What The... TECH!

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire One mini-notebook from CDWG.

First quick thoughts - The 10.1" screen IS something to get used to. The small keyboard IS something else (and even more initial adjustment) to get used to. After a few hours of usage, I feel like I'm getting a handle on the screen and keyboard and I think I can deal, but time will tell.

I'm really liking the mobility, and the fact that I could throw this thing across the room and it's so light, that I could probably run across the room and catch it because it's like a feather and wouldn't have hit the floor yet... I'm also getting all these crazy ideas about about how I'd be able to just take this little guy on business trips instead of my "regular" laptop, leave the "regular" one at home or at my office desk, and remote into it if needed. The Aspire One is way too easy to carry around, and I don't think I'd ever have a good excuse to not be able to take it with me somewhere.

I've only used this computer for internet activity, so I can't say too much about processing speed. I am noticing some delays occassionaly when I'm typing fast, or when I'm doing click-click-click in Internet Explorer - I don't know if this is what I should expect as typical out of the Intel Atom N270 1.60GHz processor and 1gb ram, or if maybe I'm doing some background downloads or something (like McAfee, which I'm planning to remove as soon as I get back to work.)

Good versus Bad... the good wins. For less than $300, the Acer Aspire One is letting me do what I need to do, while being the low cost, highly mobile, and darn cute little mininotebook that it is.