vzehler Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Well I thought I was pretty computer literate. Well I just bought an Acer Aspire One and now that I'm thinkin about it, I don't know how to install programs on this thing since it doesnt have a cd drive. Any computer savvy folks out there? Edit: By the way... This lil guy kicks a$$. I bought it really to install waypoint trackers on and mount it in my Jeep. Would be killer to map offroad trips since its so compact it won't get in the way A few specs for anyone insterested: Operating System Windows XP Home Processor Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (512KB L2 cache, 1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB) Chipset Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Memory 1GB (512MB onboard/512MB SODIMM slot) DDR2 533 SDRAM Storage 120GB* hard drive SD Card reader Multi-in-one card reader: - Supports optional MultiMediaCard™, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™ or xD-Picture Card™ - With optional adapter supports optional Memory Stick Duo™, Memory Stick PRO Duo™, miniSD™, microSD™ Optional external USB 1.44MB* diskette drive Video 8.9" WSVGA (1024 x 600) TFT LCD, Acer® CrystalBrite Technology Up to 262,000 colors LED backlight Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Integrated Acer® Crystal Eye webcam VGA port Audio Two integrated stereo speakers Integrated digital microphone Headphones/speakers/line-out and microphone ports Microsoft® DirectSound® compatibility Interface Ports DC-in RJ-45 LAN VGA Headphones/speakers/line-out Microphone Three USB 2.0 Card Slots SD Card reader Multi-in-one card reader: - Supports optional MultiMediaCard™, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™ or xD-Picture Card™ - With optional adapter supports optional Memory Stick Duo™, Memory Stick PRO Duo™, miniSD™, microSD™ Communications Acer® InviLink 802.11b/g wireless LAN, Acer® SignalUp technology for enhanced antenna efficiency, WI-FI CERTIFIED™ 10/100 LAN Integrated Acer® Crystal Eye webcam Included Software With Windows® XP Home Edition: Acer® eRecovery Management Acer® Launch Manager Adobe® Acrobat® Reader McAfee® Internet Security Suite (trial version) With Linpus Linux Lite: Aspire® one Mail Messenger OpenOffice.org version 2.3 60-day trial of Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 (select models only) User Interface 84-key keyboard, embedded numeric keypad, hotkey controls, 1.6mm minimum key travel, international language support 12 function, four cursor keys WLAN switch with LED Power button with LED Touchpad with two buttons USB mouse (select models only) With Windows® XP Home Edition: one Windows® key With Linpus Linux Lite: one Home key Dimensions & Weight 9.8" (249.0mm) W x 6.7" (170.0mm) D x 1.1” (29.0) H / 2.2 lb. (995g) with NAND flash memory, 2.3 lb. (1.04kg) with hard drive Size and weight may vary depending on configuration Power 30-watt AC adapter Lithium ion batteries: - Six-cell - up to 5.5 hours life with hard drive depending on configuration and usage or - Three-cell - up to 3.0 hours life with NAND flash memory, up to 2.5 hours with hard drive depending on configuration and usage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djag12 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Does it have any type of ports or bluetooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzehler Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Yea it has 2 USB ports and some type of serial port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 What about an external USB optical drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzehler Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 I could go that route... I just thought there might be a way to link up to another computer somehow so I could just basically transfer over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 USB CD ROM drive? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I could go that route... I just thought there might be a way to link up to another computer somehow so I could just basically transfer over. I suppose that would work. Never done that before. Sure someone here with direct knowledge will help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepcoma Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Besides the obvious (usb CD drive, which not everyone wants to lug around) another option involves using two computers. Buy a 1 gig SD card (they are super cheap, and should come with a USB adapter for your host computer in case it doesn't have a built in SD reader). On the host computer with the cd drive, insert the CD you want to install and take an image of the disc (usually an iso or img file extension) and save it to the SD card, then put the card into your new compy and mount the image with a virtual CD drive such as daemon tools lite (it's free). Ta da! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLHTAZ Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Windows does have a remote access feature built in that you could set up to be able to transfer items, but I have never tried it myself so I don't know for sure how it works. I would likely do as suggested and use a remote CD/DVD USB drive, a large capacity SD card or USB Flash Drive to copy & transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzehler Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Cool... Ill try to fart around with it when I get home. Ive never image copied a disk but I'm sure it not too much of a pita. Thanks for your help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Just use the built in LAN card and access your networked drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Just use the built in LAN card and access your networked drives. Or the the wireless. Whatever you want to use to connect to your network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLAB Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 i preffer the Q1 Sansung : http://www.samsung.com/us/experience/products/view.do?JobFL=VIEW&PageNo=1&OrderFL=DATE&EXPRV_SEQ=10065 i've one and it's so great this tablet PC :typing: ;) :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui Gon-Jinn Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 couple of options here.. USB DVD-RW drive (read/write is far better than just read) or.. on your home pc.. share your cd/dvd drive. I have most of what I use daily on ISO images. comes in handy when you need to install something and I don't have to carry around a ton of disc's. Need to clean out my laptop bag.. getting to be FAR to bulky.. but.. I have everything in there to do a full restore/fix on almost any computer out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redramman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Find a teenager and while their setting up your computer they can set you up with a cool myspace page and some itunes. