http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/ Engadget Comments for Acer's Congo-based 11.6-inch Ferrari One: finally, a netbook with speed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/
Hopefully this won't be a bit of a letdown like the DV2 was. I had one of those for a while, but it ran really hot and stuttered thanks to the single core cpu (without hyperthreading). That was a platform that always made me want more, but this might just be enough.

And, frankly, the cost isn't that bad. Still, I'd wait for a few more Congos to come out before plunking down for another AMD platform. Maybe a few reviews. AMDs promised a lot so it'll be good to see if it comes through without some caveat.]]>Sep 11th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/
Really, I think the point of a netbook, a cheap ultra-portable laptop, is history. It's all about upsizing and upselling to get more margins.]]>Sep 10th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/13" is the upper limit in my mind.]]>Sep 10th 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/
AFAIC anything over $300 is a notebook.

This isn't, of course, trying to say that the product above is a crappy notebook - it's not. It seems to be a decently powerful package packed into a small chassis and is very competitive with the ultraportable category - but that's the point. Soon the industry will just merge the "netbook" and ultraportable categories into a $600-$1,000 price point for users who want something a little more portable than the $500 lapcraps they get on sale at Best Buy, and people will forget the promise of being able to buy a new, secondary machine for $200.]]>Sep 10th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/]]>Sep 11th 2009 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 11th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/
zing.?]]>Sep 10th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/
Also, your $382 netbook has terrible specs compared to this. It uses the same weak atom processor as other notebooks, came with the same 1GB of ram that is likely only expandable to 2GB, and the same 160GB HDD, no HDMI out, blah blah blah.

On the other hand, we have a new slew of CULV packing netbooks from Acer, Samsung, Dell, Asus. These use much more powerful processors. Some are packing Core2Solo, which run circles around the Atom, and some even use Core2Duo and whatever AMD equivalent there is, which do even better against the sadly underpowered Atom. They often come with more HDD space. The Acer 1410 comes with 250GB and 2GB of RAM, which is expandable thanks to its dual RAM slots. 4GB helps a ton when using an OS like Vista or Win7. Meanwhile, your old line of netbooks is limited to 2GB.

The new netbooks have HDMI out. Very few of the old ones have that, and even if they do, unless you have one with ION, you're not decoding 1080p like these new netbooks can. They also come with a much better graphics chipset than the sad as hell 945 you're stuck with. Let's not forget the greatly increases real estate either. I can barely stand browsing on my sister's 1000HE with its tiny 1024x600 resolution. 1366x768 is much better. It's almost 50% more pixels to work with. The battery life is almost very similar. Only some of the better netbooks with Atom can push the 6-8 hour mark. Most of them hover around 5-6. These new netbooks with 6 cell batteries can do 5 pretty easily. The Acer1810T in Europe and Asia can do 8 all while running circles around any atom based netbook. The Acer1410 currently costs less than $450 bucks shipped. So for about ~ 70 bucks more than you paid for your netbook, I get a ton more power, a ton more pixels, more connectivity, blah blah blah.

I think I'll take it.]]>Sep 10th 2009 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/2. add Farrari logo
3. skew trackpad stylishly, making it smaller than ever
4. ???
5. Profit]]>Sep 10th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/
You're dead on about the difference between netbooks and consumer ultra portables like this.

However, I'd wait for some actual reviews, AMD mobile products are renowned for shitty battery life. ]]>Sep 10th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/



Or at least I like to think that...]]>Sep 10th 2009 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.habamon.com/monster/Snuffy]]>Sep 10th 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/and what's up with the "dual cure"?]]>Sep 10th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 10th 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 11th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/
Minus Ferrari logo and this is a great step in the right direction.]]>Sep 10th 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 11th 2009 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 11th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/acers-11-6-inch-ferrari-one-finally-a-netbook-with-speed/Sep 11th 2009 11:55AM