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

By: Sean Hogan

Sean Hogan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:54:39 +0000

Thanks a mil Peter,will do more searching.

By: Peter Chng

Peter Chng — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:09:10 +0000

@Sean
The webcam on my AAO is only 640×480, making it only a 0.3 MP webcam, not 1.3 MP. However, it appears that the newer AAO units are now coming with a 1.3 MP webcam. See here for details.

By: Sean Hogan

Sean Hogan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:50:25 +0000

HI Peter Thanks for your reply,I see the 6cell AAO on Amazon USA and the spec says it has a 1.3mp webcam,is this correct?

thanks
sean
Its after xmass and I am still waiting for the 6cell to arrive in Europe.

By: Peter Chng

Peter Chng — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:34:35 +0000

@Pam
Sorry to hear about your experiences with Broadway Photo, but thanks for the heads up to everyone else.

@User1
Yeah, this was a bit confusing since the AAO has a maximum RAM capacity of 1.5 GB I believe. This was because there is 512MB onboard (soldered) and the only available SODIMM slot only takes up to a 1GB module.

By: Peter Chng

Peter Chng — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:32:14 +0000

@Sean
The wait should be worth it!

@Chuck
Thanks for all your comments and help. Like you, I am thoroughly enjoying the AAO as a netbook, great for Internet and other low-power things.

@Kay
I haven’t had any problems watching YouTube videos, but admittedly, I’ve only watched the “normal” quality videos, not the HD ones. A few things to consider:
1) If you are trying to watch a YouTube video in HD format (something like 720p) then the AAO might have trouble playing this back. But I’m not sure.
2) If it kept stopping every few seconds to download more data, it may be a problem with your (wireless) connection. As Chuck recommended, try it on another computer to see if you get the same results. If every network access seems slow on the AAO (file transfers, etc) then it may be a problem with the wireless connection.

By: User1

User1 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:06:34 +0000

Great job on your review. One of my pet peeves when shopping for a laptop is the failure to state the maximum amount of RAM that can be installed on a laptop. Hopefully you can address this. In the future it really would be great to see companies state the RAM something like 512MB/2GB, or whatever they are selling. Wouldn’t that be great?

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:00:05 +0000

Good thing to know about Japanese version. Site didn’t refer to this. Went to Tiger Direct, hopefully no hassle here. Will see.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:56:40 +0000

About Broadway Photo Aspire One order. DONT. I’ve had nothing but trouble with this company for the last 2 days. Obnoxious people on the phone. Won’t fill the order anyway. I canceled the order and will pay more somewhere else as it is very worth it not to deal with Broadway Photo.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:05:38 +0000

To Kay…
While I haven’t see the Acer surf the net yet as I’m not getting mine until Christmas, I would say that IF you’re getting “stop and go” playback on youtube on every video you try, then there may be a problem with the Acer handling video playback.

Try a few other youtube videos or a cnn video. Occasionally I have that same problem on ALL computers that I’ve had. I assume it’s either a server problem or a broadband throughput problem caused by too many people on the system.

By: ron

ron — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:07:55 +0000

to Chuck!–I think you made the right choice with J and R!–That sounds like a good price!–I have been trying to find a 6 cell at $350 but no luck so far!–If I find that I will buy a blue one!–My xmas present to myself!–I will let you know if I find a deal!–thanks for the info!–Ron