Comments on: 5 things I don’t like about the Acer Aspire One

By: Jeremy Myers

Jeremy Myers — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:39:14 +0000

I am having trouble getting WDS to work on the AspireONE. I was able to create the image but I had to manually upload it to WDS. Then after installing the driver pack for the system on WDS I am still unable to get it to recognize a Network Driver when trying to bring down the Image on another machine. Got any suggestions?

By: FireRaider

FireRaider — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:06:30 +0000

maybe, try flashing/updating the bios when they have an update.
I’m using mine with an ACER P243W 24″ Monitor most of the time and there’s no problem.

you can’t really screw up your computer that way, and even if you do, you could fix it by repeating the process (correctly).

you need these files in the root folder of a memory stick:
3114.bat
flashit.exe
zg5ia32.fd (or something like that, note it must be for your laptop model!)

Then, turn it off, plug the stick in, hold FN+ESC and press the power button. It’s good if you have a stick with an led so you can tell what it’s doing, though it reboots automatically when it’s done.

hope that solves it. but remember, you need YOUR own firmware for your OWN model

bye.

By: Mike Blais

Mike Blais — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:06:25 +0000

I forgot to say that it came with Windows XP SP3, 160 GB hard drive, and 1 GB of memory

By: Mike Blais

Mike Blais — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:03:44 +0000

I like this computer, except for two things: 1 the location of the memory and 2 I can not get the computer to see the AC power supply while an external monitor is hook up and Acer would not help unless I pay them to tell me what to do.

I got an Acer AspireOne AOA150-1982 for $249.99 CAD plus %13 tax at Staples on Sept 4, 2009 and beside these trouble it a good little computer. Acer support suck on the other hand.

By: luke c

luke c — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:33:09 +0000

i have linux linpus version of this, i find it easy to use and very nippy if not multi tasking, even games run smooth to a certain point. overall really good for the money, however i need help finding a 3d modelling program. as stated i have linpus lite version, and i want a free modelling program for 3d modelling and prefereably a link or guidance on how to install too, as i am not used to writing codes for linux to run things. email me anything helpful at minime9123456789@yahoo.com as i only just came across this site and never really go on here. thanks for any help sent in advance and i really hope there is some sort of pragram out there, even if it is slow or laggy or whatever.

By: FireRaider

FireRaider — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:19:13 +0000

forgot to add, if all drivers are installed properly, there should be no reason to worry about using external monitors under windows. See igfxcfg.exe for setting up that stuff.

I for one usually put my main desktop on a 1280×768 tft monitor, and extend it with the laptop’s own 1024×600 for stuff like… let’s say winamp. I may buy a bigger screen though…

By: FireRaider

FireRaider — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:04:25 +0000

Things slightly change once you put XP SP2 on it ;)

I’m VERY satisfied with mine. Bought it because of space issues in the students’ home where I must live, couldn’t keep my desk pc around, and it’s just AWESOME for its size.

I’m even working in 3dsmax (3d modeling software) on it and bustin’ a few caps in counterstrike and quake 2/3. And it’s excellent for watching movies or sketching stuff with a wacom tablet :D

Not to mention the cool design, good lcd display, 1GB of ram, quite resistant (it fell off my desk and didn’t break). Card readers for my phone and camera, it can connect to the Internets pipe and it’s got 110 GB of storage for all your perverted needs… what more could you want from a COMPUTER the size of a book?

Only problems:
1.) BIOS. It totally sucks. Boot-Passworded it and locked myself out of it (all passwords need to be at most than 8 chars, and must be entered with capslock). And finally, laptop just died after a reboot and had to flash it.
2.) overheating problem when it’s sitting on cloth or soft surface.
3.) the speakers are a total ripoff, even for a laptop. Like… my _phone_ sounds better and louder than those!
4.) the battery life, ~1hr with hard drive usage, ~2h when running stuff from memory stick and minimum brightness
5.) screen to tiny, photoshop doesn’t quite fit in 600 pix height :(
6.) processor is a bit slow. could have been a bit more powerful.

Also, I feel it still should have had some sort of dvd unit in it, though I use an external one if I have to.

But don’t get me wrong, I still love it. I’m typing from it :3

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:20:21 +0000

Yup, that’s sound advice, but I think you’re missing my point. The integrated Intel graphics in the Acer Aspire One are capable of externally displaying up to 2048×1536 resolution, so the issue isn’t hardware as you’re implying.

The res can be changed but requires modification of files in Linux and most mainstream consumers won’t have the knowledge for this. I would have liked to see Acer provide a simpler software menu for this.

By: egojen

egojen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:46:45 +0000

About using an external screen: When you use an external screen, the screen gets its “picture” from the computer’s video card.
So if your computer’s video card only offers a low resolution that’s what you’ll get on your external screen, no matter how excellent the screen might be.
This is why you couldn’t change the screen resolution when connecting your Asprire One to an external screen.
And this is true for ALL computers. So if you want to use your note-/netbook with an external screen check the resolution your computer’s video card offers, first, and then decide what screen to use.

By: David F. Spencer

David F. Spencer — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:52:02 +0000

I have had my Aspire One (Linpus Lite version) for a month or two (I have had an Asus EeePC for many months) and in spite of some of the criticism here of Kevin Tofel’s review, I would say he managed to do a remarkable job of hitting the negative features of the One (certainly the base version).
The touchpad/mousepad is about the stupidest design I have seen, with the clattering buttons placed vertically beside the pad itself. I can’t use the touchpad with one hand, it’s too awkward. As well, the touchpad surface is too shallow (I assume to keep the size of the unit small).
The issue of SO-DIMM RAM upgrades is just bizarre. They should have either used an access door on the bottom (as the Eee and all notebooks I’ve seen do) or at least made it fairly easy to lift up the keyboard to access the memory slot. I bought a SO-DIMM to upgrade my unit and eventually I will take the One apart to do that, as much out of spite as anything.
I found the Linpus Lite unsuitable and not because it’s linux (because I have used linux for more than 12 years) but because of the problems of installing additional software. [On the Eee the Xandros linux is, by contrast, fairly tolerable.] I have replaced the Linpus with Xubuntu 8.10, which has generally gone quite well, although network configuration, particularly for the wireless, has been a real headache.
To try to conserve the 8 gig SSD’s life, I have formatted it (and an 8 gig SDHC card in the front left card slot) to ext2, and used the SSD for ‘/’, ‘/usr’ and ‘/home’ partitions (on the assumption they receive fewer write cycles) and used the SDHC card for the ‘swap’, ‘/tmp’, ‘/var’, and ‘/usr/local’ partitions. That way the SDHC is more likely to run out of read-write cycles first and that card can easily (and fairly cheaply) be replaced. Obviously neither the SSD nor the SDHC are particularly snappy performers.