I did a quick test of the Moblin V2.0 beta running from USB on my Aspire One a few days ago.
I realize this is a Beta, but the first thing I tested after wireless was the Intro video, which didn’t work! I wasn’t able to install the Flash player from the browser so I gave [...]
After a normal restart yesterday, my Aspire One booted into just a black screen. No POST, no BIOS, no hard drive light activity, just the power button LED on and the fan running fast. I was not very happy…
I went to the Acer Aspire One User Forum and started looking thru the Hardware section. I [...]
Touchpads drive me crazy! Fortunately, Acer was kind (and smart) enough to make Fn + F7 toggle it on & off. And, as an added bonus, this also works in Puppy Linux 4.1.2 retro k2.6.21.7!
If I could see better, or had taken the time to read the manual, I may have discovered this on day [...]
I’ve had a lot of .pdf files to read recently and thought pretty seriously about buying a Kindle so I could carry them around with me. But, after a little research, and some thought, it looked like viewing .pdf’s on a Kindle was iffy at best and potentially a PITA if I had to convert [...]
Via Yahoo Tech News / NewsFactor, Acer, AT&T and RadioShack are offering an AspireOne for $99 with a 2 year AT&T DataConnect mobile-broadband service agreement.
I couldn’t find it at AT&T’s site, but RadioShack has some info here.
Based on the specs shown, 160gig HD, 1gig RAM, XPHome, I’m guessing it’s essentially the Aspire One A150-1049 with [...]
Via AspireOneUser ~8 hour 7200mAh batteries are now available. The link at AspireOneUser is to the UK eBay site, but the one below goes to US eBay. They seem to average around $80, which doesn’t seem too bad to me.
Aspire One ~8 hr 7200mAh batteries on eBay
Update 01/14/2009: Prices seem to be trending downward in [...]
I finally took the plunge and bought an Acer Aspire One AOA150-1570 – the Windows version. So far, I’ve done my usual collection of Windows tweaks and have it triple booting into Puppy Linux and Acer’s Linpus. I’m working on documenting all my changes, but in the meantime, here’s a list of links I’ve found [...]