Laptops are slowly ceasing to be mobile devices in the full sense of the term. In their assortment, models that are so powerful and unsuitable for long trips already exist that the language cannot be called mobile. And this is not to mention heavy-duty gaming solutions. Therefore, a person who needs a truly mobile device has to choose from two options: a netbook or a tablet. Yes, netbooks are still alive. Even despite the dominance of tablets in the modern world. And today we will talk about the Acer D270 - a budget-level netbook.
What is a netbook?
A netbook is such a "stripped down" analogue of a laptop. As a rule, it is equipped with a much smaller screen and a greatly reduced power filling. So it should be, because a netbook is a device designed to work for a long time without connecting to a power source. All other characteristics are not so important. The main thing is mobility. And the compact size of this gadget will allow you to take it on any trip. The first netbooks had all the characteristics of their older brothers. But then the design was finalized and there was not much left of the functions of a full-fledged laptop.
A striking representative of devices of this class is the Acer One D270 netbook. He is the direct descendant of the D line, although sometimes it resembles the cheerful Happy series from the same company. But in the arsenal of model D there is only one laptop with a cheerful coloring. The rest are made in a simple style. And this is good. After all, not everyone is pleased to walk with a netbook painted with all the colors of the rainbow. Yes, and the netbook is intended for work, not for entertainment. Therefore, the "color" must be appropriate. Now we will pass directly to our "ward" - Acer D270.
Design and appearance
A little has already been said about the design of the model, but we will go further and analyze the design and appearance of the new product in more detail. It looks like a netbook looks good. Solid body, rounded edges. Plastic is very high quality and pleasant to the touch. Opening the netbook, we will see a matte screen with matte frames. It will be a pleasure to work with him on the street, since there will be no glare. The case itself is relatively thin. And the weight of the device is not very annoying. Still, this is a netbook, not a full-fledged laptop.
The keyboard deserves special mention. Due to the lack of free space, it is not possible to place a full keyboard here. But even that which is has been trimmed by a little. Strictly speaking, only the arrow buttons are trimmed. The remaining keys have a standard size. That's just the move they have is minimal. With long work, you can feel some discomfort. But this is a netbook. It may not be all perfect. Under the keyboard is a touchpad that supports multi-touch and all the necessary attributes. Notebook Acer Aspire One D270 has not the worst controls.
Screen
The netbook is equipped with a ten-inch screen with a TN-matrix. You should not expect miracles from such a display. He copes with the display of information - and thanks for that. Viewing angles are frankly none, so you can be calm: no one except you will see what is happening on the screen. However, the display has a decent resolution for a netbook, which has a positive effect on a very long work with the gadget. In general, the Acer D270 as a whole can be proud of its screen.
Another distinguishing feature of the display of this netbook is the pixel density per inch. It is large enough and is more suitable for much larger screens. For a netbook, this is undoubtedly an advantage, as the image quality improves. But the color rendition is quite standard. In some cases, there is not enough contrast, so the black areas of the image do not look completely black. Well, okay. Anyway, the best screen is with the Acer Aspire One D270. Its matrix perfectly copes with its tasks.
CPU
This is the pride of this model. It has a dual-core Intel Atom, which uses new technologies. Although it is slightly weaker than its analogs from AMD, it has good energy efficiency. With such a processor, the Acer D270 can work for quite a long time without any charge. In addition, everyone knows that Intel has long stuck in the belt of AMD guys. And the products of the Pentium’s parents are much better and more productive than the “stones” from AMD.
The netbook processor is able to cope with almost all everyday tasks. But it is categorically not intended for games. And how to play on a netbook? Well this is completely inconvenient. Even if you connect a gamepad, you still can’t see anything on the small screen. So a powerful netbook processor is not needed. Like our Acer D270. Its characteristics show that it is a purely working device.
RAM
Here the manufacturer gave a blunder. Our ward, the Acer Aspire One D270 netbook, whose characteristics show that it is equipped with only one gigabyte of energy-efficient RAM, is unlikely to be able to compete with more famous brothers. Now we can say with confidence that the Acer D270 is definitely not designed for games. The office will also fail on it if you simultaneously launch Word and Excel. But the presence of only one low-power bar RAM has a positive effect on the resource of the laptop. He is able to work on a single charge much longer. But this is exactly what is required of a netbook. So why reinvent the wheel?
