Team-BHP - Acer Aspire One

acer has come up with a new 10 incher check on their website. acer.co.in

its good and can be had under 20k easily.

But you people might want to wait, as this is still in an infant stage (netbook lineup)

current cpu is developed from celeron core.

the newer upcomming DC atom with higher l2 cache will be worth waiting.

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Originally Posted by whatcanthisbe (Post 1256443)

I am planning to buy a netbook for the better half, need suggestion on <20K in delhi and the best I can get. OS is not an issue. Suggestions pls.

If you want a pink color, then your unanimous choice is Acer Aspire One. If color choice is not an issue, Ideapad S10 is worth considering. My suggestion is go for Acer. I am a proud owner of a blue Acer Aspire One AoA 150. The latest Acer Aspire One AoD 150 is a 10 incher and supposed to be better built too. As someone has already mentioned. But there is no use waiting when you've decided to buy. In the gadget world, anything you buy today is outdated tomorrow. So let the buying be need-based. :thumbs up

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Originally Posted by deepakchan (Post 1258084)

absolutely correct abt the technology part. And am open to Red and white as the colour too.
I can find the Aspire One 10.1 inch with XP( cant find the Non XP version :Frustrati) for 22k and the Samsung NC 10 at 25K (quoted over the phone ) open to bargaining.

would the acer aspire one suffice the basic needs of chatting, net browsing and cd/dvd writing!!
i was looking into the latest aspire one(10 inch)
reviews from owners would be helpful!!

ps:if anyone has ideas of prices for the 10 inch aspire one do mention also!!

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Originally Posted by ariendj (Post 1261546)

would the acer aspire one suffice the basic needs of chatting, net browsing and cd/dvd writing!!

You'll need an external DVD writer. Aspire one or for that matter any other 'netbook' will not feature a DVD drive.

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Originally Posted by WasavaTyres (Post 1266319)

You'll need an external DVD writer. Aspire one or for that matter any other 'netbook' will not feature a DVD drive.

i guess the sony vaio one has a dvd drive. I have seen a gentleman using it on flight - and oh my god the battery lasted a full 7 hours before he got bored and switched it off.

Acer aspire one is my stuff. 3 cell battery lasts around 3 hours. Good one for all kinds of normal stuff you want to do. got in dec08 for 17k. 8.9", 160gb, 1gb, xp home. works like a charm.

I formatted my acer aspire one and moved from Linux to Win XP all done at home. Its not as easy as it sounds, had to take the help of youtube video tutorial to get it done without issues.

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Originally Posted by babhishek (Post 1347464)

you could have tried windows 7
:)

I am going to do that. Yesterday only bought an LG external dvd writer the slim one.

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Originally Posted by whatcanthisbe (Post 1262069)

what abt the IBM S10 or Dell Mini 10 if i can get em around 22k ?

Would suggest you wait and buy S12 :)

I am planning to get a mini laptop, HP mini seems to be a costly. Lenovo S10, Acer comes closely. Lenovo seems to be compact compared to the Acer. Which one should be the best with service backups. I believe the new S10 comes with Bluetooth etc which were not present before.

Any comments from S10 users ?

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Originally Posted by luvjascha (Post 1178993)

For someone that has been used to Windows XP, how easy/difficult is it to use Linux?
The MRP difference between the Acer Aspire One with Linux and the other with XP is 3K.

I use windows and Linux (Ubuntu). Linux is much better. It's easy to use. Once you use Linux, you'll want to throw "Windows" out of the "Window".

And if you have any problem with Linux, there's always the Linux Support Thread on T-BHP. I've use it to resolve my Linux problems.