Golem.de have done an excellent detailed review of the Aspire One 110. Good pictures too. It’s in German so I’ve picked out a few key points here and summarised them below.
- Battery is 26.6wh and lasting 3.25 hours in Wifi-on, medium backlight tests. (Minimum 1hr and 46 minutes under a 3DMark test.)
- Fan noise is more than Medion Akoya Mini / MSI Wind but still less than most standard notebooks.
- Glossy screen is a problem outside.
- Smaller than MSI Wind. Larger than Eee PC 900.
- The first intuitive clicks on the mouse buttons will miss!
- Bright backlight
- 134 dpi on the screen is ok. [Up to 180 is usually OK for most people - Chippy]
- CPU steps down to 800Mhz under certain condition. [Same as other N270 devices - Chippy]
- 4.8Gb of the 8GB Phison SSD is free on the Linux version.
- SD card reader is SDHC capable
- Wifi module does not support Draft-n
- 19 second boot time
- Firefox version 2, not 3 installed. [Should be available by upgrade from the repositories I guess. Chippy]
- Included Media Mater software plays MPEG-2 (DVB-T, DVD) up to 8mbps. [Good enough - Chippy]
- Return from standby – 10 seconds.
- SSD Write speed. 7.7MBps [Very poor - Chippy]
- SSD Read speed – 26MBps [Acceptable, not impressive though - Chippy]
- Processor speed test results is 10% faster than a Celeron 900. [Exactly as expected - Chippy]
Highlight is that there doesn’t appear to be any show stoppers and that the battery life is over 3 hours. Lowlights are the glossy screen and a slow 7.7mbps write-rate on the SSD.
Source Golem.de. Thanks for the tip Hanno
July 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
You forgot to mention that they also complain about:
- a rather poor quality of the casing (screen does not completely close; parts on the underside do not fit very accurately)
- a keyboard that is not as good as the one on the msi wind/ medion akoya
The version with the 120GB hdd seems a bit more interesting.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Thanks Nobby. Yup. I missed that.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Is it enough to put you off?
I’m hoping to have a play with one in PC World this weekend, hopefully setup alongside the Advent (aka MSI Wind)
July 9th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Man, some people have all the luck. Still waiting for my pre-order from eXpansys. Looks like it should be a super easy HSDPA upgrade.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I wish reviewers would include the DC input voltage and amperage requirements.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Just had a quick go on an Aspire One. Very fast menu access on the desktop and quick loading of programs. Wi-Fi worked rapidly for internet pages and the screen was very usable and readable. Keyboard had a lot of flex in it. Will wait of the HD version with built-in 3G…