Acer AO751H REVIEW (same as Acer LT3000) (Acer Aspire One 751)
With so many netbook manufactures now breaking into the 10-inch+ screen limit, Acer was no way going to left behind in the business where it actually rules. The Acer A0751H is the first Acer Aspire One to sport an Intel Atom Z520 processor that is clocked at 1.3GHz. However, the best part of this netbook is its resolution: 1366 x 768 px, which gives it an obvious edge over its competitors. So, was it able to impress us? Read the review to find out!
Design
The Acer AO751H is a very nicely designed netbook. Although one can immediately feel the size difference between 11.6-inch netbook and 10-inch netbooks.
On the left of 
AO751H, you will find two USB 2.0 ports and earphone and microphone jack.
On the right, you will find a multi-card reader (reads SD, xD and Memory Stick), Kensignton Lock and VGA out (top-right)
Display
The Acer AO751H comes with a 11.6-inch display, which packs a lot of pixels: 1366 x 768. Most of the netbooks come with just 1024 x 600 pixels screen, which is adequate for 10-inch displays, but I certainly do expect more pixels when I’m moving to a bigger display size and that is exactly what Acer AO751H offers: 1366 x 768 pixels. The screen of Acer AO751H is gorgeous to look at. Colors looks vivid and images look sharp.
However, the display is glossy and not matte, which is found in most of the EEE PCs (except the newer ones like 1008HA and 1005HA). The display is lovely to look at indoors and pretty much useless for use when outdoors.
Keyboard
Bigger size also brings the possibilities to include a bigger keyboard and Acer made full use of this opportunity. It comes with a keyboard with big keys similar to the one found in HP Mini and Mininote. The keys have excellent tactile feedback. The shift key is of full size, which is always a nice thing to know.
I am very sure that somebody who regularly types on a regular notebook will immediately feel at home when using the keyboard found in Acer AO751H.
TouchPad
The Touch pad is wider in width and shorter in height than the one found in Acer Aspire One D150. The Touch pad supports gestures too.
Bootup and Shutdown
Bootup and Shutdown times are extremely important factors for someone who is buying a netbook. The netbook should boot up fast. There is no point of having a mobile device, which boots in 2-3 minutes (yes, I’m pointing towards VAIO P). So how is the boot up time for the Acer AO751H? Unfortunately, they are not so good. Acer AO751H took nearly 55 seconds to boot up, which is quite slow!
Here is a video where Acer AO751H is restarted so that you can get the idea of how much time does it takes to shut down and how much time does it takes to boot up again.
Sorry, somehow youtube destroyed the quality of the video, but you get the point. Right?
Performance
The Acer AO751H comes equipped with a Z520 processor, which is simply slower than N270 processor in all areas. All of a sudden, my EEE 1000H and EEE 1000HE, which are no speed deamons feel a lot faster than the Acer AO751H, which comes with a slower processor.Thankfully, it comes with Windows XP Home. Had it come with Vista, it would have been a sheer disaster.
Overall, I was not impressed with the performance of this new CPU. N270/N280 are the way to go.
Battery Life
Acer AO751H comes with a 6-cell battery (5200mAh) which protudes horizonatally front behind. The Acer AO751H runs on a power-frugal Z520 Intel Atom processor, which gave us nearly 5.5 hours of battery life with WiFi with brightness just two notch above the minimum brightness. Without wifi, you may be able to stretch it to 7 hours. Of course, the usage patterns also play a major role in deciding the battery life. So your mileage may vary.
Final Verdict
The Acer AO751H is a great device if you are looking for a netbook with 11-inch screen packed with a lot of pixels. Acer AO751H offers great battery life and satisfactory performance with XP. The roomy keyboard is great for those who write a lot on-the-go.
Pros:
- 11.6-inch display
- 1366 x 768 pixel screen
- Great Keyboard
- Full right shift key
- Windows XP as bundled OS
- Multi-Touch Touchpad
- 160GB HDD (upgradable)
- 1.25kg (lighter than ASUS EEE 1000HE)
Cons:
- Slow boot up
- Slower than netbooks with N270 processor
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Please tell me that wherher the performance is so crappy that it can be a deal breaker??
and is the performance at par with lenovo ideapad s10-2(i am currently using that now)??
