HookeyStreet
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....and Im surprised at how good it is. Ive been putting off getting her a 'new' laptop for a while now (as I was out of work and shes only 11 etc). She had been using my old Fujitsu Siemens laptop and the wife gave me her nice new Acer Aspire
BUT..
I wasnt happy with this because even though my laptop is an old shitkicker now, it was MY old shitkicker and had EVERYTHING I wanted on it (ie 5.1 via optical headphone jack, VGA port on the left hand side so I could easily connect it to my TV etc etc). So as Ive started a new job I thought I would treat my daughter to a new computer.
I left it totally upto her and she chose the Acer Aspire One Netbook (Intel Atom 1.6 dual core, 160GB HDD, 1GB of DDR2, webcam, wireless and Windows XP Home Edition: £230) and I have to admit I really like it
Obviously, being a TPU forum member, I instantly thought "Im gonna need to upgrade the RAM on this!" and "XP! Thats going for a start!" LOL
Sadly, the ATOM N270 isnt a 64-Bit CPU so I couldnt install Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate on it . But apart from this, its running great. Anyone else been surprised by these little laptops?
BUT..
I wasnt happy with this because even though my laptop is an old shitkicker now, it was MY old shitkicker and had EVERYTHING I wanted on it (ie 5.1 via optical headphone jack, VGA port on the left hand side so I could easily connect it to my TV etc etc). So as Ive started a new job I thought I would treat my daughter to a new computer.
I left it totally upto her and she chose the Acer Aspire One Netbook (Intel Atom 1.6 dual core, 160GB HDD, 1GB of DDR2, webcam, wireless and Windows XP Home Edition: £230) and I have to admit I really like it
Obviously, being a TPU forum member, I instantly thought "Im gonna need to upgrade the RAM on this!" and "XP! Thats going for a start!" LOL
Sadly, the ATOM N270 isnt a 64-Bit CPU so I couldnt install Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate on it . But apart from this, its running great. Anyone else been surprised by these little laptops?