Due to personal challenges over the past week, I haven't spent nearly the amount of time I would have liked with the Acer Aspire One I purchased. Sadly, I've spend enough time with it to decide that I'll be returning it for a refund, minus the 15% restocking fee. How can I make that determination without truly reviewing it for a majority of my time over the last two weeks? There's a few key reasons... and bear in mind that they only apply to me, or people that have similar computing needs to mine. The Acer Aspire One can be a great solution for folks that want a simple and quick out-of-box computing experience; in fact, it excels in that case. Let me start with my initial impressions of Windows XP on this device since I've already mentioned how I find the implementation of Linpus Lite to be lacking for most mainstream consumers. Yes, folks that have a good understanding of Linux or those that want to hit up the web for great resources won't have issues, but the consumer masses don't fall into those two categories just yet. Installing XP was straightforward of course, but Acer doesn't have the XP drivers front-and-center. They are available on an Acer FTP site, which I found out from the AspireOneUser site . They all installed without a hitch and I then ran Windows Update. First up was Service Pack 3 for XP... when it took over 3 hours to install the SP, I raised an eyebrow with caution. My fears and low expectations were then met ...
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Due to personal challenges over the past week, I haven't spent nearly the amount of time I would have liked with the Acer Aspire One I purchased. Sadly, I've spend enough time with it to decide that I'll be returning it for a refund, minus the 15% restocking fee. How can I make that determination without truly reviewing it for a majority of my time over the last two weeks? There's a few key reasons... and bear in mind that they only apply to me, or people that have similar computing needs to mine. The Acer Aspire One can be a great solution for folks that want a simple and quick out-of-box computing experience; in fact, it excels in that case. Let me start with my initial impressions of Windows XP on this device since I've already mentioned how I find the implementation of Linpus Lite to be lacking for most mainstream consumers. Yes, folks that have a good understanding of Linux or those that want to hit up the web for great resources won't have issues, but the consumer masses don't fall into those two categories just yet. Installing XP was straightforward of course, but Acer doesn't have the XP drivers front-and-center. They are available on an Acer FTP site, which I found out from the AspireOneUser site . They all installed without a hitch and I then ran Windows Update. First up was Service Pack 3 for XP... when it took over 3 hours to install the SP, I raised an eyebrow with caution. My fears and low expectations were then met ...