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Got this for my husband to do email and he loves it. Nice and fast, good wireless and screen is clear. He loves the fact that it's so small and portable. Only draw back is the lack of a port for printing, but we'll get by that by uploading from hp.
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I needed a small laptop for travel. Weight and performance were primary. Acer Aspire meets both requirements. Only complaint is the built in mouse. I solved it's sensitivity with a USB laser mouse from HP. Battery function is outstanding thus far. Outer shell is finger print sensitive but not a big problem. Price, weight and performance make it a great buy.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

After seeing the positive reviews for this netbook, I decided to get one for my daughter. The device seems nice enough but we were disappointed with touch pad. It's so small, you have to swipe a couple times just to get the mouse to move a little bit.

The other bad thing is, instead of giving you 2 mouse buttons, you get one big mouse button that's stiff to press. Of course you know you're are suppose to press the sides but occasionally you'll press towards the middle by mistake. It's simply a bad design.

Other negatives include the dark and useless web cam, lack of N wireless, and lack of bluetooth. I know most people won't care about these items but there you go. Contrary to the product description, you can actually upgrade the ram to 2GB. Here's the one to get: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F7QRTG?ie=UTF8&tag=pc-accessories-10-20 . I guess this is not the worse netoobk available but I think the touch pad and buttons are show stoppers. For a few bucks more, you can get a fully loaded unit without the interface glitches.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

Here's the old-lady, former techno-geek review with hardly any tech talk at all:

I had the blue 8" Acer and liked it so much that I decided I deserved the upgrade to the 10" red one.
It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys and once I got all the extra stuff off that was loaded onto it and put on all the things I like, I gave my daughter my bigger laptop and a kid at school the little 8" one.

I love this little netbook. I toss it into my totebag and it goes everywhere I do.

I invested in a cheapie usb cd-r/rw "just in case" and it already came in handy making recovery discs.
ok, one little semi-techie thing: I have been getting as much as 8 hours from the battery. that's a lot of time away from a plug!

love that Ruby Red color, too. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I have carried a PDA for years. It works OK, but the small screen is becoming a pain, especially with my old-person eyes. A conventional laptop is far more than what I need most of the time when away from my office. As in the story of Goldilocks & The 3 Bears, the Acer Aspire One 10-inch is "just right". Also, I don't at all mind having the ability to access most of the same programs I use on my desktop.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

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I did a lot of research before purchasing and Amazon was the best price anywhere (not just the internet) This is a super fun laptop..Acer sent out a few with a bigger battery and I was one of the lucky ones, instead of six hours it lasts for over 7 hours when fully charged. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This 2 pound Computer works well as a mobile device. The drawbacks are:
Touch Pad is terrible but good work around is a wireless mouse. Also,
no CD/DVD recorder built in requiring external USB CD/DVD recorder for
installation of additional software. Overall, good value for price and
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After My HP laptop died last week after only 3 years ,I decide to get Acer aspire one because after all the research.Acer aspire one have good quality but not too expensive. At first I was worried about some of the function like bluetooth that I won't get from this netbook,but if I won't use it then why should I worried about it.I never use bluetooth when I have my hp laptop anyway.
I just got my netbook couple days ago.I am very happy with this small and light netbook. The screen is bright and the sound is good too.The keyboard doesn't bother me like some people said. battery life is wonderful. Only thing I don't like is I need to get rid of a lot programes that I don't need. Overall,I am very happy I spend little money and be able to do all the things I normaly do from a regular laptop.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

It is fast light and good battery life. Really enjoy it except for the touch pad and buttons. Buttons are really a little bar very stiff and have to mash it. To work around that I got a little GE mini-mouse, problem solved.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I bought this netbook to take on vacations and to use out on the deck on weekends. It is perfect. The wi-fi works really well every place i have tried it. It is a great little computer that can do a lot things besides just checking your email. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This is an awesome little netbook. It's exactly what I was looking for in a portable computer. I've never been fond of regular laptops because of their size and weight, but the Acer Aspire One really put what I was looking for in a portable computer in one place. Compared to some other netbooks, the hard drive, battery life, and keyboard layout definitely were key factors in my choosing this particular one over the others. I use it at work all the time and its size is perfect for bringing it virtually everywhere. I'm really pleased with this purchase.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This is a cute little laptop with everything I needed, except for one very important feature. It doesn't come equipped with a modem! I had no idea since Amazon's description doesn't state that. This seems like something a description should most definatly include since the entire country has not converted to wireless yet!! We only have dial up available to us in our home, so this laptop was useless to me. I had to send it back. I loved that it has Window's XP but without the Modem, it would be nothing more than a typewriter. I was very dissapointed.
UPDATE! I did not realize it would be simple to add an external modem to this computer until someone left a message stating so.. I really did like this computer a lot and was very dissapointed that I needed to return it. On a bright note, Amazon paid for the return shipping and credited my account in full! Now that I have this info about the external modem, I'm going to reorder this computer along with a modem, because it really did seem to be the perfect little laptop! I wish I could rerate it at a 4+, minus one for not having a modem.. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

Overall: Great netbook, with great battery life. Very portable, and can become - almost - the primary computer in your life.

Pros: Size, weight, battery life, bootup speed, shutdown speed, reliability.

