Acer's Netbook- Aspire ONE available starting Rs 14499/-

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Acer, the world-leader in the Netbook category recording maximum shipments effected globally and the second largest notebook brand in the global market, today announced a new limited period special festive offer for the period Jan 9th –20th 2009 on its entire range of Netbooks for the Indian consumer.

Read Further : *www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pr...pire-one-available-starting-rs-14499/-/376393

which configuration ?

I read it in the TIO newspaper.

Atom 1.6GHz
1GB DDR2 553MHz RAM
Intel M945GSE Chipset based mobo
Ubuntu

Hdd ?????????????

^ Its 160GB !

it looks cute, acer guys just shown demo in our office..

OS installed = linux
HDD= 160 GB

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For an additional sum of Rs.2000(approx) you could get XP home. My dealer told me that as soon as they bring this particular lappies, they get sold immediately. On you tube I saw one video where Adobe cs4 is working very nicely in this lappy.

What about battery backup?

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can anyone tell me whether it is better than the dell inspiron mini 12??

This is impresive

Before any of you decide to buy Acer ONE do read this
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105331

^^But thats DOUBLE the cost!

Aspire One looks wonderful at Rs. 14499/-. Whats the price including taxes ?
Any issues with build, battery or performance ?

Edit: is this the three cell or the six cell model ?

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three cell model.

Can someone tell me whether it is a decent VFM product. And exact price and configuration.

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if you don't mind small screen, have no idea of playing latest games and then this can be yours. I feel this is VFM for the size and config.

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Can the netbook be connected to external monitor and keyboard/mouse for ease of use when at home/office?

Arun

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sakumar79 said:
Can the netbook be connected to external monitor and keyboard/mouse for ease of use when at home/office?

Arun

Both possible: See this excert from Acer Site

Multi-in-1 card reader
SD™ Card reader for storage expansion
Three USB 2.0 ports
External display (VGA) port
Headphone/speaker/line-out jack
Microphone-in jack
Ethernet (RJ-45) port
DC-in jack for AC adapter

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@Ramakrishnan, Thanks for the info

Arun

ya at this price it is VFM but on the otherside of coin this decrease in price is to clear the stock as acer will be launching 10" screen version of aspire one in feb.
also lots of new netbooks are to be launched by various companies in 2-3 months

It is definitely VFM and its the way netbooks should be. Thats what they are for; I do not need optical sound out and 1080p playback on a netbook. Rather, lower the prices.

These companies introduce new models and do away with old models.

You won't see much difference b/w 10" and 9". Its actually GOOD that we are having a clearence sale. 10" would be slightly more bulky. I myself had a 10" laptop, and by slightly reducing screen size it doesn't make much difference.

And yeah, the 3-cell means it has about 3hrs battery backup.
Whats the cost of the 6-cell version ?

I am waiting for any forum member to post here. I want to know the REAL price with tax fax and all that.

^^thats what am too waiting for.

^^

I guess I will have to join you two hypocrats. Lets wait for someone to be the guinea pig and buy this, then we will make our moves

^^ these linboys! :neutral:

^^wot ?

shaddap !

IronManForever said:
^^ these linboys!

why don't you do us a favour and sell off your iPod Touch and buy this and write a review for us ?

^^He will need to sell his iPod to get his dream mac nonetheless :razz:

Every shiny thing looks cool for few days but after that the original thoughts wears out at an exponential 7% rate until you decide to buy another one or you get a gist of the working of your never ending desirous mind (and put a slap everytime it wheedle you for another thing).

^ Gotcha! You've been following those Apple threads secretly haven't you?

Yeah yeah, it was impulse when I bought the iPod.. I 'm not even able to use half of what it can do. We don't have enough hotspots, and I don't have a credit card to buy Apps.

Given the choice, Id definitely go for this Netbook. But then, my dad wouldn't buy me the macbook, thinking I already have a laptop..

IronManForever said:
^ Gotcha! You've been following those Apple threads secretly haven't you?

Yeah yeah, it was impulse when I bought the iPod.. I 'm not even able to use half of what it can do. We don't have enough hotspots, and I don't have a credit card to buy Apps.
Given the choice, Id definitely go for this Netbook. But then, my dad wouldn't buy me the macbook, thinking I already have a laptop..

What was the cost of your iPod Touch ? See if you can sell it.

All you need to do is get the white Aspire One, install eeebuntu, install mac4lin, go to a stickering shop, pay Rs. 50 for an apple logo stickering job and stick it on the subnotebook's lid. There you have it - most noobs would easily believe that its MacBook Nano :lol:

^^ Nice Idea.

Id stay with the iPod.. Most of my friends won't understand the hype, they'd buy cheap chinese MP4 players.. Though yeah, if I get some guys, they'd buy it for its original price!!
And talkin about Macbook Nano, most of them Except 1-2 don't know if macs existed!!
And I am so so irritated when they do not understand the principle if Netbooks. Not that we have wifi hotspots all around.. theres always a certain advantage if they know how to use notebooks. They say why th hell doesn't it have a dvd drive. And they fret at the small 10 inch screen!

