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Acer Ferrari One - 11.6in Netbook video review

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Whichever way you look at it, as a netbook or as an ultra-portable, this is an impressive and enticing proposition. For the price the Acer Ferrari One offers excellent performance - including smooth 1080p video playback - while the balance of features, portability and usability is just right. But it does have weaknesses, namely the lack of HDMI, its innate Ferrari-ness and its okay but not outstanding battery life. It would be foolish to dismiss this machine for these problems alone, but they do just preclude it from an award. Read full review

Overall

8/10

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By Andy Vandervell
Reviewed 02 October 2009
Updated 26 May 2011

Price as reviewed

£399.00

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    • 6: Battery Performance
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  • 02 October 2009
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Acer Ferrari One - 11.6in Netbook details

Performance
9/10
Value
9/10
Features
8/10
Design
8/10
Battery Life
7/10
Overall
8/10

Price as reviewed

£399.00

Manufacturer

Acer

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10:58 AM on 2 October, 2009

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Better than the Air then :P.


C'mon, someone was going to say it ;).

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4:14 PM on 2 October, 2009

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Looks great, I would definitely consider it except for one thing - no HDMI! I appreciate that you can still output video through VGA, but then I'd need to output audio separately too. The ability to decode 1080p video is nice, but to me fairly pointless without HDMI.

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Andy0d2

8:15 PM on 2 October, 2009

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Can't buy that due to the ferrari logo on the back - like wearing a ferrari baseball cap.

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9:34 PM on 2 October, 2009

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the fact it goes "vroooom!" on startup eliminates the HDMI negative in my books.

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11:32 PM on 3 October, 2009

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The noisy fans is very disappointing. I can live without HDMI but don't like noisy computers. This is my type of netbook/ultra portable, a dual core with dedicated graphics.





They should just make the lid silver. I remember an Acer Ferrari with a silver lid??

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NigelCraig

6:42 PM on 19 November, 2009

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I must correct the video, it does not have a noisy fan. It is very quiet. Great little netbook. Had it one week so far and can't find any fault in any way.

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10:23 PM on 13 December, 2009

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I bought one a couple of months ago - it was silent for 3 weeks then developed a noisy fan, something between a rattle and a buzz. This is very disappointing from an otherwise powerful and handy machine. Sadly speedfan and other monitors do not work on this model so I can't adjust the fan - it makes lots of fan noise at temperatures as low as 30 degrees C, temps that shouldn't need a fan to be on at all.

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5:30 AM on 18 January, 2010

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Would be nice to see a performance review where it was pitted against the Acer Ferrari one netbook.


Acer ferrari one vs the Eee pc 1201n.. While looking for reviews of both these netbooks iv seen a few requests by budding netbook owners requesting the same thing.

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Would be nice to see a performance review where it was pitted against the Eee pc 1201n. netbook.


Acer ferrari one vs the Eee pc 1201n... best video performance, best gaming performance fastest cpu etc.

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2:36 PM on 23 January, 2010

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I bought one of these laptps yesterday. I've used it a good few hours and so far I cannot say that it has loud fan noise at all and it does not generate large amounts of heat. It is at the most a quiet whirr. This smashing little machine packs some degree of gaming capability, effective video and HD playback and the very fast multasking of a much more expensive ultraportable for £400. Add to that the bonus of a rock solid build quality and great keyboard and crystal clear display on pictures & font. The battery life is just as good as most ultraportables and regular netbooks at 4-5 hours, just as good as my Samsung NC10 which has much lower powered hardware. It is wrong to compare the battery life with the Timeline series, it needs to be compared alongside other regular netbooks and ultraportables.





Yes, the design and colour scheme is like Marmite, you either love it or hate it but it is sure distinctive in a world of homogenous if sleek machines. I disagree having the Ferrari logo makes one appear a wannabee who can't afford the car. So what? One can admire Ferrari branding and perhaps even be a F1 fan. This lovely little cross somwehere between an ultraportable and premium netbook has the performance to go with the branding image. If you like he design but don't want to pay silly prices you cannot go wrong.





Apart from that, the review is very accurate and a pretty fair score, except I'd give it 9/10 at its pricing point.

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