I love this thing! It has a few minor flaws that could have been easily improved. That's why it got 4 stars instead of 5.
PROS:
- Excellent battery life (about 6-7 hours)
- Suspend works well (I have it mapped to the power key for quick standby/resume)
- Display is incredibly crisp
- Keyboard feels great, despite being small
- Great construction (doesn't feel flimsy at all)
- Really nice job on the WinXP Home installation -- not bloated with junk, etc.
- Highly-customizable Synaptics touchpad (great management software)
- Fast for a cheap netbook
- Very portable
- Great for browsing the web on the couch or on the road
CONS:
- Home and End keys are Fn keys (you need to hold down Fn+PgUp to get Home and Fn+PgDn to get End). Instead, it has PrtSc, Pause, and Ins keys -- not nearly as useful as Home and End would be.
- Keyboard is a bit small and takes some getting used to.
- Status lights cannot be seen when the lid is closed.
- Small touchpad makes it too easy to scroll instead of moving the pointer.
- Scroll doesn't always work because it starts at about 1/8 of an inch away from the molded edge of the touchpad.
- Dead zone at the bottom 1/4 inch of the already small touchpad makes moving the mouse a bit annoying at times (but see below).
- Only 1024 x 600 resolution (although this is common with netbooks). The 600 rows make it a bit tough to view content.
Overall, this netbook is great. I considered others that were slimmer and lighter (like the HP), but they have much smaller hard drives and shorter battery life. Plus, I got a 90 day return policy and 2 year warranty by buying from [...].
As for the touchpad with a 1/4 inch dead zone at the bottom and scrolling issues, I simply put a 1/4 inch piece of clear tape along the bottom and right edges of the touchpad. This provides just enough texture for a finger to sense the edges of the mouse area and to know where the scroll area is. It is much easier to use now.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOA150-1049 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Black.
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