Battle of the Netbooks: A Comparison Review of the Acer Aspire One AOA150-1750 vs. Asus EEE PC 1000H
Having used both machines on a daily basis, even side-by-side a lot of the time, over the past few days, I've compiled a logically-oriented tet-a-tet comparison of two of the more available and popular netbooks out there, the Acer Aspire One (Windows XP version) and the Asus EEE PC 1000H (Windows XP version). There are already many, many websites out there with photos, breaking down the numbers, etc., but if you want a narrative based on actual usage experience and not some 5-minute power-up/power-down filmed-on-camera unboxing which, again, many have already done that part of the hard work before me, here it is:
Review & Breakdown: Acer Aspire One vs. Asus EEE PC 1000H
Hope this helps!
5 comments:
I believe both LCDs use LED backlighting.
http://event.asus.com/eeepc/comparison/eeepc_comparison.htm
Thx for the comparison, been trying to decide between these two for a little while now, yours is the first to compare the 2 best netbook choices right now (imo).
Current best prices in Canada AAO XP 6 cell: $430 EEE1000 XP: $480 leaning towards the EEE.
The keyboard is supposed to be MUCH better then the AAO. Size wise, seems weird you would prefer the AAO, did you maybe get used to it before getting the EEE10?
Sound is also supposed to be significantly "whinier" on the AAO, distracting in quiter classrooms for instance.
Also the only Aspire One's selling in Canada are Bilingual, which totaly messes up with the keyboard layout, one of the bigger let downs for me. Maybe if they offered english only versions up here but doesn't seem that way.
I stand corrected-- both computers do use LED backlighting. I've corrected my breakdown spreadsheet to reflect that.
@blzd:
I just installed an updated touchpad driver on the 1000H which disables touchpad responses when typing. This cut down on a lot of the ghost program launching and cursor movements and fat-fingering.
Meanwhile, the keyboard and each key on the keyboard of the 1000H is larger than the One's. However, there's something about the tactile response and maybe even the spacing of the AAO that, even with the hands of someone who's 185m in height (I can hang with the metric system ^_^), results in more productive typing on the AAO vs. the 1000H. It's hard to put this into words.
So even with the my fingers + 1000H's keyboard behaving a bit better after the touchpad driver update, I still prefer the AAO's KB over the 1000H's.
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even with the hands of someone who's 185m in height (I can hang with the metric system ^_^)
185m tall!? maybe I don't hang with metric as much as you, but isn't that like 600 feet?
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