Home > Consumer Reviews > Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 10.1-Inch Sapphire Blue Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life

I bought the acer laptop once we changed to Verizon and FINALLY got DSL. My old desktop (which has all my software on it and I know like the back of my hand and is, like, 10 years old and working great so I'm NOT replacing it)for some reason just refused to load the verizon dsl software /router thingie despite 4, count 'em 4 hours on the phone with tech support, stumping even the tech's in India. So after years of dial up I was still unable to get dsl on my old computer. Sigh. So what the heck. Spend $300 and voila. Portable internet. It's a bit of a hassel, but I've found flash drive a big help to send files I create on my big computer (artist, designer) and I love watching tv and checking email on the sofa, working on my blog, etc. The tiny screen and keyboard take some getting used to, and I had trouble with my "m" key...it completely stuck..and in my effort to "fix" it came completely off, so now I just have to touch the naked little M nipple to type M. it could be fixed but shipping to service center is 1/4 the price of the computer, so I just make do. I'm definately getting my money's worth out of it! I'd like to consolidate my acer and my old geizer to a snazzy new laptop with a big ole screen at some point when I can afford it, meanwhile, this little fella is serving me very well. Worth the $ for sure. A real treat to take it on a trip recently and check email on the road. NO I don't have a blackberry like 99% of the rest of the world. Leave me alone about it. I'll catch up to technology one of these days. I just got DSL for cryin' out loud. Gimme a break.

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I like so much this model; I had the old model, but this is much better!

When I first considered buying a Netbook I didn't imagine it would be as useful as it has turned out to be. I primarily got it for travel, it's small size makes it easy to pack, and it being cheaper than a full size notebook makes dragging it along a bit less intimidating, especially on camping trips.

I use it for Geocaching, I run mapping software using a USB GPS, and have drivers installed to be able to interface with most handheld GPS units. GSAK runs great.

Battery life is great, I have not done any tests but 6 hours seems about right.

It's exterior shiny finish picks up fingerprints like a magnet, and it is easy to scratch. The interior finish around the keyboard has a similar look to brushed metal. I got the Black model and think it looks great.

I did add more RAM, not out of necessity but because RAM was cheap and I was ordering it for my other computers anyway. Installation was a snap, just open the RAM door, pull the old card out and snap the new one in. There is only one slot and the maximum RAM it will take from what I recearched is the 2GB I installed. With 2GB RAM Windows XP at idle only uses about 10%, and opening multiple programs does not seem to slow it down until you go to an extreme. I have not noticed any issues with the RAM, it runs just like it did before the upgrade only it will handle more open programs without slowing.

Start up and shut down is less than a minute, and has not noticeably increased since I got it over 6 months ago. It hibernates fast and restores fast, I was amazed since my work machine which runs XP takes a good 10 minutes to warm up with me optimizing it as much as possible.

Overall I'm very pleased with this netbook, it has proven to be one of the most handy computers I have owned. It can't replace a full size notebook or desktop, but it is especially handy for web surfing on the couch, and taking along outside the home.

Like most, I loved my netbook and all of sudden it made a slight noise one night and went black. I turned the system back on, thought everything was ok until I realized the mouse was cold (hadn't worked since) and I discovered 06st 6f 0y 2eyb6ard d5dn't w6r2 e5ther. What I actually just typed (using the acer) was [most of my keyboard didn't work either]. Needless to say I'm now using an external mouse and keyboard which defeats the purpose of having a netbook. Btw, I purchased my netbook from Amazon in March of this year for $349.99.