0.1-inch LED-backlit CrystalBrite screen (1280 x 720 resolution), ATI Radeon HD 6250 graphics
Microsoft Windows 7 Starter operating system
Description
Acer AO522-BZ465 comes with these high level Specs. AMD C-Series Processor C-50, Windows 7 Starter, 10.1-Inch HD WXGA LED-backlit Display, AMD A50M Fusion Chipset, ATI Radeon HD 6250 Graphics, 1024MB DDR3 Memory, 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, Built-In 0.3MP Webcam, 3 - USB 2.0 Ports, HDMI, 6-cell Li-ion Battery (4400 mAh), Up to 6-hours Battery Life, Microsoft Office Starter 2010, 2.87 lbs. | 1.3 kg (system unit only), Complete your PC. Buy full-featured Microsoft Office 2010.
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Good for the money Jun 27, 2011
By Justin K. Fritts So I bought this little netbook knowing what to expect, as a previous owner of a Dell Mini 9 and as a current owner of a MacBook Pro I was looking for something cheap with good battery life and not terribly powerful.
The Good: The battery life really did have about 5-6 hours while web browsing and working offline HDMI Out is great, put it out to the 50" tv without a problem, even the audio feeds through Pretty quick for the little tasks The 93% keyboard seems much bigger than most netbooks I've tried out in the past The dedicated video card, you won't find many netbooks that have this Higher definition screen, also something you won't see on many netbooks, most are 600 pixels high, this one is 768, quite a difference
The Bad: The 93% keyboard while still bigger than most is still a little cramped for me, but I'm a big guy The 1GHz processor lags a little at times Even with the 1GHz dual core and the video card Netflix and Hulu had their issues. I tried streaming both through HDMI and there was quite a bit of stuttering, more so on Netflix than Hulu, this can be blamed on Netflix and MS Silverlight more than anything because it lacks hardware decoding, hopefully Silverlight 5 will solve this problem soon Windows 7 Starter, really! The multitouch while nice doesn't perform great, especially when compared to the MacBook, two finger scroll kinda works but mine always skipped down the page a lot the first time you scroll with the two fingers. Also, the touch area of the touchpad was not 100%, having corner tap functionality and vertical and horizontal scroll bands only works well when you can actually tap the corners and sides. The surrounding 1/8-1/4" of my touchpad was not sensitive pretty much all the way around. Made it very difficult to use the added touchpad functionality.
Overall: I was pretty impressed with the little beast however in the end I returned it and went with the Acer Aspire One AO722. The added 1.2" screen size means that the keyboard is bigger and it came with better specs. More RAM, bigger HD, better Windows version (Home Basic) and a better touchpad for the same price. It still has some of the same issues with processor lag and Netflix but overall its great for on the move and around the house general computing. AO522 is great if you are okay with the smaller keyboard and maybe you'll have better luck with your touchpad but really for the money, if you don't need the 10" screen just get the AO722.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Good for Traveling Jul 18, 2011
By Matthew Rice Pros: -ADM C-50 ACU is surprisingly fast. -Multi-Touch Pad -HDMI Output -3 USB ports -6 cell battery (lasts about 7.5 hours of moderate use) -Extra Large Keys on Keyboard -Thin
Cons: -Windows 7 STARTER (I had to upgrade to premium. Just to give you a picture of how limited it is: You cant even change the desktop background) This was probably the biggest con. -Only 1 gig of ram (I upgraded to 2gb for $20) -No Bluetooth -Only one speaker
Summary: I would recommend this Netbook for anyone who does a lot of traveling (as it is very light and thin). Obviously you aren't going to be able to do serious gaming or video editing on this machine but for web surfing or typing a document, this Netbook is an affordable solution.
Really slow Feb 06, 2012
By Pitersky Bought about 9 months ago as a portable laptop for vacation traveling. It is indeed very slow and freezes up all the time even with simple operations like navigating through folders or opening simple websites. I removed all the bloatware, installed 2Gb of memory, no luck. Still slow and you need patience to work with it. Good side is amazing battery life, works for a few hours with a full charge. Wonder if it is a hardware problem or Windows 7 Starter. I have nothing to lose, so may eventually try a different OS, maybe Linux - based. I only wish I paid more and bought a decent laptop.
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based on 3 reviews
Good for the money Jun 27, 2011
By Justin K. Fritts
Really slow Feb 06, 2012
By Pitersky
