[dundee] Acer Aspire One

[Nicholas Walker]

Doesn't have the sort of battery life I need, and Im really looking for
something quite small :D

thankyou for the offer though.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Sean McRobbie <lug at seany.us> wrote:

> er, forgot to mention it seems 12" viewable from a tape measure, so about
> half way between a netbook and your usual laptop.
>
> Regards,
> Sean McRobbie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lug at seany.us
> To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at lists.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2009 16:20:12 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> Subject: Re: [dundee] Acer Aspire One
>
> Hi,
>
> Not quite a netbook but almost there... I have a fairly old Sony Vaio in my
> hands that I need to get rid of because I need the space.
>
> - 1ghz P3 mobile
> - 256mb RAM
> - 6gb, 40gb or no hdd - you choose!
> - Docking station for DVD/CD-RW + Floppy (best discarded and using USB
> drives or wifi as the DVD drive is pretty rubbish)
> - Tested with Ubuntu & Debian Lenny. Comes with XP pro sticker on bottom.
>
> All it needs is a new power brick ~£13 and it should be good to go. Haven't
> tested the battery recently but feel free to see and try the device to find
> out if its suitable for you. Add £35 for a brand new battery from eBay if
> you wish:
>
> "SONY VAIO 19.5V 4.1A PCGA-AC19V3 AC ADAPTOR CHARGER UK" on eBay - £12.35
> "2600mAh Battery for SONY PCGA-BP2R PCG-R505 PCGA-BPZ52" on eBay - £35
>
> Only problems with it I'd say are it isn't in the best condition cosmetics
> wise and the wifi card is only 802.11b (11mbps). I sucessfully upgraded the
> 2nd of these laptops (I have two) to a dual band a/b/g intel card.
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Regards,
> Sean McRobbie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nicholas Walker" <tel0seh at googlemail.com>
> To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at lists.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2009 15:56:48 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> Subject: Re: [dundee] Acer Aspire One
>
>
> Yeah, but even that is an improvement on my laptop. Can you get the Aspire
> one *with* the extended battery or do you ahve to buy it as a further
> accessory?
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Gary Short < gary at garyshort.org > wrote:
>
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> You won’t get 7 hours out of the aspireOne without the extended life
> battery. You only get around 2.5 with the standard one.
>
>
>
>
> From: dundee-bounces at lists.lug.org.uk [mailto:
> dundee-bounces at lists.lug.org.uk ] On Behalf Of Nicholas Walker
> Sent: 24 June 2009 01:19
> To: dundee at lists.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [dundee] Acer Aspire One
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm looking to get a hold of an Acer Aspire One either second hand or very
> cheap (money is rough at the moment)
>
> I'm more leaning towards the HDD versions rather than the SSD versions as I
> need the space without faffing around with removable storage.
>
> The main reasons I want this over somethign like a EEE are:
> - 7 hour battery life with a larger battery than the triple E's,
> - As far as I can see, no EEE has a HDD over an SSD
> - not much price difference between this and a EEE while still having
> compatability on par with the EEE.
>
>
> however if anyone can suggest a better webbook for me I'd be interested,
> main cirteria being a large amount of storage coupled with long battery
> life. Im not that fussed about "huge" amounts of ram and such.
>
>
> any suggestions of other webbooks or places I can get my mitts on a second
> hand one of these?
>
> --
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>
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