Acer Aspire One AOA150-1447 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Sapphire Blue
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I have the Acer Aspire One and the Asus 900HA and have installed memory upgrades on both. Although they are very similar (Atom processor, 160GB HD, 8.9" screen, 1GB RAM installed, Windows XP Home, etc) there are important differences worth mentioning.
(1) Size and weight: Asus wins here. 4-cell Asus is about 1" narrower in both width and depth and a little lighter than the 6-cell Acer (the 1" depth difference is due to the protruding battery from the back of the Acer). Thickness is about the same.
(2) Screen brightness: Acer wins here. Although the LCD panels are the same size and have the same native resolution the Acer screen is much brighter at max and appears crisper. Also the default Windows icons are way too large on the Asus (however, icon size can be adjusted using Windows).
(3) Upgrading: Asus wins big here. Remove a bottom panel with two screws from the Asus and you can easily swap out the single 1GB memory module for a 2GB module that costs about $30. You can
(1) Size and weight: Asus wins here. 4-cell Asus is about 1" narrower in both width and depth and a little lighter than the 6-cell Acer (the 1" depth difference is due to the protruding battery from the back of the Acer). Thickness is about the same.
(2) Screen brightness: Acer wins here. Although the LCD panels are the same size and have the same native resolution the Acer screen is much brighter at max and appears crisper. Also the default Windows icons are way too large on the Asus (however, icon size can be adjusted using Windows).
(3) Upgrading: Asus wins big here. Remove a bottom panel with two screws from the Asus and you can easily swap out the single 1GB memory module for a 2GB module that costs about $30. You can
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I had seen the Acer Aspire One in stores and was impressed by both the size and price. I thought it would be perfect for me for school. Once I got mine, (PC Connection had very fast shipping by the way,) I was very impressed by the speed. I was not expecting the performance for the price. Just to see if it would handle it i actually installed Guild Wars, MMORPG that I play. To my great surprise Acer Aspire One handled it very well with almost no video lag at all. And I thought that playing on such a small screen would be a problem, but the screen is so clear that some of the graphics actually even looked better than on my 15" screen.
I have been using it for a few weeks now, I am used to the keyboard, which actually does not really take too long to get used to. And because everything is so close, once your fingers get used to the keys, and not having to reach for anything, is actually very nice.
The only difficulty I had with it at all was that is did not want to load
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I ordered this item to act as a laptop replacement for grad school. What appealed to me was the long battery life, the portability, and the generally positive reviews.
The first one I had was dead on arrival. It would do everything fine during setup, but once I started to do anything resembling normal operations the screen would invert all of its colors. After a couple hours with Acer tech support we concluded it was dead.
Second one has worked as advertised and just hums along. Reasonably quiet, very good battery life (longest I've gotten is 6 hours), does it's intended tasks very well. Will not fool anybody into thinking it's a gaming rig, but for day to day utility computing, this thing is outstanding.
Big props to PC Connection in getting me a replacement unit extremely quickly and for making the return process a breeze.
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This is a nice compact computer with nice features and easy enough to use. The
problem is, as apparently with many
Acer laptops, are prone to overheating
and completely locking up requiring a
hard reboot to start them up again. This usually occurs after just 1 to 2 hours of use,
or in my case when I'm reading eBooks in
PDF format. Other than that, this would be a great laptop. If I can figure out how this
problem can be resolved, I will submit a more positive review in the future. As for right now, I can't give it a high recommendation.
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The Aspire One is well positioned, outiftted, and priced among the other on the shelf today. When onc really looks at what you get for for about $300, the others just shrink away.
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Acer Aspire One AOA150-1447 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Sapphire Blue
Posted on Oct 2, 2008 8:56 pm
Posted on Oct 2, 2008 8:56 pm
This little guy is really popular right now. I'd be tempted if it were a Linux box.
