Acer Aspire One Early Review

The yet to be released mini-note Acer Aspire One gets an early pre-release review from PC Magazine. It seems the Aspire One is set to be released in the US$399 price range. The ultra-portable weighs 2.1 pounds, has a glossy finish, and sports an 8.9-inch screen with 1,024 x 600 resolution.

PC Mag’s review spoke favorably of the customized Linux user interface called the Linpus Linux Lite, which is sort of a stripped down version of the Fedora platform. The three USB ports, 5-in-1 card reader, and storage expansion slot were deemed especially useful since the notebook only has 8GB SSD internal storage. While the reviewer believes that “If anyone can pull off an inexpensive UMPC, it would be Acer—a company that is notorious for selling laptops at low prices,” a few shortcomings were also mentioned. That includes the cramped 89% percent keyboard and the imperfect trackpad which had the right and left buttons on either side of it, compelling users to utilize both hands. The 512 MB RAM and the 24Wh battery are also a couple of the other more undesirable specs.

Read Acer Aspire One’s early review in PC Magazine