Lenovo S10-2 uses faster processor. The only thing to like about the 751H is its screen and keyboard.
If you plan to do some very basic stuff like non-flash browsing and you are low on cash, then you may go for it
[...] Read More By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 52 [...]
The performance is good if you throw out the installed virus checker – McAffe – it just kills the machine, hangs the browser and slows program launch to a drawl. Why has it to be like that? AVG is significantly better (and free), if you in addition install Firefox things start to swing.
The display is really beautiful, the keyboard is good for its size, the touch pad is crap as it is on 99% of all laptops, the design of the machine is quite nice and the battery capacity compared to my Dell lap-top shines.
Agree with above posts. Specifically, the screen (higher resolution and extra inch) really look great next to my Samsung NC10 10 inch netbook. The keyboard is also very nice. The trackpad is way ahead of the NC10, which is weak. However, out of the box, the 2 GB version WITH VISTA (some come w/ XP) is useless. Once McAffee(sp?) was uninstalled, it was usable. I will almost surely be installing XP however.
I’ve returned two of these 751 over the last few week, back to costco.
I like everything about these netbooks, big screen, larger keyboard, etc…
My issue was with running MS Word 2003. When I would be working on a document and paging down, it would eventually lock up the computer and freeze. This would cause me to loose my work. At first I thought this was a problem with the computer, then it happened on the second computer. I decided to try the HP mini 110.
So, I’m typing form the new HP Mini 110. So far I like this, it’s a bit smaller, maybe I’ll get used to it in a few days, but one thing that I can’t stand is the screen resulution.
I just may return this too, and wait for another 6 to 12 months to see if there is better on the market by then. I would think apple will play in the netbook market, and of course domonate.
[...] By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 56 [...]
bought this a few days back. xp keeps hanging on me. upgraded it to vista with sp2. looks more stable than the installed xp.
Try Windows 7
I bought the AO751h about a month ago. I immediately installed XP pro (from a new format). This was supposed to be an upgrade from the AO110. Screen-wise, it certainly is… but it stops there. It is horribly slow, even with all the latest Intel and Acer drivers. MUCH slower in all aspects, than the AO110. I have terrible buyer’s remorse.
Plus, the dang thing locks up tight as a drum several times per day. This is a known and wide-spread issue (just search google). Regardless of OS, the lock ups abound.
I’m now installing a 32GB SSD and 2GB in hopes of some performance boost.
On an aside, I bought the AS1410 which is exactly the same size and weight, but has an Intel Centrino in it. WOW what a difference. Anyone considering the AO751h should not think twice about it. The Acer AS1410 is light years faster…
[...] By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 60 [...]
The BIOS (3208) will NOT fix the lockup problem. I cannot recommend a machine that has such a high percentage of failures since this is not an isolated problem related to one configuration. It does not matter what OS you have loaded and none of the driver updates seem to do anything more than delay the lock ups for a little while. This is sad for such nice features.
[...] This netbook bag from ultimate-addons features a very nicely padded compartment to hold your netbook securely in [...] By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 62 [...]
i bought this netbook in regard to my constant need of my labtop in college classes. i have a notebook but its big, its bulky, and i find it to be so slow on the boot up. when i first got this new netbook i thought i was being scamed for the price i paid (250) but later on after i striptd this little comp of its lesser appendages called addware. i found that upgrading the ram makes all the difference. i installed windows 7 when i got the chance, not even needing to deal with vista and i have not found a single problem with this little machine. it has been a big relief from my bigger labtop, which i gave to my big brother to use at work, and so far i havent had a single problem. though i find that streaming videos is a BITCH no matter what OP u use, that honestly is the only problem i see that could truly hurt its score, i have no problem with the small touch pad and i find the slow speed not to troubling but i do plan to upgrade to the Z550 when it hits the shelf. all in all i find this little machine to be a best buy and i recamend it to anyone who knows how to reinstall an OP and knows anything about slightly tweeking a fe settings to get the performanc just right.
i hope this review helps anyone out there looking for a new toy.
bottom line though, DO NOT buy this netbook if u do not have any clue on what u are doing when i comes to configuring BIOS or stripping OP’s from its original settings.
