[LAU] Opinions: Acer Aspire One w. 8Gb SSD

[carmen]

On Tue May 12, 2009 at 05:19:52PM +0200, Esben Stien wrote:
> Norval Watson <norv2001 at yahoo.com.au> writes:
> 
> > I'm thinking about getting Acer Aspire One with 512Mb RAM, 8 Gb SSD
> > as a travel music companion/toy.
> 
> I got one with 1.5Gio RAM, 8Gio SSD. 
> 
> I really like the shape and keyboard much more than the eeePC, but
> it's kinda slow. 

the 8gb SSD is _really_ slow. a 16GB SDHC card in the reader slot is like 5x as fast

the card reader is on PCIe unlike the USB bus that my thinkpad has its on

> 
> Haven't had too much time to tweak it, though. 
> 
> I got the 3h battery, but a 6h is available. 
> 
> It's pretty cute.
> 
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