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Acer Ferrari ONE 200-313G32n - Construction & Design continued

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 07:39 Laptopfreak

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The right side

The left side

Overview

It has the I/Os you need, but not much more. One might have wished for an HDMI output, but otherwise it has the standards and plenty of them.

The only otherwise unique I/O is the docking port so you can connect your netbook to your office setup.

Diodes

The diodes are at the top left and right, as well as in the front. They shine with three different colours: red, blue and white. I personally think they could have toned that down a bit to conform more to the overall design. The diodes indicate the status of the standards like Bluetooth, WiFi and capslock.

They shine quite brightly – some may prefer this, although I find they draw too much attention.

Keyboard and touchpad

I am well impressed with the keyboard. It is incredibly nice to type with and the keys are large compared to how small the device is. It does not flex or bend, meaning it is kept in place by a relatively hard shell. There are plenty of secondary functions that you use via the FN key – there is even a Ferrari button whose function I will not reveal, as it is something you just have to try.

The touchpad is not very large and the multitouch functions they advertise are there work, but there is so little space that it is hard to make good use of them. It mostly seems like they added multitouch just for the sake of it. At least it works well enough with just one finger. The buttons are alright as well, but integrated into a single bar which is something I hope they will soon stop doing. It works just better if you split it up. The words ’Ferrari One’ are handsomely printed on the button.

Display

The display is an 11.6 incher and can run a resolution of 1368 x 768 pixels, which is very nice for surfing the web. It is glossy but certainly does not suffer as much from glare as others I have reviewed. I actually think the display is very nice for a netbook – they have really made and effort here and it is something you will appreciate in the long run.

It is a TFT display with LED backlighting, so the contrast and lighting are both very good.

We have started testing displays for dead pixels and faults in the backlighting. For that we use a program called MonitorTest. It works by for example blackening the entire display, which will expose the ones who do not change colour as dead pixels. It will also allow you to see if the backlighting is uneven.

Luckily there are no problems with this display.

Sound and speakers
The netbook delivers decent enough sound, though it can hardly be described as vibrant. You will probably not be able to listen to your favourite music all day without going completely bonkers, but you can live with various sounds from the internet and conversations over Skype.
It is far from the worst netbook sound I have been exposed to, it just does not have very much life to it so I would say the device’s strengths are definitely elsewhere.

Noise, heat and power consumption

The computer is very silent, practically impossible to hear even at full performance. You can only appreciate that.
It also remains very cool, and I can imagine you would be alright with it on your lap during a train ride or such. It is not very nice to sit with a computer that almost burns your fingers.

It should hopefully be able to last for 3-4 hours of active use for travellers to get the most out of it. We are looking forward to seeing how it does in the battery test.