Acer Aspire, Coming with Windows 7

October 20, 2009 in Buying, Operating System
Tags: acer aspire one, acer laptop, acer laptop review, acer mini, acer mini laptop, acer mini notebook, acer netbook

Twenty-eight Windows 7 Netbooks are launching October 22, including the Acer Aspire One. Amazon is compiling a list of these 28, so obviously they’ll be selling them on the first day also. Keep in mind, the version of Windows that it will be running is Windows 7 Starter. We can only hope it won’t be [...]

The Mighty (Intel) Atom

September 23, 2009 in Buying, Reviews
Tags: acer aspire one, atom, intel atom, netbook, ubuntu, vista, windows xp

Lee Gomes recently wrote an article in Forbes bemoaning the slow performance of the Intel Atom chip that runs many netbooks including the Acer Aspire One. (Gomes even has an Acer Aspire One which he admits “feels as solid as anything [he's] used from the better-known laptopmakers.”) But he assessment is one sided.
He is running [...]

$99 Acer Aspire One?

March 10, 2009 in Buying
Tags: acer, acer aspire one, acer mini laptop, acer mini notebook, att, radio shack

AT&T Wireless confirmed this week that it has been selling two netbooks from Dell Inc. and Acer Inc. for $99 apiece after rebates, but customers must commit to a two-year wireless Internet service contract for $60 a month.
But at $60 a month for this data service, a user will pay $1,440 over two years in [...]