Acer’s Aspire One AOD250 is a netbook that has a dual boot button where you can boot into Windows XP or Android. It seems this is a good idea for some people, but for me, I prefer to have it dual boot into Windows 7 or Android. This is an easy fix as one can go buy a Windows 7, and then install Windows 7 as a replacement for Windows XP, but it may not be a cake for non-technical computer users to go this route. Then again, buying a copy of Windows 7 is going to cost someone some money too. The specification for this netbook is not bad too. It got 160GB hard-drive, 1GB of memory, Intel Atom N80 processor, multi-touch touchpad, and a small screen size of 10.1 inch. The cost is also cheap as it’s now only $300.
Acer got another nice one, Aspire AS5738PG-6306 is the first multi-touch display laptop. This one comes with 64-bit Windows 7, and it’s to be available on the same day that Windows 7 gets released. The specification is pretty good on this one too as it got Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 at 2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB SATA hard-drive, 8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive, Crystal Eye Webcam, Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100, HDMI Port, 4 USB 2.0 Ports, and 6-Cell Battery. As now it costs around $800 or less. I like this laptop because it got multi-touch display, and the specification is pretty nice.
When you research online about Acer brand, you get a sense that many people do not like Acer, and many have complained that their Acer notebooks do not work well. For me, I think it’s down to a specific model of a computer brand you are looking at. Sometimes, a well known computer brand that has a good reputation got a crappy model. For Acer, I think one should look carefully at its specific model, decide on a specification, and then comparing the price of it to another high-end notebook of another brand with similar specification. In the end, I think you should get an Acer if the price is right for you, but if you could afford a more expensive notebook from a more expensive brand that has similar specification as an Acer, with enough research and not minding of paying out more money, then an Acer may not be a good buy.
Vinh Nguyen
