Acer's Aspire One on sale in America, said to be shipping
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 9th 2008 4:06PM
posted Jul 9th 2008 4:06PM
[Via AspireOne, thanks Tony and Timothy]
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Great price! Great for business & travel!
WTF
One time it says there is 1 comment and then it says 0 comment.
And again, to a superfluous poster, so what? Do you have an insightful comment about the post? Will your post help me decide which small laptop I will buy? Who cares if the number of comments matches? Go away.
He has a point...It's actually quite aggravating that when you see 1 comment on the home page, then click on the article and see no comments. It often leads to double posts when people can't see what they've posted and post it again to make sure it's seen.
He brings a valid point and he doesn't know the appropriate place to bring it up since there's no forums really.
@ Bucky
To quote yourself right back at you... "Do you have an insightful comment about the post? Will your post help me decide which small laptop I will buy?"
Why do you cares that he commented about that? All you have done is bring more attention to his comment, then increased its part on the page, why? Who cares if you think your a smart-ass, go away! I really get fed-up with the constant stream of people ready to debunk any and every comment on here. Almost 100% of the time these smart-asses use big words in a vain attempt to sound smart or older than whatever teenage year that they are actually in. This time your's is superfluous. Though I do have to at least give you credit for using the word correctly. In most case these people usually use whatever big word they use in the completely wrong context and make more of a full of themselves.
And yes, I do understand the irony in my post.
@ donkamero:
So, you think I should buy the Eee 901 then?
Seriously? How did you Apple bash based on this post? I assumed that I was going to be voting down a "First" post, but this is much worse. I've been waiting for all of the little guys to come in before buying one. I'm glad it's here!
You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!
This looks nice. Might pick me up one of these babies.
On a unrelated note. You folks here @ Engadget should input Firefox 3.0's PicLens add-on for your galleries. It would make the spreads real slick and nice. Check it out for yourselves.
Ewiz has them for $382 or something. Well, I guess they're NewBiz now.
wait, so for $23, you can get 512MB more RAM, an additional 112 GB (albeit, not SSD) AND Windows XP? deal of the frickin century!
I agree, whats the catch?
I'll take the HDD over SSD any day for that much more capacity!
Can someone please explain to me which would be the best netbook of Asus to buy? I wanted an XP Eee 900, but this One looks better.
Would the Atom processor be the best one to go with?
Thanks I am just a little confused why Asus keeps releasing new products...
N41
Asus/=Acer
Ee PC looks like nothing compared to this. Better processor and better looking, not to mention better pricing. Come on, no contest. Asus was just the first and their product next to the Aspire One loos experimental.
Well its somewhat easy to forget whats what. they look alike and offer similar branding, including similar names...sigh
N41
@Bucky
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The desire to defend a product line of apple is the first step to the dark side. Its a long, cold, lonely and dillusional path to become an apple fanboy. Turn back before its too late and your defending apple consumes your life and costs you your family!
Wes++
oooo i should read it more often haha. sorry guys.. : \
N41
The 80gb, 3 cell battery, 512mb ram of this (acer aspire one) costs $379.99 CAD at tigerdirect.ca
The price is very very tempting, but the battery is a complete turn off.
So are there any comprehensive side by side reviews for all these netbooks yet? I really want one but with them all coming out so fast I was hoping to find some reviews that directly compare performance and specs to help me decide which one to buy.
LaptopMag has Wind VS EeePC 1000H.
Though performance and specs are really pretty much the same on all netbooks - and with the low level tasks they're doing I doubt you'll notice much difference. It's much more about form factor, ease of use and price.
You can have a look at http://www.umpcportal.com/products/
You can compare products side by side, and more
Amazon pegs the Eee 1000 at $699.
GFY, asus, GFY.
hopefully the dell e comes out soon too then all the ones i have been waiting for have been shipped then it will time to decide for me
Called CDW, not in the system yet.
Anyone know where I can found the blue A150 model for sale?
Here come the big boys. Goodbye MSI and your never ending delays.
except you can't buy this right now, either.
way to read before making comments! w0000000000t
As the parent and others have said, it can be ordered and it is shipping.
https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=AA110-1295
Learn to read properly. It's good for you. Proper reading comprehension leads to a bright future, son.
I hear you. I can't wait to see the Dell E series with the 12" slim notebook. That thing is gonna be a beauty and I hope the 9" model will be nice too. Goodbye Asus.
@martian
let me know when someone has ordered one off ewiz.com and got a confirmation that it is shipping today. otherwise, my point still stands. there are tons of small etailers promising to send stuff out before even having any in stock.
also, way to repeat exactly what i said but in a different way. YOU WIN THE PRIZE!
@sinai:
Actually, you are correct, you can't buy it.
But I can. And so does everyone else who don't live in their parents' basements.
I'm stuck between this and the wind...
NCIX.com cd$379
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=30752&vpn=LU.S050A.006&manufacture=Acer
Read the ad at ncix.com: "Available Mid August". Didn't say August of what year.
Ncix web page says "Available Mid August".
Wow. This is very impressive that they have kicked these things out the door so soon. I was expecting to buy a Wind on June 3rd from Best Buy and here I am a month and a week later and I should be getting it in the mail tomorrow. Thumbs up to Acer for this excellent job done. I almost wish I had held off on a Wind and waited for this beautiful blue beast but I'm sure once I get my Wind I'll be fully pleased. And this thing is about $100 cheaper. If it had a 10" screen then this would be a no brainer. I really hope I get the opportunity to compare these two in my hands at some point.