Cons: Touchpad a bit difficult on occasion, need more software control. If you want to upgrade memory, you have a convoluted process to get to the memory stick, and it voids the warranty. Best advice is to buy the netbook with the memory already installed. Too many people want to play with the netbook since they haven't seen one and "are thinking" about buying one (is this really a con?)Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

My new Acer Aspire One with the 10.1 inch screen is wonderful. My wife has the 8.9 inch screen and I was undecided but once the slightly bigger screen became available without adding much size or weight I bought it. No regrets. The battery life is incredible.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This is netbook is great, as long as you understand it's shortcomings. This will do Internet, email, and the web magnificently. Anything more and the system is taxed.

My system came with 1 GB of RAM and Windows XP Home, but I upped the RAM to 2 GB and installed the Windows 7 beta on it. It works great. I use it with an external Dell 19 inch monitor, at 1280x1024 resolution. It works fine. I wouldn't try Photoshop on this thing. An overall great experience.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 10.1-Inch Netbook - Sapphire Blue This small computer (netbook) is truely big on power for its size. I have had desktops for several years, and enjoy working and playing on them. Now that I have this new Acer 10" I feel so free, and I am getting on-line more often than I thought I would. It is light-weight, and so very portable. Also the battery power really surprised me. (At least 6-7 hrs. of pc time) The price is also the best for a netbook this size. I have researched other netbooks, and found them to be more expensive, and nowhere near as powerful as this little Acer 10". I love it, and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a great little netbook to stay connected with the world, and friends.

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Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 10.1-Inch Netbook - Sapphire Blue I bought this for my wife. It has the 6 cell battery and it really does last 6+ hours. The 10.1 is just great. It has taken me a couple of weeks to get it running to my satisfaction. The lack of a cd/dvd drive hasn't bothered me. I use a HP Pavilion with a 17" screen. I HAVE taken it everywhere for years. It got to weighing 72.1 pounds with the brick (make that 91.1. This beauty, without the brick, is under 3 pounds and with the brick is just a few more. I started in, I think, December '81 or '82 with a Kaypro 1. A 27 pound LUGABLE. This is the first truly portable I ever had. I go back and forth to Arizona from New Jersey and I am looking forward to carrying it and even using it on the plane. I have a wireless USB from Verizon and the coinnection speed and usabality is just as good as the HP. The keyboard is not really noticable. Included software is, for the most part, as usual, a waste. I have installed Office 2007 and deleted the MS Works. I can't get over how well I do at meetings with everyone complaining about the weight and finding a place to plug in the brick and tripping over cords and this mighty mouse device just keeps on running. I have McAfee, registry mechanic and Spyware Doctor running in the background. I run Malwarebytes and Adaware from an icon. NO SLOWDOWN!! Not like the HP that dies when the stuff is running. My main printer is a Cannon MLF 620 and the wireless stuff works. I deleted Adobe and use Foxit. It is QUICKER then quick. I don't bother with the pad and use a Logitech V550 Nano (small usb plug) Google earth is okay even with the lowered res. My pictures and videos are good too. Sure they look good on my BB 8330 too but nothing is as good as the 21" desktop. But then nothing weighs in under 3 pounds either (exept the BB, of course). I just "google earth flew" from New Jersey to arizona and it was just fine. I have loaded up the hard drive with years worth of work (I am calling it my backup).

Would I get another? Sure and I am ordering it tonight when I turn it overlet to my wife and she starts to use it. I have looked at the reviews of other netbooks and I note that they brag about one thing or another. I am only sure that the major difference is the price. This one can be picked up for under $[...] at Amazon and the rest (especially the newest) run from 499 and up. This one walks the walk: I started at it at 2pm and it is now 7:30 pm and I still got over an hour left. NO BS. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This toy is getting glowing reviews from most people posting on Amazon. I suspect most are actually genuine and not a sales pitch. I buy from AMAZON every week, but have only posted back once when I got ripped off on a toothbrush. I am doing this now as I figure I can post here, then put it up on my Blog at "YardCrap". You can find it if you google.

I am a poor guy with way too much tied up in computer junk. I really had no legitimate reason to buy this. I have been looking at netbooks for months as they are interesting. I really like the MSI WIND, especially because it has a wonderful web forum that just makes one want to get involved.

Acer came out with this bigger screen and I bought it, even though I might like the smaller one better.

Like any computer, you have to be willing to play with it for a time to get the best out of it. Most people will not understand that. They just use their computer believing it to be as good as it can be.

If you do that with this ACER, you will be happy. If you adjust it some, you will be amazed.

I have 3 excellent desktops scattered around my place and a laptop that cost a lot. Compared to them, this ACER is junk. Comparing this to those just makes me an idiot.

Like I said, I had no legitimate excuse to buy this, but I am glad I did!

I have 80 gigs of music on it now. No ipod sounds as good as this ACER on head phones or hooked into my boat or deck speakers. No music player has a screen like this or supports WINAMP. It is bigger than an ipod type player, but the rare times I need to walk down the street with music in my pocket -> I can revert to those. I always hook players to powered speakers on my boat, car, deck and dock as I put a premium on good sound. For that you need a good player going through the best system you can assemble.

GPS works on this better than my car unit. I guess the computing power puts most GPS units to shame. It is incredible on my fishing boat.

