Eee PC VS. Acer Aspire One

So i'm thinking about getting one of these for my brother and his fiance as a wedding present as they are going overseas for about 2 years to work and travel about 3 weeks after they get married and figured this would be perfect.

Just want to see what your guys opinions are as to which is the better?

Specs generally seem pretty much the same.

Thanks :)

Edit: I'm probably going to install Ubuntu on it.

Both pretty neat, but overall I like the samsung nc10 a lot better.

You considered other netbooks as possible options? Two other popular ones to add would be the MSI Wind and the Dell Mini. I personally went w/ a Dell Mini 9 and am loving it. If I had to choose out of the two you listed, I would go w/ the Acer. No particular advantage of one over the other, just personal preference. Best luck w/ whatever you decide. =]

Much depends on local price, the AA1 and Eee901 or 900A are very similar but in the UK the AA1 is much cheaper so would be the better option.

notwen said: You considered other netbooks as possible options? Two other popular ones to add would be the MSI Wind and the Dell Mini. I personally went w/ a Dell Mini 9 and am loving it. If I had to choose out of the two you listed, I would go w/ the Acer. No particular advantage of one over the other, just personal preference. Best luck w/ whatever you decide. =]

Thanks, yes will definitely consider others. Didnt know there were so many until after i posted this thread.

I would say Acer because its a "royal" distribution, but if your installing Ubuntu, Ill say Acer cuz I dont know what the other is xD.

I'm surprised there aren't more people considering the N10JC (Asus). It has a discrete graphics chip which can be toggled/alternated with its integrated chip, comes with two batteries (3 cell and 6 cell), a 160GB HDD, an external slim dvd player, and a 10 inch screen @ 1024x600, which is the best I've seen on a netbook... and is priced at around 510 euros / 650 dollars / 450 pounds.

This might be a specific package for Portugal, but if it is the same out there, just for the added HDD, external DVD recorder (DL), the two batteries and the discrete graphics chip... it's one helluva package. Just imagine if you wanted to buy an additional battery for an EEEPC 1000, and an external DVD recorder... you still wouldn't have the dedicated graphics.

I have one, and it finally dethroned my Thinkpad X31... which I still believe is an incredible laptop after all these years, so you can imagine how much I like the N10JC.

The only thing that isn't seamless for me is the transition from discrete to integrated graphics - I'm running Arch - but I have a script that takes care of that at boot time.

Onyros said: I'm surprised there aren't more people considering the N10JC (Asus). It has a discrete graphics chip which can be toggled/alternated with its integrated chip, comes with two batteries (3 cell and 6 cell), a 160GB HDD, an external slim dvd player, and a 10 inch screen @ 1024x600, which is the best I've seen on a netbook... and is priced at around 510 euros / 650 dollars / 450

There's one problem, the price. In the UK you can get a Core 2 Duo laptop for £340.

The best netbook screen is the one on the HP 2133 at 1280x768 pixels.

I have a MSI Wind and it is absolutely amazing. Does so much for such a small laptop. You should definitely look into the MSI Wind. I was stuck between a EEE PC 1000H and the MSI Wind and eventually went with the MSI Wind.

I have 3 eeepcs and im the local net book"expert" around town apparently, If people look at net books, they come to ask me for some reason :P

The EeePC's are great, and they have lots of support out there plus all the accessoriys you can get, play they are everywhere, The Acer Aspire One is sexy and good to play with, but I think EeePC's are the way to go. The only people I know with Acer One's are 19 year old females.

Don't forget to look at user groups for satisfaction feedback. Acer in Australia seems to be the "bargain" brand with all the associated bargain issues regarding longevity, support and so on. I have a first gen. Eeepc which I love, and has given no trouble at all.

Cheers, Steve

I like the Acer the best, even if the support sucks.

The support for the Eee is great. A couple forums, plus many distributions of Ubuntu designed specifically for the Eee. I have a 701 and now a 1000HA and am very happy with both. The 1000 is great with the Atom processor and what not. I have yet to install Ubuntu or any Linux OS. I am rather happy with Windows, as it boots fast and performs well.

Now with the information out about gOS Cloud, I think I will wait till that comes out in 2009 to install any sort of Linux on my 1000. That looks to be a interesting Linus OS.

Dude, try ubuntu at least with wubi. You havnt even began to see speed!

i have a eeepc and recomend eeepc but i have a biosed opinion . being a eeepc user ( a very happy eeepc user ) every one smiles and is impressed with the size / simple / full desktop mode`s i did a 2g ram upgrade ($ 43.00 ) my next upgrade is a bigger / better battery .

noremac said: The support for the Eee is great. A couple forums, plus many distributions of Ubuntu designed specifically for the Eee. I have a 701 and now a 1000HA and am very happy with both. The 1000 is great with the Atom processor and what not. I have yet to install Ubuntu or any Linux OS. I am rather happy with Windows, as it boots fast and performs well.

Now with the information out about gOS Cloud, I think I will wait till that comes out in 2009 to install any sort of Linux on my 1000. That looks to be a interesting Linus OS.

do you even have a eeepc it ships with linux embedded (zandros) at least mine did thats how i rescued mine from a xpfreeze up i put the system disk in and asus took over and handed me back a fresh linux install (zandros/novel) . it works well enough to be unbreakable !

Even if your're going to install ubuntu on it, consider buying one that comes with gnu/linux preinstalled. (probably better hardware support, should be cheaper, support linux friendly companies)

Seeing them side-by-side was part of how I decided to get the Acer. My hands would cramp up trying to type on the eee.

Also my daughter has an eee and the version of linux on that box is a simplified, only partially functional user interface. More of a menu box than an OS interface.

All told, I'm happy with my Acer.

I got the Mrs an AA1, it was the 120gb HDD that swung it for me. Acer make good stuff. Linpus Lite sucked TBH so I stuck Ubuntu Netbook Remix on it and it runs sweetly.

When I was shopping for my netbook I did my research and found that, although the eee and aa1 are good, I chose the Dell Mini 9. I'm really pleased with it and it's about the same price as the others.

Also a note to remember, I had real difficulty finding a case to put my laptop in as their all made for full size laptops. I've actually got a case logic external hard drive bag for mine as it's the perfect size.

I tried both, and I like and bought the Eee PC 1000.

The AAO has a weird mouse pad and I have large hands so I couldn't really use it.

A friend of mine has the Aspire One and it has now been in for repairs twice. Broken Wifi and motherboard, this time they have kept the machine for over a month so far. Acer definitely does not score bonus points for this.

I played a bit with the Aspire but found that the touchpad felt like rubbing my fingertip on sandpaper and the button placement was all wrong.

The Eee PC is much nicer, personally I favor the S101 model for style and slickness. Their touchpad is also of much superior quality.

You may also like the Lemote YeeLoong, it's a bit different in approach to the netbook market and you will not be able to install Ubuntu on it (due to the lack of a compatible ASM port). It comes with Debian preinstalled, Coreboot for the BIOS.. everything is supported by Free Software from A-Z.