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Review of Acer Aspire One

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Full review of Acer Aspire One

The Aspire One is an 8.9" netbook with an Intel Atom N270 processor and GMA950 integrated graphics just like every other netbook out there. With identical hardware, you would assume to get roughly the same performance out of it, and you would assume correctly.

Features

There is still a measure of variation between different netbooks and brands, most notably the appearance, but quality aspects are naturally also important, as well as connectivity, hard drive, RAM and battery size.

Regarding the last item in the list, we managed to find the desirable and elusive model with the 6-cell battery, which offered 5 hours and 40 minutes of battery life with wireless on and backlight set to 75%. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the 3-cell, which is more common, would yield about half of that.

Big for a Netbook

Of course, getting the larger battery also means sacrificing some portability. The Aspire One is actually a bit large already (as far as netbooks go), and the 6-cell battery increases the weight to roughly 2.5 pounds. Another minor annoyance with the Acer is the relatively wide and thick bezel that makes it even slightly larger than some 10-inch netbooks.

That annoyingly large LCD bezel is unfortunately not the only letdown as far as the screen is concerned. Its viewing angles are also very poor - colors start shifting as soon as you're not exactly in front of the screen.

Bottom Line

You also get varying amounts of RAM and hard drive (or SSD) space depending on which version you get. The Aspire One is available with both flash memory-based Solid State Drives in smaller sizes and regular notebook hard drives. Our review model had 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive - both quite generous for a netbook. In most aspects, you actually get a lot of "bang for the buck" with the Aspire One.

On the whole it's a reasonably well-rounded netbook that - like most netbooks - offer few surprises. Considering what you have to pay for it, it's hard not to recommend this netbook in spite of a few flaws.

Acer Aspire One Technical Specifications

  • Processor Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz
  • Memory 1GB
  • Harddrive 160GB
  • OS Windows XP Home
  • Weight 2.2 lbs
  • Screen 8.9
  • Screen resolution 1024 x 600
  • Graphic Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
  • Battery Life 3 hours

Pros

  • Looks Pretty
  • Very Affordable
  • Comfortable Keyboard

Cons

  • Poor Viewing Angles
  • Relatively Large for a Netbook

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    this is a good computer for the price i have a dell and would have to say this is much better then the dell and i spent more money on it

  • By: chris Aug 18, 2009 4:15 PM

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  • By: Jaycee St. Peter Jul 12, 2009 6:48 AM

    My Acer Aspire is a satisfying one for me. I was able to catch up with a pink one, cute and handy. I had a problem a few months back but it is common with other computers anyway so I don't blame Acer at all. It also works fast.

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  • By: Cecelia Anthony Jun 19, 2009 7:37 PM

    I just returned an ACER Aspire laptop to the store today on the recommendation of the Electronics manager at the store where I purchased it! I bought it only 4 days ago! First of all the computer DID NOT COME with recovery discs. Second of all, the computer would not burn them. (It rejected the 5th CD and would not take another no matter what!) ACER support said they could send me recovery discs in the mail. Then, I was told they did not have them in stock and to call again in three more days. I called today. they still did not have the recovery discs in stock and told me to call back in another week! Meanwhile, I was having lots of other trouble, too. It was crazy! I can't tell you how happy I am that I was within my 14 day warranty and that ACER is no longer my problem!!!

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  • By: Nalah Carreras Jun 10, 2009 4:51 PM

    The Acer Aspire One is a VERY POOR laptop. It had WAY too many issues. My parents got both my sister and I these laptops and both had a series of issues. It ALWAYs told us we needed to get a new spywear/virus update EVERYDAY, the connections with the internet is terrible. All in all this is very poor and do not recomend at all.

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  • By: Lilly May 04, 2009 7:14 PM

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  • By: Ron Nottage Apr 26, 2009 1:26 PM

    this is a grest computer, It doesnt lack nothnhg, speed is fast, enough memory, wecam and windows Xp works fine for $279 itthe best i could fine and Costco sells it for the best price. you ownt be disappointed

  • By: Ron Nottage Apr 26, 2009 1:17 PM

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