Acer Aspire One A110-A 1GB 16GB Reviews: Linux 8.9" Screen Laptop computer

+ Got it for my daughter who specifically wanted pink so that was a big plus. In terms of functionality the size and weight are perfect, the keyboard is more usable than I expected and the screen is very clear. Battery life has not been a problem. I had my doubts about its usefulness but it does everything my daughter wants from a computer.

- Linplus operating system had a kernel panic after two hours of use for no apparent reason. Install disk would not work and neither would downloaded version. Installed ubuntu netbook edition and it has been fine ever since.

+ The hardware itself is pretty good and there are a few mods around to add the niggling little things that "would be nice". The "recovery" option is particularly good - it comes with a recovery disk, which is good if you have a USB DVD drive, but also allows you to make one on a USB stick if you don't.

- Linpus, it's a good choice for a beginner at linux, but not for an experienced linux user. The touchpad is also a little weird, due to the button placement - I went for an external mouse.

+ small quick to boot, light to carry, simple operating system

- setting up split accounts for e-mail without a server seems to be impossible

+ responsive - fast boot. Pretty much does what you expect. Skype works well.

- Firefox can't access some internet sites - notably National Lottery. Could do with better multimedia support - would like to see a variant on Ubuntu MID as the linux distribution

+ Small, light. Nice display. Quiet.

- Forget the original Linpus Linux Light, it's a nightmare with all the patched applications, but it is working wonderful with Ubuntu Remix. Very slow machine. The battery life with wifi on 2 hours, without wifi 4 hours for me.

+ value for money, easy to use. perfect for what i need it for.

- linux software is not compatible with everything yet.. hopefully this is changing. a lot of things are starting to recognise linux

+ Portability, design and performance

- Linux operating system

+ Excellent package. Easy to use in all areas.

- None experienced

+ Start up very quick. Easy Operating system. Bought for my daughter, ideal & easy access to social websites & good quality webcam. Impressive little machine.

- none so far

+ Just the right size. Not too big to make it heavy. Just the right size to give you a managable key board.

- Linux system is fine as long as you don't want to add anything. Then it's a pain. Media player has too few codecs.

+ Quick start
Fits in my mini rucksack
Great for doing a bit of work on the train
Great for reading online newspapers in bed

- Battery life

+ Size, quality, design and general package.

- Windows XP. It's horribly slow. The Linux version is a blinding product.

+ size
easy setup and to use
good value for basic use

- battery life can be frustrating but I knew what I was signing up for

+ Keyboard, overall size, screen

- Battery (of course)

+ Ease of use, quick boot up, stylish, feels well-made

- Poor battery life (and very expensive to upgrade the battery, relative to unit cost), fiddly to install Skype and Firefox 3.

+ Speed

- Lack of printer compatibility.

+ Like the fact that it is small and compact, easily transportable and very easy to use.

- However(!!), because it is so small it takes a bit of getting used to the small keyboard - I also keep managing to press a button (not sure which one yet) and changing the language that I am typing in. Other than that, generally impressed.

+ Great size, good price, looks great. Quiet and boots up very quickly. Decent battery life. Charges pretty quickly. Operates well and I think the software it comes with is good (Linux so I got lots of games and open office)

- Has crashed several times and I don't know why.
Keyboard keys don't depress very far but that is presumably due to the size (depth) and is similar ot many other latptops.
Speakers are in a bad position so sound is awful but not bad with headphones.

+ very good for a child

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+ Simple quick boot up and easy to use with Linux software. Processor is good for surfing. Keyboard is tactile.

- Battery life, finger pad buttons too small/stiff

+ Linpus (Linux) quick to boot up and simple interface. Handy to carry around and in particular to take on holiday.

