11 May
2009
11 May
'09
10:24 p.m.
I'm thinking about getting Acer Aspire One with 512Mb RAM, 8 Gb SSD as a travel music
companion/toy.
I can get it for about half the price of an Eee..
Any opinions/advice/rants on this ?
Specs:
Processor: Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache
OS: Linpus Linux (Model AOA110-AB)
Chipset: Mobile Intel 82945GSE
RAM: : 512MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM (expandable to 1GB)
Storage: 8GB SSD
Display: 22.5cm (8.9") WSVGA high-brightness TFT LCD, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution
Web Cam: Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam
Graphics: Integrated Intel Graphics GMA950
Audio: High-definition audio support, 2 built-in stereo speakers MS-Sound compat, built-in
mic
Keyboard: 6-row, 84-key keyboard with 1.6 mm (minimum) key travel
Ports: 3 USB 2.0, VGA, Headphone/speaker/line-out jack, Mic-in jack RJ-45, DC-in jack for
AC adaptor
Network: Acer 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Network connection 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet
Media: 5-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
Pointing Device: Touchpad with 2 buttons
Colour: Blue
Battery: 3-cell l-ion battery
Protective case included
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12 May
12 May
5:03 a.m.
Norval Watson wrote:
I'm thinking about getting Acer Aspire One with
512Mb RAM, 8 Gb SSD as a travel music companion/toy.
I can get it for about half the price of an Eee..
Half of $279?
http://www.amazon.com/8-9-Inch-Netbook-Processor-Storage-Battery/dp/B001BYB…
The Acer has about half (or less) the specs of the EEEPC, too.
Any opinions/advice/rants on this ?
Specs:
Processor: Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache
OS: Linpus Linux (Model AOA110-AB)
Chipset: Mobile Intel 82945GSE
RAM: : 512MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM (expandable to 1GB)
Storage: 8GB SSD
Display: 22.5cm (8.9") WSVGA high-brightness TFT LCD, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution
Web Cam: Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam
Graphics: Integrated Intel Graphics GMA950
Audio: High-definition audio support, 2 built-in stereo speakers MS-Sound compat,
built-in mic
Keyboard: 6-row, 84-key keyboard with 1.6 mm (minimum) key travel
Ports: 3 USB 2.0, VGA, Headphone/speaker/line-out jack, Mic-in jack RJ-45, DC-in jack for
AC adaptor
Network: Acer 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Network connection 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet
Media: 5-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
Pointing Device: Touchpad with 2 buttons
Colour: Blue
Battery: 3-cell l-ion battery
Protective case included
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10:11 a.m.
Norval Watson wrote:
I'm thinking about getting Acer Aspire One with
512Mb RAM, 8 Gb SSD as a travel music companion/toy.
I can get it for about half the price of an Eee..
Half of $279?
The Acer has about half (or less) the specs of the
EEEPC, too.
I'm in Australia:
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
Eee $479AUD here, can get Acer for $289 after cashback. But I agree on the specs.
13 May
13 May
7:22 a.m.
Norval Watson wrote:
Norval Watson wrote:
Sorry, should've paid attention to your email domain.
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I'm thinking about getting Acer Aspire One
with 512Mb RAM, 8 Gb SSD as a travel music companion/toy.
I can get it for about half the price of an Eee..
Half of $279?
The Acer has about half (or less) the specs of
the EEEPC, too.
I'm in Australia:
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
Eee $479AUD here, can get Acer for $289 after cashback. But I agree on the specs.
10:13 a.m.
Sorry, should've paid attention to your email
domain.
Apology not necessary, thanks for the input!
Actually I'm meeting my brothers from USA in Paris in June (for a wedding).
So I might be able to get one of them to bring an Eee across if I get it delivered to them
in the States. It DOES seem to be better all round, apart from the keyboard which gets a
few gripes on the Net.
The 110V power supply would need a ten dollar 240V converter but that's no biggie.
Norv
2:12 p.m.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Norval Watson <norv2001(a)yahoo.com.au>wrote;wrote:
Hi:
If you haven't looked at them yet it would be worth your while to investigae
the MSI Wind netbooks as well. I've had one since September and I'm very
happy with it, aside from the crap Realtek wireless card. Runs UbuntuStudio
quite well.
cheers,
ernie
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Sorry, should've paid attention to your email
domain.
Apology not necessary, thanks for the input!
Actually I'm meeting my brothers from USA in Paris in June (for a wedding).
So I might be able to get one of them to bring an Eee across if I get it
delivered to them in the States. It DOES seem to be better all round, apart
from the keyboard which gets a few gripes on the Net.
The 110V power supply would need a ten dollar 240V converter but that's no
biggie.
Norv
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5:04 p.m.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Ernie Dulanowsky <ernst(a)pulsewidth.ca> wrote:
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Norval Watson <norv2001(a)yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
Hi:
If you haven't looked at them yet it would be worth your while to investigae
the MSI Wind netbooks as well. I've had one since September and I'm very
happy with it, aside from the crap Realtek wireless card. Runs UbuntuStudio
quite well.
cheers,
ernie
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Regarding the eeepc, I typed this on one, and I have large heavily
calloused hands and fingertips (I work full time as a stockkeeper
throwing boxes of clothing around all day), it just takes a while to
get used to, but it is possible. At times I have used a full sized
external usb keyboard, but eventually I just got used to this one, it
took some patience though.
