Like almost everyone else I really LOVE this machine and have lots of praise. I got the white to minimize the appearance of smudges. I saw the blue in a store and it shows every finger print.
I'm very happy with the 6 cell, battery life is excellent and it's worth the extra weight (which is about 8 more ounces so it weighs just under 3 lbs, still light, but more then the 2.2 lb 3 cell.) This will be a great companion on LONG plane rides. The photos shown above show the 3 cell version, the 6 cell version sticks out about an inch or so more. It's fine and actually provides some balance to the computer when you open the screen.
The wifi works perfectly (in my house, at Starbucks and at McDonalds), so did the wired LAN connection.
Windows XP is a dream, unlike the SLUGGISH and incompatible with everything older then it Vista. Start up and Shut down is fast. The computer stays relatively cool too, so much cooler then all of my other notebooks.
The only negatives... very little minor things...
-The keyboard is a little small, but very managable and the touch pad just takes a little getting used it. The touch pad is actually quite powerful and you can left click (by tapping twice) and even scroll right on it. All the options are detailed under Control Panel. You could always buy a mouse Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks (Black) or Logitech V450 Nano Cordless Mouse- Black or Logitech V220 Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks (Black)
-There is no Compact Flash reader built in, but it does have readers for almost every other card format built it.
-It doesn't have a CD/DVD reader/writer, but I purchased a Apricorn EZ Writer Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW Slim Line Combo which works off of USB power and it works great with this machine. Heres a link: Apricorn EZ Writer Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW Slim Line Combo with LightScribe USB 2.0
- It doesn't come with a RESTORE disk, the restore is built into the hard drive... don't know what I'll do if the hard drive ever fails (I actually have an email into Acer support and will update this review when I get a reply.) UPDATE: I emailed Acer, but they responded that they only provide support via telephone 1-800-816-2237... so I called them and they will send me the Restore CD! The restore CDs arrived via FEDEx within a week! Great customer support!
- It doesn't come with a slip case. (The 3 cell version from the store comes with a slip case.) You can easily fix that by purchasing a 9" or 10" DVD player case. XDS-9 Neoprene DVD Player Case (Blue) I had an old one on hand (slightly different model) which worked great.
- Screen size is small. It's a little difficult to read the fine print with old eyes, but overall it's VERY usable. If you need to in an office environment, you could hook up a VGA cable to a larger monitor and a USB keyboard to the Aspire One. Great to have that option should you decide to make this your only computer...
I've run MS Office, Corel X4, Adobe Lightroom 2.0 and even Adobe CS3 Photoshop and it works fine, no noticable delay as opposed to my full sized Vista computer. (It can't run Adobe Illustrator or Adobe In Design due to the small screen limitation, but so what! I was just testing to see what would happen and I'm fine with it...)
It's an amazing machine at an amazing price and size. Great portability for traveling or just moving from room to room in your house! Highly recommend it!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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