Acer Aspire One AOD250-1070 Ruby Red Intel Atom N280(1.66GHz) 10.1" WSVGA 1GB Memory 160GB HDD Netbook - Retail

Don't forget to push the Bluetooth button!!!

Reviewed By: Andy M on 11/6/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Small! Light weight full-featured. Decent speed. Runs Windows 7 all features fully supported. Good Bluetooth (see Other thoughts section). Extremely long lasting battery! Super mobile. 7+ hours of battery life (with Wifi and Bluetooth on, decent screen brightness, 6 tabs in FF and 3 chat windows.)

Cons: 600 pixel high screen is surprisingly sufficient once you get used to it, but could definitely be higher resolution.
Touch pad is really sensitive and really near the space bar, resulting in false mouse clicks occasionally.
No system or restore discs (at all).

Other Thoughts: After my 2 year old TabletPC experienced serious hardware problems, I decided I wanted something lighter, smaller, and with longer battery life. This netbook had the latest Atom, suited my needs, and was priced right. The ram upgrade to 2GB (recommended) was a cinch, but the sole screw on the access panel was a little tight.

I installed Windows 7 and everything worked great, except I couldn't get Bluetooth to work. In fact, I couldn't even get Device Manager to see an Unknown Device. It wasn't until a few days later that it dawned on me that there is ACTUALLY a BUTTON by the hard drive activity light that you need to press to activate the Bluetooth. DOH!!! Install the Broadcom WIDCOMM stack and enjoy stereo audio and more.

This system does not come with any discs!!! You need to hook up an external USB DVD burner or CD burner if you want to create a set of either 2 or 10 discs respectively. This is a good idea in case you ever want to go back to XP or if the hard drive die

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