Hi guys,

Medium-time (is this the right term? not quite a long-time, but longer than a short-time) reader, first time viewer, and first time poster.

Firstly, great review of the device. I’m looking at one of these myself, especially since it seems upgradable.

Also, I wanted to add that, in general, I find video posts to be a bit self-indulgent and boring. But this was really entertaining. . . the banter between you guys is funny and adds to the tone. Even if I could have gotten the same information by reading this or other sites (and I have), I’m glad I took the time to watch the video. Keep up the great work.

I appreciate your preview.

In the future, with respect to size I would recommend comparing such devices to more commonly used items, such as a DVD case, or what have you.

One of the most important aspects of these devices, in my humble opinion, is size. Unfortunately, I don’t use use too man external drives.

That said, again, your video still helped a lot, so thank you.

I picked one of these up for my girlfriend and it’s a great little device. You can get it for $350 online and pretty cheap, quick shipping.

Mark, we show the boot after the initial setup… agreed, it’s pretty quick!

Jim, I’m wondering if the weight specs are with or without batteries. I took the batteries out of both and the Q1UP feels every so slightly lighter. When I put the batteries in each device however, the Acer feels lighter: 3-cell vs. 6-cell would be the difference. Could just be me; regardless of specs, the weight difference is negligible.

My unboxing and first thoughts are here, if you want to link to it :)

http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/unboxing-the-acer-aspire-one/

I took it apart tonight and upgraded the RAM to 1.5 GB, and it’s so, so, so hack-elicious… And I mean Asus Eee 701 levels of hack-elicious!

I’ll be replacing the SSD with a 60 GB 1.8″ HD, adding Bluetooth, and after Burning Man, adding 3G.

Unlike Microcenter, the $399 SKU at Buy.com isn’t at stock. However, that is in white and the ones at Microcenter are blue.

I don’t think the white ones are available in America just yet….

for those wishing to use a bigger more familiar store Buy.com also has the $399 version

http://www.buy.com/prod/acer-aspire-one-a150-1006-atom-n270-1-6-ghz-ram-1-gb-hdd-120-gb-gma/q/loc/101/208344721.html

Microcenter has both models. I hope to visit the one in Houston and hope they have it on display to check out, or the Circuit City right next to it has one as I tried it out last week. : )

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0293528

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0292935

The $400 dollar one does seem to be the better deal (plus, I’d prefer the familiarity of XP over an unfamiliar linux distro), but I can’t seem to find it available anywhere yet. Do you guys know where to find one?

Interesting that you said the Acer was lighter than your Q1 Ultra Premium.

The Acer website lists the Aspire at 2.2lbs and the Q1 is listed as 1.9lbs.