Fortunately this is not the case with the work area. The glossy lid, panel, and display bezel, make for surfaces which are easy to pick up a lot of fingerprints. This is very convenient for the replacement of components, but takes away the rigidity of the bottom cover. In short, the Aspire One 756 shows pretty good workmanship, but comes with an unstable base unit.Ī possible cause is the large maintenance cover, which gives complete access to the interior after removing a single screw. The keyboard is solid and the battery does not wobble. The bottom cover also withstands point pressure. Because of the tight hinges, the display lid does not wobble, but the freedom of motion is pretty limited. The palm rests on the other hand, do not give at all. The case is fairly stable and can only be twisted slightly. The visible cover is made of the same flexible plastic. The display hinges are firmly attached to the base unit. The surface is, however, pressure resistant. The lid is relatively thin and correspondingly flexible. The slim chassis narrows toward the front and is 24 mm (0.94 inches) high (without the feet) at its thickest point. While in the sun it shines bright blue (see pictures), but in the dim, office light it seems to be colored turquoise. Our test unit comes in glittering blue paint and is a little chameleon. The shaping of the work area and the bottom cover are different too. But the positioning of the ports is different, as well as the input devices. There are some optical similarities such as the rounded corners, the hinges, and the wedge profile. Our 756 bears no relation in terms of chassis to either the One 722 or the One 725. In the performance section, we will compare our test unit with the old and new AMD alternatives. Some of the new devices are the ThinkPad Edge E135 and the IdeaPad S206 (both featuring the E2-1800). The competitors are currently available with the APU refresh that include the E2-1800 and the E-1200.
The 11.6-inch notebook is more an alternative to devices equipped with the AMD APU like the Asus Eee PC 1225B, R252B, HP Pavilion dm1, Lenovo IdeaPad S205 and the Lenovo ThinkPad X121e (all coming with the AMD E-450). Until now there was no Intel version. The One 756 does not rival Intel's ultrabooks because its performance is too low. We have already reviewed the Acer Aspire One 722/725 (AMD C-60). The 756 is another member of the 11.6-inch series One 7xx.
The differences are the Pentium B987, 4 GB system memory and the 64 Bit Windows 7. Therefore, we chose the more expensive version of the One 756 for 399 Euro (~$506).
We did not want to install an OS and then search for drivers. The price is also reasonable with the Aspire One 756 being available from 279 Euro (~$354), but for that kind of money you get no operating system and the Celeron 877 processor. What better way than a 11.6-inch subnotebook. The manufacturer Acer wants to offer as many devices to its customers as possible.