The Acer ONE Thread

nikebee · 4 Jul 2008 at 09:43

tripitaka said:
I ordered white, because I couldn't see the blue.
Cancelled and ordered blue once I'd found it

I thought that in the shots the blue ONE looked a lot more like a finished product, like one review said, "it definitely doesn't look like your kid sisters first laptop" (compared to the EEE) and the ONE is definitely "something you could happily whip out in a coffee shop"

I've always though that the lower model EEE PC's had a slightly childish feel, so I'm kinda pleased I've found a netbook that looks a little more grown up whilst still keeping the whole principle of netbooks... small, cheap, portable laptops! Which some of the new models of EEE's seem to have forgot.

I can't wait to have my ONE now though, shame they're not even slated for release until the end of the month

nikebee · 4 Jul 2008 at 09:54

On little side note, my own worry with these is their supposedly low battery life. 3 hours isn't brilliantly long compared to what other netbooks or just general laptops are achieving these days.

I may see if I can pick up a replacement battery on the cheap somewhere and shove one in there that'll last 5-6 hours hopefully.

Slinger · 4 Jul 2008 at 10:54

The price has increased ! NOOOOOOO

nikebee · 4 Jul 2008 at 12:00

Slinger said:
The price has increased ! NOOOOOOO

Not showing an increase here?

Which version have you preordered?

My Acer Aspire One 8GB Linux in Blue is still £199.99, checked the site and my account :confused:

edit:

Actually, it's now changed on their site... but my account price has remained the same

Still says preordered @ £199.99

TaLLyJ · 4 Jul 2008 at 12:15

I will definitely be buying one of these...

Just read a review in a magazine a few minutes ago.. I'm impressed

Slinger · 4 Jul 2008 at 13:34

nikebee said:
Not showing an increase here?

Which version have you preordered?

My Acer Aspire One 8GB Linux in Blue is still £199.99, checked the site and my account

edit:

Actually, it's now changed on their site... but my account price has remained the same Still says preordered @ £199.99

Just my luck, I thought to myself its probably going to go up tomorrow,

dalepearson · 4 Jul 2008 at 13:35

So what are you guys getting, the 8GB Solid State, or the 80 - 100GB?

smyth · 4 Jul 2008 at 13:45

Slinger said:
Just my luck, I thought to myself its probably going to go up tomorrow,

Was just trying to find this guess I was a little too late.

Nvm I guess I'll just wait till more of the mini notebooks come out, I hope one with an ARM process gets announced since that would mean 8+ hours battery life

nikebee · 4 Jul 2008 at 17:50

dalepearson said:
So what are you guys getting, the 8GB Solid State, or the 80 - 100GB?

I've ordered the 8GB SSD Linux version. Couldn't see the attraction of a regular HDD, even despite the 10x size capacity.

dalepearson · 4 Jul 2008 at 18:59

I think the same, the SSD version gives you the quick booting and versatility.
BTW I sent you an email in trust nikebee

David91 · 5 Jul 2008 at 14:19

Acer has put up a simple website for the Acer one, any release date pubished yet?

nikebee · 5 Jul 2008 at 14:40

David91 said:
Acer has put up a simple website for the Acer one, any release date pubished yet?

Slated for the 25th, but I dont think thats set in stone

Aod · 5 Jul 2008 at 22:18

with the £30 price increase i think i'll wait untill the black ones come along untill ordering, even with the higher prices

nikebee · 5 Jul 2008 at 23:48

I'm glad I got in when they were £199

pumaz · 6 Jul 2008 at 13:24

Does anybody know when a black version will be available? I think the one is the best UMPC so far

Fothsn · 6 Jul 2008 at 13:51

Defiantly will be getting one of these

It’s ideal to carry around! Just hope it’s nice and quiet.

nikebee · 6 Jul 2008 at 17:06

Fothsn said:
Defiantly will be getting one of these It’s ideal to carry around! Just hope it’s nice and quiet.

Yeah it shouldn't be that noisey (presuming you're after the SSD version anyway).

The atom's run very cool apparently so that shouldn't be a problem either!

Can't wait for mine to turn up.

Fothsn · 6 Jul 2008 at 17:11

nikebee said:
Yeah it shouldn't be that noisey (presuming you're after the SSD version anyway).

The atom's run very cool apparently so that shouldn't be a problem either!

Can't wait for mine to turn up.

Yep got a Vaio that is my main laptop so a huge spec isn’t needed, just something very portable, the SSD will be the one I’m after

What concerns me is little fans inside laptops can get loud at times as you say the Atom runs cool so hopes its nice and quite

I’ll think I will preorder mine if I can as they will probably sell very quickly once launched.

bluetech · 6 Jul 2008 at 18:44

http://www.mobile01.com/print.php?f=232&t=682555&p=1&v=6923442

The links show an Acer Aspire One being dissasembled (anyone else this short circuit there for a second?). This confirms 512 DDR2 soldered to board. SSD looks replaceable but requires fully dismateling the system. Done some more research and it looks like the maximum RAM configuration ('till a BIOS update I presume) is a 1 GB DDR2 Module + 512 MB Soldered.

As I mentioned earlier, hopefully the onboard RAM can be disabled in the system BIOS (Again, another update that may come to the BIOS if not in the original). This would allow RAM and SSD failures to be repaired.

Fothsn · 6 Jul 2008 at 18:58

bluetech said:
Came across this just now: http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=232&t=682555&p=1

The links show an Acer Aspire One being dissasembled (anyone else this short circuit there for a second?). This confirms 512 DDR2 soldered to board. SSD looks replaceable but requires fully dismateling the system. Done some more research and it looks like the maximum RAM configuration ('till a BIOS update I presume) is a 1 GB DDR2 Module + 512 MB Soldered.

As I mentioned earlier, hopefully the onboard RAM can be disabled in the system BIOS (Again, another update that may come to the BIOS if not in the original). This would allow RAM and SSD failures to be repaired.

What page are we looking at? I cannot see anything let alone understand it.