Comments on: Acer Aspire One 6-cell vs. 3-cell battery comparison

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:36:23 +0000

I’m not a fan of this netbook. I have the Acer Aspire and first the 6-cell battery (UM08B74) wasn’t even charging.

I had to research on the Internet that the BIOS needed to be flashed/updated. Once that was done, it supposedly charged the battery, finally reached green, and the display said that the battery was at 100%.

I unplugged the computer and it SHUT OFF. I plugged it back in, rebooted. Looked at the battery readout which was 100% a minute ago, and now it said 2%!

The damn battery either doesn’t hold the charge OR the readout claiming it’s charging is a lie.

Either way, I’m beyond the return period and stuck with a “portable” computer that will only work when plugged in, thereby defeating the purpose of PORTABLE.

The Aspire One is a pretty brown/gold color, but if the battery’s bad, what’s the point?

By: Sue Dent Tasker

Sue Dent Tasker — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:11:41 +0000

I have the Acer Aspire One and purchased a 9 cell battery. Great battery life, huge weight increase but worse…..After about half an hour of use, click and the pc turns off. It took me a while to figure out the problem and I inserted the orginal 3 cell battery and all is fine. So has anyone any ideas? Is there a problem these batteries?

Ramon, cuidado , la bateria mas grande puede da problemas. Yo lo tengo y cada veinte minutos el ordenador apagas. Penso es porque la bateria no es de Acer. Un saludo.

By: ramon

ramon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:41:54 +0000

i d’ont speak inglesh, sorry i have from barcelona, yo compre la asus aspire one pero su bateria es muy corta, en ebay he buscado y hoy he recibido una bateria por 40$ (28euros) que me aguantara toda mi jornada (entre ocho y nueve horas) es un gran avance para un pequeño incremento de peso

By: Guru

Guru — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:17:00 +0000

I can’t believe the prices I’m seeing some of you pay for the Aspire One AOD150. I picked mine up from Microcenter for $299 in December ‘08. It came with the 6 cell, 5800 mAh/59wH battery, which is good for between 6 and 8 hours of “normal” activity (surfing/watching ripped video). The keyboard does take a little bit of re-training muscle memory, but after a few days you shouldn’t notice any problems.

If you really want a deal, WallyWorld now has an eMachines netbook for $228. It sports a 250gb hdd, but only a 3 cell battery (2200 mAh). I couldn’t resist, and bought one of these too. BTW, the eMachines IS an Acer…. same battery, basic configuration, etc. If you look around some, you’ll see a lot of Acer/eMachines products offered.

Look around MicroCenter.com. They have GREAT deals, and several locations around the US. I just recently picked up a Toshiba 15.6″ display, dual core, full keyboard (incl 10 key), 250 gb sata hdd, nice full size laptop for only $369. Prices are always better the longer you wait. Always remember the techno-rule: Performance and capacity doubles approximately every 18 months, yet the price stays the same (or drops). Another sweet thing about MicroCenter…. if you’re a civil servant of any type, be sure and mention it when purchasing. You’ll be pleasantly suprised.

By: Laptops acer aspire one "kleine laptop" - 9lives

Laptops acer aspire one "kleine laptop" - 9lives — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:34:59 +0000

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By: Kay

Kay — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:31:14 +0000

I bought an Acer Aspire One last year with the 6 cell battery. I don’t use it much but when I do I find that it seems to be slowing down.
My question is, has anyone tried using a TV tuner on one? I might be taking a road trip and thought it would be nice if I could tune into local channels to catch weather, road construction, and just watch TV at night if camping.
I do watch movies streaming from Netflix and Justin.tv and there is a small bit of lag occasionally, but nothing too annoying. Would that be an indicator of how this would work for TV?
Also, I was curious to know if TV watching would cause any more drain on the batteries than internet?

By: trekker

trekker — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:30:05 +0000

I bought my Acer One D150 (ruby red) with a 6-1/2 hour 4400mAh battery on Amazon.com on August 17 for $299.99. I was delighted with it – and I still am! The battery has the Acer brand name on it and it really does last 6-7 hours. I actually had a hard time draining it a couple of times for the battery conditioning procedure.

Today, I decided to check some of the technical stuff on this little baby and went into the BIOS utility. Imagine my surprise when it showed that it contains an Intel Atom N280 CPU @ 1.66 GHz! Amazon said it was an N270. Now I really feel like I got a great deal!

By: Kim Whitford

Kim Whitford — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:25:05 +0000

I have the Acer One 11.6 screen with the 3 cell battery. I am looking to find a 6 cell, how can you tell which battery will fit this size?

By: tester

tester — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:31:36 +0000

It’s possible boot from Cardreader (SD Card) and if not can make this in next BIOS version?

By: tbwalker

tbwalker — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000

I searched E-Bay for 9-cell battteries for the Acer Aspire and noticed that they are also now selling 12-cell battery packs for the Acer Aspire One…

I was just curious if anyone out there has ventured to get a 12 cell battery pack yet?

tbwalker