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Acer Aspire One

By Rory Reid on 23 June 2008

The Acer Aspire One is better than most netbooks. It's fantastic for anyone who wants a small, cheap machine on which to type and surf the Web. However, its battery life lets it down slightly.

Editor's rating:8.8 User rating:7.7

Comments (53)

  • angelo gave a review on 14/06/2009 18:19

    my laptop acer aspire one 8.9 no good not happy brokerdown 3 month old very sad me not work window black.

  • fooran gave a review on 03/05/2009 22:48

    • Good: Basically everything apart from the cons. So portable.
    • Bad: Very, very reflective screen.The trackpad is a bit sticky. Takes awhile to startup (compared to Mac), wireless card has trouble picking up some networks (sometimes). Can't do video editing (obviously)

    I hate people that complain about unrealistic expectations from their computers. You have to understand what you want to get out of laptop before you go in to buying it. It's all about research. With this laptop you can:
    - Browse the net
    - Watch videos (of all kinds), no probs with VLC player, quicktime & DivX
    - Run Microsoft Office
    - Run (just) audio production suites like Ableton Live, Soundforge & Soundbooth
    - Make everyone jealous because your laptop is so much better and smaller than theirs (including those poncy businessmen on airplanes)

    This is really a great laptop, apart from the cons, which are not a huge deal, for what you get and pay for, it's pretty awesome. I've had a lot of computers that have had a lot of problems, this laptop is not one of them.

    What I've Got: Acer Aspire One AOA150-Bw.

    Bought it for $270 AU online reconditioned with a faulty battery. New battery - $99. $370!

    This is an awesome laptop for work or student.

  • Flaysey gave a review on 30/04/2009 07:52

    • Good: Light weight, easy to use
    • Bad: No Bluetooth

    I have my unit for over 4 months and am very happy with it. it gets used every day as I use it keep my appointments and diary on. I have loaded open office software and that is working perfectly. The only problem I have experienced is the case has warped about 2mm which means you have to place something under one corner to stop it rocking. I will contact Acer and see if anything can be done. Recommend it to anyone.

  • Bryce gave 10/10 on 27/02/2009 23:09

    • Good: Everything, great machine!!
    • Bad: Touchpad takes abit to get used to.

    Excellent, I would recoment this to anyone, I really would. I bought my xp version about 5 weeks ago now. WOW!! I love using it, I couldn't complain about it really.

  • pepe gave 9/10 on 06/02/2009 01:31

    • Good: Portability, lightweight, great for travelling, free leather case. Great price!! 2 year warranty (vis redemption). Glossy screen looks better than matte screen on EeePC. 3 USB ports and Multi memory card slot.
    • Bad: NO BLUETOOTH!!!!!! why ??!?!??!

    Ive had mine for 4 months now and love it. XP is great, Lightweight and great for travelling Wifi use is excellent. Got used to the mouse/track pad by now so thats no probs. Glossy screen is great.

  • TheTechKid gave 10/10 on 28/01/2009 09:44

    • Good: Lightweight, portable, looks great, 3 USB Ports, 2 Card Reader slots.
    • Bad: No Bluetooth,Battery

    This thing is great for my ever day use

  • jimbooz gave 8/10 on 16/01/2009 00:18

    • Good: Price- $320 aft cashback. Ultralight and small. Solid for size. Quite fast to use. Good video play back, even on external monitor or projector. Usable list of free software- Skype, O-Office, Firefox 3- check out forums!!!
    • Bad: 2 1/2hr battery.
      Linux version requires lots of learning and forum searching. XP much dearer.
      No cheap batteries yet.

    Interesting to read after having set up Acer One ( Linpus version ) for daughter. Really need to search message boards to get VLC, codecs, Skype etc working. Nice little lappy. Plays full sreen video, good wireless net, fast startup- 15 secs. Cheap.

  • HENRI gave 1/10 on 15/01/2009 02:22

    • Good: Looks but my plants look good also yet do not cost over 400$ Cdn
    • Bad: DO NOT BUY ANY ACER PRODUCTS EVEN FUTURESHOP BARELY DISPLAYS THESE ... THEY PUT ON A HIDEN CORNER AND DO NOT EVEN DUST THEM OFF - NO WONDER WITH NO SERVICE AND A BELOW AVERAGE PRODUCT I WOULD ALSO

    acer aspire one bought this thing 22sept went for repairs the 10th oct and got it back to send it back 6 times ... replace webcam cam, mother board, usb ports, hard drive - Acer tech are a bunch of idiots - they could not even send it to proper address , the last time its came back tested it 30 secs to see if ub conflicts were resolved - NO same as I sent it - packed it up and future shop had pitty on me an replaced it with Toshiba NB100 funny now all my usb devices work and there is no conflict I GUESS Acer techs where full of it when they tried to make me beleive the problems where on my en.

  • SteveKodos gave 9/10 on 10/01/2009 10:44

    • Good: Everything, connectivity, keyboard, mousepad, screen, size weight, battery life, price
    • Bad: The mouse pad takes some getting used to but once you discover the TRICKS its much easier. Originally it would size the screen, scroll, move, all out of control, but it was me doing it. They dont tell you there are tricks with the pad! Whilst hovering over a scroll bar if you slide your finger down the RHS of the pad the screen will scroll without a button press. More importantly if you touch your fnger on the LHS of the pad and then slide your other finger accross the pad it will zoom, this ones tricky and catches you out.
      Thus far I havn't found a way turn these tricks off?

    Brilliant, maximum portability

  • Mark gave 9/10 on 30/12/2008 14:27

    • Good: Lightweight, very portable, no Vista, quick, looks great, excellent wireless. 3 USB Ports, 2 Card Reader slots.
    • Bad: No CD (can use USB stick or external cd) Small battery (larger battery avialable through Battery World or similar for $99.00)

    Awsome. I've been using my Xp version for 6 months now. So portable. Mouse is fine once you get used to it. With built in cam and very good speakers for it's size I was able to use Skype via wireless conection on a cruise ship in the middle of the Pacific.
    CD's can be loaded by copying contents to USB drive on another machine and then plug loaded drive into into USB port on Aspire one. I loaded all my software without any problem. For on the road use I could never go back to a "normal" notebook.

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