On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 07:51:28PM -0500, Jean-Francois Theroux wrote: > I bought an Acer Aspire One during the holidays. I bought the Linux model > with the 8GB SSD drive. After a few weeks of usage, here's what I think > about it. It's a nice little machine I leave on the kitchen table. I use it > to browse the news while having breakfast. I also use it while watching TV > when I want to get more info on what I'm watching on a topic. For that kind > of use, it's perfect. > > That being said, there are some downsides to it. The SSD drive is very slow > when it comes to writing. Reading speed is OK. There are various > optimizations possible to get more out of it, but in the end, it's not a > fiber disk. The mouse buttons are located on the side of the track pad. It's > kind odd. > > The screen is very bright and colors are crisp. After a few days, you get > used to the small keyboard too. I run Debian Lenny on it and every device > works out of the box. > > -jf
Any problems with the wifi? There seem to have been complaints about it, according to the wikipedia entry.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspire_One And -- how big is the keyboard? Is it 100%? Or only something like 92% -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
