Cool Stuffs Review

A friend has bought an earlier model of the Aspire One and really seemed to like it. I myself swore off these netbooks long ago having had a 10 inch vaio way back when 300 Mhz was the "fast" machine. Such a small screen and resolution was not good for me and my uses. Well my friend chirped so much it peaked my interest so I started investigating.

I took the plunge and bought one. Wow! Impressed does not fully cover my reaction. Lighter than even the sony was, got the 5800Ah battery, nice roomy hard drive, great display and resolution.

Been shaking my head in disbelief ever since I received it. Far exceeds my expectations. Only a few downsides. No bluetooth, not a deal breaker but would have been nice. Mouse bar (not buttons) is stiff but I understand why so as to lessen accidental presses. Trust me, no way you will accidentally press either mouse button. As others have mentioned you can customize the behavior of the touchpad or go with an external mouse.

My personal biggest issue that loses a star on this one is the backup disc utility does not allow you to create an image that can be transfered to a USB device then to dvd or cd if you chose. It MUST find a dvd or cd burner which I personally find redundant considering obviously there is not one built in or included and most who purchase this netbook will not have an external burner "just laying around". I use a remote program to transfer files between my main computer and the netbook through my router so the creation of these discs is my only real issue.

3rd party backup software solved the problem as it allows you to create an image that can be burned or moved to a USB flash drive as you desire.


Performance again exceeds my expectations. I purchased a 2 gig memory stick with mine and installing was very easy and fast. I plan to install a 320 gig drive only because I like to have a bit more storage and this way I can keep the original drive intact if ever I am faced with repair or the hard drive dies I can just place the original back in and go along with minimal headache.

To sum it up, awesome value for everything this little wonder can do. Decent CPU speed, easy upgrading, amazing battery time, I forgot about the audio (which blew me away, better than my dell 1525!) built in webcam has very good picture quality and does great even in low light, display impressed me greatly as I had swore never anything under 15 inches till now.

If your on the fence hop off and get this puppy while they are still offering the 5800Ah battery! 7 hours is insane and just awesome! Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 10.1-Inch Netbook - Sapphire Blue

UPDATE: Those who find the mouse repeatedly going into "page scroll" mode (swirly icon appears and can not move mouse) you must go into the help file and I found there are mouse settings in the help file to turn that feature on and off. A bit odd for the actual setting controls to be in the help file but that is where they are.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.