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Acer Aspire One netbook for $309.99

19 points by ashishk 18y ago

jonknee 18y ago
No need to link to the Crunch Gear spam. http://www.buy.com/prod/acer-aspire-one-aoa110-1955-1-6ghz-512mb-8gb-ssd-notebook-new/q/loc/101/209875656.html http://www.buy.com/prod/acer-aspire-one-aoa110-1955-1-6ghz-5... I have this machine and love it. Hell of a deal.
- kirubakaran 18y ago
  Thanks. How does it compare with eeePC? [ edit: http://www.xarj.net/2008/acer-aspire-one-vs-asus-eeepc/ http://www.xarj.net/2008/acer-aspire-one-vs-asus-eeepc/ ]
  - jonknee 18y ago
    I don't have an EeePC so I am probably not the best to compare, but at the $300 price point the Aspire One looks to smoke it. I can't imagine it has better build quality, the Aspire One is really solid. Here's the EeePC I found for the same price: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZLSXJO/prsboos http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZLSXJO/prsboos It has a 7" screen, 800MHz Celeron, 4GB SSD, etc. The specs aren't even close. I think screen is the most important, there is a huge difference between the 1024x600 that the Aspire One has and the 800x480 of the EeePC.
  - sidsavara 18y ago
    No wireless. Less space than a nomad... Just kidding. I can't comment on how it compares, but it is awesome. I have one of the new 6 cell ones. I get 5 hours of battery life actually doing stuff on it (multiple programs open, etc) For $300-ish I think it totally blows away the competition as well. I feel almost stupid that I just bought mine from Amazon now for 399, but it is worth it
  - charlesju 18y ago
    I have a 7'' Asus EEE and I have to say that the small keyboard and small screen really kills the experience. I think that I'd much rather get the Asus S101 even though it's more than double the price. http://www.slashgear.com/asus-s101-luxury-fashion-netbook-official-0318204/ http://www.slashgear.com/asus-s101-luxury-fashion-netbook-of... It's a 10'' screen and thin like the Mac Air. But at $700, that's still quite the steal. As a caveat, I just bought the new Macbook and I'm loving it. I think that this thing is really portable enough for me to take anywhere, and yet powerful enough for me to use as a desktop replacement. It's really the best value for the price. (Plus, for lack of a better way to describe it, OS X = ownage)
    - maximilian 18y ago
      I just got the new macbook too! Its so frickin solid. The only thing that makes me mad is that they don't have s-video adapters anymore...lame.
jpuskarich 18y ago
Buy.com's price is actually $294.99. That is after you factor in coupon savings, which is what we do with prices on Bountii: http://bountii.com/search.php?item=aspire+one&sort=price_asc http://bountii.com/search.php?item=aspire+one&sort=price...
- fallentimes 18y ago
  Are the coupons always publicly available to everyone?
jimbokun 18y ago
"the Linpus Linux Lite operating system" Do you really want to pick a brand name with the word "pus" in it?
- jcl 18y ago
  I thought the same thing initially, but there are other successful examples, like Olympus or Canopus.
- nailer 18y ago
  Dear Netbook makers: Just. Use. Ubuntu. Signed, everyone.
gaffe 18y ago
Thanks for your post, ashishk. I've been ogling the various netbooks/ultraportables/what-have-you, not wanting to spend gobs of money but also really wanting to have one, just for the sake of having one. This seems like a nice compromise between those two conflicting desires.
- ashishk 18y ago
  yeah, i like my mac, but the mb air doesnt seem worth the money (for the portability, atleast). this, however, seems very reasonable.
calambrac 18y ago
Spec-identical on Amazon for 299: http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-8-9-inch-Laptop-Processor/dp/B001BBS76Q/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1224528048&sr=8-5 http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-8-9-inch-Laptop-Processor/...
- jonknee 18y ago
  That shows as $325.99 for me...
  - calambrac 18y ago
    Hmm, interesting. It's definitely $299 for me.
    - brent 18y ago
      It is $322 for me. Amazon must just roll the price dice.
    - jonknee 18y ago
      That's interesting, you must have been selected for a promo price or something fun. I checked through the AWS API and it's $325.99 there. But then from a free web proxy it showed as $299 and being fulfilled from a third party named MOBILESHARK. Maybe it's geography? It's a deal at either price point, I bought one off Amazon last month for $329.99 (though while I got the same model, it was from Amazon directly so it qualified for Amazon Prime and I got free 2-day shipping). Update: figured it out--I see the $299.99 pricepoint from MOBILESHARK when viewing Amazon.com while not signed in. That's curious. But since it has $16.99 shipping, there's not much of a difference (it's free from Amazon).
noor420 18y ago
Why are you guys posting stuff for sale here? I am afraid this will lead to mass spamming here.
- jcl 18y ago
  Spam won't get voted up or commented on. People are clearly interested in this particular product, at least this time.

