Acer Aspire One Pink ZG5
Written by Mr Pink | Filed Under Pink Acer Laptops
Whether you’re a student looking to purchase a trendy pink netbook to accomplish your school/Uni assignments or a business person looking to add an elegant yet mobile pink secondary laptop to your electronic wardrobe, you’ll love the Acer Aspire One ZG5! Acer’s latest addition to the netbook market, this netbook is not only small and light but incredibly affordable as well.
Weighing just 2.2 llbs with an 8.9 inch screen boasting a resolution of 1024 X 600, this mobile laptop is just the right size for both, avoiding the inconvenience of smaller netbooks and the extra weight of the larger ones. Sized like a portable DVD player, this machine is, nevertheless, a full-fledged laptop with a Window XP OS (and a Linpus Linux version for those who find it a better OS to use), 120 GB hard drive, 1 GB RAM and the popular netbook Intel 1.6 GHz Atom processor. This pink beauty is equipped with three USB ports and two memory card slots. One of these is exclusively meant for SD and the other supports the use of SD, MMC and Memory Stick. You also have the option of choosing an integrated camera (with mic) and WiFi. What’s lacking, as you may have noticed are a DVD or CD drive and built-in Bluetooth. However, the reasonable price of $350 (at retail stores), more than makes up for these absences.
The miniature size of the One, makes it easy to lug around all day and every day without ever feeling the weight of it on your shoulders. The only disadvantage of the size being that it doesn’t make for the most comfortable working position when placed on your lap. Offsetting that is the fact that it would fit snugly on an airplane tray, a feat larger laptops would be incapable of.
The compact size of it doesn’t detract from the use of the keyboard either which felt surprisingly roomy and didn’t result in any typos. I must admit though, that I found the placement of the mouse buttons a bit annoying and hard to get used to. Instead of placing the mouse buttons at the top or the bottom of the mouse pad, they’ve been located on either side, making it especially awkward to hold and drag. The One’s screen resolution translates to bright and vibrant images that are a clear and sharp.
Acer claims that the battery will provide you with three hours of usage but that actually turned out to be a little less than three hours when I used it as I do my regular laptop. Those who believe they will need more battery life out their laptops can opt for the six hour battery that’s available.
If you’re worried about the lack of a DVD drive, then don’t let that get in the way of your decision to own this light-weight pink unit as you can easily make use of one of the USB ports to connect an external drive. No, you won’t be able to watch movies or rip CDs and DVDs while on the road but hey, you can both watch movies and listen to music online so that you don’t feel the lack of either!