Acer Aspire One with Windows XP

So its look like Acer Aspire One with Windows XP and 120GB HDD will be available in the latter part of August

http://www.small-laptops.com/2008/0...-amazon-us-windows-xp-version-in-late-august/

I was hoping it would've been available in US by now but looks like we all have to wait another month for the XP version

 

Yea i saw that thats the one i want i hope it comes in pink but if not then its the blue since i dont wanna wait for the black one and i hope it can display full web pages

 

Well, hopefully there really is a black one. Else I'm not too sure what other color I'd go for.

 

Yea i read that it soposed to come out later this year but who knows but all im waitin for is th windows one

 

I was just wondering. About the windows xp version.. will it really come with 120 GB? ._. that's really good, isnt it?

 

Yes.

I have XP installed on my current model, and even under Fat32 with all the tweaks, it still hangs often enough to be a nuisance. I was considering the CF-to-ZIF mod, but now I plan to hold out for the XP version with the 120 gig hard drive. Performance under Windows should be much nicer, and Acer must have worked a miracle somehow, since the weight is listed at only 2.2 lbs.

 

regarding the weight issue - on the Acer website FAQ page, it does say that the HDD version will be a bit heavier than the SDD. if it's still sub 2.5 lbs, I'd say that's not going to bother me much, though.

I've seen the 120gb version currently on two vendors: http://www.cdw.com http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1502352, and buy.com http://www.buy.com/prod/aoa150-1006...gb-8-9-wsvga-wl-wxph/q/loc/101/208344721.html

buy.com says it's 'on order' and cdw said to call for availability. Well, I called, and cdw said they expect it on August 15 (but they also noted that this date could change). this is in the good old US of A, now, I can't say anything about the UK or other markets.

I figured that buy.com and cdw will be getting these babies around the same time, so I went ahead and ordered it on buy.com with a 5% discount.http://www.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=84773074 the discount brought it down to $385. not too shabby for a gig of RAM and, oh, 112 gigs more storage than the base model. not to mention windows xp. dunno how they made that price point with licensing and whatnot. it'd be a bitch to receive it and find out it's some trial xp that i'd hafta crack.

-Raskol


PS - these specs (120 gig hdd/1 gig RAM/WinXP) are pretty much what killed the msi wind [$550]in my decision making. the aspire [$385!] is smaller, too. wow.