The Acer Guy

Sorry guys. You know as well as I do that I usually shun official reviews in favour of your thoughts but this review deserves a standing ovation.

In the UK, Acer has always had a hard time getting recommended but in this June review from PC Pro, not only does it get 5 stars (out of 6), but a nice Recommended award too.

PC PRO also goes as far as to say “the Aspire one is absolutely gorgeous.” which just goes to show that the easy ride is well and truly over for the Asus Eee range.

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Just a little something I picked up on my travels for all of you thinking about going the XP route but have an Aspire 2920.

Remember this is not something I recommend as your warranty basically takes a leap off the Golden Gate Bridge but as there are so many of you who ask, I really can’t ignore it.

Hope it helps.

Downgrading Acer Aspire 2920/2920Z to Windows XP SP2

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This is the last video I made of the Aspire One before having to hand it back (sob).

This time I have a look at its word processing abilities, find out (for the Linux / OpenSource illiterate amongst us) whether it’s compatible with Word and also have a check to make sure the webcam isn’t going to give me problems

Can’t think of anything I’d need to add to this machine. Can’t wait till it comes out (and neither can my daughter)!

UPDATE: I managed to totally screw this up and put up a duplicate video. Apologies for the sloppy cut ‘n paste technique… The right one’s up now…

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You want to chat? Can’t think of an easier (and smaller) way of doing it than with the Aspire One.

This is me taking you through the various elements of the interface and setting up a Messenger account and Skype account.

Phew!

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It’s the first thing that came to mind when I first saw the Aspire One.

It’s a pretty smooth process, and all the necessary controls and features are there.

Sweet!

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Obviously I don’t know how to count.

CNET says “it takes approximately 17 seconds to boot the operating system — 3 seconds quicker than an Eee PC 901 — and about 10 seconds to launch common apps like OpenOffice or Firefox”.

Still, whoever’s counting, it’s pretty quick and mighty slick.

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Look what I found…!!!

More coming.

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Just a quick service announcement really.

Simone’s REALLY busy right know prepping his staff for the Gemstone 8920/6920, Predator and Aspire One which means that we’re (he’s) not answering your mails as fast as he’s famous for.

Keep sending them in, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can, or if they’re part of a topic, post them here - there are hundreds (well, three) of people always ready with an answer

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As if proof were needed that you guys ROCK… gronkstergronk has posted a video of his 6920 playing World of Warcraft.

I’ve included his text description here but I’m sure this video is where most of you will stop.

Thanks gronkstergronk!

Hi Guys & Gals,

People have been asking,

Can the New Acer 6920 Gemstone Blue play games?.

Well here is footage of me playing World of Warcraft on it. The sound is awesome coming out of the built-in speakers. My version of the Laptop is only 2.1Ghz with Bluray and 2.1 surround.

But when the laptop is connected to a 32″ Samsung HDTV through HDMI and audio through a Sony Home Cinema Amp from the SPDIF optical output, it’s totally Awesome.

Well Done Acer this Laptop Rocks big time.

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One of the answers to the question I asked in an earlier video was: “I wish Acer would make a much more simplistic webcam program. Something like Mac Os X Photobooth would be nice. SIMPLE to use.”

I’m not sure whether Photo Booth is that much easier to use and in one respect at least, both standard programs lose out to Debut which has virtually everything you could ask for.

Still there’s nothing objective about this. All of them are easy to use, all are free… The choice, as ever, is yours.

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