I purchased my Acer Aspire One on June 20, 2009 in seashell white for $329 here on Amazon. When I received it a few days later, the only thing not working on it was the front switch that turns the wireless capablity on and off. Because it was brand new, I wanted a fully functional netbook and wanted this fixed. I attempted to do an exchange on Amazon, but they were "sold out" and I could only do a complete return. The option they left me besides that was to contact Acer and have it repaired under warranty. I used the 800 number to contact them and, of course, got someone who could hardly speak English! I was told to send my computer to them in Texas by any means other than US Post and when I asked why they didn't pay postage, I was told that during the Acer netbook setup, it does say that they do not pay shipping for warranty work. I expressed my dismay at that since the netbook was brand new. I shipped it via UPS at a cost of $16. Due to the July 4th holiday, it was not delivered by that Friday because Acer folks were not in the office on Friday. The netbook was returned by the end of the following week and the switch was fixed. My reason for giving this netbook 4 stars is only because of the customer service and having to pay for shipping.
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I deleted all the extra programs that came with the Acer, namely the ones that were only trials anyway. I took off the Microsoft Office package and installed my own. I took off the McAfee package and installed my own virus program. I recently had a virus on my PC that Norton found but could not quarantine or delete and tried AVG to get rid of it, but that didn't even find the virus. I finally found a great program called Malwarebytes [...]that removed the virus and found more adware too. I installed that on the Acer as well. It does come with other useless programs too so I recommend deleting all of them and installing what you need.
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I also use the built in camera to SKYPE with friends in Europe and the picture is good and the sound is just fine. You can take pictures with the SKYPE program of the person you are talking to and the pictures come out perfect.
I used the machine without the power cord to test the timing and got about 6.5 hours out of it. I never got 8 like some folks claim, so not sure how you can get a hour and a half more time out of it, but it's still plenty of time to watch a DVD on a plane or do other things.
The touchpad is a bit annoying and really sensitive. Others have written that they have to press hard on it, but mine is almost too sensitive and I wound up clicking on things or double tapping on things that I didn't mean to. I decided to purchase a Logitech V220 cordless mouse from Target for [...] Perfect size for the netbook and my hand. The usb plug snaps into the bottom of it when it's not in use. I had it next to me while watching TV and it will not work as a TV remote!! Ooops, got the remote and the mouse mixed up!
Overall, I love this little guy and I'm sure it will be perfect for traveling with.
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