Geonovast Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 the question was whether or not an Acer Aspire has the horsepower to run it. Definitely. As with most computers, it comes with all that security crap and extra programs installed, but you can tweak it to run rather nicely. This came with XP Home SP3, but I've got it tweaked to run as smoothly as XP Pro SP1. Just a little size comparison for you, sandwiched between my 15" Dell and my Nintendo DS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 i got mine . piture genos only silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue XJ Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I LOVE my Aspire one. No CD drive? Big whoop. That's what virtuals are for. It comes with XP Home, and although I prefer XP Pro, I'll take XP Home over Vista or 7 any day. They're light, and very portable. I have larger hands, and have no issue with the tiny keyboard. The battery lasts for a good 3 hours, and it's about the size of 3 C batteries. I also got used to the tiny screen rather quickly. Went from 15" 4:3 on my Dell to 10.1" 16:9 on my Aspire, and it hasn't really been a problem. If you plan on gaming... no, it's not the computer for you. But if you plan on basic stuff, I.E. Facebook, email, CC, some light gaming (I play RCT 1 and SC BW all the time), etc, then you're good to go. If you absolutely have to have a CD ROM drive instead of running a virtual with ISOs on your HD, get an external USB one. x2 on all accounts. I use mine for the net, which is what its designed for. The only issue I have noticed is the vertical resolution of the screen, certain webpages don't resize and they are bigger than my screen, so I lose access to the buttons. Other than that its great, its a Dell Mini 10v, 10.1" screen, 1gb ram, 160gb hard drive and the faster 1.8?? ghz processor and the keyboard is 92% the size of a fullsize one, I don't even notice it smaller than my work laptops keyboard. It runs office, and itunes and photoshop just fine. My buddy bought an Acer one and absolutely hated it, it was very slow and didn't run any programs that needed some power. He ended up getting rid of it and getting a dell to replace it and is very happy with the new one. edit: get the bigger battery too. i have the 6 cell one and I get no less than 6 hours of run time from a full charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 ive already got te acer. and the normal battery thats good for 3 hous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ive already got te acer. and the normal battery thats good for 3 hous Cool. So we can expect your typing to improve now that you won't have to use the gaming keyboard, right? Wait, you're from Canada, let me rephrase that: So we can expect your typing to improve now that you won't have to use the gaming keyboard, eh? Just joshing, Mate. Let us know how you like it, because I may have to pick up one of those little darlin's. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 alight will do. man i was on another forum and me and another guy were made members and our names turned green and it happened for him first. so i pmed him and found him taking on another thread .he was saying" yea canada was wondering why my neme colour changed , he even pmed me " LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64 Cheyenne Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 :hijack: freakjeep, do you speak/use the french language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 :hijack: freakjeep, do you speak/use the french language? all i know how to say in french is " je ne pas parlez fracais" or i don't speak french lol back to this thread i am typing this on the acre and i must say i quite like in. id did come with windows 7 and while i like it i find it abit slow compared to XP so i may downgrade. but overall it works quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Does your new computer have spell check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 not on the internet. sorrey I'm getting better though.I'm on it now so I'm doing pretty decent. on another point i got ror working in the netbook its just kinda slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Spellcheck has nothing to do with your computer. Get Firefox, IE sucks. It will check your spelling for you. Also, it's not hard to simply read over your posts quick before you hit submit. There's a difference between not being able to spell very well, and simply not even knowing what you're typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 Spellcheck has nothing to do with your computer. Get Firefox, IE sucks. It will check your spelling for you. Also, it's not hard to simply read over your posts quick before you hit submit. There's a difference between not being able to spell very well, and simply not even knowing what you're typing. I'm going to get google chrome i like it the best. and i know I'm just to lazy and when i do looks over them i don't notice things as much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 on another point i got ror working in the netbook its just kinda slow. "ror"? :huh???: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 on another point i got ror working in the netbook its just kinda slow. "ror"? :huh???: It's that Rigs of Rods offroading game Rob had up in the Pub awhile back. I ran it too... it was slow for me as well. But from what I understand, it went kind of slow for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 on my home pc its lifghtening fast but my home pc (which I'm pn has a 3.3 ghz prossesor, a really good video card and 4 gigs of ram) the netbook only has 1.6 prossesor and nly a gig of ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 For the people interested in purchasing netbooks in the future: I'm a bit of a computer geek. I think I have around 10 computers or so, most of them desktops, but four of them laptops. Each has its own specific purpose, but the one that gets the most use is my Samsung NC10 netbook. Prior to getting an iPhone, I would use the netbook for a few hours each day after work. The thing is incredibly convenient and the battery life on this particular netbook is ridiculous - around 6 hours during normal computing. It did take a little bit to get used to - especially coming from a powerhouse PC with a 24" monitor, but I did some tweaks, increased some font sizes and everything is good. The netbook is very handy when I go out on business trips or do some field engineering work. My only gripe is the touchpad, but I've never liked touchpads on ANY laptop - even bought a Lenovo laptop just for the old style nub in the middle of the keyboard. I bought a wireless mouse for the netbook to take care of that problem - an extra 25 bucks. It seems a lot of people are going for the 'bigger is better' trend in terms of screen size, but I seem to be going in the opposite direction. The 24" LCD monitor is nice and my 86" HD projector connected to my home theater PC is even nicer, but I'm very rarely in my home to even use these screens, hence why I've went with the ultra-portable netbook and now an iPhone. Edit: Also, another cool feature of the Samsung netbook (and this might be true with other manufacturers) is that they make a cigarette lighter charger for it for like 10 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Well I've had my ASUS Eee since March ( I think). It has been a great little 'puter. I have StarMOBILE software loaded on it for work and it is great for interfacing with the diag tool on a roadtest. Way better than hauling around a full sized laptop. If I was still in a dealership and roadtesting everyday I would get one with a SSHD to make it even safer to kick around. I've seen them on sale for under $200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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