What's your AA1 setup like.

Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by nchntr, Oct 12, 2008.

  1. nchntr

    nchntr

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    I havent seen any threads similar, so I figured I would start one. A place for people to list their Hardware/Software setup as well as the stuff they use their AA1 for.
    I added prices and places for some items that i picked up just for my AA1 to helps other who might like.

    My setup

    Acer Aspire One A0150-1570 (Microcenter online $350)
    120G HD, 1G Ram, XP Home SP3

    Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (Had for 6 months or so, cost me $140 then)

    Add On Hardware/Accessories
    -iOGear Micro USB Bluetooth Adapter (Best Buy $29.99 Cellphone Section) stick out about 1/4" from the left USB port (no need for internal mod)
    -Targus Laser Bluetooth Mouse (eBay $14) (3/4 size normal mouse, not to small. Bluetooth (no dongle), Rechargable came with battery and mini usb to charge.
    -Pharos BT II Bluetooth GPS (got from CompUSA a few years back, been using with my n770)
    -Samsung WEP200 Bluetooth Headset (have from cell phone)(Best quality BT Headset i have ever used, pairs with a PC)
    -SanDisk 4G USB Flash Drive (Walmart $25) For Restore/Setup. I have bootable Vista DVD + Applications and Drivers
    -Targus SD to USB adapter (Walmart $9) for booting SD
    -Generic 16M SD card (From Juice box mp3 kit or Digicam) formatted Fat32 and loaded with BIOS 3.304 and flasher program.
    -64M SD for Acronis Recover Image (need to get this one figured out) (if anyone knows how to get a CDR image to a SD please speak up)
    -Motorola i335 (Boost mobile pay as you go) for Internet Packet Data Access (Bluetooth DUN Modem)(really slow) and GPS location $50 for phone, $10-20 a month.
    -Nokia 6133 + T-Mobile total Internet for Internet Packet Data (120K access) Soon to be retired along with $70 a month bill.
    -Caselogic 9" Portable DVD carry case (Just big enough to fit all the stuff listed above + power adapters and such) ($17 walmart)

    Installed Software
    Cellphone Programs

    Motorola Phonetools 5.05x
    Nokia PC Suite
    Motorola iDEN Java Loader
    Internet
    Chrome (Google)
    Filezilla 3.1.3.1
    Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11
    Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
    Java Runtime 1.6
    Pidgin 2.5.1
    Skype
    VNC Viewer
    Windows Live Messenger
    MultiMedia
    Audacity 1.3.5 (Beta)
    ffdshow_beta5 (Codecs and filters)
    Flash (Adobe/Macromedia, player)
    Gimp 2.4.7
    Quicktime
    Radium Mp3
    Paintshop Pro 9.0x (image)
    Winamp 5.54
    Rhapsody Player
    VLC 0.9.2
    Xvid 1.1.3ve
    TiVo Desktop 2.6.2
    Shockwave (Adobe)
    Navigation
    Google Earth Pro
    Delorme Street Atlas 2009
    Virtual Earth
    Goops (GPS/Mologogo + Google Earth) really cool Visual Navigation setup
    Gtech (for my Gtech-Pro)
    Office Apps
    Open Office 2.7
    Utilities
    WinRar 3.71
    PowerISO 3.2 (virtual CD + Utils)
    VFD (Virtual Floppy)
    Windows Home Server Connect (for access to the media motherload)
    Windows Addins
    Windows Desktop Wallpaper Changer (XP version, running in Comp. mode)
    Vista Mediacenter
    Netflix, ebay, and a few other programs

    More to come later....
     
    nchntr, Oct 12, 2008
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  2. nchntr

    goofball

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    A150 with XP SP3.
    Bios version 3304.
    1.5GB RAM installed
    6cell 5200mah battery (bought afterwards)
    320GB Seagate 7200.3 (upgrade from Hitachi 5k320 120GB)
    Intel 3945ABG (replaces stock Atheros AR5007EG card)
    Mini BT USB + Kensington Slimblade
    Belkin Laptop cooler.
    Plextor PX-716UF for optical drive use
    8GB Sandisk Cruzer, setup for reinstalling XP OS if needed.
    512MB Kingston Traveller, set up with DOS utilities (partitioning/cloning/testing/etc)
    160GB Lacie external
    160GB Seagate 5400.3 in Nexstar 3 enclosure
    320GB Seagate 5400.5 in Coolmax enclosure

    Software:
    AA1 Fan Control
    Adobe Photoshop CS3
    Auslogic's Disk Defrag and Registry Cleaner
    Avira Antivirus
    CCleaner
    CDBurner XP
    EEEHDD tray app
    Foxit PDF Reader
    ImgBurn
    Maxthon
    Media Player Classic
    MS Office 2007
    uTorrent
    VMWare Workstation 6.5
    Winamp 5.54
    Winrar 3.71
     
    goofball, Oct 12, 2008
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