This is a very cool machine at a bargain price. It has competition from several other companies in the netbook space but this was chosen above all others based on long battery life, keyboard feel and reasonable and sturdy construction.
An important feature was the 4 or more hours battery life. This is provided ONLY when you order the netbook with the 6 cell battery. Dont be dumb. If you buy the least expensive configuration, you will be buying the 6 cell battery sooner rather than later. Make sure that you order the netbook with a 6 cell battery.
The biggest problem cited by reviewers of this netbook is that they hated the mouse buttons being on either side of the trackpad. Most machines have the buttons under the pad. My comment: Who cares? What a minor niggle. If you cannot adapt to this ergonomic change, you probably still have a rotary telephone and would not know how to use a computer that did not run CPM or use a punch card reader as an input device.
I am running XP and I took advantage of a special deal that was already on the computer to purchase Office 07. The software is pre-loaded in trial mode and you order the product key on-line. This works fine for me.
The display is OK for e-mail and other non graphical tasks but unless you are very talented and patient I would suggest doing your critical Photoshop work on a larger machine. It is just too small a display and too slow a machine for complex graphics.
I have used this machine to take notes in meetings, drive a power point presentation, find and read word documents and respond to e-mail. I have kept the software original and not loaded any new applications. This has allowed the mighty atom processor to do what it needs to do and to boot and shut off very quickly. I did dump Norton for another package but that was needed to enhance performance.
All in all, I am amazed that so little money can buy so much computing and storage capability. I bought a Toshiba Pocket PC (PDA) 5 years ago that cost more than the Acer. I will certainly get more use out of this machine.
If you are getting this for your children, it may be too limited for their gaming and graphics desires. If you are buying this for your granny to get her on e-mail, the display and keyboard may be too small for her frail fingers and eyes. If you are using it as a traveling super lightweight office machine, you will be very happy.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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