If you really like ultra-portable netbooks than Acer Aspire One 751 is not for you. Larger display resulted in equally larger chassis, but luckily not in thicker chassis, which makes this model one of the thinnest that we saw so far. It is so thin, that D-Sub and LAN connectors are located at its thickest segment: at upper edge, close to cover hinges. On the other side, thanks to its thin profile, this model is also reasonably light, so Aspire One 751 has only 1.4kg, which is actually only 50gr more than Aspire One D150 that has display of 10.1-inch.

There are few color choices when it comes to chassis (Diamond Black, Sapphire Blue, Ruby Red and Seashell white) but in our test lab arrived blue one. Cover is made out of dark blue glossy plastic while area around keyboard is made out of same colored plastic but this time with matte finish. Build quality is average, which means that there is nothing that sticks out like a sore thumb, and on the other side nothing that can, actually, impress you. Big six-cell battery is responsible for great autonomy results, but it is not adequately “positioned”. This battery really looks somewhat ugly, when it sticks out at the back, but at the same time, it can be used to hold the whole device with one hand while typing with other. Connector layout is standard with pictograms that will help finding appropriate connector.

We already mentioned that one of the main advantages of Acer Aspire One 751 is its larger display with 1366x768 resolution. Besides its size and resolution, this glare, LED back lighted display hasn’t much too offer, since the rest of its features are average.

One of the new features on this netbook is FineTip keyboard that has dimensions very close to desktop models. Keys are big, even bigger than on 14-inch Aspire Timeline model, so they does look a bit odd on a small netbook like this one. Keyboard bending is minimal, while keys have shallow keystrokes. Even if all this sounds like a lot of troubles, actually, after few hours of intensive typing, we liked this keyboard so much that we can say that this is one of the best keyboards on any netbook that we saw so far.

Touch pad supports multi-touch technology, which means that you can use two fingers to zoom, slide or scroll content in many applications. At first, these techniques can seem strange, but after some time spent practicing, they can speed up workflow significantly. On the other side, touch pad buttons (or button) are little bit impractical because of few reasons. First of all, there is only one large button with dead-zone in the middle. Secondly, its ends are narrower so you need to apply pressure at the end of the button, which can be tricky business if you have large fingers. Don’t get us wrong, buttons are precise and operate perfectly, only you have to practice pressing them under right angle.

Webcam has clear picture, but frame rate can variable depending on lighting conditions, which is strange for an Acer product. Speakers are slightly better than average solutions found on many other netbooks, but still with narrow frequency response.

One of the biggest problems with this model can be found in its core. It’s common knowledge that Intel Atom CPU used in every netbook is feeble, but actually does it job nicely. In case of Aspire One 751, Acer decided to use Atom Z520 at only 1.33GHz instead of widely used N270 and N280 CPUs. So, everyone’s main concern will be: How does it reflect at everyday work performances? If you like to use multitasking a lot, you can experience slowdowns compared to N270/280 CPUs. In case you use only two or tree applications at the same time (Word and Firefox, for example) you won’t be able to notice any significant difference.

Chipset is Intel US15W with GMA500 integrated graphics card. We already met with this combination on MSI X-Slim X320 . Main characteristic of these components is low power consumption, and as consequence, Acer Aspire One 751 has great autonomy that can be greater than 7 hours. The rest of the system is consisted of usual components (memory, hard drive etc) already seen on almost every netbook. Warming up under prolonged usage is moderate, which means that you won’t be bothered with it, but on some occasions you may notice it.