The Acer ONE Thread

ic0n · 5 Oct 2008 at 23:55

i am going to wait i think as i want an ssd but 8gb just 2 small and as intel are shipping duo core atoms i think its only matter of time till the netbooks get a lot more powerful or the less powerful ones get a lot cheaper

ticktock · 6 Oct 2008 at 00:00

WatchTower said:
You can by those Xbox 360 HD-DVD drives for about £17 now and they work just fine has an external CD/DVD/HD-DVD drive

Really? Awesome info mate. Ta

dalepearson · 6 Oct 2008 at 10:58

For anyone who is interested, I just installed Ubuntu on my Aspire One, and have put a video up online.

Ubuntu A1 Booting

pc-modd · 7 Oct 2008 at 20:00

How easy is it to install XP on one of these?

I am thinking of getting the 8GB SSD Version with linux and putting XP on it. I can get the 8GB SSD linux version for just over £200 with 1GB RAM and an 8GB SDHC card.

Wayne~ · 7 Oct 2008 at 20:08

I found it really straight forward using walkthroughs around on the internet

kevpuk · 7 Oct 2008 at 20:10

Rumour has it that XP does not run to well on the SSD variants of the ONE....apparently the SSD speed is not up to much ?

pc-modd · 7 Oct 2008 at 20:28

kevpuk said:
Rumour has it that XP does not run to well on the SSD variants of the ONE....apparently the SSD speed is not up to much ?

I thought I read that was the 16GB version? And surely the SSD must be faster than the hard drives..?

Has anybody got a 8GB SSD that is running XP?

Wayne~ · 7 Oct 2008 at 20:43

I have heard the SSD is rather slow compared to the HD version but there are plenty of guides on the Acer Aspire One User forum on how to speed it up

pcAnywhere · 7 Oct 2008 at 21:16

re: SSD speeds and XP

The issue is the slow write time onto SSDs. Whilst you can put XP on the 8gb version it's probably not a good idea.

ticktock · 7 Oct 2008 at 21:22

The 8g one is just too restricting. 120g one is better as far as i am concerned.

pc-modd · 7 Oct 2008 at 21:44

Hmm well that sucks, I remember my original Eee PC being really fast due to its SSD.

The interweb tells me the poor SSD speed is due to there being no driver for XP...

Do the purpleshirts have the XP versions in store I could go and have a play with?

dalepearson · 7 Oct 2008 at 21:47

pc-modd said:
I thought I read that was the 16GB version? And surely the SSD must be faster than the hard drives..?

Has anybody got a 8GB SSD that is running XP?

I put XP on just to see how it would run for a mate. VID

As mentioned the write speeds cause issues in general, and this just becomes more apparent in Windows OS. There are various tweaks that can be done to make it better to live with, but if your planning on running Windows, I would say get the standard HD version.

apeZ · 7 Oct 2008 at 21:57

Is the SSD still adequate for linux, assuming you are doing standard web browsing, creating documents, etc ?

Rudeboy · 7 Oct 2008 at 22:24

Has anyone seen the 160GB 6 Cell versions for sale in the UK yet?
I see people in the US are now receiving them and numerous places are listing them as 'in stock'.

WatchTower · 7 Oct 2008 at 22:39

I put XP on mine and the boot time is fine. It;s not quite has fast has Limpus Lite but I don't mind the small trade off for better driver support. ( I have the 120gb version with 1Gb DDR2)

firthy15 · 8 Oct 2008 at 00:07

I am thinking of putting XP on my 8GB SSD one for wc3 etc hoping it will run okay.

warren_1979 · 8 Oct 2008 at 13:12

Yes the SSD is more than adequate for linux.

Does anyone know when onelinux is getting released?

WatchTower · 8 Oct 2008 at 17:50

I've read upgrading the memory really speeds things up if you put XP on. I bought the 1gb version and XP seems quick enough.

dalepearson · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:08

warren_1979 said:
Yes the SSD is more than adequate for linux.

Does anyone know when onelinux is getting released?

Apparently there has been some serious setbacks with the release, and things have taken a fair few steps back.

As with all OpenSource, just need to be patient, as people are using spare time to make these things possible.

sueleyland · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:37

Firefox Problems in Linux Lite

I have just bought an Acer One running Linpus Linux Lite v1.0.7.E. I'm totally new to this OS. My problem is that Firefox 2 loads up as though it is the first time every time - with the Wecome to Firefox page. I can't change my home page and can't add any bookmarks. Does anyone know how to solve this? I have no idea how to remove and reinstall it, or how to install Firefox 3 as an alternative. I've tried the Acer One forum, but no one can help.