Asus eecpc 901 vs Acer Aspire one.

[dave_bass5]

Looking to get one of the above.
I love everything about the Acer other than the battery life. I would be going for the 1GB 120 HDD Linux version so there is only about £35 difference. The Asus seems ot have a fantastic battery life, smaller storeage but more thna i would really need.

Just looking to get some views, probably more from Ausu owners as ive already posted in the Acer thread.

Cheers.

[virtual_boy]

I have a 701 (xandros) and 901 (xp) and my friend has an aspire one, both myself and my friend would choose the 901 over the aspire hands down.
If your handy go for the Linux model and install xp as iirc it has a larger ssd than the stock xp model, you could even try the new windows 7 beta.
Anyway my point being stay away from the xandros Linux distro, slightly off topic but if I were you I'd rethink my options and buy a samsung nc10 it's the best netbook on the market.

[dave_bass5]

Thanks fro the reply.
First off the NC10 is way out of my budget and Im really just looking for a web surfer and something i can use on journeys to watch films on.
The Acer looks ideal other than the poor battery life. On the plus side it has a big HDD though.
5-6 hours battery life sounds amazing, even if i get less than that its way more than the Acer.
Im not too bothered about the smaller keyboard on the asus either.

I do have Win XP pro, Vista and Windows 7 so yes, as the linux version has a larger capacity i could put any of those on. Ive never used linux but looking forward to the challenge.

Can i ask, if i put a 16GB SD card in the 901 does just show up as a removable drive or does it become part of the total available space?
Is there any slowdown from reading off the card?

Cheers.

[virtual_boy]

An SD card will just show up as a removable drive in XP but Xandros can be configured to write to the SD by default and could probably be incorporated into system memory with some heavy OS tweaking.
Be warned though trying to do anything other than whats given to you within a Linux distro is a right pain.
I upgraded both my 701 and 901 with 2GB of RAM but for the 701 to see it I had to write a whole new kernel into the OS.
As for read/write speeds its really dependent on card class, a class 6 card is fastest, you can pick up a 16GB class 6 card for less than £20 now.

Edit: As for OS choice, consider a copy of TinyXP or even MicroXP as they take up far less HDD space and do away with much of the system hogging bloatware built into windows.

[dave_bass5]

Thanks again.
Ive already got a class 6 16GB SD card so was thinking about using that.
sounds like linux might be a bit of a struggle if i need to use command lines etc. Still willing to give it a go but i have a feeling i'll end up putting XP on it, just to make my life easier.

[Anne-Sophie]

Edit: As for OS choice, consider a copy of TinyXP or even MicroXP as they take up far less HDD space and do away with much of the system hogging bloatware built into windows.[/QUOTE]

I have an Asus 701 and find it great within its limits, the downside for me is having to scroll around to see a whole web page, though maybe there is a way around this, if anyone knows one.

Regarding Linux, it's very good until you have a small problem or want to tweak something, then when you go onto a forum for Linux users you meet very dedicated and techy people who go into far too much detail for my limited knowledge.

I was therefore considering installing XP using a disc that came with My Dell laptop, but now you have intrigued me by mention of TinyXP and MicroXP. Can you tell me what they are and from where I could download them, or do I have to procure a disc?

Thanks.

[dave_bass5]

Hi Ann.
Not sure what the two OS's mentioned above are (yet) but i know you can install XPlite which is probably the same sort of thing. I believe it will take up about 1.3GB so quite a saving over the full XP and i would be going for that if i do revert to XP.
I know what you mean about the support forums being quite technical, although i know i can figur eit out if needed.

what web browser are you using that wont let you view whole pages at once? Ive not come across that before. I know FF3 will let you view the web at full screen.

Ive been trying to order a black 901 20Gb all morning but i keep coming up with problems. Either i have the wrong CC card with me, they want to deliver to my billing address or they are too expensive. Ill get there in the end though but it looks like ill have to wait until tomorrow before i can order. Thats far to long to wait as i then wont get it until monday

[dave_bass5]

Just realised XPLite is a utility for un installing various XP components.
Just tried it on my work PC and its pretty good at getting rid of anything you dont need.
You do need to run this after installing XP from a disc though.

[Anne-Sophie]

OK, thanks for that Dave.

The OS I'm using is the one preinstalled on the 701, I believe it is Firefox but not sure what version; I must fish it out and have a look.

My other problem is that my XP disk doesn't have any service pack updates so that will complicate matters further though I have already reinstalled it onto my Dell laptop.

A further complication; I bought my Asus 701 in France so the version of Linux on it is in French, though I am hoping this won't stop me changing to an English version of XP.


NOTE to virtual_boy ...Can you please give me more details on TinyXP and MicroXP including where to get them from.

[w3dal]

i ordered my aspire one yesterday gone for the 120 gig on linux.

should be here today and by the weekend will hopefully of done the RAM upgrade to 1.5gig and installed XP

i decided togo for the 120gig version over the 8gig SSID as windows doesnt always run so well, but obv fine if your running linux.

looking forward to having a play with linux, although i use UNIX at work anyways so i may duel boot it.

for me the acer was the one to-go for over the Asus.

Dal

[dave_bass5]

Originally Posted by Anne-Sophie

NOTE to virtual_boy ...Can you please give me more details on TinyXP and MicroXP including where to get them from.

Have a look here.
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[w3dal]

Originally Posted by dave_bass5

Have a look here.
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ok this makes things interesting. now do i install this version - i assume i can still use my Pro XP key.

not looked into much detail yet but it does look good

Dal

[dave_bass5]

Originally Posted by w3dal

i ordered my aspire one yesterday gone for the 120 gig on linux.

should be here today and by the weekend will hopefully of done the RAM upgrade to 1.5gig and installed XP

i decided togo for the 120gig version over the 8gig SSID as windows doesnt always run so well, but obv fine if your running linux.

looking forward to having a play with linux, although i use UNIX at work anyways so i may duel boot it.

for me the acer was the one to-go for over the Asus.

Dal

Dal.
Thats the one i was going for but im really hung up on the low battery life.
Im off to Florida next month and i was hoping to take some films with me for the plane. I cant see me getting much out of the battery in the Acer where as the Asus should give me at least two films.

[w3dal]

Originally Posted by dave_bass5

Dal.
Thats the one i was going for but im really hung up on the low battery life.
Im off to Florida next month and i was hoping to take some films with me for the plane. I cant see me getting much out of the battery in the Acer where as the Asus should give me at least two films.

i agree in fact we are also off to Florida in June and was intending on buying one out there, but looking at the costs and deal i got through work i decided to buy one here and then take it with me.

there are bigger batterys you can purchase which are 6cell, which should see you 6-7 hours.

interesting times, wish the delivery guy would hurry up

Dal

[dave_bass5]

Yeah, ive seen the 6 cell batteries but they look quite big and make the Acer a bit bigger.

To be honest im hoping to stick with Linux so am planing on getting the 1GB, 20GB black Asus. But if not then ill get the same as yours. I do like the keyboard on the Acer.

And yeah, i hate delivery days, they always seem to drag ;-)