The 8.9-inch glossy, backlit LED display has a native resolution of 1024 x 600. Best of all, it's infinitely simple to install additional programs, unlike with the Linpus Linux Lite OS, which required us to tinker with the command line. On our LAPTOP File Transfer test, we were able to copy a 5GB folder of mixed media (photos, video, music, and documents) in 5 minutes and 23 seconds-a rate of 15.8 MBps, which is just a tad slower than the Gigabyte M912V'sspeed of 21 MBps.Įquipped with Windows XP Home (with Service Pack 3), the Aspire One packs on the software, including several Windows staples such as McAfee Internet Security Suite, Microsoft Office 2007 (60-day trial), Windows Media Player, and Outlook Express 6. This model's 120GB HDD effectively eliminates the need for additional storage, but the slot acts as a traditional secondary card slot for loading content. The latter was a vital port in the Linpus Linux Lite version of the Acer Aspire One, as any card inserted into it added to the capacity of the skimpy 8GB SSD, and was recognized as one disk. Acer includes a 5-in-1 card reader (for transferring photos, music, and other files) on the right side of the unit, and an additional SD Card slot on the left. The Acer Aspire One is well equipped with ports three USB, plus VGA, Ethernet, headphone, and microphone jacks surround the system. We frequently had to press a button twice because our fingers were half on and half off. Twin vertical mouse buttons flank the touchpad, and they're far too narrow. Measuring 2.5 x 1.2 inches, the trackpad on the Acer Aspire One is disappointingly small and very narrow vertically: At times our fingers would slip off the touchpad and hit the space bar.

The keys were quite responsive and offered nice tactile feedback.

The keys are certainly bigger and more firm than those on the ASUS Eee PC 900/901 the layout had very little flex to it.

We had no problems quickly entering URLs into Internet Explorer or replying to e-mail. The keyboard, 89 percent of full size, is a hair smaller than those on the HP 2133 Mini-Note and the MSI Wind, but it's big enough for comfortable touch typing.

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