Review: AO751h-1545 Acer Aspire, Amazing computer value

Overall Rating3.53.53.53.53.5

Amazing computer value

Being a technologist, my career allows me to evaluate lots of computers and Netbooks. Nearly all offerings lacked quality, speed and features and were just big PDAs. Others were so expensive that they were just thin Notebook computers.

Aspire One recently released an 11.1″ screen version (big by Netbook standards) and Z520 Atom processor (fast for a Netbook). With Windows-XP the performance is fantastic. I am able to smoothly watch DivX and Xvid encoded videos. With the larger battery, I get 6 hours of usage at maximum screen brightness (it is extremely bright) and 10 hours at lowest brightness.

This Netbook is available in four colors and I choose Black (Acer Aspire One AO751h-1545) to hide fingerprints (the Netbook’s only negative). I searched every source and the best price is through Amazon ($[...] delivered) via J&R Music and Computer World.

If you want to make this computer run faster, follow these steps: uninstall Mcafee trial and install the free “Avast Antivirus” and the free “Spybot Search & Destroy”. Uninstall Microsoft Office Trial and install the free “OpenOffice”. Uninstall the DVD software (there is no drive to support it). If you need a CD drive, consider the highly rated “USB 2.0 External CD DVD RW Burner Drive” by sunvalleytek (under $[...]).

Even at 11.1″, the screen can be hard on older eyes. Increase the font size to large (Display properties - Appearance) and default icon size (System - Advanced tab - Performance - Settings) to make things easier to see.

Cold boot time is under two minutes and it resumes from standby in under 3 seconds. I am so happy with this computer, and it is so inexpensive, that I have bought several and plan to buy more. Especially since Microsoft may discontinue Windows-XP soon, and you really want XP over Vista or Windows-7 to preserve Netbook performance.

Happy computing.

Update (9/5/2010): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.

The featured review for this product, Acer Aspire One AO751h-1545 11.6-Inch Black Netbook - 8 Hour Battery Life Personal Computers, was written by DC.

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Reviews (2)

DC

December 30th, 2009 at 6:25 pm    


Overall Rating55555

Amazing computer value
Rated 5 stars.


Mona L. Strean

February 7th, 2010 at 2:18 am    


Overall Rating22222

Slow!
The size of the Acer Aspire One is nice for portability. The keyboard is easy to work and the screen is reasonable to read, I just wish it would go faster. This machine is seriously slow! I can go faster on my 13-year old desktop. It probably has something to do with all the unwanted junk that’s loaded onto it before you get it. However, if you’re like me, you’re not an engineer or tech-head, you just want to use a computer out-of-the-box, and you don’t want to analyze it or spend a gazillion hours trying to figure out how to make it go faster, then this machine is not for you.


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