As I have been looking at netbooks I thought I would look at the higher end of the market. Looking about I noticed the Acer Ferrari One Netbook and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to take a Ferrari for a spin! Also probably about as close as I will come to owning a Ferrari...

Well Acer\'s Ferrari One, even though Acer calls it a Netbook, seems to straddle between being a Netbook and an Ultra Portable. It could be considered a larger Netbook or a smaller Ultra Portable. Personally I find the extra screen real estate and the slightly larger keyboard to be very attractive from a functionality standpoint. Acer and Ferrari have teamed together to make a very well built machine. From the moment you pick it up you can feel the quality and sturdiness of the unit. Alot of thought has gone into the little things to heighten the nature of the Ferrari you hold, from the Ferrari red top with distinctive yellow badge to the wheel shaped feet it rests on.

Under the hood the Acer Ferrari One Netbook sports an AMD Dual Core L310 1.20GHz 64-bit processor, a massive 4GB RAM, an 11.6" screen with 1366x768 resolution powered by an ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics card and plenty of storage on the 500GB hard drive. It has WiFi and Ethernet for connecting to networks, a multi-card reader, an ATI HGP port for connecting to external video displays as well as the VGA port and 3 USB ports. Dolby speakers produce good sound when listening to music or watching video. The hardware definitely packs a punch when it comes to the offerings of other Netbooks but does not quite reach the offerings of some Ultra Portables. The battery will see you through about 5 hours of use which is again not as long as most Netbooks but longer than most Ultra Portables. So it seems Acer has gone for the middle ground with the Ferrari One Notebook, err I mean Netbook, and with great results.

Running all this hardware is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. This of course comes with all the usual extra\'s of Windows 7 and Acer has added it\'s own suite of applications for the Ferrari One. There are also trials of Microsoft Office 2007, Nortons Anti Virus and Online Backup included. Of course with Acer\'s Ferrari One hardware specs, running applications is a breeze and it will handle alot the more demanding games, although you might want to attach an external monitor for that. The unit will generate a bit of heat during use which can be common in Netbooks and the glossy cover, even though it attracts fingerprints, hides them well.

Acer\'s Ferrari One is an excellent and well constructed Netbook that has quality system specs, as you would expect for a Ferrari. A little pricier than
some of the competition but then again the competition is not a Ferrari! Your chance to own a Ferrari and turn heads. It will definitely stand out while you relax sitting at a cafe.

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