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A review of the Acer Aspire 8943G-728G1.28TWn notebook has been posted over at Notebook Check. 'The Aspire 8943G's design differs from its predecessors the 8940G and 8942G in several respects. Instead of a dark, glossy finish, the look is now dominated by matt, silvery aluminium surfaces. This gives it a high-class look and also makes it more resistant to dirt and smudges. So why Acer decided on a sensitive high-gloss finish for the display bezel and touchpad is beyond us; it doesn't take long before they are covered in fingerprints. Nevertheless we approve of the overall design and find it to be a definite step in the right direction. Nice features like the large loudspeaker grilles above the keyboard or the matt black palm rest contribute to this positive impression.'

PC Perspective have published a review of the Acer Ferrari One 200 netbook. 'As far as the hardware specifications go, the Acer Ferrari One 200 is fairly well equipped for a netbook. With an AMD Athlon 64 X2 L310 dual core processor, up to 4GB of RAM (the unit we received had 3GB), and an ATI Radeon HD3200 GPU, this system should be able to handle some more demanding workloads than your standard netbook. The 11.6" display with 1366x768 resolution is worth noting as it's an interesting size that is reasonably high resolution for a small panel. We'll dig into the display panel more later in this review, but let me just say that it's quite surprising.'

Tracy and Matt have published their review of the Aspire One D250 netbook. 'Acer were one of the first to get on the netbook train with their Acer Aspire One AA0 that we tested some 18 months ago. As time has gone on they have expanded the range and here we have the D250 which is a dual booting version - in this particular case it's dual booting Windows 7 and Android. Android on a netbook you say, isn't that normally used for mobile phones? Well yes, but as proven here it can also be used as an OS on other hardware.'

Reg Hardware have published a review of the new Acer Aspire One 532 'Pine Trail' netbook. 'Like the 1005PE, Acer's 532h is powered by Intel's 1.66GHz Atom N450 processor. This is joined by 1GB of DDR 2 memory and integrated GMA3150 graphics - as with all Pine Trail netbooks, the graphics and memory controllers are both housed on the CPU. Intel claims this results in enhanced battery life and improved performance. The 532h is an attractive piece of kit. Its glossy lid - silver, blue and red are the colour options - might be a prone to a few smudge marks, but it looks striking and features smooth, curved edges.'

Laptop Magazine have published a review of the Acer Ferrari One ultraportable. 'The Ferrari One looks like the sportier bad-boy twin of the Acer Aspire 1410. The chassis is nearly identical, but the Ferrari One adds an extra cut to the front of the system for an aerodynamic look. The lid highlights the notebook's sports car motif with its Ferrari racing red color and the company's canary yellow emblem embossed into the plastic. Though it's glossy and attracts a few smudges, the lid doesn't show them off too badly. Just keep the Turtle Wax handy for public exhibitions. The similarities with the 1410 continue under the hood, but with key differences. For starters, there are red accents for the matte black of the deck and the notebook's keys. The power button on the top right achieves a streamlined look with a backlit red glow and swoop.'

Dev Hardware have published their review of the Acer Aspire 1410 netbook. 'The Acer Aspire 1410 has an 11.6" screen. The typical netbook's screen is around 9-10", which is a little smaller than this. While some would consider this an ultra-portable laptop, I'd still say it's a netbook. The larger screen also comes with a bigger-than-average resolution of 1366 x 768, big enough for 720p HD movies. It uses LED technology in the LCD to provide a very nice picture. When choosing a netbook, I wanted something compact, but I do a lot of typing so I wanted something big enough to make that activity comfortable. A 10" screen looked a little small, and 13" was too big. An 11.6" screen also gave me a full-sized keyboard, which is a huge advantage.'

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Acer Ferrari One - 11.6in netbook. 'Given its Ferrari association it's no surprise to see plenty of Scuderia inspired elements in the Ferrari One's design. Its scarlet red lid is a given, as are the famous prancing horse badges so iconic of the folks from Maranello. Other 'sporty' touches include the faux-carbon fibre on the palm-rest and, somewhat bizarrely, the tyre inspired rubber feet. In truth, though, due to the constraints on price this isn't the flamboyant, decadent product that past Ferrari-branded efforts were. Fundamentally, then, this is good-looking, well-designed machine. It won't leave people gasping in admiration and inevitably some may dislike the connotations of owning a Ferrari-branded product, but it won't embarrass you either.'

The Gadgeteer have published a review of the Acer Aspire One Netbook. 'It comes with a memory card port, Kensington lock port and boasts 160 GB internal hard drive. No, there is no CD/DVD player and quite frankly, I'm fine with that. I'm one of those writers I'm talking about. When the inspiration to write hits me, I don't need to pop in a CD of classical music; that's what I have a Zune for. Writers are tired of writing down ideas on napkins and airsickness bags simply because they didn't want to lug around their six pound laptop to Starbucks.'