Acer Aspire One

ninty9er

Hi there

The parents are getting me a netbook for Christmas (I know...lucky me...take what you get)

I know a few people with the EeePc, but am infomred that SSD hard drives are best avoided meaning the 1000H is the next rung on the Asus ladder...more expensive than the Aspire One. Ive ruled out the Dell Mini9 which is €349 plus whatever else they tag on to hike the price (and thats with Ubuntu!!)

The one I was looking at is the 1GB, 120GB.

I have a laptop that I paid about €1800 for 3 years ago, which has paid off as it's still able to keep up with most of the newer stuff and doesn't require replacement just yet. It is however 17", 4kg and not very comfortable to be carrying around the place.

So basically, what I'm saying is....the netbook is for portability above all else.

Any other suggestions

Soundman

Obviously depends on the budget, but I can definitely recommend the Asus 1000H.

I put a lot of thought and research into buying a netbook myself and that was the decision I made. I am not regretting it.

ninty9er

The 1000H is over €400 while the One is €325. I'm used to Windows, but I'm willing to abandon it for the sake of cost. Never used Linux before, but Linplus seems a lot easier to use than the previous generations of Linux which reminded me of MS-DOS.

Obviously I'd make up the difference in price, but I don't need a bells and whistles machine really as my laptop will suffice for home use (though I expect It'll probably end up on the PC desk in the sitting room soon as the POS there is running 192K and 16GB HDD)

Where did you buy the 1000H?

partyatmygaff

you know i would ditch linplus because its a sucky distro (Like most linux distros actually)


You could install Mac OS X on it if you replaced the wireless card, would be much nicer than a sh1te distro like linplus or xandros.


PM me if you need help

You can install vista or xp on any atom-based netbook too with pretty good performance(Vista needs atleast 1gb of ram)

Ricky91t

First of all I'm in the same position as you,have a laptop but it's just slightly too big for my bag..

So iv decided to get a net book,after watching 100's of review on youtube and reading loads iv chosen the Acer aspire one


It's got many things i like,one the keyboard is nearly full size and is very easy to type with(iv used it myself and i have big hands).The screen is crisp and sharp and very light and i also like the fact for under £50(sterling) you can get a 6 cell battery which will give you in the region of 6 hours.

Also the os is quiet a good idea and while reading up on the linpus OS i found this http://www.thinkgos.com/dgadgets.php it called GOS (google/good OS) and if you burn it to CD using an .iso burning software you can run it from the CD without affecting your laptop at all,It'll give you a good insight into the Linux os and this one is very user friendly.

I'd recommend if you can installing windows XP on it as any applications on your Laptop will run on the net book,also the ram is upgradable to 1536mb.

One thing to note about the aspire is the touch pad it much wider than normal laptops and left and right click are on the left side and the other on the right side..

The main things that appeal to me is the 120gb hardrive which is huge compared to the SSD's asus use,and the Sapphire blue colour

Also it seems to have better build quality that other net books

partyatmygaff

hands down the best build quality is to be found on HPs mini note(Ive tried it and its build quality and speakers etc are superior to most netbooks) but its VIA GFX and CPU really killed it, its very poor compared to the intel atom and costs more.

thinking of buying the aspire one myself this christmas and installing mac os x and vista on it in a dual boot
still thinking about it

Ricky91t

partyatmygaff wrote: »

hands down the best build quality is to be found on HPs mini note(Ive tried it and its build quality and speakers etc are superior to most netbooks) but its VIA GFX and CPU really killed it, its very poor compared to the intel atom and costs more.

thinking of buying the aspire one myself this christmas and installing mac os x and vista on it in a dual boot
still thinking about it

If you do this (and you remember me)Would you possibly be able to let me know how it goes?I'd really like the GOS and would love a XP/GOS dual boot

Irishpimpdude

Ive got the acer aspire one bought it for 400 euro in the 3g store, 120gb hd, 1 gig ram and winxp, just got back from germany with it and i have to say its great for mobility... tiny and it weights a little less then 1kg i like the fact i can hold it with one finger lol

ninty9er

Cheers for all the replies. Might consider the Mac OS X install if I end up with an Aspire.

On the HP, I looked, but it's too expensive for what it is.

partyatmygaff

Installing OS x isnt very straightforward on any PC due to it being not designed to be run on anything besides an apple made computer.

Afaik the Wireless card in the Aspire and Msi wind and pretty much most netbooks are not supported in Mac OS X and to get the wireless to work you either have to buy a mac compatible external usb wireless card or open up the laptop and take out the wifi card and replace it with a dell 1390 wifi card(Easiest to find and cheapest too).


Not too difficult but tough if your not too familiar with computer hardware

Ten Tenths

Acer Aspire running OS X. Yes!