I got this laptop in the 2gb RAM/250gb HDD version running vista and once you give McAfee the boot (I switched over to Eset) it performs beautifully. I haven’t had a single lock up yet and I will probably upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out. I primarily use Office 2007 and dev c++ on it. The few attempts I have tried with movies are Netflix (watchable but a few hiccups), iTunes/m4v video (virtually unwatchable) and Windows Media Player/avi video (no problems noticed). Load time for programs can be a little slow but not that bad considering. I recommend this netbook especially once McAfee is dumped.
Hi
Just getting this piece from my bro in texas(I live in Mumbai)
Have the following specs-
Z520 (1.2GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 490MHz FSB)
Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1
2048MB DDR2 SDRAM Single Channel Memory
250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
any recommendations on how to make it perform better-
Can i replace the vista with XP,
[...] This netbook bag from ultimate-addons features a very nicely padded compartment to hold your netbook securely in [...] By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 65 [...]
[...] This netbook bag from ultimate-addons features a very nicely padded compartment to hold your netbook securely in [...] By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 66 [...]
[...] This netbook bag from ultimate-addons features a very nicely padded compartment to hold your netbook securely in [...] By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 67 [...]
[...] This netbook bag from ultimate-addons features a very nicely padded compartment to hold your netbook securely in [...] By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 68 [...]
PLEASE READ before judging this netbook!!!
Processor speed is not important – this netbook has HARDWARE acceleration… needs a few software tweaks to be on par with most laptops.
Download DirectShow Filter Manager – remove anything that says divx that isn’t made by divx. Then install latest divx codec and directshow filters. That will allow 60fps 720P playback of nearly everything.
Download and install Adobe Flash Player 10.1 – it’s brand new and in beta at the time of this posting, but it is the first hardware accelerated flash player on the planet. Playback HD flash video flawlessly.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 uses accelerated OpenGL of this netbook. It Rocks!
Use CCleaner to strip away all the useless krap on this pc, and yes – Vista is fantastic on this compared to XP
Newegg special is $299 for this Netbook
fibrewire….
can you help more with your DirectShow Filter Manager suggestion???
I downloaded it…ran it…and a crap load of Filters come up…I don’t see anything with DIVX??? What are you recommending? Can you please be more specific?
thanks much.
[...] Alright, so we have completed doing various tests on the EEE 1008HA and we have developed a both love and hate relationship with this slim netbook from ASUS. By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 72 [...]
i’m a month old A0751h-1948 user,. which is XP,1GB,160HDD,.. McAfee is surely memory hunger, or processor,.. either, sacrificing the performance, i think avira should relief the prob,. others believe that Symantec cut down the time needed for complete windows startup compared to McAfee,.2 GB is Indeed,.but higher speed ram such as ddr2 667/800 are supported? and it’s a single channel,. i’v used CPUz to harvest the spec. but the info shows nul for the ram type(ddr2?speed?channel?) anything,..?
[...] Alright, so we have completed doing various tests on the EEE 1008HA and we have developed a both love and hate relationship with this slim netbook from ASUS. By Kamal DS on May 28, 2009 | Comments 74 [...]
I bought Acer A0751H w/Vista basic, 2GB Ram and 250HD.
Installed Windows 7 enterprise trial version and Office 2010 Beta: the A0751H shows excelent speed and perfomance for my office use.
Thinking to buy W7 home premium after w7 enterprise trial version expires.
Just the multitouch pad is not working properly but I imagine I need to find an update for the driver
Nice netbook, but I bought it for Linux and its a BASTARD USELESS BASTARD BASTARD for Linux. Black screen, blinking bastardry and crashes 60% of every boot. Wireless doesn’t work. Cursor jumps all over the screen while you’re typing, so one seconds you’re down the bottom, next thing you know you’re adding letters to a random sentence. IT SUCKS.
Why can’t shit just install?!
Brad – Try Jolicloud Linux OS. That would work flawlessly on your netbook