Showing posts with label Cheap Acer A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cheap Acer A. Show all posts

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Acer Aspire One 531h 10.1-Inch Diamond Black Netbook - 6 Hour Battery Life Get it now!


I bought my first portable computer in 1996 for $2,000US (a Dell laptop with Intel P1-250MHz), then a second one in 2002 for $1,500US (a Dell inspiron laptop P4-2000MHz/512-ram), and now this is my third portable computer an Acer Aspire One AOP 531H with Intel Atom N270 (1,600MHz), 1Gb Ram, 160GB HDD, an integrated webcam, Bluetooth and WiFi for only $350US --> WoW!

I just purchased this last week on 11/9/09. It was on clearance, and it cost me around 350USD. So far I am very happy with the overall built, features, and performance. I think this little netbook is nicely built. I was a little bit concern with the 3-cell Li-On battery that came with it. But I was wrong and I found the battery provides ample online time for me. I was using it with Bluetooth and WiFi on, and it was running for maybe 1 hour and I still have 1.5hr left to go. I think the battery might last a little bit longer if I turn off Bluetooth and Wifi.

The only negatives comments I have for this netbook are: (1) The left side of the netbook becomes considerably hot after 45min~60min use. (2) The built of the adapter feels cheap and the DC cord might not last a long time.

My first Acer product was a PDA and this netbook is my second Acer product. So far, I am happy with ACER ;-)Get more detail about Acer Aspire One 531h 10.1-Inch Diamond Black Netbook - 6 Hour Battery Life.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Save Acer Aspire One 531h 10.1-Inch Diamond Black Netbook - 6 Hour Battery Life


I bought my first portable computer in 1996 for $2,000US (a Dell laptop with Intel P1-250MHz), then a second one in 2002 for $1,500US (a Dell inspiron laptop P4-2000MHz/512-ram), and now this is my third portable computer an Acer Aspire One AOP 531H with Intel Atom N270 (1,600MHz), 1Gb Ram, 160GB HDD, an integrated webcam, Bluetooth and WiFi for only $350US --> WoW!

I just purchased this last week on 11/9/09. It was on clearance, and it cost me around 350USD. So far I am very happy with the overall built, features, and performance. I think this little netbook is nicely built. I was a little bit concern with the 3-cell Li-On battery that came with it. But I was wrong and I found the battery provides ample online time for me. I was using it with Bluetooth and WiFi on, and it was running for maybe 1 hour and I still have 1.5hr left to go. I think the battery might last a little bit longer if I turn off Bluetooth and Wifi.

The only negatives comments I have for this netbook are: (1) The left side of the netbook becomes considerably hot after 45min~60min use. (2) The built of the adapter feels cheap and the DC cord might not last a long time.

My first Acer product was a PDA and this netbook is my second Acer product. So far, I am happy with ACER ;-) Get more detail about Acer Aspire One 531h 10.1-Inch Diamond Black Netbook - 6 Hour Battery Life.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Acer Aspire One AOD250-1580 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - 7.5 Hour Battery Life Right now


I purchased an Acer Aspire One AOD250-1580 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - 7.5 Hour Battery Life. After just 3 weeks the computer developed power issues. It wouldn't hold a charge or even start up. It took me a week of daily e-mail exchanges just to get a phone number for the Acer service people. Then after another week of phone exchanges & a new power cord, I was told I'd have to mail my computer to Acer for repairs AT MY EXPENSE! There are no local Acer service centers in the US, so I could not take it in personally for warranty repairs. Get more detail about Acer Aspire One AOD250-1580 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - 7.5 Hour Battery Life.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Acer Aspire One AOD250-1116 10.1-Inch Red Netbook - 3+ Hour Battery Life Best Quality


I was leery of ordering after reading some of the negative reviews, but CompUSA had a price too good to pass up. Delivery was `fast' and the netbook has an extremely slim profile. It operated right out of the box but I gave it a full run through after charging the battery.

First the good points: The wireless card picks up signals that my Dell Inspiron couldn't. The keypad is comfortable enough to type, although it is small. The touch pad has the ability to enlarge the display for those of us whose eyes aren't what they used to be. I received an excellent upload/download speed test 100' away from my modem. It doesn't come with a CD drive, but, if you have a desktop or laptop with a CD drive you can copy programs onto a flash drive, then install them on the netbook. The internal webcam works very well.

Here's the negative points: The battery life is short but that's to be expected considering the size of the battery. The speakers are somewhat `tinny', but again that's to be expected. They are loud enough to clearly hear my YouTube videos. The touchpad is small so an inexpensive mouse is advisable.

All in all I am pleasantly surprised. If it does act up I will update the posting.
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