I could go on and on, but lets not. And no, no guys to buy iPod as of now..
PS: Acer Aspire one is around 22k in indian currency here..

Net book advantage actually seems higher than normal at the price of 15000.
The problem at 20k and above is that they are less VFM than other machines.
But Aspire One at Rs. 15,000 seems GR8.

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I bought a blue Acer Aspire One with pre-installed XP Home for Rs.19,999/- inclusive of all taxes last month from eZone Chennai. Only in January that is, this month, I saw the price of the linux version fall further. The XP-Home would be 2 to 2.5k more than the linux version.

Can v install windows vista in aspire one.......??
will it work smooth???

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yeah can we install vista premium -

this seems like a nice solid configuration

Has somebody installed Windows 7 Public Testing edition in Aspire One ? I saw somebody making tall claims that it runs much faster than linux on Aspire One. I am really curious to see if its true.

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I am willing to try. But how to get it to install from a pen drive?

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here is the link for installing windows 7 on aspire one netbook. Do it at your own risk. Some have reported success and others haven't.

*www.electronicpulp.net/2009/01/13/...7-on-the-acer-aspire-one-netbook-preparation/

Hell now a days a mobile costs more than these netbooks.

^^Depends on the mobile under consideration.

IMO, these netbooks effectively replace 20K and above mobiles. We can get a 5K mobile + this netbook. Maximum VFM.

^^+1

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hey i am buying this for my dad-- looks great--it has now 160 gb capacity--linux models not available---

^ 160 GB one wont have Windows Xp AFAIK.

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yeah it is --for 17500

The festival offer is over..whats the price at present?is it 17k?

I went to eZone yesterday. The price is back at Rs. 17,999 (with XP). At this price I don't think its VFM. Anything less than Rs. 15K is a steal.

Is Acer still offering this at Rs. 14,xxx? Any idea guys?

^^ask for linux version. they charge extra Rs. 3000 for cr@p 7 years old OS. :lol:

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MetalheadGautham said:
^^ask for linux version. they charge extra Rs. 3000 for cr@p 7 years old OS.

I also agree

whats the difference between linux version and windows xp version.....???
only OS or any thing else..??

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In the linux version linux presinstalled. That also there will be no GUI. Windows XP OS pre-loaded(home version). For this, additional money.

Coool said:
whats the difference between linux version and windows xp version.....???
only OS or any thing else..??

only OS.

you can use money saved for something fruitful. And yeah, you can experiement with installing Windows 7 Beta.

Ramakrishnan said:
In the linux version linux presinstalled. That also there will be no GUI. Windows XP OS pre-loaded(home version). For this, additional money.

No GUI ? Which era are you from ?

Ramakrishnan said:
IThat also there will be no GUI.

ROFL

i was thinking about n97 now i think zn5 and this lappy will be a better option

@krates .. jump for it!

offer may not be valid for long..

BTW the Linux version has a minimalist GUI with big icons (kiddy type) which can be unlocked to get the full power of KDE, etc.

MetalheadGautham said:
only OS.

you can use money saved for something fruitful. And yeah, you can experiement with installing Windows 7 Beta.

thanks dude..

Leipus Linux on Acer sometimes comes without X. I think that's what he means...

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hey leipus looks cool--it has a good GUI--but then i feel its bit oversimplified..
i have seen in a demo--

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When I bought the Acer 4730z, the linux had no GUI. I mean the laptop had DOS like appearance. Do they provide UNix also with linux? I am not familiar with linux terminal anyway. I have seen UBunutu, Fedora, etc. butwith windows like appearance. Even the shopkeeper also remarked about it and asked me whether I wanted XP for an additional sum. I declined and installed xp myself. But that involved some steps which is outside the scope of this thread.

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@sams9

offtopic. which linux version(i mean ubunutu, xubuntu, fedora and like) will run perfectly on 4730z apart from the one which came with 4730z?

^ All major Linux operating systems run on your laptop. Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora.. Linux is as ubiquitous as Windows, just that being 'Free and Open-Source'*, it does not get as much propaganda as Microsoft gets for its OS.

If you do not intend to game, and are not strictly dependant on Microsoft apps, you may just literally throw away your version of Windows and adopt linux. And experience a free virus free world.

Drop in your queries in a thread, there are a handful of linux experts waiting to sort your problems out.

* By free, it is meant that apart being monetarily free, it also supllements freedom. Generally you are free to share, modify, redistribute your version of Linux OS.

Ramakrishnan said:
@sams9

offtopic. which linux version(i mean ubunutu, xubuntu, fedora and like) will run perfectly on 4730z apart from the one which came with 4730z?

Fedora. Linpus is based on Fedora, but fedora is much much better than Linpus.

And yeah, UNIX is NOT a part of linux. Linux just has a few commands and file system structure similar to UNIX.

If you want UNIX install Sun Microsystems' OS called Solaris 10.