The German tech site Golem.de has posted a excellent review of the Acer Aspire One SSD 8GB Linux Linpus version, both hardware and software wise. They also tested the laptop with Windows XP SP3 also.
Interesting note, that the 120gb hard drive model will be a tiny bit larger than the SSD version.
“The Aspire One 110L with SSD weighs with 3-cell battery is 968 grams and 24.9 x 17 x 2.9 centimeters in size. Aspire is not yet available One-150X, with 120 GB hard drive and Windows XP should, according to Acer 24.9 x 19.5 x 3.6 cm measure the weight is not yet known but is likely much higher than a kilogram.”
Translated by Google into English here
Below - lots of pictures taken by Golem.de
smacman, member on our message forum, has a good summary of the Acer Aspire One.
“The build quality is very good in my opinion. One of the reasons I held off from buying the EEE PC was it’s toy like flimsy feel. The Aspire One feels more like a real laptop yet retains the ultra portable size and weight. I also have no complaints about the keyboard. It is obviously not as easy to type on as a full size, but in the short time I have had with it, I am getting quite used to typing on it. The display is bright with good contrast. The only thing I am noticing is slight color inaccuracy when I view my photos on it. There is a very slight blue/green tint to it which is only noticeable when I view photos. I didn’t buy it for image editing so it does not really bother me.
After powering it up, the first thing I noticed was how quickly it boots up. Within 5 seconds I was in a configuration screen setting my locale and time zone, etc. After this was set, one reboot (aprox. 15 seconds) and I was up and running on the Linpus desktop. They have really made the interface bulletproof in the sense that I don’t think you could bugger this machine up if you tried. Settings are limited to very basic things (trackpad sensitivity, volume, date/time, etc.). There is no facility for adding/removing programs so you get what you get. Firefox 2.0.0.14, Openoffice 2.3, a media player, some games, a mail client (very basic), a messenger program (supports MSN, Googletalk, Yahoo, and AIM). I would have liked to see Skype preinstalled, as well as a better mail client like Mozilla Thunderbird. Considering most people will by this machine for basic tasks like document viewing, web surfing, and email, I think the software is adequate. I wish the OS could be customized a bit more. It would have been nice to have an advanced mode for users who like to tinker a bit. I am hoping to install Ubuntu on it soon.”
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