Joined on 01/30/04
Sweet Deal!

Pros: Love the 1920x1080 screen - very sharp and bright! Looks better than my Macbook aluminum. The BD rom-DVD/RW/CD/RW works well. The laptop itself is very well finished. I got it for $1199 and free shipping(took 5 days). Huge drive 320 GB. Fast processor. Vista 64 bit and fast 4GB memory. Windows Experience Index is 5.1 due to the ATI gfx. Processor and Memory is rated 5.9. Very quiet.
Cons: The wireless was a little flaky at first so I downloaded the latest intel wireless drivers from intel.com. 2 or 3 added trialware. Got rid of it.
Overall Review: I'm very pleased with this purchased. Used my tax refund to stimulate the economy. Comes with WinDVD BD player - basic but nice. The speaker is very good for a laptop. Not sure why the price is only $1199 - it should be worth around 1500. I'm not a gamer - I'll just use this for multi-media stuff and java programming.
Green and SLOWWWW

Pros: Supposedly Green
Cons: Does not play well with my Airport Extreme. Sloowwww for a 1GB switch. I put back my old Linksys 100MPS, which performs so much better. Maybe a defective switch firmware. I guess you get what you pay for.
Overall Review: disappointed. I've had Dlink Routers before and they worked well. This switch is not worth my $$$.
Acer Aspire One 10in Black

Pros: Great deal! For a Netbook, the video plays amazingly smooth and the 10in screen is bright and sharp. The audio is excellent.
Cons: None, I can think of, for a Netbook. Unless you are picky because it gets smudge marks rather easily.
Overall Review: The creation of the XP recovery disks is very simple. There is no need to get extra memory for my use, 1GB is fine. I only installed Office 2003 and Itunes. I got this to have a portable cheap internet appliance. Well made. I did get the top of the line Asus netbook last month and the audio wasn't very good. I tried Acer from my brother's recommendation. It has a 6 cell battery for about 6 hr of use. It's a great deal for $350, free shipping.