http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/ Engadget Comments for Acer Aspire One's 6-cell is a whole lot cheaper bundled http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
Anyway, this deal is sweet. I have one (3-cell model) and only complaint is the mouse keys, otherwise it's a-ok.]]>Sep 5th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
Thanks for playing!]]>Sep 5th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
This laptop rocks. Much better than my eeepc and it has 120GB of HDD space so that makes it cooler than the Dell too.]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/6 cell battery, big enough screen, price is exactly right, and I can sign up for an amazon prime trial for free next day shipping... but I really wanted an SSD.
Blargh! ]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/yes, you should. I got one yesterday with without the more powerful battery, it's an excellent netbook.
i'm with you on the SSD]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115498

;)]]>Sep 5th 2008 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/But... crap! I really thought a 16gb ssd would be the sweet spot.. Hm.
6 cell.. 8gb... screen... price..
Well, it will auto-notify me and I'll decide then. ]]>Sep 5th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/In my country even 3-cell A110 version (430$) is more expensive than A1 from this news(which is currently not available), and probably when it will finally arrive to my country it will cost about 750 - 800$(yeah, I know funny), so buying 6-cell battery sepparate don't seem to be such a bad idea.]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/The battery has been one thing that many reviewers complained about the the One.

Now that I finally got one, you know what ? It isn't much different from my EEE's 5200mAh battery's performance.]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Yeah, hard to call it "sexy" when it runs windows...]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/See http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/08/26/acer-aspire-one-6-cell-vs-3-cell-battery-comparison/ for pictures.]]>Sep 5th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
No one else is offering anything on par with the Aspire One 6-cell, they should be sweeping up the competition.]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 6th 2008 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
Getting my check today, so will be able to place the order tonight (+free shipping,+no sales tax)
I will however check the local BB to see the 3cell/120 (if in stock) and play with it to be sure.

NOW.. anyone heard of a 10" on the way before I hit the buy button?? (also looking for someone in the SF area to do the touchscreen mod for me)
]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/]]>Sep 5th 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/still probably going to get it since it seems best overall, but I did want to buy it today.. FEH!]]>Sep 5th 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/08/26/acer-aspire-one-6-cell-vs-3-cell-battery-comparison/

Sounds like roughly 5 hours vs. 2:30 or so with wifi on and screen at half-bright.]]>Sep 5th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
Asus have totally gone off the rails, Dell havent delivered and MSI is just...eh.

Acer for the masses, Lenovo S10 for the little bit of class.

Well done Acer, it was about time you offered something worth buying :-P.]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
Any pictures?]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/08/26/acer-aspire-on- e-6-cel l-vs-3-cell-battery-comparison/ ]]>Sep 5th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
and cheap (at the same price) white with 6cells also(]]>Sep 5th 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/08/26/acer-aspire-one-6-cell-vs-3-cell-battery-comparison/

side by side pictures are here. Anyone know about the weight comparison?]]>Sep 5th 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
and I'll prolly get the 6 cell separately for $110....or find a 3rd party....or just use the external ac battery pack i have in the meantime....]]>Sep 5th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/08/26/acer-aspire-on- e-6-cel l-vs-3-cell-battery-comparison/

I think the 6-cell is definitely the one to get if you might use it to occupy your time on a cross-country flight.

The dings on the Acer at this point seem to be:

- Its an 8.9" screen in a 10" netbook. So its bigger than the Dell for example, which means its got a great keyboard, but the screen isn't any bigger. Why not get an MSI Wind (if the trackpad didn't suck) or a Lenovo S10, which are presumably about the same physical size?

- It doesn't have bluetooth. If you're going to tether it to your cell phone, this might be a deal killer. If you want to use a mouse, you can always go with one of those Logitech's with the nearly invisible "nano" USB receiver.

- The speakers are apparently anemic. Unlike the Dell's for example, which are apparently quite loud. Probably not great for watching a movie with your BFF side-by-side.

- The trackpad buttons are in the wrong place, and are even a little difficult to click. I think you can live with this, just get used to using your forefinger to click them rather than your thumbs.

Anything else wrong with it? I can't remember if the screen was a big glossy/glare-inducing...]]>Sep 5th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
]]>Sep 5th 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
I forget on the Aspire... is the hard drive a standard 2.5, 9.5mm ?]]>Sep 5th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 5th 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/SSD and regular hard drive, whereas Dell only offers its Mini with SSD. If you want the SSD then with Dell you will get the 4 cell battery, whereas Acer only offers 3 cell battery on Aspire One SSD configuration.]]>Sep 5th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 6th 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 6th 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 9th 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 9th 2008 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/Sep 9th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/acer-aspire-ones-6-cell-is-a-whole-lot-cheaper-bundled/
But I went with an eee1000H instead. A bigger screen and a bigger battery, and a very solid-feeling design. You can get them now for $459. I'm pretty much in love with this machine and I find myself using it several times a day, every day in the house and out. Being able to watch two movies back to back on a single charge with power to spare is really nice.

However, when I saw that Aspire were now shipping a version with a 6-cell battery for $419, it made me look again. --A friend has been eying my 1000H, but I told him that while yes, it's a fantastic machine, it was also a touch heavy for its class and that there were cheaper options. It's now a bit of a toss up. The price gap between it and the Aspire is pretty small now, so the question really becomes one of weight, screen-size, and. . , er, bum-size.

I'll leave it up to him. It's a tough choice, but luckily, I no longer have to make it!]]>Oct 2nd 2008 4:22AM