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Posted by Steve Greer on August 26, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Netbook Market, Netbooks, Videos
A few weeks ago Tom finally got his chance to do his first unboxing video. I apologize for the delay in getting it posted. Check out the video and see the Acer Aspire One AOD250 for yourself.
Falling Netbook Prices – 8/3/09
Posted by Tom Greer on August 3, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Nettops, Falling Prices, Fujitsu Netbooks, MSI All-in-Ones
Lots of falling prices on netbooks, nettops and all-in-one desktops to report this morning.
Acer Aspire One D250 Overview
Posted by Tom Greer on July 31, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Reviews
Acer Aspire One D250
Summary
The Acer Aspire One D250 comes in two basic versions. The base-cost model is configured with a three-cell battery and without a Bluetooth adapter. The high-end model ships with a six-cell battery and adds Bluetooth support.
Other than those differences, the versions are identical, so we will cover bosheth here.
What’s Special
- Thinner (1.0″) and lighter (2.4 – 2.8 lbs) than preclvious Aspire One models
- Mouse buttons are now below the touchpad
- Solid netbook at a great price – one of the best netbook values around
What’s Not So Special
- The touchpad is smaller than most
- Keyboard is the same as the Aspire One 9″ models, which was good in its day, but competitors’ 10″ models have roomier keyboards.
Falling Netbook Prices – 7/29/09
Posted by Tom Greer on July 29, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Falling Prices, Samsung Netbooks
After a brief interlude while I focused on redesigning our website, I am back to writing articles. One of my favorites is our Falling Prices articles.
As you know, we track prices on a daily basis at over 40 different merchants. We constantly track the lowest price for each product. Whenever the lowest price drops by $5.00 or more, we tell you about it.
Falling Netbook Prices – 7/13/09
Posted by Tom Greer on July 13, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Falling Prices
Today we have several netbooks where the price has dropped by $5.00 or more.
Let’s start with the Asus Eee PC 1000HA, where BuyDig.com has just trimmed their price to $299.95 for the Black version (which is way lower than anyone else’s price).
Aspire One 751h Cheatsheet
Posted by Tom Greer on July 9, 2009 in Acer Netbooks
We have been publishing cheatsheets for the Acer Aspire One netbooks for quite a while. Here is one for the Aspire One 751h product family.
If you are seeking cheatsheets for earlier models, they are listed on separate pages.
For more detailed information, you can browse our Acer Aspire One product database.
Or, you may find it faster to just enter the model number, part number or a portion of the description in the search box (at the top of this page).
Before you finish, be sure to visit our price comparison charts to see who has the best price on the Aspire One model that you are seeking.
Aspire One D250 Cheatsheet
Posted by Tom Greer on July 9, 2009 in Acer Netbooks
I have found that a cheatsheet listing the different models of the Aspire One netbooks to be a very useful tool to assist in understanding which model or part number represents which color and which set of features.
Here is my cheatsheet for the Aspire One D250 family.
If you are seeking cheatsheets for other Aspire One models, they are listed on sepatate pages.
You can browse our Acer Aspire One product database where you will get a more detailed view of the products.
Or you may find it faster to just enter the model number, part number or a portion of the description in the search box (at the top of this page).
Before you finish, be sure to visit our price comparison charts to see who has the best price on the Aspire One model that you are seeking.
Aspire Ones with 11.6″ Screens In Stock
Posted by Tom Greer on June 21, 2009 in Acer Netbooks
The new Aspire One 751h models with the 11.6″ screens are just beginning to appear in stock.
These are being stocked in with 160 GB or 250GB Hard Drives, each with either 3 or 6 cell batteries. Per Microsoft’s rules, the 250GB version cannot be sold with XP licenses, so these come with Vista Home Basic 32.
That make four combinations. Here are our product pages for each:
- Aspire One 751h 11.6″ 160GB 3-Cell XP
- Aspire One 751h 11.6″ 160GB 6-Cell XP
- Acer Aspire One 751h 11.6″ 250GB 3-Cell Vista HB32
- Acer Aspire One 751h 11.6″ 250GB 6-Cell Vista HB32
Here are the models actually in stock at this moment at one or more merchants:
Falling Netbook Prices – 6/5/09
Posted by Tom Greer on June 5, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Falling Prices, MSI Netbooks
This morning, we have several netbooks where the lowest price has dropped by $5.00 or more.
The first one on our list is a great bargain. One of the Amazon.com merchants have cut their price on the Pearl White model of the Asus Eee PC 900 16G XP to $249.99.
| Asus Eee PC 900 16G XP | ||
 | 8.9" Display (1024x600), 630 MHz Intel Celeron-M Processor, 1.0 GB DDR2-533/677 RAM, 16 GB Solid-State Storage, 4-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |
If you would prefer a 10″ netbook, instead of the 9″ model above, then take a look at the Acer Aspire One D150 10″ 160GB 3-Cell XP. Mwave has just cut their price on the Ruby Red model to $279.99 with FREE shipping.
| Acer Aspire One D150 10" 160GB 3-Cell XP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 10.1" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB DDR2-533 RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 3-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The final entry in today’s falling prices list is the MSI Wind U100 160G 3-Cell XP. Since MSI introduced the new U123, the prices on the older U100 models have been dropping.
A couple of the Amazon merchants are having a price war on the Black model. Yesterday, one of them cut their price to $299.99. Just before midnight, a different Amazon.com merchant responded by slashing their price to $295.99.
| MSI Wind U100 160G 3-Cell XP | ||
 | 10" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 3-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |
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Acer to Release Android-Based Aspire One Next Quarter
Posted by Tom Greer on June 3, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Operating Systems
Acer's Android-Based Netbook
Acer has announced at Computex 2009 that they will release a version of the popular Aspire One netbook configured with Google’s Android operating system.
Android is Google’s Linux-based operating system that was originally developed for smartphones.
What is interesting about this is that the first netbooks only ran on Linux. Then Microsoft woke up and virtually wiped out Linux-based netbooks by cutting the cost for XP licenses to near zero.
In recent weeks, there has been a lot of press around two new Linux-based operating systems. Google’s Andoid and Intel’s Moblin.
Although Acer’s first Andoid-based netbook will have an Intel Atom N270 CPU, the reason for a lot of the excitement surrounds netbooks in the wings that are not based on Intel chips.
There are a number of different netbooks in development that have CPUs based on ARM designs, like Nvidia’s Tegra that we highlighted a few days ago. ARM processors are currently used on many smartphones. These CPUs are attractive based on their low power consumption which provides long battery life.
Microsoft’s Windows operating systems will not run on ARM processors.
All this creates a real problem for Microsoft. The game plan for Microsoft is to migrate netbooks to the new Windows 7 operating system and to begin making money. Speculation is that their target is a $30 per netboook increase. That represents about a 10% price increase in the average netbook.
Microsoft will undoubtably respond in an effort to kill off this new competitive threat. Call me cynical, but they have not failed in the past, and there is no sign that this will play out any differently.
But, being a Linux fan, I’ll be cheering on the sideline for the underdogs.