Who would have thought that the company Acer, which produced mobile solutions only for the budget class, will release a new product that can attract the attention of all potential buyers. Notebook Acer Aspire One 722, which went on sale not so long ago, immediately became the market leader. The focus of this article is a description of the device, an overview, specifications and owner reviews.
Market positioning
Official manufacturer statements unambiguously characterize the Acer Aspire One 722 device as an inexpensive tool for work, study and multimedia. Initially, this category includes all students and people for whom comfortable surfing on the Internet and communication on social networks outside the home are a priority. Light weight, glamorous appearance, the availability of all kinds of color paints clearly hint that the device should like the fair sex.
Ordinary state employee? No, the manufacturer did not stop there and took two big steps towards consumers. Firstly, the laptop is provided with very powerful components (for its class) that allow you to play dynamic games. And secondly, the entire filling of the device has very high energy-saving functions, due to which the autonomy of working on a single battery charge has significantly increased.
Equipment
For a budget device, the Acer Aspire One 722 laptop has too beautiful packaging and excellent bundle. The box is made in the form of a diplomat and, in addition to photos of the device, on the side faces has a full description of the technical characteristics on one of the ends of the package. Opening the box, the user will find the laptop itself, which is placed in an antistatic envelope made of thick material. Having removed the device, you can find that all its panels are glued with a protective film, including the screen and keyboard.
Under the laptop in the box there are three departments, which contain the battery, charger and full operating instructions. The new owners of the laptop will be pleased with the charger, which is made in the manner of smartphone devices, where the power supply is combined with the plug. This is very convenient in terms of security, because if the cable is accidentally damaged, its connectors will have 19 Volts, and not all 220.
Appearance and ease of use
The design design of the case will definitely appeal to all users, because the lid of the laptop is made in the form of a vinyl coating in the shape of a spiral. Someone associates a drawing with a drop, and someone associates with a snail shell. In any case, it looks very nice, especially on devices with a light color. Surprisingly, this design is very easily soiled and constantly collects dust and fingerprints, which many laptop owners are not happy about. The bottom of the device externally does not stand out, except that it has a very thick plastic.
The owner will appreciate the build quality. The plastic components fit together perfectly, there’s nothing to complain about. Hinges for the laptop Acer Aspire One 722 leave a double view. When you open the lid, nothing creaks, but the course is smooth. On the other hand, you need to make a lot of effort to lift the lid up. Accordingly, with one hand you can’t open the laptop, and the female gender is unlikely to like it.
Interfaces & Connectors
The laptop does not have an optical drive, and the manufacturer instead provided the device with many popular interfaces. On the left side of the Acer Aspire One 722 device, the user can find the RJ-45 network connector, one USB 2.0 port and two video outputs. The HDMI digital output will not surprise anyone, but the old analog D-Sub connector will surely appeal to many owners who have state-of-the-art TVs and monitors.
On the right panel is a card reader, two USB 2.0 ports and connectors for headphones and a microphone. Also, the user can find Kensington Castle, which, judging by the numerous reviews in the media, is not particularly popular in our country. I am glad that there are no interfaces on the front and back of the laptop, so the device can be installed on the wall or put on your knees, without fear of damaging the connected devices.
Device screen
But the matrix for the Acer Aspire One 722 laptop with a diagonal of 11 inches will disappoint many users, because for its production TN technology is used, which most representatives of the computer market refused. The maximum screen resolution is 1366 x 768 pixels per inch. The high brightness and contrast of the matrix will still not be able to hide the disadvantages of TN-technology in color reproduction. It is worth noting that the screen is glossy, which means that it will not be possible to get rid of glare in the sun.
If we talk about viewing angles, for example, when watching a movie in a large company, then they are quite enough. A dynamic image does not lose color reproduction with slight horizontal viewing deviations. But you will not be able to see the ideal black color, due to the lack of LED-backlit screen. Thanks to the high resolution, even small text is perfectly visible on the screen. In general, for an inexpensive budget employee, working with the display is not satisfactory.
Input device
Most of the device is occupied in the Acer Aspire One 722 laptop keyboard, which has huge buttons located at a short distance from each other. Using a laptop as a typewriter is a pleasure, no accidental clicks and typing errors. The button travel is short, but with excellent returns. Some users complain about the lack of a digital block, which is placed on the function keys. In fact, reducing the additional buttons and moving the main ones, it would be possible to squeeze the digital unit without problems, as was done in many competitor devices.