If you kinda understand what this is, and kinda have a use for it, this is a great toy !! I am impressed, and will not give it back.

Here are some tips and observations.
I had good quality memory on hand and upgraded to 2gig. I doubt you need that if you keep XP Home on it. Still, memory is cheap, so why not? Windows 7 will be out soon, but it might cost more than this computer. XP Home is very capable. I have a LINUX dual boot on because it is free and fun, but unless you are already into that, this ACER would be a poor place to learn.

I think one guy put up an issue with the touch pad and everyone thinks it is cool to add to that. I suspect these are people who have little experience with touch pads. This one is OK. It is not like my $2000 laptop, but not that different. The best feature of touch pads is the tap. Just tap it. TAP IT !! It works great. I stuck in that tiny dongle with the logiteck mouse, and I like that as it fits really close.

Like any laptop, if you hook it into your large monitor and plug in a mouse, you can set it up with less pain, just up the monitor resolution.
I have not tried the wireless, but some others say it is good. For less money, I ran cable through the floor and up into places where I might want to hook in, like out here on the deck where I am now.
I suspect some incredible net books are just months off. Still, I don't see anyway you could wrong with this one if you actually do want a tiny computer that refuses to act tiny, and looks great.
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I bought the Acer Aspire One about a month ago, and have all ready ditched it for another model. I found it to be maddenly slow to boot up and shut down, and very slow to connect to websites despite what is supposed to be a good microprocessor. The touch pad constantly does funky stuff (what is that whirlpool symbol, anyway...?) and the touchpad buttons are difficult to use and counter-intuitive. I found a much, much superior netbook for the same price here on Amazon, and couldn't be happier with it. I gave the Acer to my sister... I hope she doesn't end up hating me...Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

pros:
nice bright, glossy screen
great keyboard
5800mAH battery welcome bonus vs the 4400mAH advertised
decent price at $350

cons:
noisy fan comes on intermittently after a while
bad trackpad and buttons
comes with ALOT of bloatware that I had to uninstall
0.3MP webcam vs 1.3MP found on most competitors

review:
You get very good specs for the price. The glossy screen displays very well. The 5800mAH battery bonus was a pleasant surprise. I had no problems with the keyboard despite it being the same size as the one from Acer's 8.9" model. It's very quiet and responsive.

What did bug me was the noisy fan, which turns on and off every few minutes sometimes. I can't find a pattern to what triggers this. Sometimes I'm just using Firefox and I get this behavior. If you are sensitive to noise like I am, this may be an issue. The trackpad is also a turn-off. Very small; I think the smallest I've seen from the 10" netbooks. It was difficult to use no matter how I configured the sensitivity. Initially, I was having issues with the synaptics sensor software stalling so the pointer turns into an un-movable ball while it's "thinking". Someone in the discussion forum noted turning off virtual scrolling would help, and it did help for me. The right and left buttons are actually a single button on a pivot and are very very hard to press. When I first started this up, the system was using 500MB Ram to run everything. I had to uninstall a bunch of bloatware to make it run at a more manageable 175MB. I checked out the webcam and microphone via Skype. The other party said my video was very choppy, but the voice was fine. This is understandable as the atom processor is very power efficient (it uses about 2.5Watts instead of the typical 30+ Watts on a desktop) but not very powerful. My CPU was running at 75-90% while I was videochatting and the fan was audibly running the whole time. I wonder if this is why Acer chose a 0.3MP webcam over the 1.3MP found in others in the same class. The specs obviously can't handle smooth videochatting as is, so streaming higher video resolutions would be even more problematic.

Overall, I think half the hardware is awesome and half is awful. I can always deal with software issues, but subpar hardware is tough to get over. I can't really complain given the price and the infancy of the netbook market though. It's a solid machine, but don't expect to get rid of your regular desktop or notebook. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I was so happy receiving this computer. I dug right into it, and was very happy...for almost a week. Then the keyboard would only work on the first 30 minutes of turning on the unit...perhaps an over-heating issue. I was on the phone with Acer for over an hour, and finally they decided it could not be fixed on my end. I could have sent it back to the Acer distributer for repair or send it back to the vendor, Amazon. I elected to send it back to Amazon and receive a replacement. However, receiving a replacement was not an option as they did not know when the item would be back in stock. I elected to accept a refund, and bought an Asus, which, for $25 more, has many more features that I wanted and feels like a sturdier machine.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I've had my Acer about a week now, it's everything I expected it to be. Windows XP runs well on it, the screen resolution and clarity are great, the keyboard is usable (though not as good as the hp Mini which I also own) and battery life is superb (7-8 hours).

Prior to receiving it I read many of the reviews here complaining about the touchpad and difficult to press mouse buttons. These reviews almost led me to cancel the order and look at the Asus netbook instead. Let me say that I've had no problems using the touchpad and find no issues with the mouse buttons, they're very easy to press. However, I did order a wireless notebook mouse prior to the arrival of the Acer and I switch back and forth between that and the touchpad.

I've also been able to run Ubuntu from Live CD (actually Live USB stick) and will be setting the Aspire One up to dual boot once I find the time to install Ubuntu for real on the hard drive.