- Linpus (Linux) not friendly for outright beginners to master in modifying computer to suit personal tastes and install new or upgraded software. Better GUI for installing software and placing icons etc. could be thought of as a future update from ACER. Software drivers for bluetooth and 3G "dongles" should really be pre-installed!!! Wi-Fi cards pick up range limited compared to "full size" laptops I've experienced. 230V mains lead for power adaptor seems overly long and 19V end near the jack plug is often prone to bending double easily due to proximity of filter on the lead. This has lead to premature failure on other laptops I've had whereby the cores have broken due to excesive bending! Why not consider relocating the filter a few more CM's away from the 19V jack plug end and/ or reinforce/ splint the cable between the filter and the jack plug?

+ i bought this product for my 10 year old daughter and have to say im quite impressed with it so far! it's so light and small u can take it anywhere with you. overall she loves it so no complaints from me.

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+ Good value for money. Excellent display. Good WiFi. Easy set up. Fast boot-up.

- Battery life about half that claimed.
Left and right click buttons stiff to use.

+ Comes with everything on it you need, really light and well designed. Good amount of memory.

- Battery doesn't last as long as I'd hoped.

+ Light, great display, perfect netbook design

- Have had a few problems with the linux system but I did manage to sort them out after a while

+ Like Linux as it's fast

- None

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- Would like the battery to last longer

+ -little

- -msn is not working right
-my 1.one was broken after 3 weeks

+ it's a great size perfect for an every day bag i.e. handbag connects quickly to the internet wherever you are linux is just as good as microsoft, software all work the same really fast at loading up and shutting down

- goes into crash mode with words all over the screen when the internet cuts off battery is quite short but that is stated when purchased

+ Linux version - Very fast to start up and shut down, no waiting for "Windows"
Very easy to return to original factory settings (say if you had a virus or other problem)
Easy to use
Compact and light to carry around
Can use flash memory or USB add ons - good for transferring pictures from camera - can use as photo frame

- Supplied with "Recovery Disk" whereas there is no disk drive ! It would be better if supplied with "Recovery USB" - perhaps as an optional extra.

+ easy to carry and operate once you understand the linyx system

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- can only use for the internet! cannot have any other applications on it.

+ Larger keys, good allround compact laptop, gr8 for taking abroad and connecting to hotel wireless internet

- not found any

+ its small :)

- it dnt have windows vista or xp

+ Easy to carry, light.

- None

+ Easy to use, stylish & the Linux interface is better than Windows ( no anti virus needed )

- battery life

+ Its small and compact and good value for money. Its great for teenagers at school.

- It keeps breaking down! And ive heard its a common fault with these laptops which is probably why they do not sell them anymore.

+ Very pleased with this netbook and now find that i just use it all the time. I removed the Linux op system and installed Windows XP and a programe called Flash Fire 099 to speed up the read and wright to the 16GB solid state hard drive which is very slow with out it. Possibly should have got one with the bigger 120GB hard drive but this would have made it heavier and use more battery power. Overall very happy with it.

- Fan a little bit noisy

+ little and light

- far too slow and not user friendly

+ Size and weight. Easy to use. ideal for student and light user who just to internet shop and keep in touch I am going to recommend this to my mother who is 77.The colour is fab.

- My daughter cannot access the icons she was using from the vista pc..As this is linux.. but really this is minor.

+ It keeps the wife away from my network :)

- She wont le me use it :(

+ great price very light

- battery life, need more hard drive storage

+ Love the pink colour! Small enough to fit in a large handbag. Turns on quickly. Like the 4 section screen.

- Battery doesn't last as long as I hoped.

+ The product is lightweight, has a nice design, and good graphics/sound, good keyboard, a good value product in those areas. The email is also very good, similar to Outlook.

- Battery life is short (I knew this when I purchased it, checking into the feasibility of buying a 6 cell battery at a later date), and it's Linux, a problem if there's anything wrong with the software or this needs to be upgraded, and the user is not Linux aware (I, stupidly, thought I could work out how to use this). You really need to advise potential purchaser's that if they don't know how to use Linux, they shouldn't buy this product. Even if all they want to do is use the browser/email/documents, there's a problem if the browser doesn't work (google "firefox crashes" and you see what I mean, seems to be a common problem with Linux). I should have bought the Windows version.

