[Melbourne-pm] Acer Aspire

Scott Penrose scottp at dd.com.au
Tue Sep 16 21:36:39 PDT 2008


I was sooooo tempted. Good price.

In the end I didn't because it is the hard disk version, and the 10" version is 1.3Kg (still VERY light) but the 901 I have is 20GB SSD.

BTW. If people have large fingers, the 1000 here also has a much larger keyboard.

Scott

----- "Martin G Ryan" <Martin.G.Ryan at team.telstra.com> wrote:
> Hi MPMers,
> 
> Having been gently chastised for daring to suggest an oh-so-yesteryear
> Toshy laptop (what a brick!) :-), I thought I'd redeem myself with
> this little find;
> 
> ASUS EEE PC 1000HD Windows XP Edition
> RRP$699. 10" Screen, 80GB HDD, 6 Cell Battery
> 1GB RAM
> 80GB HDD
> 802.11b/g/n
> 1.3M webcam
> 4.5 hr battery life
> XP home
> 
> Available - for the next 24 hours only - from
> http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/ for $498.
> Free shipping if you pay via paypal.
> 
> Please note that I have no affiliation with COTD other than being a
> past happy customer.
> ..and for those getting a little bored with this off topic stuff - in
> futher I wont be suggesting anything else no mater what the price. (in
> this case I couldn't ignore the co-incidence of this coming up just
> after we were "talking" about it.)
> 
> Cheerie oh,
> Martin
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: melbourne-pm-bounces+martin.g.ryan=team.telstra.com at pm.org
> [mailto:melbourne-pm-bounces+martin.g.ryan=team.telstra.com at pm.org] On
> Behalf Of leif.eriksen at salmat.com.au
> Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:24 PM
> To: melbourne-pm at pm.org
> Subject: Re: [Melbourne-pm] Acer Aspire
> 
> And for those playing at home , the updated Eee's with the new 10"
> screen are $687 at JB
> 
> Copied straignt from the ad
> EeePC 10" Netbook
> Intel Atom
> 1GB RAM
> 80GB HDD
> 802.11b/g/n
> 1.3M webcam
> 4.5 hr battery life
> XP home ( maybe you can get a refund from M$ )
> 
> So 1" more screen, double the RAM and 72GB more disk, but it's a
> spinner, not solid state.
> The Aspire probably gets massive battery life from the SSD.
> 
> Leif Eriksen | R&D Engineer
> The LHC is Satan's Stargate!!!
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: melbourne-pm-bounces+leif.eriksen=hpa.com.au at pm.org
> > [mailto:melbourne-pm-bounces+leif.eriksen=hpa.com.au at pm.org]
> > On Behalf Of Jacinta Richardson
> > Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 9:44 PM
> > To: melbourne-pm at pm.org
> > Subject: [Melbourne-pm] Acer Aspire
> > 
> > G'day folks,
> > 
> > At the pub last night some of us discussed the Acer Aspire.  
> > I couldn't remember  all the details then, but here's what the Good
> 
> > Guys are selling ( 
> > http://www.thegoodguys.com.au/portal/page/portal/tggwebcms/cor
> > porate/products/details?groupId=64&productId=1325259&forwardTo
> Product=true&storeId=83
> > )  I was wrong about the screen size.
> > 
> > Brand
> > 	Acer 		
> > Description
> > 	ASPIRE 1 A150 Notebook 		
> > Processor
> > 	Intel Atom 1.6GHz 		
> > RAM Size
> > 	512MB 		
> > Hard Drive Size
> > 	8GB SSD 		
> > Screen Size
> > 	8.9" LED CrystalBrite 		
> > Disc Drive
> > 	N/A 		
> > Operating System
> > 	Linux 		
> > Additional Feature
> > 	Webcam 		
> > Additional Feature
> > 	Wifi 		
> > 
> > 
> > Catalogue price: $498.00 		
> > Cashback Amount*:$99.00 		
> > After Cashback Price:$399.00
> > 
> > Not bad.  Might have to give it a go.  ;)
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> > 	J
> > 
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