I'd say the only negative regarding the machine was the question of wondering which battery size it would come with. Mine came with the 5800 mAh battery. If it's true that some come with 5800 and others with 4400 mAh batteries, then it's inexcusable on Acer's part to ship this laptop with two different batteries and not differentiate them via model number.

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This is a very nice laptop. Does more then I need it to do. Runs very fast. I got lucky and got the one with the better battery too. 8 hr life on this thing it's amazing. With my old laptop I was lucky if I got 1 hr. Like in in all the reviews of this laptop the built in mouse pad button are hard to use. I use a real mini mouse with the laptop so its not a problem for me. So for $349 I do not think you can find a better deal.

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I got my acer about two weeks. Everything is working great! The screen is at the perfect size. The old 8.9" acer was really a little too small for my liking. The keyboard is big enough even for a fast typer. This small lappy boots up fast (<30s). I really didn't expect this from a $350 netbook. Acer has also made the mouse pad bigger and the buttons are not at the side anymore which is great. My only complaint is that these buttons are hard to press (like really hard) though it doesnt make any sound when pressed. Battery life is really decent (the last of the 5800 battery ^^), could prob last one day at sch without charging. -SnBGet more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This is a great little computer. I got it on March 11. It worked out of the box with no problem. I received the larger battery and after five and a half hours it is still going strong. The keyboard is surprisingly easy to use. I was afraid that it would be too small but it isn't despite my larger than average hands. Acer has done an outstanding job building this computer.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This laptop is no good for music...it has a headphone jack which has no
electronic contacts so nothing comes thru your headphones!!!Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

Recd this AAO 10.1 a few weeks. Also, like another post, I cannot hear/feel the fan running. Some other people said their fan is too loud, etc. So, I don't know what is going on with the fan. I sent many emails to Acer and they were no help and told me to telephone Acer, which I did. Very unfriendly people there, who didn't seem to want to help at all. Several calls, long time on hold, several cut-offs, and finally spoke to someone who said "yes," the fan was working "all the time" even though I couldn't hear it. So, at this moment I don't know what the heck is going on with the fan.
Some programs were supposed to be installed on the computer, which were not installed. Aver kept telling to get the programs from the Recovery disks. There were no Recovery disks enclosed? Plus, there is no DVD/CD drive. No way to play DVDs if you do have external drive, because the MS Media Player installed does not play DVD movies. Acer said to load some other programs to play the DVDs.
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My Acer Aspire One 10.1 netbook arrived this afternoon after ordering it on Friday past. Was most impressed with the packaging as the manufacturer took great care to ensure that even Amazon couldn't screw up the product. I say this only because so many times it seems that Amazon's crew simply 'dumps' products into their boxes, with little or no protection and off they go. Mine arrived in excellent condition without the bumps and abrasions on the box many times seen from UPS. But I digress . . .

The Acer quick guide nearly made me laugh out loud with this quote from page 6 "Ensure that the battery is probably locked in place as illustrated in 2-2." If that escapes anyone - perhaps you know more than I do about the English language!

Anyway, I found the instructions a bit light on specifics, specifically with regard to the wireless communications capability. Took me awhile to figure out how to use the communications switch and that the unit was equipped with everything needed to almost instantly make connection with my router. Amazing.

From there on, everything was tremendously gratifying. I love this little MoSheen and am looking forward to many hours of fun doing the things I like to do while on the net.

I rated it with 5 stars because it really has met all of my expectations in terms of ease of use, portability, appearance 'n functionality.

Only critism I can come up with is I wish the cover wasn't glossy - makes for easy smudging. But that can be easily remedied with a wipe now and then.

I'm happy with my Acer.

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I was hoping for a wonderful netbook. Ordered it on Sunday and received it on Wednesday. Shipping was good..no damaged box. Packed well. Looks nice. 5800 battery instead of smaller one that is supposed to be with it. Problem is I cannot use it. The mouse does not work. I installed the battery and turned it on. I installed my 3-G air card. It needed to re-boot and that was the end of the mouse/trackpad. It no longer works. Instruction booklet was no help. I tried Fn + F7, but it still will not work. I hope I don't have to send it back. If I get it working, I will redo this review, but in the meantime......POOR rating from me.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

It's amazing and I love it. The battery life is four times any laptop I've ever owned. Just to cycle the battery a couple times I had to run my virus scanner for 5 hours, after changing the power settings to "always on." That's five hours of the hard drive spinning almost constantly.

I recommend you spend an extra $25 for a 2GB memory stick. I've regretted not max-ing out memory on laptops in the past. But I've never regretted spending a few extra bucks to max them out up-front.

Obviously, this is the perfect airplane companion. Even if it's your second laptop, for the airplane only, it's well worth the $350 if you travel a lot. You don't even have to worry if the person in front of you puts the seat back--it still fits. And you certainly don't have to worry about the battery life.

The keyboard is NOT a problem. I'm 6 feet tall with large hands. After reading these reviews I thought it would be an issue. I just plunked down my hands and started typing, and it was fine! That leaves only the tiny screen size as the only thing less-than-ideal, but you know what you are getting -- it's a netbook, not a laptop.

Performance is snappy -- It seems to be better than my 2.4Ghz Celeron laptop. The thing preventing lots of multi-tasking is the screen, not the CPU. If you are at home, you might consider an external monitor.

