Jan 24 2009
Acer Aspire One - The Little Netbook That Could
Reviewed by: L Jones
In December 2008, I found myself aimlessly walking the aisles in Staples looking for deals on products and electronics that I really didn’t need. Walking from aisles to aisle, looking at software and telephones, speakers and desk chairs; finally I walked down the laptop aisle and I saw her; Aspire One was her name.
Now, I had seen netbooks before, but was never really impressed with them, because for one, they looked pretty cheap. Secondly, they typically boasted around 8GB max hard drive; pathetic, I know. Thirdly, the operating system was usually linux. Now, after the Vista debacle; ok, that’s too strong of word. Let’s just say that the scars left from going from XP to Vista still run deep. Any other operating system other than XP, to me is a negative.
But the Acer Aspire One was different. The glossy case caught my attention. It was like the beautiful personality of a very sexy woman. The sexiness of this computer is its 8.9″, 2.2lb body. Beautiful.
I was so impressed, that I shared my love affair with the family. I went online to sites like tiger direct and other forums to get the goods on the Acer Aspire One and all the reviews were good. I then took the family to the store and introduced the Aspire to them and interestingly enough, my 10 year old daughter fell in love as well. Long story short, we just got the net book for my daughter.
Let me give you a bit of data that screams volumes at me. 160GB hard drive; 8.9″ screen, 802.11 b/g wifi; web cam; card reader; WINDOWS XP. Come on now. This little net book packs a wallop.
