Acer Aspire One Linux Netbook Review
- Posted in Featured, Reviews
- Written May 24th, 2009 by Michael Kwan
Conclusion
What it can do, however, is give you a near laptop-like experience for casual web surfing, emailing, and maybe a handful of games and productivity tools. The WSVGA resolution isn’t exactly ideal, but most websites should fit quite handily. You will want to restrict the number of Firefox tabs, however, as it’ll start to lag quite a bit if you run more than two or three.
Given that it costs about half as much as some of the Eee PCs and Dell Minis of the world, this bargain-minded Aspire One is a good value and a nice companion for the traveling techie.
The Good
- Good price point
- Will handle most websites in Firefox quite easily
- Comfortable keyboard
The Bad
- Small trackpad with awkward button placement
- Only 8GB of internal memory
- Cannot handle more than a couple of tasks at a time
The Verdict: 7.25/10
I bought this laptop for my 11 (now 12) year old niece. She really loves it as it was her first laptop. It does work well within itself, but only for a few things. This is fine for her, but I can see it would not be sufficient if you were looking for a more sophisticated high-tech computer. It is not too reliable, sometimes messenger stops working, whilst the internet is still fine. I would recommend to but it on Windows XP instead. It is brilliant for my niece though. She loves it.
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