14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that Acer really is bringing out all the big guns in its quest to have netbooks at least stay at current sales levels, such as extra aesthetic elements, in addition to better performance and affordability.
By now, consumers will have already learned of the fact that the netbook market hasn't been doing particularly well ever since slates emerged.
While most systems won't suffer from the rise of the tablet, as far as sales go, netbooks have the disadvantage of aiming at more or less the same consumer base.
Granted, their average selling prices has decreased substantially, and the hardware has grown stronger, but both ARM and x86 tablets are improving as well.
All in all, the netbook market isn't doing as spectacularly as their makers expected at the start of 2010, leading to more serious measures being taken.
For the most part, stronger CPUs and the support for DDR3 have been covering the hardware side of things, while the designers have been doing their best to make sure the laptop also looked as well as possible.
That said, the Happy2 netbook (colored Papaya Milk, Strawberry Yogurt, Blueberry Shake or Banana Cream) from Acer has now surfaced, complete with the ripple effect on the lid, this being a mobile personal computer powered by the Intel Atom N570 central processing unit.
With a clock speed of 1.66 GHz, this particular processor is backed up by 1 GB of RAM (random access memory).
Meanwhile, the GMA 3150 integrated graphics handle the 10.1-inch CrystalBrite LED-backlit LCD (1,024 x 600 pixels resolution).
Other specifications include a 0.3 megapixel webcam, a HDD of 250 GB, an SD card slot, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, LAN and a battery capable of keeping everything running for up to 4 (3-cell) or 8 hours 96-cell). The prices are of $269.99 and $299.99 (depending on battery) and Windows 7 is the OS used.