Acer Aspire 1825PTZ Packard Bell Tablet Notebook
May 29, 2010 | Acer, Notebook | Comments OffHaving just received the Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly Touch our coveted Recommended Award, we are now looking at the Acer Aspire 1825PTZ, Tablet 11.6in laptop convertible into the same mold. And when we say “in the same mold,” we mean that literally that Packard Bell (PB) is essentially an Acer subsidiary, Touch Butterfly 1825PTZ could have been separated at birth.
However, if they share the same genes of these two machines are not quite identical twins. Besides a variety of relatively minor cosmetic differences, Acer has opted for a mixture of components, including a more powerful processor, but a smaller hard drive and less memory, and the addition of 100 pounds on the starting price in the process .
Thus, rather than the Touch butterfly dual-core processor 1.2GHz Intel Celeron, the 1825PTZ has a 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Pentium SU4100 in his heart, which is up 20 per cent faster in our tests. In the real world, however, the only thing we can think that this processor can handle that SU2300 can not (for the average consumer) would be demanding 1080p video, which is discharged to the video card anyway when you use a player software compatible with Windows 7. But far be it from us to complain about a faster processor!
Acer compromise to provide 3 GB of RAM, which seems a bit stingy with 4GB is roughly the minimum standard these days at least at a price point of £ 600. It is even more bizarre given that the company chose to go with the 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium for 1825PTZ while still sported the Butterfly Touch 4GB came with a 32-bit OS . This should be the opposite, no doubt?
A 250GB hard drive is also on the small side, if the other specifications remain the same as the Touch Butterfly, including integrated Intel GMA 4500, Wireless-N Wi-Fi, and the lack of Bluetooth. Connectivity is also identical, consisting of three USB ports, VGA and HDMI video outputs, headphone and microphone jacks, Gigabit Ethernet and multi-card reader format.
Visually the lid of the piano-black 1825PTZ is rather plain, and we prefer the chrome medallion on the Touch Butterfly. Both are equally susceptible to fingerprints and dust, but – a complaint common in laptops these days. [via trustedreviews]
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