I recently bought an acer aspire one, this is my view point about it.
Specs
- Atom 1.66 Ghz
- 100 inch screen native wide screen resolution 1024*600
- 1 gb Ram
- Two options of Hard disk, either a 120 gb normal hdd or 16 gb solid state drive
- Two options of OS Linpus linux lite or pay extra for windows xp home
- Wi-Fi
- 1.3 mp web cam
- 10/100 mbps lan
External Ports
- VGA Out
- MIC, Headphone
- 3 USB Ports
- Security Lock Port
- 6 in 1 card reader
- A seperate HCSD card reader on models with ssd
Performance
Acer Aspire one being a netbook comes with a pretty standard specs for a netbook seehttp://www.tomsguide.com/us/Netbooks-Asus-MSI,review-1330.html.
Regarding office suites, it runs Openoffice and MS Office 2003 with no noticeable lag making you forget it is running on a budget netbook.
It give decent performance while multitasking performing normal tasks just like editing documents, browsing and playing music. One point of warning though it wont be able to play any thing high def.
With respect to gaming 4-5 years old game may run proper on intel GMA integrated graphics but dont expect anything cutting edge to be supported on it.
Finally it can be said that it do what a netbook should do and do well, browsing, editing documents, and handling light media.
Usability
Keyboard is approaching to normal size with good key feel making touch typing easy and with minimum typos; this whole article was typed on aspire one. Placement of Fn keys is also very good especially Pg up and Pg Dn keys. Touchpad is a little small for my liking but guess you have to sacrifice due to the size of book. However one real grip is the placement of buttons on the sides of the touchpad instead of below which is the norm, which causes you to press the body when operating by touch.
Acer Aspire one being a netbook comes with a pretty standard specs for a netbook seehttp://www.tomsguide.com/us/Netbooks-Asus-MSI,review-1330.html.
Regarding office suites, it runs Openoffice and MS Office 2003 with no noticeable lag making you forget it is running on a budget netbook.
It give decent performance while multitasking performing normal tasks just like editing documents, browsing and playing music. One point of warning though it wont be able to play any thing high def.
With respect to gaming 4-5 years old game may run proper on intel GMA integrated graphics but dont expect anything cutting edge to be supported on it.
Finally it can be said that it do what a netbook should do and do well, browsing, editing documents, and handling light media.
Usability
Keyboard is approaching to normal size with good key feel making touch typing easy and with minimum typos; this whole article was typed on aspire one. Placement of Fn keys is also very good especially Pg up and Pg Dn keys. Touchpad is a little small for my liking but guess you have to sacrifice due to the size of book. However one real grip is the placement of buttons on the sides of the touchpad instead of below which is the norm, which causes you to press the body when operating by touch.
Webcam gives good colour output and contrast except it jerks a little on movement even when recording locally, so its an issue of web cam sensor refresh rate. Speakers are of average quality, naturally a little inclined towards higher tones due to the size of the laptop. Built-in mic is at a good location, right at the top of the screen insulating it from typing noise.
This book is really silent, if you choose ssd model, as it prevents the normal hdd motor wheeze. Morover its a fanless design, but because of this it sometimes do get hot for a low power atom system, but if compared with other business notbooks, it feels average
Conlcusion
A netbook on the cheapside, allowing you to do what most of the users would do on a top of the line corei7 system, i.e. day to day tasks. If you are one of the those users who want a system acting as a satellite to there main systems, then this book is right for you. Thats the reality, netbook, a satellite that supports you when you are mobile, being lightweight, small easy to lug around.
