Dan Masters Online » Mini Laptop http://www.danmasters.net Dan Masters Playground Online Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:29:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Blogging from the Acer Aspire One Mini Laptop http://www.danmasters.net/blogging-from-the-acer-aspire-one-mini-laptop.htm http://www.danmasters.net/blogging-from-the-acer-aspire-one-mini-laptop.htm#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:56:46 +0000 Dan http://www.danmasters.net/?p=83 acer_aspire_one_blue Even though I did get the iPhone 3G for me – and my wife – she still had a need to blog outside of the house so she can generate a little extra money. I searched Craigslist for what kind of laptop I could get for around $300-$400 and it did not look too promising. I then looked at picking up a used Macbook but they went for $700 and up.

Previously I wanted to get an MSI Wind but the price on it was up in the Macbook range. The EEEPc felt to cheap and the new Dell mini laptop was a no-go because for the SSD hard drive (small storage and possibly no upgrade path to a larger drive). I did a little more research and landed on the Acer Aspire One mini laptop.

The Aspire One model that I got is the Windows XP Home version with 1GB of memory and a 120GB hard drive with a 8.9″ screen.

Out the box the Aspire One has a great feel to it. The keyboard is not too small and has a solid feel to it (not like the EEEPc). It has an open memory slot so you can add another gig of memory and the hard drive is a standard 2.5″ SATA drive. It is pretty difficult to crack the One open and runs just fine the way it is so I am not sure if I will every perform the upgrades (on my wife’s machine at least ;-) ).

It come installed with McAfee virus software (which is what I would have installed anyway) and a trial of Microsoft Office 2007 Student and Teacher addition.

I have only been messing around with it for a short period today but I have to say that it is a pretty cool machine. It is a whole lot easier to slip it in it’s little case and carry it out with you when you go to lunch then a standard laptop. It is about as thick as my Macbook but is definitely smaller in length and width. I am serious going to miss giving this to my wife as her computer :-( and might need to pick one up for myself. At $350 you can get two Aspire One’s for the price of one used Macbook.

I will post more about my experience with it as time goes on.

Related posts to my journey of MacBooks and Acer Aspire One’s:

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