Acer Aspire One 751h is another excellent netbook from the Taiwan-based company. Offering a display with high resolution, long battery life, spacious and well-designed keyboard, satisfactory portability, and most importantly a small price tag makes Acer Aspire One 751h and eye-catching netbook. It may not be a good machine for the high-end users, but for those who are looking for a netbook which is capable of doing all the basic tasks like word processing, web browsing, checking e-mail and other stuffs and costs less than $400, this is a more-than-attractive package. Let us now see what are the features Acer Aspire One 751h is offering:
Display
It features 11.6-inch widescreen display with a resolution of 1366×768. No doubt, the resolution is pretty much impressive compared to other 12-inch machines and the netbooks coming under $400. So, users will feel comfortable working on the laptop for a long period.
Processor
Acer Aspire One 751h is powered by Intel Atom Z520 CPU at 1.2GHz processor. In no way, the processor could be said to be GREAT, but given the price tag and other features, I am sure you would not mind comprising with a little slow processor. To be honest, you may not be disappointed with the speed of the netbook as long as you are not going to run high-end software or work on many things at the same time.
Memory and Storage
The netbook decks out 1GB of RAM which is upgradeable up to 2GB. For better performance, you should consider the memory to 2GB. When it comes to storage capacity, 160GB that runs at 5400RPM seems pretty much satisfactory. From storage point of view, I think, you should not have any reason to be complain about the netbook.
Graphics
Graphics is perhaps one of the few cons of Acer Aspire One 751h. It comes preloaded with Intel GMA 500 GPU. You can understand that with this graphics you can not expect to run high-definition video and games. However, the netbook runs typical youtube videos and general games pretty well without making you feel you are using an underpower graphics. So, the bottom line is that this is not a great machine for those who can not live without watching high-definition videos, but as long as your expectation is to run general videos, Acer Aspire One 751h is quite good.
Keyboard
Keyboard is one of the best features of the Acer Aspire One 751h. It offers a standard QWERTY keyboard with sheer amount of space to make you feel comfortable even after typing for a long time. The most attractive thing about the keyboard is that the shift and backspace keys are pretty much big, and thus, making it similar to a desktop keyboard. Normally, I type a lot, and having used a Fujitsu netbook with very small shift key recently, I could understand how difficult it would be to type for a long time with a keyboard featuring very small shift key. Moreover, the keys are also very comfortable for typing.
Mouse Trackpad
The mouse trackpad is not great at all, even though it features enough space. It can also recognize multitouch gesture. However, it takes longer time for registering and it takes away the advantage of the multitouch feature. There is no problem when it comes to scrolling and sliding, but the only mouse button is problematic. Functionality of both right and left clicks is given in the same mouse button, but the problem is that the placement of the button is not comfortable and it takes longer time.
Another advantageous feature of the netbook as it features an attractive 8-hour of back up thanks to its 6-cell battery. One charge at night would allow users to work on Acer Aspire One 751h throughout the day without having to plug it in.
Portability
Portability is another strong point of the netbook. Even though most of the features are pretty much standard for netbook, you do not have to comprise with its weight and form factor. First of all, it is a very slim and its weight is pretty much comfortable to carry. So, you can consider the netbook to carry while you are traveling.
Networking
It offers 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and 10/100 ethernet. So, you do not need to worry about the networking part of the netbook.
Ports and Webcam
Acer Aspire One 751h offers three USB 2.0 ports, VGA-out and a memory card reader as well as headphone and microphone jacks. A built-in webcam is also available with it.
Operating System and Security
The netbook runs on Windows XP, but I do not know if Acer offers a free-update to Windows 7 for this netbook. Eve if it does not, you should not have any problem using Windows XP, which is much better than Windows Vista.
For security, it comes pre-loaded with McAfee Internet Security. There is no doubt, this software would make the machine significantly slower and you would feel you are pushing a car that has run out of oil or gas. So, the best thing for you is to delete McAfee and install any other reliable antivirus software like Avast. You should also delete Acer Game Zone, another software that the netbook features.
Design
You might think that a netbook worth $400 may not look good. However, the fact is that it features a stylish design with glossy exterior coating that makes it comparable with many other high-end, costly laptops.
Price
This is perhaps the strongest point of Acer Aspire One 751h netbook. It is now available for around $399 (though some say it is avaialbel as low as $379). PC World claims it starts at $400. Well, we can assume that it goes on sale for a price tag of around $400. There is no doubt, you would not find many netbooks offering the aforementioned features in this price range.
Overall, Acer Aspire One 751h is not for the high-end users who would like to execute complex tasks using high-end software. However, this could be a perfect buy for those who are looking for a portable netbook capable of doing basic computing throughout the whole day when they are traveling and is available for a price tag around $400.
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