If you do get an eeepc, I recommend the debian eee extensions (and of
course the multimedia repositories), their installer was a cinch and
everything worked perfect, except for the X11 screen resolution that
installed as 800x400 rather than the maximum 800x600 for my model, I
will be trying to fix the resolution when I have some free time this
weekend. Previously I was using ubuntu hardy (which the previous owner
had installed), but the webcam was not working, nor suspend or the
external monitor link, and the same default X11 resolution issues were
there as well.
Sorry, should've paid attention to your email
domain.
Apology not necessary, thanks for the input!
Actually I'm meeting my brothers from USA in Paris in June (for a
wedding).
So I might be able to get one of them to bring an Eee across if I get it
delivered to them in the States. It DOES seem to be better all round, apart
from the keyboard which gets a few gripes on the Net.
The 110V power supply would need a ten dollar 240V converter but that's no
biggie.
Norv
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9:55 p.m.
Thanks for all the tips on the netbooks, very useful to me, and hopefully others as well.
Pricewise, the Acer on eBay (new) is a clear winner here in Australia, with the next being
a US-delivered Eee:
Prices shown are cheapest available, source shopbot.com.au
Dell Mini 9 $699AUD
HP Mini 2133 $597AUD
MSI Wind $589AUD
Asus Eee 1000 $575AUD
Asus Eee 901 $479AUD (on Amazon $279USD = $373AUD, delivered to US only)
Acer Aspire 1 Shopbot $567AUD - 59 cashback = $488AUD
Acer Aspire 1 eBay $348 -59 cashback = $289AUD
Norv
14 May
14 May
7:11 a.m.
Justin Smith wrote:
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Ernie Dulanowsky
<ernst(a)pulsewidth.ca> wrote:
A friend of mine is running Debian's release for EEEPCs on a 901 and all
of the above are working fine for him.
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On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Norval Watson <norv2001(a)yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
Hi:
If you haven't looked at them yet it would be worth your while to investigae
the MSI Wind netbooks as well. I've had one since September and I'm very
happy with it, aside from the crap Realtek wireless card. Runs UbuntuStudio
quite well.
cheers,
ernie
--
++++++++++++++++
Ernie Dulanowsky
www.pulsewidth.ca
++++++++++++++++
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Regarding the eeepc, I typed this on one, and I have large heavily
calloused hands and fingertips (I work full time as a stockkeeper
throwing boxes of clothing around all day), it just takes a while to
get used to, but it is possible. At times I have used a full sized
external usb keyboard, but eventually I just got used to this one, it
took some patience though.
If you do get an eeepc, I recommend the debian eee extensions (and of
course the multimedia repositories), their installer was a cinch and
everything worked perfect, except for the X11 screen resolution that
installed as 800x400 rather than the maximum 800x600 for my model, I
will be trying to fix the resolution when I have some free time this
weekend. Previously I was using ubuntu hardy (which the previous owner
had installed), but the webcam was not working, nor suspend or the
external monitor link, and the same default X11 resolution issues were
there as well. Sorry, should've paid attention to your email
domain.
Apology not necessary, thanks for the input!
Actually I'm meeting my brothers from USA in Paris in June (for a
wedding).
So I might be able to get one of them to bring an Eee across if I get it
delivered to them in the States. It DOES seem to be better all round, apart
from the keyboard which gets a few gripes on the Net.
The 110V power supply would need a ten dollar 240V converter but that's no
biggie.
Norv
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25 May
25 May
12:30 a.m.
Hi all,
Ordered the Eee 901 from Amazon today...
hopefully delivered to Texas b4 my bro leeeves for Paris, I will pick it up there in June,
bring it back to Australia, install debian, rt-kernel, some linux audio goodeees, and make
some sweeet noise!
I ordered a 2Gb RAM and an 8Gb SD card to warm it up a little, and I'm curious to seee
if it will run Freeewheeeling!
Thanks again for all the teeeps :)
Norv
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14 May
14 May
7:09 a.m.
Norval Watson wrote:
Sounds like a good idea ... I don't like the small keyboards on any
netbook, but you can use a standard USB keyboard with them.
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Sorry, should've paid attention to your email
domain.
Apology not necessary, thanks for the input!
Actually I'm meeting my brothers from USA in Paris in June (for a wedding).
So I might be able to get one of them to bring an Eee across if I get it delivered to
them in the States. It DOES seem to be better all round, apart from the keyboard which
gets a few gripes on the Net.
The 110V power supply would need a ten dollar 240V converter but that's no biggie.
12 May
12 May
12:15 p.m.
Norval Watson <norv2001(a)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.
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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3:08 p.m.
On Tue May 12, 2009 at 05:19:52PM +0200, Esben Stien wrote:
Norval Watson <norv2001(a)yahoo.com.au> writes:
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
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.
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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http://www. s t n m
irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact
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11:02 p.m.
carmen <_(a)whats-your.name> writes:
the 8gb SSD is _really_ slow. a 16GB SDHC card in the
reader slot is
like 5x as fast
Thank you. I didn't know that.
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