Acer Aspire One 721 unboxed

So we finally got one of the new Aspire One running AMD’s Athlon II Neo K125. The Acer Aspire One 721 is an 11.6-inch ultraportable that sits between the AO751 and the Timeline 1801tz.

The Aspire One 721 runs on a single-core Athlon II Neo CPU running at 1.7GHz. Graphics is powered by an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 with 336MB dedicated memory.

Display size is 11.6″ with a resolution of 1366×768 pxiels. Storage is provided by a 250GB Hitachi HDD with 2GB of single-channel DDR3 RAM.

The unit is really thin, light and similar to the form-factor of the earlier Aspire One 751 with a brushed metal finish on the palm rest and a textured lid cover.

There are 3 USB 2.0 ports and an HDMI port as well. The stock battery is a 6-cell 4400mAh Li-Ion (not the 5600mAh that’s on the AO751 and 1801tz). It’s got WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, a Gigabit LAN but no built-in Bluetooth.

The Acer Aspire One 751 comes pre-installed with 64-bit Windows 7 Home Basic and has a suggested retail price of Php24,900USD 424INR 35,971EUR 404CNY 3,090. You can see the Windows Experience Index here compared with the two others.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

26 Comments

tristankhalil says:

14 years ago

@abeolandres: Sir Abe, pano po maclaim yung prize? heheh btw, nag-email na rin po ako sa inyo. :)
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markmarcelo0210 says:

14 years ago

nice specifications!
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promdi says:

14 years ago

i’ll save up for this unit come October.
I hope it’ll be cheaper by then.
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Greg Ong says:

14 years ago

I’ve read somewhere that the battery life of this model is very poor.
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Teknisyan says:

14 years ago

that is a really really thin netbook. the copper colored covers it a change from the usual, black, white, red, blue color. :)

http://www.teknisyan.net/2010/07/end-of-life-for-windows-xp-sp2-and.html
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manaka_junpei says:

14 years ago

MANIPIS!!!!MAKAPAL!!!!MASAKIT!!!sa bulsa
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lolipown says:

14 years ago

^
mas makapal ung post ng post ng link sa shitty blog nya :D
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beef says:

14 years ago

Hi Abe,

Would it be possible for you to use a larger aperture setting on your camera so as to get the whole laptop in your focus area? (unless, of course, you’re really going for the short depth of field in your shots a-la portraits.. I realize you’re a budding camera hobbyist).

Don’t get me wrong please, I appreciate shot artistry, but being a tech blog, a lot of visitors I think would appreciate seeing the whole “gadget” in sharp focus instead of just the ports. (nice as it may look)
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Mon Macuto says:

14 years ago

@teknisyan

stop posting your worthless blog here. walang kwenta mga post mo. plagiarizer ka lang, aso ka.
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manong says:

14 years ago

the netbook is dead! long live the ultraportables… w/c btw, 10 yrs ago, had a minimum price tag of Php 90K
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Teknisyan says:

14 years ago

@ mon

wow.. I didn’t saw that coming. anyhow.. just like what I said on your other comment.

Thanks for the comment about my blog.. Good or bad.. either way.. it’s a comment! :)
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Crab Ment@lity says:

14 years ago

@MON KUTO “GM” Tristan a.k.a Net POLICE:

Geeeze! Long live the haters! While yer at it, why not do us a favor Mr. Net Police “GM” and clean yer own act before criticizing, like duh am sure these pix here ain’t yers to re-post:

http://gmtristan.com/girls/

Then, only after you’ve come into terms and sorted out yer sick fetish with girls (from an obviously non existent s-E-x life haha) perhaps you’ll get the honor of cleaning up the net, millions of plagiarizers cut from the same cloth you came from.

Yer a real SCUMBAG Mon Kuto, yer “GM” title did little to establish the quality and so-called decency of the life yer livin’.

Mon Macuto replied on Jul 7th, 2010 at 12:58 am (9)

@teknisyan

stop posting your worthless blog here. walang kwenta mga post mo. plagiarizer ka lang, aso ka.
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Teknisyan says:

14 years ago

@crab

Thanks again!
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yahoo says:

14 years ago

Oo nga, unexpected naman yung comment ng Mon na yan.Hindi na nga related sa topic, nanira pa. tsk tsk. Abe, I think you better do something about this. Your site is not a “bashing-ground” but a venue about cutting-edge technology. :)
About the post – nice ang looks nito sir, together with the specs. I’m really curious if this would go far as far as battery life is concerned. Chka heat problems kaya, kamusta naman? I’ve heard Acer is notorious with heating probs (I owned a Acer before, and I can attest to that). Update us Abe. :D
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lolipown says:

14 years ago

@Crab Ment@lity
I doubt that’s the real Mon/ GM Tristan.. No gravatar (meaning not the same email of the guy), wrong surname lmao.
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Crab Ment@lity says:

14 years ago

GUYS SOMEBODY WAS ABLE TO LOGIN TO MY ACCOUNT AND RESPONDED TO “MON” / GM TRISTAN!!!

Much like what his lover said, I also got victimized by someone pretending to be “me” Mr. Crab Mentality, I spell mine with an “a” not “@” sign so it’s not me, someone, whoever LMAO!!! ;p

Hahaha
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jejemown says:

14 years ago

lolipown eow pown!
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lolipown says:

14 years ago

^
wrong meme lmao
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Mon Macutay says:

14 years ago

Note that the comment above DID NOT COME FROM ME. Someone is trying to impersonate me. I apologize if you thought I offended anyone include Abe.

Regards,
Mon
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Mon Macutay says:

14 years ago

Hi All,

My official statement om the matter

http://gmtristan.com/impersonators-i-hate-em/
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DingusFungus says:

14 years ago

Clearly hindi ka kilala ni Crabment@lity or ng blogger na to.

Alam kong hindi mo ugale yun GMT.
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allan says:

14 years ago

no worries GM T…alam ni Abe yan…hindi ugali ng mga pro blogger na manglait ng kapwa blogger…inggit lang yan kasi walang talent sa blogging…sigh
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Crab Ment@lity says:

14 years ago

Hi Mon,

Likewise, read the apologies and yes, over-reacted over here perhaps so peace out. :) My bad as well. :)

Mon Macutay replied on Jul 7th, 2010 at 6:01 pm (20)

Hi All,

My official statement om the matter

http://gmtristan.com/impersonators-i-hate-em/
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lolipown says:

14 years ago

^
looks like the impostor is at it again -> points to the iphone 4 post
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ikilobo says:

14 years ago

so slim gadget, how about this performance..
maybe i wanna get it one..
thx for share this info..
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Renita Cowns says:

14 years ago

Vastly magnetic blog post.
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