On Wednesday, an Acer spokesperson told ZDNet UK that the 10-inch Aspire One “will be available with XP or Linux, and HDD or SSD”, and confirmed that the Linux distribution would be Linpus. However, buyers will not have these options in the initial release of the netbook, which will launch in mid-February and cost £299. [...]
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SSD in the Aspire One – different speeds…
July 24th, 2008 
As found out by a member “bEtrayEr” on the message forum. There are two different models of the SSD that are being shipped with the Acer Aspire One. 1. Intel SSD (SSDPAM0008G1EA): 23 MB/sec Read / 5 MB/sec Write 2. Samsung SSD (P-SSD 1800): 30-35 MB/sec Read / 13 MB/sec Write Further reading here on the [...]
Acer Aspire One SSD 8GB reviewed in depth
July 9th, 2008 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 [...]
Acer Aspire One First Impressions (8gb SSD, Linux Version)
July 9th, 2008 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 [...]
SSD memory uses more battery power ? According to THG..
July 6th, 2008 This post isn’t about the Acer Aspire One, but in general it might be useful for those looking either to buy the 8GB SSD or 120GB model. According to TomsHardware Guide, they extensively tested various SSD hard drives, compared to standard hard drives, and report SSD use more battery power! However as expected they are faster for read [...]
Site update: Where to buy World Wide Acer Aspire One
July 2nd, 2008 I have added a new page to the site, Where to buy World Wide; aiming to get the best value online retailers world wide selling the Acer Aspire One. On the same page I have listed all the different models of the Acer Aspire One – along with the actual manufacture codes for each model. [...]
