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Acer Ferrari ONE 200-313G32n - Construction & Design

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 07:39 Laptopfreak

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Construction & Design

The first impression

For a while now, Acer has sponsored the Scuderia race and have in return been allowed to use Ferrari’s famous logo on some of their fastest products.
The time has come to get such a product in the netbook segment, and we are lucky enough to review it. With the name and logo come of course the standard Ferrari colours, which is why the lid is red as can be, a colour that is also featured in other places on the device, for example by the power button.

The materials are up to Acer’s normal standards and quite sleek. The device itself is sort of rounded and soft, which fits the design of Ferrari’s cars quite well. The keyboard and touchpad work really well together and seem to be of high quality. Acer sometimes have a habit of placing their touchpads in odd places, but in this case the location is perfect.

The device has ports located towards the back, which means wires and such will not get in the way. The DC-in jack is an exception though, which can make it hard to use things like the Kensington lock slot. The diodes are also quite stylish, and all in all it is an interesting product because the design process was clearly very thorough.

The display gets a decent resolution and the size is alright – you certainly will not complain about the size if you are the type who travels a lot. The audial aspect is not the best as is almost always the case with netbooks, but the product still makes a very good overall impression.

The touchpad has multitouch functions that do not work too well in my opinion, but if you just use one finger the touchpad works like a charm.

It is hard to open up the computer with one hand, but on the plus side the hinges are quite strong. The battery is located at the bottom, integrated below the display so it does not get in the way.

The lid

The lid is clad in red on the exterior, and Acer’s logo is in the corner as usual. This time the Ferrari logo is right in the middle, and that of course looks very cool. The lid is black on the interior and tends to attract fingerprints and smudges.

The hinges are very strong and tight, so much that I am sure they will hold up the lid without it shaking. That is quite practical when you travel a lot with the device.

The front

At the front are the diodes, and besides those are two switches for Bluetooth and WiFi.

The rear

The display slides down at the back when opened, so there is little of interest here.

The bottom

Not much at the bottom either. There are lids for various hardware components, and the serial number of the OS. Not something you need every day.