Averatec 1050

Notebook Specifications

Reviews for the Averatec 1050

Averatec 1050
Source: Bios Magazine
Colourful and light as a feather at only 1.6kg (266x205x45mm), Averatec’s 1050 (£949) sets new standards among the ultra-mobile laptop. In fact, we’re pretty sure that it’s impossible to find the design as well as the features in this price category from other manufacturers. Sporting a dark burgundy lid, the keyboard and interior come in pure white. Whether or not this colouring will suit depends entirely on your personal taste - we didn’t like it because we felt the white gave the laptop a low-cost and almost childish appearance (it ain’t no Sony - Ed!). It has been set up in partnership with Sustainable Partner GmbH, whom says that it has produced a highly comprehensive study on climate neutral laptops. The climate neutral laptop initiative follows Averatec’s ‘successful’ CO2 campaign launched last year where for each laptop purchased Averatec pays for the neutralisation of one tonne of CO2 emissions as part of the ClimatePartner initiative.
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Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/06/2006

Averatec - 1050 Test
Source: IT Reviews
Usually, when hearing the words 'ultra-portable notebook', one might think of something small and grey being carried around by someone wearing a suit. Not so with the Averatec 1050; this is one ultra-portable that's aimed at the home user, although why a home user would want an ultra-portable is an interesting point. However, weighing just 1.6kg, with a big hard drive and built-in DVD combo drive, it could still be the business traveller's ideal weapon. A no-nonsense sub-£1,000 notebook which may not be the fastest around but compensates with a very good battery life.
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Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/23/2006

Foreign Reviews

85% Trend-Notebooks im Taschenformat
Source: Guter Rat!
online available, Very Long, Date: 03/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 85%

65% Rechenpower für das Handgepäck
Source: Facts
, Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 65%

85% Averatec AV1050
Source: Com!
, Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2005
Rating: Total score: 85%

Ultraportable-Notebook für den kleinen Geldbeutel - AV1050
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Short, Date: 10/14/2005
Rating: performance: 68% features: 68% display: 100% mobility: 76%

Averatec AV1050
Source: Tom's Hardware
online available, Very Long, Date: 09/01/2005

78% Averatec AV 1050
Source: ZDNet
online available, Short, Date: 08/26/2005
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 90% performance: 60% features: 70%

75% Bezahlbarer Winzling
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy
, Length Unknown, Date: 08/01/2005
Rating: Total score: 75%

74% Averatec AV 1050
Source: PC Go
, Length Unknown, Date: 08/01/2005
Rating: Total score: 74% mobility: 85%

85% Günstiges Edelweiß
Source: PC Professionell
, Length Unknown, Date: 08/01/2005
Rating: Total score: 85% features: 95%

Comment

Intel Extreme Graphics 2: Intel Extreme Graphics 2 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on Intel 852 / 855 GM, GME, GMV chipset for Centrino, Pentium 4 and Celeron based laptops. It is hardly suited for 3D-games. No Aero support.

These graphics cards for notebooks are not suitable for games. If they run, they may run with graphical errors and very low frame rates. For gamers these chips are not suitable! Office and internet tasks are, to the contrary, no problem for these GPUs.

Intel Pentium M: With Intel chip set (855 or 915) and Intel WLAN also available with the name Centrino (name for the package).
In the comparison very fast per megahertz and very modest with weaknesses in floating point operations.
It is also available as a low voltage version with very small current consumption.

733:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

10.6": The notebook has a very small and rare display format for Subnotebooks. This format is used rather rarely.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

1.6 kg: This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

Averatec: Averatec is a small international manufacturer. Notebook models of Averatec rarely have benn reviewed in the German- and English speaking countries. The total rating and the price/value-evaluations were average.

Averatec reviews

78.14%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.