| Value |  5 | | Performance |  4 | | Ease of Use |  4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4.5 |
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5 of 5 Great little Netbook Sunday, January 25, 2009
Brian from Texas
I bought this unit on a whim. I am disappointed with the near fraudulent representation of the 16GB SSD drive.
The 8GB SSD drive is really too small to do much with so spend the few extra dollars and get the model with the 160GB HD. Or even better get the one with the 160G HD and the 6 Cell battery.
None the less, I've replaced the SSD with a 1.8" 80G HD and successfully loaded WinXP, Fedora 10 and Mac OS X. This is a fantastic do-it-all Netbook perfect for the hacker types and quite functional in the Linux version for the non-hacker types.
Order yours today, you'll love it! Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Amazing Saturday, January 17, 2009
mm9351 from New York, NY
This netbook does pretty much everything my full size Acer laptop and Dell desktop can handle. It is a marvel of engineering packaging. It delivers quite speedy performance with built in Windows XP, 1GB RAM,N270 Intel Atom processor and 8 GB SSD drive. Storage space really insn't an issue since there are 2 SDHC slots plus 3 USB ports. The only thing it lacks is a CD/DVD drive, but you have many options to load software from the internet,or using an external hard drive or even transferring software / programs to your SDHCs or USB keys using your desktop PC.
The only drawback is that hardware upgrades such as 1.5GB RAM, though possible, are not for the faint of heart; the entire unit needs to be disassembled. However, what you will like most about this Aspire is the bright and crisp display, finger friendly keyboard, small form factor, and light-weight design. Battery life with standard 3 cell design is approx 3 hours. This thing works right out of the box. Everyone who sees it can't wait to get their hands on one. Stores have a tough time keeping them in stock. And for some reason it's becoming my favorite over my full size Dell desktop and Acer laptop. Overall I cannot be more pleased with this tiny netbook on and I give it 5 big stars. Was this review helpful?
4 of 5 Favorite of the Netbooks Wednesday, January 14, 2009
JH from Coldwater, OH
I now have bought the Asus, Dell, and Acer version of their netbook. So far, this one is my favorite. The Asus version did not have the Atom Processor. The Dell does, but at a $200 premium. This things is running great!
The only beef I have is the website states 16GB SSD.... WRONG!
It is an 8gb ssd, plus an 8gb SDHC card. For some reason, they think they should still call this a 16GB SSD, which is definately not. So do keep this in mind when researching.
But overall, I would still prefer this over the others.
Also, this Acer is a tad bit wider, and with the key layouts, the keys are the tiniest bit larger than the others, but makes all the difference in the world! Was this review helpful?
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