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loksze
Jul 2, 2008 5:11 PM
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Not a particular fan of Acer for the last few years, especially in terms of quality of their products and services in Australia. In Malaysia, it's a different story where they are the largest selling vendor in computers, especially laptops. If the above photos and review are true, I will definitely get one. Hopefully the price will dip below $500 though like the Asus EEE PCs currently selling for less than $400 at Umart. Can't wait to get my hands on one and try it out.
Loksze
Comment made about the PC Authority article:
First pics: Acer Aspire One, better than the Eee PC??
The battle of the mini-notebooks heats up. We get our first peek at Acer's new pint-sized Eee PC challenger, the Aspire One.
What do you think? Join the discussion. |
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yiweigavin
Jul 2, 2008 9:02 PM
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Since the first generation of Atom runs quite slow, i think i will still wait for a short period of time until the next generation releases (the Atom 330(core dual)), the new nvidia cpu looks strong as well, and AMD is going to release their cheap cpu soon. There is no to rush for these "lab testing" laptops. |
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mxd
Jul 3, 2008 12:02 PM
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If 3G/NextG connectivity is added without substantial increase in cost, it would give this sub-notebook a definite edge. |
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stbrob
Jul 4, 2008 6:19 PM
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These "Netbooks" are just looking more and more attractive, especially not that they are shipping with more HDD space and RAM. The low price tag will sell to uni students and the the parents of senior high school kids. |
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stbrob
Jul 4, 2008 6:20 PM
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Sorry
especially *now that they are shipping with more |
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thezen49
Jul 4, 2008 6:51 PM
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I certainly cannot complain about acers customer service
there is none!
After a nightmare experience with the service centre here in NSW I would not accept one of their laptops as a gift. |
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supcumps
Jul 5, 2008 7:43 AM
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At this price, one can afford to obtain the XP version and then install PC-BSD Unix (the basis for the MacIntosh operating system: http://www.pcbsd.org/) and have a true preemptive multitasking environemnt and a huge load of free, robust, well-supported software. I wish I had this option when I was attending University! As for support from Acer, it is not worth worrying about. |
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supcumps
Jul 5, 2008 8:01 AM
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One reservation I have - Microsoft is due to turn off furhter sales of XP very soon, and no doubt will cease supporting this stable operating system in the near future.(Hence my interest in alternate operating systems) |
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supcumps
Jul 5, 2008 8:01 AM
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One reservation I have - Microsoft is due to turn off furhter sales of XP very soon, and no doubt will cease supporting this stable operating system in the near future.(Hence my interest in alternate operating systems) |
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Jacobyte
Jul 9, 2008 10:39 PM
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I like the idea of the Netbook computers, with the units being more portable than the notebooks, more usable than the PDAs and generally more affordable than either. Though, already, the companies are starting to make them bigger, faster, heavier and pricier than they need to be. I like that the Asus Eee PC 900 had stuck with the SSD even with XP (external HDDs are cheap as chips) and but for some stories as to the lack of robustness, and perhaps my use for a touch screen display (works on PDAs) I would consider that setup a good workable compromise. |
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Yawnie
Jul 10, 2008 9:14 AM
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nice looking machine, i dont believe it should be compared to a full sized notebook, as i dont believe it is designed to be one.
The Atom processor shouldnt be directly compared to full sized notebook/desktop cpus, it has a TDW of something like 3W |