[ubuntu-uk] EeePC 900A vs Acer Aspire One

[Kris Douglas]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:48, davmor2 <davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk> wrote:
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> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:57:48 +0000, Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
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>> Okay so all this talk of Windows free laptops got me thinking about
>> plumping for a cheapo netbook to tide me over until next year when I can
>> afford something a bit more powerful.
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>> Looking at Tesco's (Tesco Direct) web site at the moment they have two
>> options which are in my price range (under £200).
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>> The cheapest option is the 8.9" Asus EeePC 900A N270 with 1GB Ram and an
>> 8GB SSD.  It doesn't say what CPU it has (I presume it would be the
>> 1.6GHz single core Atom?).  This one in white or black is £194.
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>> The next option up is the Aspire One A110L with 512MB Ram and an 8GB
>> SSD.  This also mentions N270, so presumably this is the same CPU as the
>> EeePC 900A?
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>> The Aspire One A110L is £198.
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>> Now I was leaning towards the Aspire One due to it having two SD card
>> slots (I figured I could pop in 2 x 8GB SD cards for extra storage space
>> - not that I need much anyway on a laptop/netbook).  The one thing that
>> is putting me off is forking out for another 512MB memory (I wasn't sure
>> how many slots they have).
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>> So I was wondering generally what they are like.  Does the battery last
>> long, what are they like performance wise?
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>> I'm not expecting the same sort of performance as a Core 2 Duo but I
>> could do with something speedy enough to run Java applets (LogMeIn
>> remote control software) and Firefox/Thunderbird.
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>> Rob
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> I have the Acer Aspire One and I can't fault it.  I would recommend adding
> 1 gig of ram (it's about 10-20 quid you have to strip the machine down to
> do it though) You need an ethernet connect till you get the backport
> drivers on for the wifi to work (ath5k).  Other than tha I now use it over
> my main laptop :)
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