Acer Aspire One 532H Netbook

If portability and affordability is on your mind, then the Acer Aspire One 532H Netbook is one device that you can shortlist. It is a step-up from the Acer Aspire One 531 that hit markets last year. The Intel Pine Trail processor platform is featured in this netbook. Thus you can expect a decent battery life, to last you a good number of hours away from the mains.

There’s nothing that’s breath-taking in the specifications of this netbook. Not that it is a bad device. But the features are pretty mundane, something you’d expect from a regular netbook.

The screen presents a diagonal measure of 10.1 inches and a resolution of 1024×600 pixels. Graphics is handled by the Intel GMA 3150 GPU. As aforementioned, the Pine Trail Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor is integrated within this device. A 1GB RAM stores active applications on the netbook. The Windows 7 Starter edition forms the software base.

Social networking via the internet has become very popular these days. You can access all your favourite networks, share photographs, videos and keep friends posted on all your latest life’s happenings. There is an Acer Crystal Eye webcam built into this workstation too for video calls. Emailing and instant messaging, browsing the internet for official work, catching up on the latest news and downloading videos and music can all be done as well. When at home you may use your fixed broadband connection. And when outdoors, you can either get hold of a WiFi hotspot or a mobile broadband connection for more travelling flexibility.

You’ll have to subscribe for a mobile broadband dongle, which can be plugged into any one of the 3 USB 2.0 ports housed in this netbook. If you wish to use an external monitor for viewing the content of this netbook, you can use the VGA port for linking the 2 together. A multi-in-1 card reader helps in memory expansion. You can even export or import files using the cards. Headphone and microphone jacks are present in this device as well. Bluetooth enables using wireless peripherals with the netbook, like a Bluetooth mouse.

When it comes to looks, the Acer Aspire One 532H 10″ Netbook is a charmer with its garnet red lid and black interiors. It might also be available with blue and white coloured lids. It claims to deliver a runtime life of 8 hours. The approximate price of this device is £290.