+ weight

- couldnt download poker

+ Size, price, speed.

- Linux is taking some getting used to after 15 years of Windows

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- if the battery life was longer it would be perfect

+ easy to use, idael for the kids to do school work on light to carry aroud

- none as yet

+ For the price it doesn't get much better.

- none at the moment

+ £139.?? for a 1GB ram dual (maybe that's just hyperthreading) cpu powerhorse of a laptop with a 16GB of silent HDD. This is the best value for money I've ever seen.

- I didn't really want pink, but my wife loves it.

+ The size and weight is perfect for interet access.

- The memory is too restrictive, too small for programs.

+ Very portable due to light weight and size, good colours available, broadband ready when you aquire a HSDPA sim card or via wireless local network. The netbook boots pretty quick.

- The use of the the solid state hard drive it has severley hurts its performance, especially if you had Windows XP installed. Look for the 120gb hdd version if you plan to have XP installed. I have the 16gb ssd version and the 120gb hdd version and the 120gb version is way faster although you do not get the built in sim slot for mobile broadband. This is the linux version and is ok for my kids, if it was for me then it would of been sent back for a bigger hdd version due to slow performance, Such a shame because these netbooks look amazing and is like a baby version of my Acer 6930GS.

+ Quick boot, robust SSD, SD slots, 3 x USBs, bright screen

- No Bluetooth, although simple to install OpenOffice.org 3 it is a bit of a pain to get the onscreen icons to work. Acer's online update service could be better.

+ Great machine. Few problems. Very inexpensive

- Low battery life, about two hours, but extended batteries are readily available. Low-power wlan card seems to loose network connections. Difficulty of upgrading the memory, but many YouTube tutorials to show how it is done.

+ Light, fast, well connected

- battery discharges quite quickly when laptop is off

+ Size, The open software, the speed at access to the net

- None

+ Light, quick, good value for money. Plenty of support on the web from the Linux community, so easy to add/remove applications and customise the way things work a bit. Very useful facility for the operating system to aggregate any storage placed into the left hand card slot with the on board memory. Terrific screen.

- Slightly inconvenient user interface if you are used to orgainsing your computers operation and appearance to your own taste. Slightly variable success with automatic system updates, although currently all sorted.

+ Really light. I love the long power lead.

- Silly thing but the Pg Dn button is the black option and End is a blue function. I use End at least a dozen times more often than Pg Dn and it's REALLY annoying!

+ size - easy to carry about in large handbag.Good price compared with a lot of others on the market

- Haven't found any yet!

+ light esae of use web cam

- battery and compatability

+ Overall this is a good product the size is so handy for travel and love the design.Getting on the internet is so easy with just two clicks and Im no comuter genius so that suits me.I would recommend it to a friend .

- The only bad points I have found are that when i download something i cant get access to it and its not compatible with my ipod.

+ Lightweight, stylish, and has a SSD.

- Not easily upgraded, Linpus OS, battery life.

+ Bought as present for daughter and she loves it, the stylish look and ease of use

- Poor battery life, but we knew this when we bought it.

+ small, portable good range of applications make it suitable for a wide variety of computing needs. Does what it says on the tin out of the box if you dont want to change a thing.

- Needs detailed knowledge of Linux to customise or install new software. Not for the faint hearted as no two apps are configured in the same way and no effective GUI that harmonises installing or removing apps. You could eaily lose weeks from your life.

+ lightweight and quick to log on and off
good for iplayer

- can't use spotify
finding Linux a bit alien
no spider solitaire (how sad is that?)

+ can only have 1 user on it has no disk drive didnt know that when purchased it have to buy seperate acer laptops r alot better than netbooks netbooks r ok for children to use for talking to there friends wouldnt buy another for myself but wud for my children

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+ Quick start up and easy linux system to use. No problems with wi-fi, instant connection. Screen good quality.

- Poor sound quality, battery life could be better.