Acer Aspire One AO751h-1346 11.6-Inch Black comes with these features: Intel Atom Processor Z520, Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1, 11.6″ HD WXGA Acer CrystalBrite LED-backlit Display, Mobile Intel US15W Express Chipset, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM Single Channel Memory, 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, Integrated Acer Crystal Eye Webcam, Dolby Headphone Support, Two Built-in Stereo Speakers, 3 – USB 2.0 Ports, 3-cell Li-ion Battery (2200 mAh), up to 4-hours battery life, 2.75 lbs. | 1.25 kg (system unit only),wireless setup card, Registration/ Limited Warranty Card, McAfee Internet Security Suite (60-day trial), Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader.
Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit) is the operating system for users with basic computing needs, such as surfing the Internet, corresponding with friends and family using e-mail, or performing basic document creation and editing tasks. Additionally, Windows Vista Home Basic integrates new search tools throughout the operating system to help you quickly find the precise file or program you need.
Every edition of Windows Vista provides the essential tools and technologies to help protect you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-mail. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures long before you have lost any important personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions include parental control features that allow you to manage and monitor your family’s use of games, the Internet, instant messaging, and other activities.
A Multi-Gesture Touchpad allows you to pinch, flick and swirl your fingers across the touchpad for more natural photo and video viewing as well as intuitive navigation of websites. The Multi-Gesture Touchpad enables you to scroll, zoom in and out and flip through web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more.
The TouchPad can also be disabled with a one-touch button, eliminating accidental cursor movement with palms and wrists when using an external mouse.
Newly designed from the ground up, the Intel Atom Z520 uses a 45nm (nanometer) design structure with new hafnium-infused circuitry–which reduces electrical current leakage in transistors–to conserve even more energy and give you more time away from the wall outlet. The Intel Atom Z520 provides a 1.3 GHz CPU speed with a 533 MHz front-side bus (FSB) and 512 KB L2 cache–which uses just 2 watts of power. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system’s performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.) It supports Intel’s 64-bit computing architecture, which can allow the use of extended virtual and physical memory with compatible 64-bit software, as well as Intel’s Hyper-Threading technology for speedier multitasking.
The 11.6-inch LED-backlit display (1366 x 768 pixels) presents true 16:9 aspect ratio with high-def resolution and fast 8ms (millisecond) response time for high-quality media playback as well as increased readability in low-light conditions. And the LED backlight technology is 33 percent more energy efficient than standard CCFL LCD screens.
This package contains the Acer Aspire One AO751h-1346 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions
It also comes with the following software: McAfee Internet Security Suite (trial version); Google Desktop; Carbonite Online Backup; Customized Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 ; Acer GridVista
Helpful consumer’s review
I was waiting for a netbook with higher resolution with 100% full size keyboard.
Acer aspire one 11.6 inch was the first solution.
It is very light, quite, and reliable.
And it has 16:9 HD ratio LCD. Perfect for watching movies with wxga resolution.
Full size keyboard is very comfortable to type.
It’s perfect for everyday casual use.
But, I miss two thing.
First, CPU power. It’s only 1.33 Ghz.
I even play avchd video(1440×1080) thanks to hardware decoder with 60-70% CPU usage.
But, that’s it. It only plays video with no sound with pre-installed PowerDVD 8.
After I add audio codec and play it with sound, it fails to play avchd smoothly.
My 6 years old IBM T41 (1.4Ghz) manages to play avhcd with avivo, but this one doesn’t.
If CPU is little more powerful, then it might play hd video without any problem.
But, what can I expect for netbook under $400. It is endurable.
Second, the mic. is too week. I enabled the mic boost option with 100% volume.
But, when I run audio setup in live messenger, it never reaches to yellow area.
As a result, my wife often says “I can’t hear you” during video conversation.
I think microphone volume is the only problem. Acer should use a littler better mic.
In conclusion, this is very nice netbook with fancy feature with reasonable price.
But acer should improve the microphone gain.
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Extra comments on avchd play and Windows 7 RC.
After I installed Windows 7 RC with aero interface off, it plays avchd smoothly with windows media player without installing any extra codec.
All the drivers and application for Vista on acer webpage works fine with Windows 7 except video driver. But, Windows 7 downloads the video driver automatically using windows update and everything works fine.
With aero interface, OS itself gets very slow although net book manages to run it. But without aero interface, it is fast (not as fast as XP though).