Here's a tip for would-be buyers. If you don't want to spend money for a USB CD drive, just download "Alcohol 52 Free Edition". It allows you to rip installation CDs and DVDs to image files, and to mount those files into a "virtual" drive. Just transfer the image files onto this baby using a thumb drive or over the network. Of course, some installations are not particular about running from a CD, and you can just install by copying all the files to a thumb drive. I use my thumb drives for other things, though, and it's more convenient to move 2 files across to get the whole CD, and then be able to easily clean it up after.

The first thing you'll want to do when you get this machine is uninstall all the trial software. That's pretty quick -- maybe 20 minutes. The second thing is adjust the touchpad sensitivity and speed in the control panel under "mouse".

If I can figure out how to get it to boot up with the WiFi disabled, I'll be 100% happy about it (instead of 99.9). I checked the BIOS, and didn't see anything there. Of course, flicking the button once is not much of a big deal.
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Pros: Windows XP, Bright Screen, Good Keyboard for the size, Super portable, 6 cell battery lasts 7-8 hours on a full charge

Cons: the touch pad is small and somewhat hard to use. this is solved by wireless mouse

I bought this computer last week and set it up this weekend. removed the bloat ware in about 15 minutes. Loaded MS Office 2007 enterprise version, Snag it, Firefox and AVG virus protection. All this took less than an hour. I have a 15.4 lenovo with vista, 2gb of ram and Intel Dual core processors and the Acer out performs it. I have used word, excel, powerpoint and Outlook extensively over the last 4 days and as far as I can tell it runs better on the Acer Aspire. On Sunday I was working on a project and used the battery for almost 8 hours before I had to plug it in the wall. The wireless has not dropped once since the initial set up. I have used my home wireless network and a public network at Panera bread. I have big hands but there is enough room on the keyboard for me to type. Monday night I watched streaming video from NBC.COM and there were no blurs.

One irritation is ACER back up and recovery program will not create a recovery disk on an USB drive. It exclusively looks for Optical drive. I am sure there is a work around but I have not had time to look.

I am going to use this machine exclusively for traveling and my consulting project work. I bought it for my kids but I guess now they will get the big laptop.

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The Acer Aspire One with the 10.1 inch screen is an amazing little machine. I bought it as my "studying machine" for a medical board examination, with the intention of using it to take notes, review images and watch lecture videos. With its large hard drive and great screen it's been perfect for those tasks. But with its extreme portability, long battery life (I am writing this on my 8th hour of battery time), surprisingly peppy processor and nice screen, I find that I bring it everywhere and use it for everything. It's largely taken the place of desktop computers at work, my full-fledged laptop at home and even my iPhone for on-the-go surfing.

Of course, the same comments could apply to many other netbooks in this class, and in truth, there may not be a tremendous amount which separates one machine from the other -- but I do think that Acer has hit a sweet spot in terms of price and feature-mix with this machine.

There's one caveat which prevents me from giving this machine 5 stars: The mouse button is incredibly stiff. This was the first thing I noticed when I took the machine out of the box, and it hasn't stopped annoying me. Luckily the trackpad software allows you to tap the pad for both left and right clicking, which is what I do most of the time now, because pressing the physical button could really give someone a repetitive stress injury. Otherwise it's an amazing little machine.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I've had the Acer One 10" for about 3 weeks and just love it! The size and weight are perfect for biz travel. It handles all the software I need on it very well. Display is great. Keyboard works fine, but I do have to slow down just a tad to let my pinkies get in place. Still, the keyboard beats typing on a cell phone by a ton.

I added a USB mouse, cuz I prefer them over touch pads. Added a no-name USB CD-ROM to load software, easily found on the Net at $20. And added a $25 Zoom brand USB mini-modem as I occasionally stay in motels with no wireless. The Acer One has 3 USB ports, so these add-ons all work fine.

I've used it for video chat and video conferencing and the built-in camera and mike do just fine.

The result is an invitingly portable computer that does everything I need to do on the road for about $400 in total. A heck of a bargain, IMHO.

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So I have now owned this product for about a month. To date I have had zero issues. I bring it to work with me and have it running from usually 8am until 4:30pm and around that time is when it warns me the battery is almost dead, but I still have about 30 minutes of battery life left. I also don't hear any noise coming from it what so ever. Even putting my ear up to where the majority of the heat escapes, there is no sound.

I usually am on Google Chrome surfing the web and have AIM, MSN, Yahoo all open with a few conversations in each program. I also have watched netflix and a few TV series in HD in that 8 1/2 hour time period.

I will admit there have been a few times its hiccuped and not responded for about 5 seconds at the most, but that was when I was stress testing it streaming 4 different YouTube videos, and using VLC to stream from my desktop to this system while chatting and playing a game on Kongregate. I also do not have the 2 gigs of memory, so you should be able to do this right out of the box.

As for the mouse, I haven't had any complaints with it. My girlfriend absolutely cannot stand it, however, using the built in software I can pretty much do any button clicking with just tapping or double tapping the track pad. I don't think the mouse button is too stiff, like some of the complaints.


Pros:
-lightweight
-quiet
-very portable
-long lasting (I do have the 5800 Mah battery)
-looks clean
-bright screen
-easy to use

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I have had this computer about 3 weeks and it is everything I had hoped for and more at an unbelievable price.