The small touchpad, at first glance, does not stand out. Standard control keys and a slider for scrolling up and down. However, there is one useful button that can turn off the touchpad. For this, many thanks to the manufacturer from all owners of the Acer Aspire One 722 laptop, because very often when typing texts the touch panel is touched by the palm of your hand, and the cursor moves in the wrong direction.
Keyboard Usability
And if we talk about ease of use, the touchpad is the first to get into focus. It has a multi-touch function, which the manufacturer for some reason did not mention in the device description, either on the box or in the documentation. Apparently, this has already become a standard and does not need a description, at least for the laptop manufacturer Acer Aspire One 722. Windows 10, the operating system installed on the device, will turn the laptop into a tablet, allowing you to use all available technologies.
There are few functional keys, but getting used to them will take a lot of time, especially when it comes to the numeric keypad. Due to the huge size of the buttons, the digital unit turned out to be somehow formless, and it is extremely inconvenient to use it. Turning pages and moving the cursor to the beginning and end of the text are just two buttons. Because of this, the user is not always able to take the right action the first time.
About performance
For most users, it is the performance of mobile devices that is a priority when buying. Here the manufacturer did not let anyone down. Having released several modifications of the device, he charged them with decent components that provide high-performance laptop. For example, the most popular Acer Aspire One 722 C68bb model has an AMD dual-core processor with a frequency of 1 GHz and a RAM capacity of 2 GB. Many users may note that this is not enough and will be wrong, because the race for frequencies has long sunk into oblivion, and now new technologies are affecting performance.
The remarkable video adapter ATI Radeon HD 6290, which is installed in almost all entry-level gaming netbooks, hints at the gaming potential of the laptop. Officially, the manufacturer assures customers that the video card is discrete, that is, installed separately. This is actually a marketing ploy, and the video is integrated on a processor chip. But this does not mean at all that it will not be possible to achieve performance in games, on the contrary, this solution uses all the free power of the processor.
Games with a complete set from the manufacturer
Among the various modifications of the Acer Aspire One 722, the user can choose the technical specifications directly for themselves. This is more reminiscent of the designer - you need an inexpensive solution for small tasks, then you can stop at a small amount of memory, the weakest processor and a small hard drive. But for a gaming system without an SSD, a powerful processor and 4 GB of RAM can not do.
In the media there are a lot of feedback from the owners who purchased the Acer Aspire One 722 laptop for games with the most productive components. Everyone has one problem - overheating of the system due to prolonged use at maximum loads. The solution here is only one: to purchase an additional cooling system, which must be placed under the bottom of the laptop.
Communication and multimedia
For a laptop Acer Aspire One 722, the wireless data transfer characteristics are not as relevant as the performance. But still, the presence of the Bluetooth module version 3.0 will please users who need to synchronize data between all available mobile devices. Not to mention the Bluetooth modem or the use of wireless headphones.
The complaints are caused by the webcam, which is installed in the laptop. Only 0.3 megapixels for a high-tech device of the 21st century is a complete mockery of users. The manufacturer, apparently, realized his mistake, as some new device modifications are already equipped with the proprietary Acer Crystal Eye camera with 1.3 megapixels.
There is a negative to the audio system installed in the device. As many owners say, the sound from the speakers is just awful. No proprietary programs or drivers can correct the situation, you must use headphones or an external audio system.
Autonomy and usability
A battery with a capacity of 4400 mAh is enough to work for seven hours. Users note that the operating time can be extended by 1 hour by disabling the wireless interfaces. Naturally, with dynamic games, battery consumption increases, and there is clearly not enough battery for more than 4 hours.
The result is a rather interesting device that can qualify for a wide range of users. Many reviews and testing of the laptop in the media confirm this, which can not be said about the reviews. Netbooks Acer Aspire One 722, judging by the description of the owners, can not cope with most popular games. Here the answer is obvious - the manufacturer presented an inexpensive solution for a budget class, and not a super-productive system for dynamic games.
Finally
Notebook Acer Aspire One 722, as an inexpensive representative of the budget niche, copes with the tasks 100%. Light weight, high performance, excellent runtime, great functionality and the presence of all kinds of interfaces - everything is at hand. On the other hand, it’s not entirely clear why the device is equipped with an entry-level gaming video adapter, because for modern games its performance is clearly not enough, and the target audience of the laptop is ordinary users, for whom work with office applications and surfing the Internet are a priority. In any case, everything is decided by the price, and the Acer Aspire One 722 netbook has a decent one.