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 So how is the little guy holding up? Now that the honeymoon is over, you still like it? I'm looking pretty hard at one of these mini's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui Gon-Jinn Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 forgot I commented on this thread I have had mine a week got a Blue one at Wallyworld.. Mine is the 1.6ghz.. 1gig ram.. 160gb hdd.. I love it.. Did get an external DVD-RW drive for it. so I could burn dvd's as needed Have found that Using my 8gb USB Flash Drive.. I installed Deamon tools.. and copy over an ISO image of the disk.. mount it with Deamon tools.. then it sees it as a virtual drive. This allows it to act like a cd. PM Me for anything on these.. I have already wiped my HDD out.. re-loaded.. in the process of loading up Ubuntu Linux on there as the dual boot so i can work on some other projects and get more knowledge of linux. They are nice.. buddy got his for shool.. I have more or less made that one school perfect with the addition of Photoshop.. Office 2007.. and some movies for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Qui Gon-Jinn -- Might I ask what you paid for it with the external drive? I'm seriously considering one of those little guys, but the lack of a CD drive is a serious drawback. But I don't always need a CD, so having an external for when I need it would probably suffice. What operating system came on yours, Vista or Xp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I bought one of these last August (XP/120g HD), I took it (completely :ack: ) apart to upgrade to 1.5g RAM (barely worth it), liked it so much I ended up using it more than my 'fullsize' lappy. Lately I think the fun has worn off, haven't used it as much, but it's still a useful little machine. For running CD programs, I use MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD manager to run ISO's. I've been able to turn most game & software CD's into ISO's using ISO recorder, or Imgburn. They won't get the encrypted ones, but there's software for that too (I still haven't crossed that bridge). Basically, you made the ISO's on another computer (with an optical drive), load them onto a Memory card (super cheap these days), transfer them to the non-optical machine, and mount them into the MagicISO manager. Good thing about the manager is you can make as many CD/DVD drives as you want (Computer 'see's' them as actual drives), and even mount up all your ISO's at the same time if you wanted, so you can go from running one CD/DVD to the next CD/DVD seemlessly. I run the same program on my full size lappy, and the Virtual CD/DVD loads up faster than the real drive. Great for playing games without having to keep the game CD in your disc tray. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Well, I don't play games and don't mind having an external drive for rare occaisions. Just like the idea of the portability. And the price for the 8.9 inchers seems to be around three bills. Have you guys used it with a remote monitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Yes, and no. I hooked it up to the LCD TV at one point (42" Olevia), but it wasn't as 'plug & play' as the Toshiba lappy's I have (and had). Not sure why, I did get it to play eventually, then couldn't repeat it. Never got back to it to try again. Would you get the 8.9", or the new 10" version? http://astore.amazon.com/aspircom-20/detail/B001QFZFS0 10" is better in most ways, and has doors to upgrade memory without having to pull out the whole motherboard. Excellent Acer 'One' forum here: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/inde ... b57994c473 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Don't know which way to go on this one. Haven't had the chance to see them side by side. Until your link most of the 10 inchers were a 100 more than the 8.9's so I didn't see the benefit, but only 50 or so more might swing me. Thanks for the web link, I'll check that out before I buy. Another reason I'm interested is as a work thing for tech's. The newest Chrysler scan tool needs a laptop in the car to view data. Something this size would be a much better set up for a tech than a full size unit. Hey dasbulliwagon, you guys have your Witech up and running yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windowsrookie Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Acer, Asus, HP, Dell, etc. all make similar netbooks. I personally like the Hp mini note. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8028867515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Just got my new Asus Eee PC today. 10 inch screen, 160 gig hard drive. 7 hr battery. Good so far. Screen is incredibly sharp and clear. Keyboard has a very good feel to it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I am glad to hear so many happy folks with the little guy. My 5 year old Dell laptop is on its last leg. More blue screens than in the past plus my battery is completely obsolete. I have a full size desktop for anything important. How does the acer run Photoshop or any of the other adobe programs? As a design student, I am always using the CS4 master collection. How much power do they use? Any 12v. chargers out for them? I think it would be great for camping/Jeepin when you need to unload pictures from the cam or GPS waypoints. What is the current going rate of these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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