Cool Stuffs Review

Well I've had mine for a month now, and am very happy with it. I feel I need to explain my usage requirements for this machine. I wanted to be able to go online, or type from anywhere in my house, or on vacations. I needed a large enough hard drive to offload 12 mp pictures onto it without worrying about space. My desktop computer at the time of ordering was an elderly dell with 3/4 Gig of memory, and an old processor. This baby is both much faster, and more capable than the desktop, so it really depends on what you're replacing as to how you feel about performance.

Cons:

No Optical Drive. Cuts out the weight, but I am slightly concerned about the ability of installing an operating system from a usb connected hard drive.

Caps Lock key. Everyone complains about the right shift keys on net books, but I'm constantly hitting the left caps key, and can't seem to get Toggle keys (tones when lock keys are hit) to work reliably. Minor annoyance only.

Touch pad. I loathe touch pads of any kind, so I might not be being fair. This one has some funky features I haven't figured out how to turn off, but connecting a usb mouse solves almost all of them, though it cuts into portability.

6 cell battery. Just an aesthetic, it sticks out quite a bit,and none of the selling pics on Amazon include it. I had to go search blogs to check what it looked like.

Finger prints. I didn't think this one would bug me, but wow is it shiny. I'm trying to cover the top with stickers so I'll stop obsessively wiping it. The plastic around the screen is the same shiny stuff, but be aware that it scratches if you so much as look at it funny.

Pros:

Big Hard Drive. So many netbooks have tiny hard drives, and the size of this one was a huge selling point. So what if it isn't Solid State, neither is my 5 year old ipod, but it's still going strong and I've actually dropped it a few times.

Xp. I hate Vista on a laptop. It's on my new desktop, but with 6 gigs of memory, it can't break itself too easily there. Every time I see it listed on a laptop with 1 gig of memory I cringe.

Weight: under 3 lbs for easily 7 hours of battery life, and plenty of ability. My mother is jealous with her 6 lb Toshiba laptop with a dead battery that she hauls everywhere to write.

Wireless. So far the internet has been flawless, though I haven't really taken it walking yet. No dropping though like people kept reporting in the 8.9 inch models.

It does exactly what I wanted it for, and while it wouldn't replace my desktop (screen size mostly) it is my dream laptop. Tiny enough to take everywhere, with enough battery life to be useful, and with an operating system I already used and understand.

The toggle keys bug, and the screwy touchpad kept this at 4 stars for me. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.