The Acer ONE Thread

Invasion · 20 Oct 2008 at 10:02

when installing do I choose the fedora rpm option then? for the aspire one

just seen reply firebar uk in other post

FirebarUK · 20 Oct 2008 at 10:06

Yes, that'll most likely work. If it doesn't, choose the dynamic and then compile from source

trojan698 · 20 Oct 2008 at 15:55

Just bought one of these in white! Should arrive tomorrow, damn I'm excited

Got the 120gb, 1gb ram, linux model for £229 delivered! Is that a good deal or what?

Invasion · 20 Oct 2008 at 16:33

trojan698 said:
Just bought one of these in white! Should arrive tomorrow, damn I'm excited

Got the 120gb, 1gb ram, linux model for £229 delivered! Is that a good deal or what?

A very good deal I would say....I have the 120gb with 1gb Ram. I must say I was dissapointed to find out you have to take the thing apart to upgrade the Ram I was about to order some....but I think I will leave it now.

I am really pleased with mine, I am sure you will be as well.

trojan698 · 20 Oct 2008 at 18:29

What RAM upgrade does it take? Standard DDR2 laptop sodimms?

Invasion · 20 Oct 2008 at 18:32

1GB 200pin SODIM, DDR2 PC2 5300

ticktock · 20 Oct 2008 at 22:59

trojan698 said:
Just bought one of these in white! Should arrive tomorrow, damn I'm excited

Got the 120gb, 1gb ram, linux model for £229 delivered! Is that a good deal or what?

Seen that exact model for £209.99 delivered.

Invasion · 21 Oct 2008 at 06:52

ticktock said:
Seen that exact model for £209.99 delivered.

now that is a really good price, I got mine from a supermarket for £249. Although I am glad I did in the end as the first one I got, was back to the store withing half an hour as it was faulty.

cheap is good but sometimes paying a little more is worth it, being able to go back to the store in person.

just ordered one of these Lg dvd drives:
http://uk.lge.com/products/model/detail/dvdrewriter_gsae50n.jhtml#

I shouldnt have any trouble running this should I ? it is powered of the BUS ? the olny white drive I could find as well

I do like things to match!

Regards

kevpuk · 21 Oct 2008 at 10:51

Invasion said:
just ordered one of these Lg dvd drives:
http://uk.lge.com/products/model/detail/dvdrewriter_gsae50n.jhtml#

I shouldnt have any trouble running this should I ? it is powered of the BUS ? the olny white drive I could find as well I do like things to match!

Regards

I use exactly the same drive with my Eee 901 with a single USB cable for power/data......no external power needed

.....so I imagine that you will hae no issues with the AAO

Invasion · 21 Oct 2008 at 10:56

kevpuk said:
I use exactly the same drive with my Eee 901 with a single USB cable for power/data......no external power needed .....so I imagine that you will hae no issues with the AAO

Thats good news....looking forward to getting this coming first thing in the morning

GarethDW · 22 Oct 2008 at 14:23

WatchTower said:
I know how you feel Linux is completely un-user friendly. You have to be master programmer to get stuff to work. I just got fed up of it because it sucks and put Windows on mine.

Linux is no more user un-friendly than Windows. You don't have to be a programmer at all in order to get applications to work. Personally I don't think that Linux sucks. Ever thought that you might actually be the problem?

POB · 22 Oct 2008 at 18:42

Just ordered the non original 9 cell battery.

Hoping for 7 hours battery life.

Bigsy · 22 Oct 2008 at 19:47

POB said:
Just ordered the non original 9 cell battery.

Hoping for 7 hours battery life.

Say what?

Theres an unofficial 9 cell? Where?

POB · 22 Oct 2008 at 20:08

Bigsy said:
Say what?

Theres an unofficial 9 cell? Where?

Not sure I can mention where on this forum.

Its a 6600mAh battery, costs about £50.

Bigsy · 22 Oct 2008 at 20:21

£50 ouch! Thats a lot when you can get a massive 10400mAh eee unofficial batt for $49

POB · 22 Oct 2008 at 20:32

Wow, is that is extreme!

Acer is newer then the original EEE, so new batteries should start getting cheaper soon.

WatchTower · 22 Oct 2008 at 21:58

GarethDW said:
Linux is no more user un-friendly than Windows. You don't have to be a programmer at all in order to get applications to work. Personally I don't think that Linux sucks. Ever thought that you might actually be the problem?

When I was looking to install something on Limpus Lite I was readying online all these lines of code I needed to type. What's that all about?

tsinc80697 · 22 Oct 2008 at 23:18

So whats the general consensus with netbooks then, is the ONE better than an advent 4211? They seem very similar priced and spec, I just cant decide between which one really! Was looking at putting OSX on either if anyone has any help with that on either!

ticktock · 22 Oct 2008 at 23:26

I like the look and feel of the One. Not got one yet though.

Invasion · 23 Oct 2008 at 06:57

tsinc80697 said:
So whats the general consensus with netbooks then, is the ONE better than an advent 4211? They seem very similar priced and spec, I just cant decide between which one really! Was looking at putting OSX on either if anyone has any help with that on either!

I really am pleased with my Aspire one but I would look at the advent to see if the ram is more upgradeable without taking the thing apart which I really dont like. I may be wrong on this a but also I think the HHD on the aspire cant be replaced as it is fixed on the mobo.

so if the advent had replacable HDD and ram upgradeable without taking the thing apart I would go for that.