Comments on: Acer Aspire One (Canadian) Review http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/ the home of peter chng Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:01:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Iulius http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-137602 Iulius Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:57:24 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-137602 you mention in this review the fan noise.... I own a Europe version of AAO with N70/1Gb/120/Xp and after like ... 1 month i`ve noticed a noise from time to time as I`m a system engineer I`ve open it, unscrewed all over and looked for after that mysterious sound I`ve found a screw that was inside and floating around ( near the HDD ) ...and no hole to put it as all the other holes were already full I`ve looked pretty careful inside but i didn`t noticed any cooler inside... but i can`t say i was looking for it. Stumbled on this thing when i was in a trip and in the train the cpu temperature reached 70 C ...and checked with an Everest Ultimate what`s the speed of the fan ( none reported, no sound, nothing ). That moment I`ve tried to remember if i saw one on the MB...and nothing was there ( as i remember ) any idea if there are version without the fan? btw. battery time - mine is reaching only 1.50h and i`m using wifi only about 1-1.30h ( using standard battery ) I`m waiting now the 6cell battery and hope to reach 4 hours time you mention in this review the fan noise….

I own a Europe version of AAO with N70/1Gb/120/Xp and after like … 1 month i`ve noticed a noise from time to time

as I`m a system engineer I`ve open it, unscrewed all over and looked for after that mysterious sound

I`ve found a screw that was inside and floating around ( near the HDD ) …and no hole to put it as all the other holes were already full

I`ve looked pretty careful inside but i didn`t noticed any cooler inside… but i can`t say i was looking for it. Stumbled on this thing when i was in a trip and in the train the cpu temperature reached 70 C …and checked with an Everest Ultimate what`s the speed of the fan ( none reported, no sound, nothing ). That moment I`ve tried to remember if i saw one on the MB…and nothing was there ( as i remember )

any idea if there are version without the fan?

btw. battery time - mine is reaching only 1.50h and i`m using wifi only about 1-1.30h ( using standard battery )

I`m waiting now the 6cell battery and hope to reach 4 hours time

]]> By: Jon Lee http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-137538 Jon Lee Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:19:09 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-137538 @Stacey: My favourite image viewer is Faststone (www.faststone.org) which also does basic editing. Although I don't have an AAO to try it on, it should work just fine. another excellent one is Irfanview (www.irfanview.com) Both are excellent, lightweight viewers that have basic editing. Also they're freeware so you've got nothing to lose by trying :-) Hope it helps. @Stacey: My favourite image viewer is Faststone (www.faststone.org) which also does basic editing. Although I don’t have an AAO to try it on, it should work just fine.

another excellent one is Irfanview (www.irfanview.com)

Both are excellent, lightweight viewers that have basic editing. Also they’re freeware so you’ve got nothing to lose by trying :-) Hope it helps.

]]> By: Mark http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-137522 Mark Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:46:34 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-137522 Stacey, I've had the same frustration myself trying to find photo editing software for the AAO. I recently happened upon a copy of Roxio Photosuite 5 (version 5.0.1). I tried it out on the AAO and it installed just fine. It's far from Photoshop Elements, but it will do some basic editing, even clone. Stacey,
I’ve had the same frustration myself trying to find photo editing software for the AAO. I recently happened upon a copy of Roxio Photosuite 5 (version 5.0.1). I tried it out on the AAO and it installed just fine. It’s far from Photoshop Elements, but it will do some basic editing, even clone.

]]> By: stacey http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-137514 stacey Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:01:16 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-137514 Does anyone know the name of photo editing software that will work on the AAO? I tried Corel PhotoImpact x3 & Photoshop Elements. The screen resolution is not high enough to run these programs. They will install, but not run. I just need something simple....cropping, contrast, brightness, etc. Nothing too fancy. Thank you!! Does anyone know the name of photo editing software that will work on the AAO? I tried Corel PhotoImpact x3 & Photoshop Elements. The screen resolution is not high enough to run these programs. They will install, but not run. I just need something simple….cropping, contrast, brightness, etc. Nothing too fancy. Thank you!!

]]> By: Chi http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-137399 Chi Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:22:11 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-137399 Hi Peter, Do you know where I can get a good yet economical external DVD drive (USB) that can work for our Acer? Thanks. Chi Hi Peter,

Do you know where I can get a good yet economical external DVD drive (USB) that can work for our Acer? Thanks.

