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Acer Aspire One Review Roundup

Update: Acer Aspire One pink is now available. Read

Acer Aspire One, a simple yet solid miniature laptop, has entered the crowded netbook market with an original starting price of only $379. It was then announced to have a price drop of $50 yesterday, touching $329 from $379. If compared to the Asus Eee PC 901 model, the Aspire One seems to be a pretty good bargain.


Overview of Acer Aspire One Models
The available models for the Aspire One are: the AOA110-1722, AOA150-1570, and AOA150-1447(recently anounced).

All of the three models run on the Intel Atom N270 processor at 1.60GHz, with 8.9" WSVGA 1024×600 display, Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN, Ethernet LAN, a built in web camera, a multi-in-1 media card reader, three USB ports, SD Card reader, and VGA output. The netbooks weight 2.17 pounds and are available in four different colors: pink, white, blue and brown.


What make the price different for these models are the Operating System (Linux/Windows), and the disk & RAM capacity:

Acer Aspire One AOA110-1722: $329
– Linpus Linux Lite, 512MB RAM, 8GB SSD, 3-cell battery

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1570: $349
– Windows XP Home, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD, 3-cell battery

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1447: $399
– Windows XP Home, 160GB HDD, 6-cell battery, probably 1GB of RAM

The Review Roundup
There are quite number of reviews for the Acer Aspire One on the Internet. First, check out the video reviews:

From Shiny Tech TV:


A 26-minute geek review from jkOnTheRun for the Aspire One.. starting from unboxing the machine to showing everything you could want to know about the Aspire One.

They have also written a post titled 5 things I don't like about the Acer Aspire One.

Also, checkout the following reviews from the experts:

~ Review from PCWorld (Given rating: 80)

"..the machine isn't perfect. The important part is that Acer gets more than enough right to hit the mark for basic use. And, considering the low costs to own this li'l laptop, you could get a lot of mileage out of the Aspire One. If you have simple needs, this is your notebook."

Read the full review here.

~ Review from Laptopmag (Given rating: 3.5 Out of 5)

Pros
* Fast boot time
* Small footprint
* Good-size keyboard
* Easy-to-use Linux OS

Cons
* Limited storage space
* Cannot add applications easily

Read the full review here.

Conclusion
In terms of performance and features, the Acer Aspire One is not the best in the market, but it does exactly what they want and they will save significantly on the price.