19 points by ashishk 18y ago

No need to link to the Crunch Gear spam. http://www.buy.com/prod/acer-aspire-one-aoa110-1955-1-6ghz-512mb-8gb-ssd-notebook-new/q/loc/101/209875656.html http://www.buy.com/prod/acer-aspire-one-aoa110-1955-1-6ghz-5... I have this machine and love it. Hell of a deal.

kirubakaran 18y ago
Thanks. How does it compare with eeePC? [ edit: http://www.xarj.net/2008/acer-aspire-one-vs-asus-eeepc/ http://www.xarj.net/2008/acer-aspire-one-vs-asus-eeepc/ ]
- jonknee 18y ago
  I don't have an EeePC so I am probably not the best to compare, but at the $300 price point the Aspire One looks to smoke it. I can't imagine it has better build quality, the Aspire One is really solid. Here's the EeePC I found for the same price: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZLSXJO/prsboos http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZLSXJO/prsboos It has a 7" screen, 800MHz Celeron, 4GB SSD, etc. The specs aren't even close. I think screen is the most important, there is a huge difference between the 1024x600 that the Aspire One has and the 800x480 of the EeePC.
- sidsavara 18y ago
  No wireless. Less space than a nomad... Just kidding. I can't comment on how it compares, but it is awesome. I have one of the new 6 cell ones. I get 5 hours of battery life actually doing stuff on it (multiple programs open, etc) For $300-ish I think it totally blows away the competition as well. I feel almost stupid that I just bought mine from Amazon now for 399, but it is worth it
- charlesju 18y ago
  I have a 7'' Asus EEE and I have to say that the small keyboard and small screen really kills the experience. I think that I'd much rather get the Asus S101 even though it's more than double the price. http://www.slashgear.com/asus-s101-luxury-fashion-netbook-official-0318204/ http://www.slashgear.com/asus-s101-luxury-fashion-netbook-of... It's a 10'' screen and thin like the Mac Air. But at $700, that's still quite the steal. As a caveat, I just bought the new Macbook and I'm loving it. I think that this thing is really portable enough for me to take anywhere, and yet powerful enough for me to use as a desktop replacement. It's really the best value for the price. (Plus, for lack of a better way to describe it, OS X = ownage)
  - maximilian 18y ago
    I just got the new macbook too! Its so frickin solid. The only thing that makes me mad is that they don't have s-video adapters anymore...lame.

jpuskarich 18y ago

Buy.com's price is actually $294.99. That is after you factor in coupon savings, which is what we do with prices on Bountii: http://bountii.com/search.php?item=aspire+one&sort=price_asc http://bountii.com/search.php?item=aspire+one&sort=price...

fallentimes 18y ago
Are the coupons always publicly available to everyone?

jimbokun 18y ago

"the Linpus Linux Lite operating system" Do you really want to pick a brand name with the word "pus" in it?

jcl 18y ago
I thought the same thing initially, but there are other successful examples, like Olympus or Canopus.
nailer 18y ago
Dear Netbook makers: Just. Use. Ubuntu. Signed, everyone.

gaffe 18y ago

Thanks for your post, ashishk. I've been ogling the various netbooks/ultraportables/what-have-you, not wanting to spend gobs of money but also really wanting to have one, just for the sake of having one. This seems like a nice compromise between those two conflicting desires.

ashishk 18y ago
yeah, i like my mac, but the mb air doesnt seem worth the money (for the portability, atleast). this, however, seems very reasonable.

calambrac 18y ago

Spec-identical on Amazon for 299: http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-8-9-inch-Laptop-Processor/dp/B001BBS76Q/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1224528048&sr=8-5 http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-8-9-inch-Laptop-Processor/...

jonknee 18y ago
That shows as $325.99 for me...
- calambrac 18y ago
  Hmm, interesting. It's definitely $299 for me.
  - brent 18y ago
    It is $322 for me. Amazon must just roll the price dice.
  - jonknee 18y ago
    That's interesting, you must have been selected for a promo price or something fun. I checked through the AWS API and it's $325.99 there. But then from a free web proxy it showed as $299 and being fulfilled from a third party named MOBILESHARK. Maybe it's geography? It's a deal at either price point, I bought one off Amazon last month for $329.99 (though while I got the same model, it was from Amazon directly so it qualified for Amazon Prime and I got free 2-day shipping). Update: figured it out--I see the $299.99 pricepoint from MOBILESHARK when viewing Amazon.com while not signed in. That's curious. But since it has $16.99 shipping, there's not much of a difference (it's free from Amazon).

noor420 18y ago

Why are you guys posting stuff for sale here? I am afraid this will lead to mass spamming here.

jcl 18y ago
Spam won't get voted up or commented on. People are clearly interested in this particular product, at least this time.