It works great and actually does run on a charge for 5 to 6 hours without any attempt to minimize power usage.

Though the Aspire is exceedingly small, the keyboard works well with a nice touch and close enough to full size that at least I don't have any real problem typing and going back and forth with a regular size keyboard. The screen is sharp and easy to read. The 1040x600 screen is a pain but quite usable for most applications though you can't very easily have multiple windows open at the same time.

The laptop is no speed demon but quite adequate for basic computer operations. It is very well tuned for XP and boots up quickly. You can put it to sleep and wake it up in a few seconds between uses with very little battery drain and not even both rebooting.

If you get one, be sure to get the fan utility. It's free and solves the noisy fan problem. Also, turn off the power saving mode for the wireless adapter so it doesn't go into sloooow motion when running off the battery. It probably only costs you about 5 minutes of battery life and will keep you from tearing your hair out. Both tweaks are well documented on the web if you look around.

Other than that, get rid of all the crummy software and demo versions and you have a great little laptop for traveling. I didn't see the need for ripping it completely apart to add an extra 1/2 gig. It runs fine without it though I am sure it would speed it up a bit.

Yes, it picks up finger prints like crazy but who cares. If you consider your laptop a fashion accessory, get an Apple for 5 times the price. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

In less than 2 weeks after I got it, the screen went dark. I called the tech support in Texas and they told me I need to ship the whole unit back to them for 7 to 10 days repair. Since this is the only computer I have to do my work, I asked for any alternative way to help me to solve the problem. Obviously the answer is no. Now, I have two choices. One is to find a local repair store to fix the problem myself. The other one is to find a way to first backup my hard drive, erase all info in hard drive, and then send it back to them.

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I really like this netbook along with several other acer products I have owned. I went out and doubled the ram the first day because it was a little on the sluggish side for what this machine can handle. If you can spare an extra $25 dollars it is worth the upgrade. 5 out of 5Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I have had this little machine for almost 2 weeks now. I really like it. It took me about 3 days before I got brave enough to pop off all of the keycaps and rearrange them for the dvorak instead of qwerty layout.
I never bothered with the XP garbage that came with it. I immediately installed Fedora 10 from a USB thumb drive. I ordered it on Feb 17 and was lucky enough to get one with the 6 cell 5800mh battery. (Lasts more than 6 hrs under normal use on battery power. I have not bothered to time it since making some power related optimizations)
The 10 inch display is high quality. I am really hoping that somebody comes out with 1024x768 or better resolution in the same form factor though. I like the keyboard and think it is about as small as you can get and still do proper touch typing. (One of the best things about it is that it does not come with a crippled right shift key like many other netbooks) The atom 270 is not a bad processor but the Intel chipset that supports it is apparently pretty wasteful.
I could not wait.... But if this is a taste of what's to come around the next corner when ARM-based systems become available in the same form factor I can't wait!
In the meantime this is about as portable as you can get and still have a usable keyboard. They struck a great balance with this little netbook.
Ditto to what one of the other reviewers said about the touchpad buttons being ridiculously hard to push... I am still getting used to that quirk... (But I would still get the same system if I had it to do over again.)
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I bought an Acer 8.9" and loved it.When this 10" came out I ordered it within days of it's release and have had it over 3 weeks now and it's perfect for me.
Pros: bright screen, long battery life,wireless seems better than the 8.9, not as much gap between the screen and body as in the 8.9, has XP my favorite of all time windows, boots pretty fast,sturdy build, easy to update hard-drive and memory and mine is very very quiet.
Cons: Top shows fingerprints, touch pad buttons are awkward, card reader won't read compact flash.
Buy yourself a little laptop wireless mouse as the touch pad is very tiny and surf away into the night. I use MagicDisk to create virtual cd drives and Nero to create disk images and have installed Office 2007 with no problems. Overall, I don't need any more features or power then this little machine gives me. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

Got my new 10 inch screen acer netbook and love it for travel. I am a writer and this netbook is perfect except for one problem. I need to findout if anyone else has the same experience. Mousepad seems to have a mind of it's own and is very difficult to manage. I am not talking about the well mentioned buttons under the touch pad. Is there a setting to control this ?

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Like many, I got it to replace my Acer 8.9 which I bought a month before they announced they were coming out with the 10.1 inch! No problem though, the 8.9 will be going off to college with my son. I absolutely loved the 8.9, but thought it could be a tad bigger. Naturally, I HAD to have the 10.1 when it came out. Ordered it Thursday 2/26 and received it this morning (Monday) and haven't been off it yet! And good news -YAY- I got the extended battery! Didn't expect that at all, but was happy to get the bonus! All in all, I am very pleased! But then I knew I would be!Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

Poor performance. Had to wait for one or two second for an action on browser. Usually this should not happen on a new computer. Also the click button for the mouse is not as good as the other laptops. need to push very hard. I bought this netbook based on its high rate of the review. I have to say that I am disappointed and regret that I bought it.

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I have been researching the brand for a good 3 weeks before I made my decision. I wanted the Red one but just couldn't wait so I got the Blue which became available on the site on Thursday Morning... Ordered it around 3pm and it was here Friday at lunch!... Talk about speedy service (Nevada to Michigan)

Took all of 2 min to unwrap it, stick the battery in and power it up...
Then 2min later I was on the internet...
Charged the battery for 1hr and then used it for a total of 7hrs after that on the Power Saving Mode... was amazed that it still had 25% left...

