The Acer Aspire One netbook is an ultraportable netbook a cut above what we have seen so far. With a almost standard sized keyboard, Intel Atom CPU, and 160GB hard drive, the Aspire One is a netbook that you can actually take on the road and get real work done. TechRepublic took a First Look at this netbook and reviewed it for the Product Spotlight even as we make plans for a Cracking Open gallery in the near future.\n
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The Aspire One has a great display, but it has an awkward resolution of 1024 X 600.
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Our review model is blue and looks attractive.
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The ports on this side: Power supply, VGA out, Ethernet, USB, and SD Card reader.
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On this side the ports are: (left to right) microphone, headphone, 2 USB, Memory card reader, locking port.
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The keyboard on the Acer Aspire One is one of its best features. It is actually large enough to type on. The mouse-click buttons on the touchpad, however, are in the wrong spot. They should be under the touchpad, not beside it.
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Mark W. Kaelin has been writing and editing stories about the information technology industry, software, hardware, gaming, finance, accounting, and technology geekdom for more than 30 years.
