very bright and vibrant. Colors look of Acer Aspire 1 is excellent with the shiny display screen. The display screen of Acer Aspire Netbook might be clear to see outside. Viewing angles of the Acer Aspire 1 are better than average. The horizontal viewing angles of the Acer Aspire 1 are brilliant. Vertical viewing angles of the Aser Aspire netbook are so good.
Gaming presentation is limited with the new Acer Aspire 1 netbook. There is one exclusive feature of the Acer Aspire 1 is the double card reader
Speakers and Audio
The new Acer Aspire 1 notebook speakers sound great. The head phone workes very well on the new Aspire 1. No noise can be notice through the head phone.
Ports and Features
With 2 card readers, plus 3 USB ports, 1 Ethernet Connector, VGA, and one audio jacks and Front Wireless connectivity On/Off
Heat and Noise
Intel Atom-based netbooks fall into the practically warm while processing, and the the new Acer Aspire 1 is not different from other netbooks. While surfing the internet, doing documentation, or chatting on any messaging client like Yahoo or MSN, surface temperature stay within normal levels. The bottom is slightly warm and the key board temperature is little bit above then the room temperature.
Noise on the new Acer Aspire 1 is little bit loud then other netbooks. Almost as soon as the new Acer Aspire 1 netbook is on the cooling fans of the netbook starts at a low tedious speed. It hardly moves any air out of the netbook, but it is as louder as the fans found in latops.
Battery
The battery of the new Acer Aspire 1 netbook test with screen brightness at 60 percent, mild internet browsing with wireless enabled, the Acer Aspire 1 managed two hours and nearly 25 minutes. Company does have plans to release a another version of Acer Aspire netbook with six cell battery model and a larger hard disk drive for an additional cost of $50.
Conclusion
The new Acer Aspire One is a worthy for those looking for a lower budget netbbok . This system has solid assembly to modest presentation to handle general software applications with ease. Starting price of the new Acer Aspire one is as low as $349.