Posted 04/21/2009 at 06:18:56pm

I use an Acer Aspire One netbook and love it. I have been computing now for over 15 years now and love it! No, they are not for gaming (but can do games), no they don't have dual core processors and crazy amounts of video RAM. Thise machines for for getting a job done and they do it well. I use open office, Google Chrome, Thunderbird, CamStudio Screen capture, and Picasa for my photo needs. This machine does all of this and does it very well. I paid only $298.00 US for my netbook and once you get past the idea that this is not a super computer or gaming machine and just want a simple inexpensive office computing solution then you will see that netbooks are here to stay.

I purchased a 9 cell battery and I don't need to plug in all day and even into the next day. I have a 160GB SATA HDD and 1GB DDR2 RAM. I have no problem with the 8.9 inch screen and I wear glasses. I can edit video on my Acer Netbook, write my articles, post comments like I am doing now, and I love this machine. I have a full size notebook from Acer also but I just gave it to my son for school and this is all I need to get my work done.

I can understand the issues with netbooks when they first came out with the small SDD and all but now they have SATA drives that are more then capable of doing what the average office personal need to get done. This is a great road warrior machine and I recommend them to all my friends and family who want inexpensive with quality build. Acer fits this bill for me. IMHO.