Comments on: Acer Launces Aspire One at PhP 18,800

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:59:30 +0000

By August, Del will have released its E line. Probably before Christmas HP will have its new, cheaper Mini Note out. Hopefully Asus will release the 901 here also.

By: irene

irene — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:26 +0000

thanks for the help ha. really helped a lot… but meron nanmang bagong UMPC. MSI Wind is already out and also, i heard Dell E will launch their own on August ata…whew…soooo many choices. maybe its best to wait till christmas na lang. baka i-sale pa nila for the holidays. =)

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:37:08 +0000

Hi Irene,

Frankly, with the introduction of the 9-inch netbooks, I don’t think 7-inchers are good value-for-money anymore. Also, the EeePC 2G will be very limited, even if it’s priced really low (PHP 12,000 per my last checking online and at stores).

You could go for the Aspire one. The only issue with that is the slow flash-baesd solid-state drive. It will run fine on the Linpus Linux Lite, but with Windows, it’s excruciatingly slow. Read speed is fine, but write speed is really horrendous, based on what I’ve read.

So if you just intend to use it for surfing, email, writing documents and presentations, the Aspire one would be a good choice (that is, if you consider OpenOffice sufficient for your needs, or compatible with your existing documents/presentations). But since you have your regular-sized laptop, I don’t think you should have problems (I mean you can bring your big laptop when the need arises).

An external hard drive would be very useful, but don’t count on being able to always use it. For one, hassle din ang magdala lagi ng add-on accessory. Also, it draws power from your notebook, hence decreasing the battery life.

By: irene

irene — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:50:03 +0000

also, how is the perfomance of linux as compared to windows? hope u can enlighten me. thanks.

By: irene

irene — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:40:41 +0000

hi. im just wondering if u have any solution for my dilemma (hehe. since the advent of this UMPC, i just feel impulsive to get my own). i have my PC and laptop at home. i just need a laptop that i can bring around school (for me to make word documents and powerpoint slides). or just to surf sometimes. will it be wise for me to buy an Asus EEE PC 700 (ung 2gb)? pede ko ba yun lagyan ng let’s say 160gb na external hard disk? or will this acer aspire be a better choice for me? thanks in advance for ur help.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:35:57 +0000

Thanks for the correction, Fredmon. I’m now correcting the post. I guess with so many netbooks being launched these days (and with both Acer and Asus starting with “A”) one can get confused.

By: Fredmon

Fredmon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:21:38 +0000

Just some errors I noted in your post. You said:

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“…here comes Asus with its Aspire One. This had been announced earlier this year, but it has come as a pleasant (or not) surprise to me that Asus has launched it locally at a starting price of PhP 18,800.”

Should have been Acer not Asus. And on the next sentence its Asus name again. It should have been Acer.
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BTW, heard that Acer is also releasing a hard disk drive driven Aspire One after they received feedback regarding the slow performance of their SSDs on Windows.

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