Comments on: Acer Aspire One 751 review AO751h – 11.6 inch Netbook

By: Megan "Best Netbook 2009"

Megan "Best Netbook 2009" — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:50:09 +0000

Acer Aspire One Netbook
I am really please with the purchace of my Acer Netbook. It arrived securely packages within one of orderig it. It is a very easy to set up and operate piece of equipment.

By: Paul Badger

Paul Badger — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:05:23 +0000

Hi Marios and David Heupel

Thank you for your comments, and I do apologise for the delay in getting back to you.

As I pointed out in the blog post, the video reviews aren’t actually by me, but I’m embedding them from youtube – they’re by Randy in the USA and can be found here -

http://www.youtube.com/user/randysrandomreviews

The only Acer netbook I own is the earlier 8.9 inch model running Windows XP Home, so that’s the only one I have any experience of. But I’m always curious about new Acer netbook technology, so I thought it would be helpful to everyone to embed Randy’s reviews.

So, as for your questions about the Vista Experience Index, and the 11.6 inch screen and battery life – best to follow the link above to Randy’s youtube page, and I’m sure he’ll be good enough to advise you.

As for my own 8.9 inch screen – to be honest, it’s practical only for short doses. I think netbooks are a great tool, but really only suitable for people on the road who want something smaller than a laptop to sling into a bag, and check their emails and do a bit of web surfing from a hotel room or an internet cafe or whereever.

You can live with a small screen in short bursts like that – but there’s no way I would want to spend hours and hours on this thing doing serious work. The screen is too small and cramped.

Now I know Randy’s model is the 11.6 inch screen size, so only he will know for sure, but I don’t know if that extra 2.7 inches of screen estate will make all that difference. Got to be more comfortable than my 8.9 inch model, yes – but maybe still only suitable for short bursts….? I don’t know.

As for battery life, I think the new model comes with a 6-cell battery – I’m guessing that will work out about 2.5 – 3 hours on Linux, but I stress this is just a guess and I have no proof of that at all.

I apologise again for the delay in getting back to you, and I’m sorry I could not be of more help with your questions. I’m sure Randy will be able to shed more light on the matter, and do let me know what you eventually decide on buying!

Best wishes.

By: marios

marios — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:00:12 +0000

marios from greece
I’m looking for a netbook on which I can install linux (ubuntu) and use it for programming. so my questions are:first. is it’s screen big enough so not to tire my eyes? and second. how many hours do you estimate tha its battery will last running linux.thanks in advance

By: David Heupel

David Heupel — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:14:21 +0000

Hi, Paul. Thanks for the nice video reviews of the latest Acer netbook. Can you tell me what the Vista “Experience Index” is on this machine? Keep up the great work!

By: Paul Badger

Paul Badger — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:19:46 +0000

Hi Valarie,
Thanks for your comment. In my opinion, a netbook is really aimed at people like businessmen on the move who want to access email and look up data on websites – it’s not really a multimedia device. A netbook won’t be able to cope with demanding games, and things like youtube videos can be a little choppy on playback. Remember too you’d need to hook up an external DVD drive to load games and watch DVD movies. Sorry my reply might come across as a little negative, but as I say, I feel a netbook isn’t designed for that kind of multimedia use.

By: valarie

valarie — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:42:48 +0000

Paul
I’m thinking of getting a AO751h but my knowledge of netbooks is somewhat lacking. I’ve been trying to get up to speed. How would the AO751h be for gaming on the web and watching movies/video clips? I’ve read that the netbooks in general are not good for gaming.