Acer AOD250-1383 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter) Review
I purchased this on sale around Christmas (for 0) but it’s still the same netbook. I got it for someone who had a Dell that was four years old and beginning to turn into sludge. First a few things — I’m very computer savvy and looked around for a good two weeks to finally decide on a netbook and I was specifically looking for something that could surf the web and use MS Office if need be. I didn’t need to purchase anything heavy or something with a DVD/Blu-Ray drive. This computer is awesome, just make sure you know what you’re getting before you purchase. It comes with Windows 7 Starter as the operating system. If you want to upgrade to the full edition, it’s going to cost you. If you do want to upgrade, I suggest looking at upgrading the memory to at least 2GB and maybe the graphics card (but that’s entirely up to you). It comes with a lot of hard drive space and is quick to load up (especially if you were using something running Vista -it’ll be a big change). My own laptop is a Sony Vaio Z series and is lighter than the netbook, but not by much. The netbook is smooth and speedy and comes with three USB ports. This is super convenient if you’re using an external HD, an external DVD ROM, and have an ipod plugged in or something. You don’t get the full version of Office, and unless you really need everything on it, I think it’s better to download Open Office (from [...]) and use that instead. It’s free and isn’t as much a type of bloatware as office can be (it takes up a lot less memory). I’d recommend this to anyone looking to move to something more simple that needs something long lasting. The battery life on this little guy lasts at least 7-8 hours normally. Two thumbs up from me!
