Acer Aspire One Or Asus Eee PC

Acer Aspire One


My Comment

I’m almost sold on the HP 2133, and I’ve actually been scouring stores for stocks these past few days. Never mind that I’ve been offered a hefty discount by a distributor contact—I have to wait for stocks to come. But now with other worthy alternatives, I don’t think I should rush into going for the Mini Note yet.

Enter the Acer Aspire One and the Asus Eee PC 901. Both don’t look as sexy as the HP Mini Note, but both run on Intel’s new Atom platform. That means better ultraportable mobility, in terms of low power consumption (and hence heat), and longer battery life.

That’s one gripe I usually hear about the HP Mini Note—that it runs on a VIA platform, rather than Intel. And it’s not even VIA Isaiah yet, which is supposedly at par with Intel Atom when it comes to ultraportable computing.

The Acer Aspire One looks attractive and is supposedly priced more reasonably than other ultraportables.

The Asus Eee PC 901, meanwhile, will be much like the 900, but with an Intel Atom processor, which should boost the battery life upwards of 7 hours.

Feature

- Dimensions: 9.8 inches x 6.7 inches x 1.14 inches
- Weight: under 2 pounds
- Battery life: 3-6 hours depending on connection type
- Connection: 3G, WiFi support
- Linux 3 interface
- LCD: 8.9 inch CrystalBrite LED backlit display
- Resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels
- Acer CrystalEye Webcam
- CPU: Intel Atom Processor
- Linpus Linux Lite or Windows XP Home
- 512MB or 1GB of RAM memory
- NAND flash module of 8GB or an 80GB internal HDD
- Five different types of memory card: Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, xD-Picture Card

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