Christmas/birthday present for me!
Today I went and bought an Acer Aspire One (with Linux Lite). Please, don’t ask me why. My co-workers got me wanting one and I thought what the hey. It’s been a while since I’ve bought a nice new gadget for myself. (Not counting the kitchen goodies.)
I didn’t get just the laptop. I got it with a customisation. They only had white and blue ones; blue is a colour I absolutely don’t like and white is a bit too… Apple. Ick. So, I decided to have a white One customised to metallic red. Niiice. 
It’ll still have a white keyboard and touchpad and the screen and its frame are black, but the rest will be red.
And, I didn’t get just the laptop and the customisation. I got an 8 GB memory card to add to the 8GB Flash-drive.
And, I didn’t get just the laptop, the customisation, and the memory card. I got a laptop sleeve to protect the lovely gadget.
And, I didn’t get just the laptop, the customisation, the memory card, and the bag. I got a WLAN router because what fun would it be to have a WLAN-capable laptop and have to plug it in.
I won’t get these for Christmas, though. I’ll have to wait until the start of January because the customisation has a queue and they’re quite busy at this time of the year (no surprise). But it’ll be in time for my birthday. Can’t wait! Will post photos once I get my One.
Note to self: remember to re-read ten tips for new Aspire One in January.
That’s neat, I did that myself with a Dell a few months ago (back in July) http://www.idiotonastick.com/talk/?p=1282.
I had mine customized too – that’s when it ends up costing you a fortune rather than the cheap price they show you on the flyer.
I’ve had no problems at all with mine – and it has Vista on it. I hope yours is as good.
I picked the pink colour (even though I don’t like pink much, I just thought it would stand out and look cool) with the matching pink bag. It also came with a sleeve that I’ve yet to use.
Happy computing on your new Acer! It’s just a belated Christmas present.
Yup, I remember your Dell, but seriously — back in July? You don’t mean like, last month? Sheesh, where’d the time go?! With this rate, I’m going to have my Acer in a blink of an eye.
I got the Asus Eee PC (with Linux) for my parents as an “emergency” laptop so I could get rid of an old XP desktop that was deteriorating (does not always want to boot up). I considered it money better spent than sending the old desktop to a repair shop (again).
My problem is that I’m really picky about the keyboard layout, so I haven’t been able to make up my mind about which one of these to get for myself. The screen size worries me a bit, too, but I’m beginning to think that’s one sacrifice I could make to gain a smaller box to lug around. I’ll be looking forward to hearing about your experiences.
My co-worker is really happy with the keyboard. (It’s nearly full-size, he says.) I have small hands so you can’t take my word for it, but I’ll try and report my experiences.
I’m most concerned about the problems I’ve heard people having (touchpad or USB ports not working at all; some complain about the really stripped down version of Linux it comes with). I know they must replace faulty machines but that would mean more waiting.
The wait is AGONISING.