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Whenever you install a new operating system, you need to install the proper drivers.
ALSO the advertising for your unit is misleading advertisement. Your screen is capable of that, but not your INTEGRATED intel GMA 500 "poulsbo" video is only 1024x768 under certain conditions because it uses hardware accelleration. To change the quantity of hardware accelleration or turn it off completely check the link below. While the gma500 was used in several netbooks, it was implemented at TWO different qualities 100 and 200. Guess which one acer uses. Asus, dell, msi, etc used the better chip. As you have now learned, there is a difference between frugal (getting the best VALUE) and cheap (lowest price, no matter how crummy). There is a reason why acers are slightly cheaper.
Your video is 256M SHARED so the more aps you have running, the worse your video will be. Turn off everything you don't need and check for vampire applications like magic jackedup, IM, AOhell, crype, crimewire, bareassshare, etc. Turn them off. They are running all the time, whether you know it or not.
Turn down what little 3d you have, the higher the 3d, the lower the resolution you are capable of. It wouldn't hurt to refresh your drivers. Acer mobos are kinda iffy. The driver for the video for your system is part of "intel chipset" or might be listed as "intel gma"
Additionally. the units with your sequence are actually REFURBISHED, NOT new so they might have given you not as good a screen!
You have a 11" netbook screen so it doesn't matter but misleading advertising should be illegal
This is par for the course for acer but this type advertising is getting worse. Toshiba, a normally reputable company is doing the same thing on their 505 series, claiming it is capable of 8G memory when it isn't and high screen resolutions when it isn't
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