My company supplies me a HP 8510W, which can’t really be called a laptop, it’s more closer to vacuum cleaner set on blow (yes the fan on the side is that bad, but it does keep my coffee hot!) – & just as portable / useful when on battery, and when plugged into the wall I’m sure the lights dim (…ok just slightly).
and guess what.. I travel a lot, so I decided I needed a netbook (It needed to be cheap because I was paying for it) but actually useful not some low power consumption 1.6Ghz ATOM (or worse) and that you didn’t need to be an Olympic weight lifter to lug around (i’m a Geek after all), and it could actually last on the road at least for a reasonable part of the day, as well as in the office with a large HD LCD screen on high res. (most netbooks the graphics card lets them down in this area)
The Acer Ferrari One meets those needs and then some – I’m really happy with it!
Video / Graphics meets the requirements (and yes it can actually run BF2, at least well enough for when you need to frag something sitting in a hotel room), I installed Win7 Ultimate x64 and it hasn’t missed a beat – in the office I typically have Outlook 2007, Word / Excel and probably 6 or 7 browser sessions open plus Office Communicator, TweetDeck and VISIO or Groove and I can still do full video conferencing without any performance hit.
Out of the office it’s typically lasting me a solid 4 plus hours before I start to have to watch the power meter (it waits until it gets to 10% before starting the warning prompts).
Only thing I’m not impressed with is the colour (Ferrari RED) – hate it! why can’t this spec come in other colours? – however to be fair my wife and daughters love the Red (also another reason I wish it came in another colour)..
For 9 USD it was a no brainer, and since I bought mine 3 others in the office have too.
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Brand : Acer
Model : FO200-1799
Product Descriptions
Acer Ferrari One FO200-1799 Netbook comes with these specs: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processor L310, Windows 7 Home Premium, 11.6″ HD Widescreen Acer CrystalBrite™ LED-backlit Display, AMD M780G Chipset, 4096MB DDR2 667MHz Memory, ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Graphics, 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Integrated Webcam, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, Dolby Home Theater Audio Enhancement, Acer InviLink™ 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, 3 – USB 2.0 Ports, Multi-gesture Touchpad, 6-cell Li-ion Battery (5600 mAh), up to 5-hours of battery life, 3.31 lbs. | 1.5 kg (system unit only), AC Power Adapter, AC Power Cord, Wireless Setup Card, Registration/ Limited Warranty Card, McAfee Internet Security Suite (60-day insert)
- 1.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor L310
- 4096MB DDR2 667MHz Memory
- 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi Certified
- 11.6″ HD Widescreen Acer CrystalBrite LED-backlit Display, ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
- Windows 7 Home Premium, Up to 5 Hours of Battery Life
Product Reviews
My company supplies me a HP 8510W, which can’t really be called a laptop, it’s more closer to vacuum cleaner set on blow (yes the fan on the side is that bad, but it does keep my coffee hot!) – & just as portable / useful when on battery, and when plugged into the wall I’m sure the lights dim (…ok just slightly).
and guess what.. I travel a lot, so I decided I needed a netbook (It needed to be cheap because I was paying for it) but actually useful not some low power consumption 1.6Ghz ATOM (or worse) and that you didn’t need to be an Olympic weight lifter to lug around (i’m a Geek after all), and it could actually last on the road at least for a reasonable part of the day, as well as in the office with a large HD LCD screen on high res. (most netbooks the graphics card lets them down in this area)
The Acer Ferrari One meets those needs and then some – I’m really happy with it!
Video / Graphics meets the requirements (and yes it can actually run BF2, at least well enough for when you need to frag something sitting in a hotel room), I installed Win7 Ultimate x64 and it hasn’t missed a beat – in the office I typically have Outlook 2007, Word / Excel and probably 6 or 7 browser sessions open plus Office Communicator, TweetDeck and VISIO or Groove and I can still do full video conferencing without any performance hit.
Out of the office it’s typically lasting me a solid 4 plus hours before I start to have to watch the power meter (it waits until it gets to 10% before starting the warning prompts).
Only thing I’m not impressed with is the colour (Ferrari RED) – hate it! why can’t this spec come in other colours? – however to be fair my wife and daughters love the Red (also another reason I wish it came in another colour)..
For 9 USD it was a no brainer, and since I bought mine 3 others in the office have too.
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Post time : Jul 30, 2010 10:23:13
Recommend : Best Buy Toy
Tags: 116Inch, Battery, COMPUTER, Ferrari, FO2001799, Galaxy, Netbook, WINDOWS
Lawrence Montgomery