Mini Notebook Acer one 8.9"

[Baker]

Hi all

I'm looking for some advice... I'm thinking about purchasing a mini-notebook

A machine I am considering is the Acer one with a solid 8Gb solid state hard drive.
http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/ACER_ASPIRE ... ersion.asp

The machine is for sale in Harvey Norman with a carier bag and a wireless mouse for €269. The option for an external hard drive 160 GB is available with it for €60 with the unit.

Some concerns I have, the battery is only 3 cell so the life expectancy will be poor. The o/s on the machine is linx, will this suppot a USB Voda modem?

Should I be looking at this instead?
It has XP so it will run the usb modem and also has a internal hard drive. It also has a 6 cell battery

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/ACER_ASPIRE ... ersion.asp

Any one had any dealing with these machine or has anyone any other suggestions?

Thanks
Pat

[Starrywalsh]

Can't get any better then this mini notebook Pat :cheers:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HAYNES-MINI-COOPE ... dZViewItem

[ken79]

Hey pat... My brother in law sells laptops and he says these are the bees knees, even runing linux. Ill ask him again tomorrow about them.

[irishmonkey]

its all down to the price and the spec and what you want.
you will find that once you get a bigger HD, then XP etc the cost starts pushing up quickly.

eventually its better to but a 15" laptop thats an older model that stores are trying to shift then fork over the money for a netbook.

ps hold off till October for win 7