Aspire One

Danyúl_II

rednose66 wrote: »

Rubbish. If that was the case the Aspire One wouldnt be the most popular netbook at the moment. I have one and it is perfectly good for what it is intended - net useage and occasional light office tasks.

Only popular because they represent good value-for-money.

Have a problem, like 99% of people with an Acer do, and you'll soon wish you never bought the damned thing.

shug1067

Absolute rubbish. Had my Acer for six years without any issues. Use a dell for work and had three in two years !!!

Dalkirst

Dany!l_II wrote: »

Only popular because they represent good value-for-money.

Have a problem, like 99% of people with an Acer do, and you'll soon wish you never bought the damned thing.

99% of acer user have a problem...where did you get that ridiculous figure from?:rolleyes:

Danyúl_II

Dalkirst wrote: »

99% of acer user have a problem...where did you get that ridiculous figure from?:rolleyes:

It's the sentiment.

Search Google: the internet is absolutely packed with people complaining about Acer's poor reliability, and even poorer customer service.

star1_2

IMHO

It's easy to complain about any manufacturer .... I've had firsthand experience of almost every brand (personally owned, company or clients).... I could tell horror stories about them all ….

I bought the Aspire One for its extreme portability, I wasn’t a fan of Acer's given some of the first hand problems I’d had with clients machines, but this could also be said for HP, IBM/Levano etc - as I’ve had issues with these too.

For the money the Aspire one is good - £150 (mine came from Asda 160gb with Linux), I use it for overseas/public transport travel where size/weight are important to me, otherwise it's my Sony Vaio - which is starting to literally fall apart after 3yrs (cost £1200+VAT when new), that even for a top-end, expensive business laptop - had issues in the first year when the power supply had to be replaced.

IMHO - Acer might not be perfect, but nor are the other brands .... the Aspire One is a great value for around the £150 mark ....

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Silk

I too bought one from Asda which was the 160gb one and am very happy with it as a travel companion but would not like to use it as a main PC.
Its initial worrying drawback of the Linux system has not been a problem at all and it does everything I would want it to, it finds and connects to a wifi very quickly and seems to be quicker than my Dell laptop.
The only drawback living with it is the short battery life before a recharge.
The other thing I notice is the Tesco one is only 8gb and hence does not seem to be the same bargain as the Asda one was

star1_2

Silk wrote: »

I too bought one from Asda which was the 160gb one and am very happy with it as a travel companion but would not like to use it as a main PC.
Its initial worrying drawback of the Linux system has not been a problem at all and it does everything I would want it to, it finds and connects to a wifi very quickly and seems to be quicker than my Dell laptop.
The only drawback living with it is the short battery life before a recharge.
The other thing I notice is the Tesco one is only 8gb and hence does not seem to be the same bargain as the Asda one was

Totally agree .... the Linux O/S is fine. My OH is running Linux on hers (nice fast boot up). I changed mine to XP and upgraded the memory by 1GB to 1.5GB - this was only down to a need to use a USB mobile broadband modem, and some specific applications that would'nt run on Linux.

My nag would be the mouse switchs being on the sides of the touch pad ....

Also agree .... The Tesco's 8GB does not seam to be a bargain, given the previous deal of the 160GB unit at Asda, and most reciently the 120GB/160GB at Comet for £170....

bobby9205

I have a 120gb Acer Aspire One and its great, I used to have a Asus eee with a 4gb hard drive and I was really limited for space so traded up to one of these. I use mine for everything and even watch films on mine whilst travellling! The screen is also excellant - much better than the Asus eee I had.I really wouldnt go for the 8gb version though - I use Windows Xp on mine and once you start to get all those Windows updates coming through you hard drive will soon be full.

sillydaddy

I bought an Acer after advice from this site last year. I have had nothing but grief and have finally worked out that you get what you pay for.

I bought the Aspire 5315 and was going to put another gig of ram in so it could cope with Vista. The last screw in the bottom of the laptop was threaded and it will not come out so I cannot upgrade from a 1 gig machine which struggles running the operating system. I spoke to Acer and they told me they could do it but it would cost me more than I wanted to pay. I honestly wished I had never bought it and spent the extra £100 on a better made machine.

rednose66

star1 wrote: »

Also agree .... The Tesco's 8GB does not seam to be a bargain, given the previous deal of the 160GB unit at Asda, and most reciently the 120GB/160GB at Comet for £170....

All depends on what you want. If you want a near instantaneous boot up then go for the 8gig drive. The small drives are SSD drives which dont contain mechanical parts and boot lightning fast in comparison to the 20 odd seconds it takes for a hard drive to boot.