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    Acer Aspire One Mini Notebook Specs Revealed, Dell Jumps in

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Andrew Baxter, May 29, 2008.

  1. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Problem with the Acer is that it is set to be available in late August or September. I dont think the Dell even has a date.

    MSI Wind and Eee 901/1000 will take a large share of the market by then. The Eee community is already large. You need a large community with this kind of stuff especially for the Linux version.
     
    wave, Jun 3, 2008
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  2. Valleybacker

    Valleybacker Notebook Consultant

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    the dell mini looks like an HP by design. Which is not a bad thing.
     
    Valleybacker, Jun 3, 2008
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  3. wojwoda

    wojwoda GN-003 Gundam Kyrios

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    And who said that? What I wrote? In the mid of June Linux version. Month later Windows version. And that's for Europe as far as I know 100% correct. ;)
     
    wojwoda, Jun 3, 2008
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    Jaymz Notebook Evangelist

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    Jaymz, Jun 3, 2008
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  5. colloquor

    colloquor Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't ever discount or count-out Acer. Founded in 1976 as Multi-Tech in Taiwan, they have the experience and clout to be very successful in this market category. After all, they are currently the 3rd largest computer manufacturer in the world, and also are an OEM manufacturer for many other brands. Even one older ThinkPad was manufactured by Acer.
     
    colloquor, Jun 3, 2008
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  6. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    I wasn't. :S I think if you look back a few posts before that you'll see that I was siding with a person who was asking why people were seeming to count out acer...
     
    shoelace_510, Jun 5, 2008
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  7. Red_Eye

    Red_Eye Notebook Enthusiast

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    This latest article on Engadget does state the Dell not having Fn keys....

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/more-details-on-dells-summer-bound-netbook/
     
    Red_Eye, Jun 5, 2008
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  8. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    shoelace_510, Jun 6, 2008
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  9. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    That actually looks quite a bit like an HP keyboard.

    And the Fn keys - why? F5 and F6 are possibly the two most useful keyboard shortcuts for an internet browser. Though, I suppose it saves a full line of keys and Ctrl+R and Ctrl+L serve exactly the same purpose. Its an interesting decision for Dell to have made - lets see if it actually changes anything. I actually think it'll pay off, since that extra half inch for the touchpad will make the touchpad much more usable (unlike on the EEE and other subnotebooks).
     
    Redline, Jun 6, 2008
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  10. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Also Alt+F4?? :( Not having that will be an inconvenience. XD
     
    shoelace_510, Jun 7, 2008
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  11. willstay

    willstay Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looks like Acer Aspire One is the first Ultra notebook with proper sized right shift key. Typing on Eee is okay except for the right shift key. Its very unfortunate that rest are following Eee's keyboard design.

    I never liked Dell keyboard-feel. When it comes to keyboard, I like Acer's more than Lenovo, HP, Compaq or Gateway's. (I am on 3rd Acer and none had any flex, none made loud noise, none were mushy or springy and all had just the right click feedback).

    Oh!! the vertical resolution of 600 pixels is NOT enough for XP. We atleast need 768. Its still going to take several years to get VAIO TZ like machine in $400.
     
    willstay, Jun 8, 2008
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  12. Hahutzy

    Hahutzy Notebook Deity

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    Shouldn't you be paying for reliability, not quality? (i.e. Thinkpad or something)

    A Ferrari doesn't come with a lifetime guarantee of not breaking down, ya?
     
    Hahutzy, Jun 12, 2008
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  13. Jurisprudence

    Jurisprudence Notebook Evangelist

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    Hahutzy your totally right about the Thinkpads, amazingly reliable and probably the best built in the world. But the Thinkpads don't do the 1 trick the TZ can pull off, the twin drive configuration onboard. I am completely paranoid about HDD failure and having 2 OS's on the lappy on separate SSD and HDD bootable drives is a godsend to me. Also I believe to a certain extent good design and quality minimize failures at least in that you avoid latent design flaws like Apple's Powerbook LCD issues or Toshiba's class action lawsuits on A series laptops. That may be a bit of a loose argument but believe me if something bad is gonna happen its gonna happen to me just at the wrong moment. I'm bringing 2 or 3 lappys to the NYSB just in case.
     
    Jurisprudence, Jun 13, 2008
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  14. wave

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    wave, Jun 13, 2008
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  15. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Yeah, I think the Dell E is looking to be a much better overall product than the Aspire one... Just my $0.02.
     
    shoelace_510, Jun 13, 2008
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