Acer to Hack a Touch Pro - Page 3

u8myfoood · #21 (**permalink**) 01-23-2009, 10:41 PM

My gf just got the Aspire One with the 160gb and 3 cell, although it is linux version, she says its pretty simple to use. Amazing considering she is quite tech illiterate, anyway it only cost about $290, and 6 cell batteries can be found to eBay for just $61 shipped. I'm going to install windows on it on monday, I'll update about tethering after that!

mCastJR · #22 (**permalink**) 01-23-2009, 11:58 PM

yeah, i just ran into my first speedbump at the moment, how exactly am i going to get the sprint activesync onto my Aspire if it doesnt have an optical drive?!

u8myfoood · #23 (**permalink**) 01-24-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by mCastJR

yeah, i just ran into my first speedbump at the moment, how exactly am i going to get the sprint activesync onto my Aspire if it doesnt have an optical drive?!

Download off of Microsoft's site, if you are able to come here, you can go to MS' site to download a digital installer.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...x?ProductID=76

lakai180 · #24 (**permalink**) 01-24-2009, 01:07 AM

Funny because I've been in the market for a 3 cell acer one with 120gb, and the works.. preferably black...... lol where is the best place to get em at... frys.com has them for about 350 right now... anyone found better?

By the way just got my pro upgraded from my mogul.. hehe out wit the old in with the new

mCastJR · #25 (**permalink**) 01-25-2009, 01:13 AM

hahha, those are the exact same specs of my new Acer :]

386.86 including tax would be your final price, depending on what state you're in i guess though. but cali, it's 386.86.

no regrets on my choice, i love this thing.

flergle · #26 (**permalink**) 01-25-2009, 01:21 AM

Wal-mart has them for 300.00 right now. Not sure about battery, but it does have a gig of ram and 120 gig hard drive.

andy22 · #27 (**permalink**) 01-25-2009, 02:03 AM

I use a bluetooth usb for my acer one 160 gb then I have wifirouter on the pro and connect via bluetooth. It works perfectly. The acer's wifi card is suspect but the bluetooth connection is more reliable.

lakai180 · #28 (**permalink**) 01-25-2009, 06:52 AM

Found the 6 cell - 160 gb black acer one (upgrade) on Amazon.com for about $410.00 with tax and shipping... not bad... walmart has the same one for $425.00... I saw a 9 cell battery on amazon also for the acer for about a buck 20 ($120)... supposed to get 12 hours battery life... this i like...

lakai180 · #29 (**permalink**) 01-25-2009, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by flergle

Wal-mart has them for 300.00 right now. Not sure about battery, but it does have a gig of ram and 120 gig hard drive.

where'd u see this at.. i was just at walmart today and didn't see that pricing or online?

goonygugle · #30 (**permalink**) 01-25-2009, 09:36 AM

why do you guys like netbooks? price? portability? the combo? i use a dell xps m1210 and it is almost as small as a netbook but powerful enough to do anything a desktop can do. I did consider buying a netbook to take back and forth to work, but when i played with one at the local staples store the tiny little keyboard drove me insane( i believe it was a acer one 8.9") and the prce was comparable to a full size laptop on sale. i have also considered buying them for my smaller children, do they perfom well with online flash games? will they play games such as half life? and are they pretty sturdy?