This ultra-portable Acer has an Intel graphic chip that is not necessarily known for its performance.  Forget about 3D as it’s not suited for this purpose.  The laptop display’s colors are also kind of scary and this could be the fault of Acer’s choice of panel or graphic chip.  Once the screens are connected to the computer’s VGA connection (there is no DVI and so we were only able to evaluate the impact of the profiles on the monitors’ analog connections), we can now say that Acer panel is at fault.  Color rendering defects for external monitors are standard.  Display is rather good on the 2232BW but is reddish on the ViewSonic.

Once the profiles were pasted (therefore only in CGA):

- average dE > 3: visible differences which can sometimes be problematic
- average dE < 3: good color fidelity and can be considered satisfactory.
- average dE < 2: excellent and good for touching up photos.
- average dE < 1: we can safely say that the human eye won’t detect the slight differences.

Verdict: a calibrated and true display for an ultra-portable laptop is indeed possible and honestly this is the biggest surprise of this test. We were sure this would fail; however after installation of the profiles color fidelity is good and perfect for touching up images.