Review Acer Aspire One 722-C62kk Notebook

On the other hand, the PCMark benchmark tests did not show as much of a performance gain. The Aspire One 722-C62kk achieved 1782 points in PCMark Vantage and 785 points in PCMark 7 as compared to the 1582 points and 747 points respectively of the AMD C-50. These scores show a 5 to 12 percent performance increase, clearly below the results of the pure CPU benchmarks. While the results of our system performance tests clearly place the Aspire One 722-C62kk at the lower end of the performance spectrum, we found that one can subjectively work fluidly. Program starts may take more time than usual but longer waits and system hang-ups are very rare. All in all, the Acer Aspire One 722-C62kk is on the same level as Intel-based netbook competitors. The Acer Aspire E-series features AMD Fusion APUs and offers more performance.

In order to judge hardware performance when editing photographs, we tested the Aspire One 722-C62kk with various Photoshop Elements tasks. The system was easily capable of opening 30 picture files ranging in size from 1 to 2 MB (shown in the model pictures) and handled our typical tests. Larger 10 MB image files caused some system slowing and the tasks took longer. As the opening of the files only placed a 50 to 60 percent load on the CPU, the limiting factors are the hard disk transfer speed and memory size. It would be possible to speed things up using more memory or a faster hard drive. We were able to properly execute the liquefy, charcoal, and twirl filters but required more processing time than usual. Larger image sizes obviously required longer processing and wait times. The largest barrier to ambitious users is the glossy screen as its small color space, low resolution, and small viewing angle will satisfy only the casual photographer.

We also tested the performance of the MSI Digi Vox Diversity DVB-T stick. With its two tuners, the DVB-T is capable of either dual-tuning for better reception or viewing one program while recording another. Using the Arcsoft TotalMedia software, the C-60 CPU was more than capable of viewing TV programs and simultaneous viewing and recording. We measured CPU loads of 32 percent and 45 percent respectively for these tasks.

Full HD movie playback was possible without any dropped frames. Using Media Player Classic, we observed a 20 to 30 percent CPU load while playing Big Top Bunny and 300 in H.264 format. Playing Windows Media Video (WMV) files in Windows Media Player was also possible without stuttering. We observed CPU loads of 9 to 15 percent while playing back Elephants Dream and Coral Reef Adventure.