Saturday morning I was looking around for some updates etc... and I found out that Microsoft has the Beta version of the Win 7 out so I downloaded that and roughly 25min later I was back online with the new operating system... talk about smooth installation.

I surfed the web all day Saturday watched a movie through the laptop on an external monitor and still managed to squeeze a mighty 8hrs out of the battery (5800mAh)
The build quality is amazing, I am already in love with the new Windows 7 and it runs super on this computer... typical vista idles at around 500-600Mb and this one is around 250-300Mb of memory usage... so even with the new higher end graphics it still works like a charm.

Well it's Monday morning and I can say I have had it for a little less then 3 days and I am in love with the thing. Its mobile, light, fast, charges quick, has an amazing screen just right if you ask me (8.9" was too small) boots in under 30sec... And wakes up from standby in about 3sec... Hibernate takes around 10sec... other then that thumbs up for ACER and providing us with one of the most amazing little machines on the market today!...

Recommend it to anyone interested in a small notebook for quick web surfing or mobile watching or even video chat with your friends from around the world... it works and it makes sense at $350.

Thank you Acer... and thank you Amazon for the awesome service.
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I do computer support and wanted a quick booting netbook that would be light weight. I ready just about every review for this netbook that I could find on the Internet. Most all were positive...A few were not kind, probably because of Acer's reputation in the early 90s.

This is a quality product and I am completley satisfied. My netbook does boast the 6-cell battery and boots in 24 seconds flat (NOTE: I upgraded the RAM from 1 -2 GB [...]) The screen is cristal clear, the mouse is tough but I am getting used to it. Very very please with my purchase. Get one!Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I do not know much about computers even though I now own a desk top computer, a notebook computer, and a netbook computer. The one easiest to use is this netbook by Acer with its 10 inch screen. Not only is it easy to use it is so portable. I am working on my doctorate and now I have a computer that can truly help me earn that degree. I did also get the bigger battery and that certainly is going to help alot. This computer will come in handy when I have to spend some time on and at my residencies. Acer has built a netbook that is all it is cracked up to be. I am impressed and I would recommend this 10 inch Acer to any student, any teacher, and anyone who needs portability and accessibilty. Two thumbs up for this computer. Thanks, Acer!!!! Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

The Acer one works fine. I got it for my wife. It seems stable. Easy to use WiFi. I bought the Targus DVD player/CD-RW to play movies. But after a lot of upgrading of various software from Microsoft, I realize that the MS media player version installed could not decrypt regular DVD's. I purchased one from [...] as suggested by Microsoft, and it allowed MS medial player to work perfectly with DVD movies. I gave it 4 stars as i never give out 5 stars as a general policy unless it blows me away

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I just got this today (ordered yesterday), but I thought people might want to know that I did get the better battery, so you might have a shot.

preliminary observations: great screen, keyboard pretty user-friendly, but those "mouse buttons" under the touchpad are awful - they require way too much pressure. I'm hoping they'll loosen up, and using the arrow keys much more than I usually do.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I had seen these and similar units available for some time. The Acer models caught my attention the first time I came across them browsing through hardware for an order I was placing. They are sleek netbooks with a nice clean paint job resembling a showroom sports car. Ultra portable, thin and lite, these are the best balance of functionality and extreme mobility.

Like I said in my introduction I had seen these online for some time but never bought one. I thought they looked attractive but doubted there efficiency for office use. I didn't want to spend $300+ on something I wasn't sure could meet my needs. I had used a HP mini and hated it. Found the screen too small and unstable. Noticed some flickering with the HP units that turned me off from the netbook PCs. However something about the Acer units kept me curious.


The wife must have noticed how curious I had grown, and surprised me with one for Valentines Day. This was the best gift I could have gotten. This PC is awesome and totally destroyed my skepticism.


The video was amazing! Nice sharp display, perfect resolution for the size. Runs games I never expected it to run. Half-life one based games run great, and the Half-life 2 demo runs playable (although not well enough to be competitive online 15-30fps) Hard-drive has plenty of room for a mobile PC. Divx and Netflix Instant watch runs nice with a great picture quality. Another feature that amazed me was the audio quality. HD audio with great sounding speakers that were remarkably loud!


This PC is also amazingly light. It's solid, well put together, and barely even gets warm when running with full CPU load. The six cell battery gives me almost 7 hours of continuous use. The long battery life means if I take it out on call, and forget my power cord, I do not have to worry about it dying on me. This is the first laptop I have ever came across that can virtually give you a full days use on one charge. This is a great stride for the business user who relies on their PC to work all day.


Office applications run great. OpenOffice and Microsoft Office 2007 runs nicely. My only complaint is the PC is running XP Home. The types of consumers who would benefit most form the system would need XP Professional. This is not Acers fault. Microsoft only allows XP Home to still be sold, and only for netbooks. All other sales of XP has been stopped. This is because even though XP has reach it end-of-sales status, Microsoft has recognized that vista is too much for these low end netbooks. But what about Windows 7? The full release of windows 7 is expected to hit shelves by Christmas, and with the growing popularity of the netbook and Microsoft claims that 7 requires less resources than vista with more features, Windows 7 might be a good choice for the netbook class of portable PCs.