The RAM of this netbook is able to support the full operation of the operating system, provide movies, listen to music and view photos. There will also be no obstacles to work. But you can’t count on more. It just so happened that the RAM - in fact, the weakest point of the Acer Aspire One D270. And nothing can be done with this. It is even impossible to add memory to it. Alas.
Graphics adapter
The graphic component of the netbook is represented by the integrated graphic core in the Intel Atom processor. It is called Intel GMA 3600. What are its features? Yes, no, excluding the possibility of supporting codecs for HD-content. The video memory chip draws from the operational. And since there is very little “RAM” in this product, you can imagine what kind of graphics it contains. No, of course, the films will go off with a bang, but to achieve more from this graphics adapter is impossible. But it does not affect energy consumption.
Graphics netbook - not its strongest side. But the graphics chip is able to adequately represent the image. Nobody needs more from such a device. Netbook Acer Aspire One D260, its characteristics, to be more precise, immediately hint that we have a "workhorse" and not a game monster. And why does a netbook need a powerful graphics card? Anyway, playing it is extremely inconvenient.
HDD
The netbook is equipped with a regular hard drive with a capacity of 320 gigabytes. For a laptop, such a capacity is normal. But for a netbook this is already a bit much. And when you consider that the manufacturer managed to stick the slowest HDD into the netbook, it immediately becomes somehow no laughing matter. But the response speed of the hard drive for a netbook is just as important as for a full laptop. Otherwise, working with the device will be extremely inconvenient. Who is interested in observing how long the Word thinks when opening the next text file?
But what has been done is done. A slow but capacious hard drive has become an integral attribute of the Acer D270. Drivers, which would not be harmful to update, can somewhat veil this problem, but it still fails to significantly increase the physical speed of the drive. Could already install in the netbook and SSD-drive. Although, on the other hand, the price would then be completely different. And this is not good.
Network and Communication
We worked on this thoroughly. The netbook is equipped with a connector for a standard cable for connecting a local network and wired Internet. The maximum adapter speed is 100 megabits per second. This is the standard for most laptops. In addition, the novelty is equipped with a Wi-Fi combo adapter plus Broadcom bluetooth. Saving space and energy resources is evident. Ksati, bluetooth is able to catch devices only within a radius of 100 meters. Again - lower power consumption.
But the Wi-Fi transmitter is able to work with high-speed networks, which follows from the letters "A" and "C" in the description of the adapter. This is very good, because you can count on high-speed "air" Internet. In general, wireless Internet is a small deal for the Acer D270. The netbook keyboard supports hot keys for controlling the adapter. Everything is done as is customary in "large" laptops. And this cannot but rejoice.
Connectors and Interfaces
Traditionally, netbooks are not equipped with a huge number of connectors, because there is nowhere to put them. Usually, the case is limited to a pair of USB, one HDMI and one network card connector. It happened with Acer. The standard set of connectors for a netbook is not able to surprise. Even USB is second generation here. For some reason, the company decided not to pamper users and not give them a third version. Why they decided so is unknown. But one thing is clear - you can not wait for a high data transfer rate to mobile media.
In addition to all of the above jacks, there are also jacks for headphones and a microphone. How is it that manufacturers have not stuck one combo output with a joint microphone and acoustics input into the netbook? Many are doing it now. But “Acer” decided to use the classics. Honor and praise be for her. This netbook has nothing more interesting in terms of connectors.
Reviews
Since buying a netbook is a responsible matter, it will not hurt to study the opinions of the lucky owners of this Acer model. The reviews on this laptop are mostly positive. The most interesting thing is that their authors are girls. As if no man finds the strength to buy this "stump." But be that as it may, all the reviews come down to the fact that this “Acer” is doing its job with a bang, it’s not buggy, it doesn’t make noise, and generally well done. Also, all the time they mention battery life. It is, they say, very impressive.
Judging by the reviews of lovely ladies, the Acer D270 is a really worthwhile device. Not a single gadget has known such a number of positive reviews. And if we take into account that it is compact and lightweight, then there will be no price at all. This device is for those who need only work from a computer without any frills and entertainment. Those who need entertainment usually buy full-fledged laptops. If you focus on reviews, then this model is quite worthy to take pride of place in the family of netbooks.
Conclusion
Our review article was about an Acer netbook called the D270. It should be noted that in all tests the netbook proved to be worthy. Even despite the fact that it does not have powerful iron and any advanced technologies. Just a device to work. And nothing more. This device can be advised to all "hard workers".