Acer Aspire One - Mini Notebook With Linpus Linux Lite

Acer is joining HP, Dell and others in launching a subnotebook to compete with the new Asus Eee PC range. The company Tuesday showed off its new Aspire one, a small form-factor, ultra-portable computer at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.

aceraspireonedp0 Acer Aspire One - Mini Notebook With Linpus Linux Lite

The new Intel Atom N270 chip based with 8.9-inch, 1024 x 600 pixel laptop with 262,000-colour LED-backlit display runs either the Linpus Linux Lite operating system or Microsoft’s Windows XP Home software and packs 802.11b/g WiFi, up to 1GB of memory, an 8GB SSD (Linux version) or 2.5-inch 80GB (XP version), SD card slot, and optional 6-cell battery, which can give around 6 hours of usage. Graphics are provided by a Mobile Intel 945GSE Express chipset. It also has three USB ports, an Ehternet port, and an external monitor port, and one nice extra feature is the 5-in-1 card reader. The One contains two Mini PCI slots, one for the Wi-Fi and a second to take upcoming optional HSDPA or WiMax modules. The HSDPA unit runs at up to 3.6Mb/s, but Acer said it will be upgradeable to 7.2Mb/s and 2Mb/s HSUPA soon. Also, it’s seems got the same touchpad as seen on the HP 2133.

The Acer One’s dimensions are 249 x 170 x 29mm (9.8 x 6.7 x 1.14 inches) and the weight is 995g (2.19 lbs) assuming you have the SSD and a 3-cell battery. It’ll be made available - later this month - in a choice of blue or white, with pink, red and black models following down the line. The price is expected to be $450-$600.

Compared to HP 2133, Aspire One has a definite upper hand, as this device has Intel Atom processor running at 1.6Ghz, compared to Via C7-M 1.2Ghz featured on the HP 2133. The Aspire one would be the first Intel Atom based netbook, unless of course Dell can beat them with their mini-notebook.

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Comment by TripleII on June 07, 2008

Amazingly, such a modest horsepower machine will probably run full Compiz 3D effects with little problem. I can’t wait until it’s available. The EEE priced itself out of my purchase. The MSI Wind was an option, but price/looks, I want one of these. Linux is really bringing the cost of computing down. I will have a powerful desktop (bought an ultra low end Vista barely desktop for $300) that runs Mandriva very very well, full 3D effects, and a notebook (I will give Linpus a try, probably Mandriva it though) all in for ~$700. It is going to be VERY hard moving forward, once millions see the performance on such modest hardware, for high margin hardware with high margin OS licenses to survive.

TripleII

Comment by E@zyVG on June 07, 2008

Check out the following article on mini-notes … will help you make a choice:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49297248-1,00.htm

As for me, I think my choice would be Eee 1000 (once announced), then MSI Wind and Aspire One.

But, right now I am looking at Lenovo Thinkpads, where I am deciding between R61 and T61, with the smaller 14″ screen. I hope in next two months I’ll be in position to purchase one, as this is what I require as of today.

Comment by TripleII on June 08, 2008

Thanks for posting that link. Awesome. It’s going to be a tough decision. Price plus annoying mouse on Acer Mini-Note, How expensive the 901 is, Price and whether COmpiz is available on Wind (the intel 945 included on the Acer should, that’s the graphics I have on my desktop), and the size of the 1000.

It’s a rough choice to have to make though, lol. I am still leaning towards Acer, I don’t think the price can be beat, and for publicly supporting Linux across their line, I may vote/pay my support for them. Then again, getting a desktop, and 2 types of notebooks (keeping the one I want, giving the other away as a Christmas present) all in for ~$1100 is not too hard to take either. :-D