Crunchgear wrote about the release of the AO751h and revealed that it has the following specs:

Intel® Atom™ Processor Z520 (1.22GHz, 490MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)

Genuine Microsoft Windows XP® Home (Service Pack 3)

11.6-inch WXGA 16:9 ratio Acer CrystalBrite™ High Definition LED back-lit TFT LCD (1364 x 768 resolution)

Mobile Intel® US15W Express Chipset

1024MB DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory

Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950

160GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive

Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader and Dedicated SD Card

Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED®

Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera

Two Built-in Stereo Speakers

Three USB 2.0 Ports

6-cell Li-ion Battery (5200mAh)

11.18” (W) x 7.79” (D) x 1” (H)

Sapphire Blue

One-Year Standard Warranty

Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price: $379.99

A couple of things jumped out at me after looking at these specs.  First of all, it’s amazing to hear that a company is making a 12″ with a price tag of under $400.  Also, with the six cell battery you’ll be able to get up to 8 hours of performance — another great feature.  While all of this is fine and good, the problem arises when you get to the processor.

A 1.22Ghz processor is great if you want your battery to last, but there’s no way you’re going to be able to do more than just surf the web with a CPU that slow.  Cutting costs is great, but people are going to get the wrong impression about what a netbook when they get 9 out of 10 things they want and the one thing they don’t get is what cam have the greatest impact on the performance of their netbook.

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