I had already tested Windows 7 on an older Athlon system and it performed surprisingly well. It was also very close to the specs of the Acer. Running a 1.4Ghz with 266Mhz fsb system with 1GB DDR 266Mhz ram it was pretty close. In fact the Acer is more powerful, 1.6Ghz with 533Mhz fsb and 1GB DDR2 533Mhz, it should prove a viable system to run Windows 7.


It was simpler than other users made it seem. Most people who installed other Operating Systems on the Acer Aspire One claim you had to use a USB flash drive properly formatted with the installations files on. Then boot form the flash drive and install windows. That was because a lot of USB CD/DVD drives are not bootable. The first one I tried wasn't. I use a thermaltake USB drive enclosure with a NEC 16X DVD+-RW. Works good for installing and burning on the Acer but not recognized during boot. However I did have a USB to IDE cable I use to recover information from crashed hard-drives. I plugged it into a burner I pulled from a dead emachines PC and it worked liked a charm. Booted from the DVD no problem and installed Windows 7 Beta.


First thing I noticed is that it recognized all the hardware right away. I ran windows update and received all the updates and this PC is amazingly stable. The Aero interface runs flawlessly, with all the effects. Some stuttering but only noticeable by picky users like me. Windows 7 looks beautiful on this machine and really compliments the high quality LCD included with Acer. Even the slide show wallpaper feature runs nice. The wallpapers transition every 5 minutes and do so very smoothly even with full CPU load! (JORDAN VARDEN, Jordos Computer Services, Tupper Lake NY)Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

I just got this netbook yesterday, after ordering it on Tuesday (ground UPS shipping was lightning fast). Not only is this my first netbook, it's my first laptop. I am completely delighted with it so far! Easy set up, great WiFi connection, larger, longer lasting battery. I would certainly recommend this netbook to anyone looking for a second, portable computer. I am not finding the trackpad buttons too difficult to operate and the keyboard is lively and responsive. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.

This is a cool little computer. Of the netbooks currently available (late February 2009), it has the best combination of features and price. These were the particular features that sold me:

- a usable keyboard, with properly positioned Shift keys. Many other netbooks compromise here, using a small weirdly-placed shift key that can make it very difficult to type accurately. The Acer's keyboard is slightly reduced in size, but I am able to touch-type on it with no problem.

- a 10.1" screen, with 1024x600 resolution. Bright, clear, and easy-to-read.

- a 160GB disk drive; quite generous storage capacity for this class of machine. Plenty of room for photos, music files, and the usual day-to-day work.

- extended run-time on battery. This is perhaps one of the greatest advantages of a netbook over a more traditional laptop. Because of the power-efficient processor used, even the smaller 3-cell battery will usually have double the battery run-time of a regular laptop. And with a larger 6-cell battery, the Acer will run for an entire workday. Like other early orders, mine (ordered on Sunday 2/22) was shipped with the larger battery. This adds an enormous degree of convenience and utility to the netbook; true un-tethered portability.

- a compact, attractive case. It's a nice change from the usual black or monochrome computer.

Along with the 3 USB ports, good wi-fi connectivity, an ethernet port, external monitor jack, built-in webcam and mic, 1 GB RAM, and 1.6Ghz processor, it has everything most of us need in a portable computer, and nothing that we don't.

The only thing that I actively dislike is the mouse-button. What were they thinking? As others have noted, it is truly heinous, requiring an incredible amount of force to press. Unbelievable, especially when one considers how well thought out the rest of the design seems to be.
(UPDATE June 2009): I was in Walmart today and checked out the two Aspire One's that they had on display. The stiff mouse-button problem appears to be fixed in the latest models! The feel was quite reasonable on the current store-models that I tried.)

Fortunately, there is a partial workaround for the stiff button... using touchpad tap/gestures in place of the mouse button for single or double-clicking, and marking text. I haven't got a great workaround yet for click-drag operations (e.g. moving windows, dragging files). I've had to turn that into a two-handed operation; left finger holds down the mouse button, right finger drags on the touchpad. This is something that I do infrequently enough that the overly stiff button isn't a deal killer. However, it is a serious flaw in an otherwise excellent design.

(UPDATE: the touchpad can be configured to allow "Locking Drags" on the Acer. Bring up Control Panel -> Mouse -> Device Settings. In the listbox, click on the Synaptics Touchpad entry, then click on the Settings button. This brings up the Properties dialog for the touchpad. Select +"Tapping" (expand the entry), then "Tap and Drag". There is a checkbox for "Locking Drag" so that you can turn on this behavior if it suits you. It can provide a workaround for the unwieldy click-drag behavior caused by the Aspire One's stiff mouse button. )

Wishes for a future version:
1) improved button!
2) an even higher-res compact display; say 1280x800.
3) somewhat faster dual-core processor, when they become available (a BiAtom processor?), but without seriously compromising battery life.

That's about it. I wouldn't want a built-in CD/DVD or much bigger display because I want a netbook to be small, convenient, and compact. I like getting 7 to 8 hours on a battery charge, and don't want that to suffer.

Overall, the Acer Aspire One has an almost ideal combination of features and price. Recommended.Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life.