Not to be mistaken with the Vmedia-equipped Aspire One 571, Acer’s Aspire One 751h has just been handled over at GadgetMix. The machine, which rocks a pretty unorthodox setup for a netbook, was said to sport one of the best displays ever put on a netbook, but that lethargic Atom Z520 CPU made the standard fare N270 feel like a real speed demon. Of course, such a sleepy processor allowed for nearly 5.5 hours of real-world battery life, and the multi-touch trackpad definitely sweetened the deal. Have a look past the break for a bootup video, and tap the read link for the full rundown of pics and impressions. Read more

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It’s getting harder all the time to tell exactly where notebooks leave off and netbooks take up with the latter getting bigger all the time. Acer has announced their two newest model “netbooks” that leave the world of tiny screens behind and step up to a minimum of 10.1 inches.

The smaller of the two new models from Acer is the Aspire One AOD250-1042 with the 10.1-inch screen running at the typical netbook resolution of 1024×600. It’s powered by the powerful Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz) with 1 GB of DDR2 RAM. It’s obvious that Acer is upping the game with the rest of the components, which include a 160 GB HDD (5,400 RPM), 3 USB ports, web cam and a multiformat card reader integrated into the device. It weighs in at 2.44 pounds.

The “big boy” model is the Aspire One Ao751h-1192, with the 11.6-inch screen that pushes the resolution up to 1464×768. Interestingly, Acer went with the less powerful Atom Z520 (1.22 GHz) with the slower, front-side bus. This unit weighs a respectable 2.75 pounds.

Both of the new Aspire One “netbooks” are available now with a MSRP of $298 and $379.99 for the smaller and larger unit, respectively.

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