Just called CDW and they said there should be at least one to three weeks to get these acers on stock.
I just placed my order at CDW, with shipping the total was $433 (for the 120gb model) I called CDW just before placing the order and they said that they are showing 0 in stock and that the next shipment is supposed to come on july 22nd.
I went ahead and placed it, but honestly if I can score a wind sooner ill go with the wind since it has been a toss up between these two. I just hope that I might be able to get leopard to run as smoothly as I've seen the wind run it, which seems likely since they have very similar specs.
I wonder if anyone can tell me this:
There seems to be a version with a battery sticking out the back, and a version without it. Is this the 6-cell and 3-cell batteries (respectively)? I assume so, but you never know.
I hate the fact that actual battery size might be the deciding factor for me, but the big batteries looked pretty goofy. The eee has me addicted to small.
^ "The eee has me addicted to small."
That's what she DIDN"T said!"
Just a heads up for fellow Canadians:
This thing is available in many Canada Computers stores RIGHT NOW (and online). They only have the white version, but it's still beautiful. Also, only the Linux/8GB SSD version is available.
I was really tempted to buy it as I held it and tried it out but I quickly dashed out of the store, resisting an impulsive purchase.
@Bucky
The Microsoft shills are coming out of the wood work, that's how they Apple bash on this post. Microsoft said yesterday they were going on the offensive to defend Vista. You can expect more of this. People are smarter now than in the 90's when this tactic worked. They should make a product that works and not bash people who are moving in hordes to one that does.
Anyhow, this little acer looks pretty cool for a UMPC. I like the looks of it better than the Asus. Anyone know if it will come in a Linux version?
It uses Linpus Linux. Start-up is VERY fast. OpenOffice starts in several seconds, as does the web browser. The interface is very simple and is designed to be.
Sinai: Not sure about Americans, but it's physically available in Canadian computer stores right now, although it's only the white, Linux version. :)
Very nice specs for the price it kind of makes the EEE pc obsolete, right?
canadian sites
http://www.ncix.com/search/?q=Acer
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/partners/partner.asp?mfrid=12
@ Wes:
I'm not an Apple man, haven't used one since the IIe in grade school. Not to say that I wouldn't, or won't, but I haven't. I was hoping that I was going to see a post that helped me make a decision about which small, portable, relatively inexpensive laptop to buy.
Dear Engagdet,
I'm a pretty faithful reader, checking 2 or 3 times a day to read the articles that interest me. These netbooks and their releases are getting out of control. I think I'd like to delve into the market sometime this fall, but the choices are growing faster than I can keep up with (Eee PC has 5 different models now?).
How about a netbook round up post here once the bulk of the primary ones start shipping?
i agree, a nice little "netbook" roundup and review of all would be nice, or atleast the ones that are the most similar.
This is relevant to my interests.
Australian online retailers have just received the Aspire One is stock today, and are now shipping as well.
where the f can I find a aspire one with 6 cell?
@Skazer
Each of the Canadian websites listed above shows the Aspire One as being "special order" or "pre-order." I really don't want to commit to the Aspire One unless I know I can get it in my hands before I could an MSI Wind. Each of these two products seems to still be very difficult to acquire...
Exactly which Canadian Computer Stores currently have the Acer Aspire One in stock? Also, have you seen the MSI Wind anywhere? For your reference, I'm in Saskatchewan...
Thanks!
I didn't post those websites, someone else did. I had a flurry if comments above that though because the comment system is broken. They're available at CanadaComputers stores right now, but that's only Ontario. I haven't checked others yet.
There's also a special going on right now:
http://www.esng.ca/productDetail.php?pid=719300034307&isid=8050
Aspire One for only $340 which is insanely cheap.
how difficult do you think it would be to upgrade the HDD on one of these?
Someone please do a hands-on acer aspire vs msi wind comparison/in depth review. pleeeeeease!! (I cant decide)
Canada computers has changed its prices to reflect the suggested price (it was 10 bucks more) and taken the "deal" on ram installation off their site. I've seen the photos and am wondering how difficult it is to install more ram into that one open ram slot. I don't want to crack open my new baby...(and perhaps break it). I wonder if anyone is gonna post a Ram install tutorial (or maybe i'm just a noob(
Anyone know where this is actually on sale in the US?
Exodus 20:7 "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."
I would also love to know if there is anywhere in the U.S. where you can order one of these now that are in stock? I didn't even think these were officially released in the U.S. tho.
Newegg has the white 8gb ssd/linux model in stock as of 07.15.08 @ 3am.
Just picked one up for the wife, hope she doesn't break this one.
just ordered the white linux version with 512mb and 8gb ssd on buy.com. i found a 10$ off promo that brought the price down to 360$ and a choice of free shipping or 5$ 2day. i say what a deal
Acer One A150 is IN-HAND. CDW showed stock on these last week for about 10 minutes and I snatched one, half expecting the wrong model (A110) to ship but I actually received it today and it's awesome.
It is small, fast, and lightweight. What I received almost matches Acer's specs online - 1.6Ghz CPU, 1GB memory, but only 105GB is showing available on hard-drive so I'm not sure there is "actually" a 120GB in there but who knows. Oh yea, and best of all - it has XP! I'm no Windows fan but for what I use it for Windows beats Linux (no flaming losers) and XP beats the HE-double-hockey-sticks out of Vista.
Best Buy has them on sale this week for $349... sweet!!
Here it is in its entirety but I see that they are sold out online. Maybe there are still a few left in some stores... or perhaps a raincheck is in order. Great price for the 120gb!!
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