Chi

]]> By: Peter Chng http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-137235 Peter Chng Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:36:14 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-137235 @Mark Ah okay, this is likely a software limitation/requirement that Adobe put on the product because it would likely be hard to use at a resolution below 1024x768. One remedy (if you haven't already tried it) might be to hook up the AAO to an external monitor, if you have one, that supports a higher resolution just so you can install it. @Patrick Glad to see you're enjoying the AAO as much as I am :) @Mark
Ah okay, this is likely a software limitation/requirement that Adobe put on the product because it would likely be hard to use at a resolution below 1024×768. One remedy (if you haven’t already tried it) might be to hook up the AAO to an external monitor, if you have one, that supports a higher resolution just so you can install it.

@Patrick
Glad to see you’re enjoying the AAO as much as I am :)

]]> By: Patrick http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-135903 Patrick Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:45:28 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-135903 I just bought this lil thing last nite! the moment i booted it up i didnt put it down! i love it! if you havent bought one yet do it now!! :p i highly recmonend this product. i cant wait to get home to play around with it some more! I just bought this lil thing last nite! the moment i booted it up i didnt put it down! i love it! if you havent bought one yet do it now!! :p i highly recmonend this product. i cant wait to get home to play around with it some more!

]]> By: Mark http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-135741 Mark Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:43:07 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-135741 Photoshop Elements wouldn't install because it required a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 and the AAO only has 1024 x 600. I don't know the physics behind this. I just know it would not complete the install and this was the reason it gave. Photoshop Elements wouldn’t install because it required a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 and the AAO only has 1024 x 600. I don’t know the physics behind this. I just know it would not complete the install and this was the reason it gave.

]]> By: Peter Chng http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-135506 Peter Chng Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:51:06 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-135506 @Sam Nice to hear from you! Agreed that Linpus is less than ideal for a Linux distribution... I am not sure why they when with this Ubuntu is the obvious choice for a consumer-oriented device. @Jim TO tell you the truth, I haven't actually used SharpKeys to remap anything yet, as I've pretty much got used to the new layout. I agree that it still sucks, but it does not bother me that much. On a side note, I saw the HP Mini 1000 netbook in Futureshop the other day, and it has an <strong>excellent</strong> keyboard, perhaps the best one I've seen on a netbook. It also has the proper "US" keyboard layout, even though it was available in a Canadian store. @Mark I'm not sure I understand, how come Photoshop Elements could not be installed? Did the AAO not meet the minimum requirements or was there an error? I unfortunately don't have this program to try out with, but there's nothing that should block you from installing image editing software, other than the fact that operations might run slow on the AAO. @Jazz Unsure if they do, but I've heard reports that later BIOS revisions fix it. At present, I'm using the <a href="http://www.computentsystems.de/aceraspireonefancontrol/" rel="nofollow">fan control software</a> I linked to, to suppress fan noise. It works great. @Sam
Nice to hear from you! Agreed that Linpus is less than ideal for a Linux distribution… I am not sure why they when with this Ubuntu is the obvious choice for a consumer-oriented device.

@Jim
TO tell you the truth, I haven’t actually used SharpKeys to remap anything yet, as I’ve pretty much got used to the new layout. I agree that it still sucks, but it does not bother me that much. On a side note, I saw the HP Mini 1000 netbook in Futureshop the other day, and it has an excellent keyboard, perhaps the best one I’ve seen on a netbook. It also has the proper “US” keyboard layout, even though it was available in a Canadian store.

@Mark
I’m not sure I understand, how come Photoshop Elements could not be installed? Did the AAO not meet the minimum requirements or was there an error? I unfortunately don’t have this program to try out with, but there’s nothing that should block you from installing image editing software, other than the fact that operations might run slow on the AAO.

@Jazz
Unsure if they do, but I’ve heard reports that later BIOS revisions fix it. At present, I’m using the fan control software I linked to, to suppress fan noise. It works great.

]]> By: Peter Chng http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/09/09/acer-aspire-one-canadian-review/comment-page-2/#comment-135504 Peter Chng Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:43:26 +0000 http://unitstep.net/?p=443#comment-135504 @Bob Thanks for sharing your experiences with a 9-cell battery and other helpful tips. I also use an external mouse (<a href="http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/04/19/using-logitechs-setpoint-connect-utility-to-fix-your-mouses-wireless-connection/" rel="nofollow">Logitech VX Revolution</a>) for my AAO. @Alison You should be able to remove both programs via `Add/Remove Programs` in the Control Panel. @Mark B Agreed, a 3G model would be nice, but here in Canada we would unfortunately be charged a ridiculous fee by our carriers to use it! @Bob
Thanks for sharing your experiences with a 9-cell battery and other helpful tips. I also use an external mouse (Logitech VX Revolution) for my AAO.

@Alison
You should be able to remove both programs via `Add/Remove Programs` in the Control Panel.

@Mark B
Agreed, a 3G model would be nice, but here in Canada we would unfortunately be charged a ridiculous fee by our carriers to use it!

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