Acer takes lead in price wars: $399 for a 6 cell netbook

If you want an Asus Eee PC 1000H or an MSI Wind with a 6 cell battery, you’ll have to pony up about $550. For about $400 you can get a Lenovo IdeaPad S10, but it’ll ship with a 3 cell battery. And that means that Acer is the first PC maker to offer a netbook with a 6 cell battery, 8.9 inch display and 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU for under $400.

Amazon is taking orders for the Aspire One for $399.95. This version also ships with a 160GB HDD and Windows XP, which means you won’t be saddled with the slow SSD that plagues the Linux version of the Aspire One.

via Engadget

Posted on Friday, September 5th, 2008, 11:30 am by Brad Linder

Rory

What a bummer.
My neighbor has the Acer One with Linux and there is no way I am getting my wife one where I have to worry about virus, spyware, malware, trojans and similar Windows crap.

She doenst have to get a Mac but I sure as hell am not trouble shooting a decrepid 8 year old OS.

The thing that is holding me back from buying the Acer is the horrible battery life.
They come out with a cheap 6 cell batttery price and its Windows only.

So its sub 2 hours battery or use an OS I gave up on 3 years ago when I bought a MacBook. Sorry but Im sticking with Linux for the OS.
Nicklas

Damn those computers went away fast Hope it will be available somewhere else during 17-25 september when I'm going to NY.
thax

@Rory:
You can install the Acer Linux on any of the Aspire One computers: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewforum.ph…
Load Ubuntu, Fedora, or even the Original Linpus.

You can even install OS X if you want: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.ph…

Don't confuse hardware and software, you can always change the software easier than swapping hardware.
http://www.zatznotfunny.com Dave Zatz

Tough call – 10″ screen with Lenovo or 6 cell battery. Hmmmm.
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Danbob

Well, well done : less than $400 ! But did you forget that the 1000H and the Wind are 10″ screens ?
Eruaran

So Linux users are forced to pay for Windows if the want the better hardware ? Why should I pay the windows Tax for something I don't want ?
Eruaran

I don't get why these companies even bother to tell us they're offering GNU/Linux. Please excuse the strong language but I want it to be clear how this make a Linux user feel: They're just fucking Linux users over. If I want the 6 cell battery, I have to buy the Windows XP machine, even though I don't want Windows XP. Why am I having Microsoft crapware forced on me ?
Eruaran

So Linux users are forced to pay for Windows if the want the better hardware ? Why should I pay the windows Tax for something I don't want ?
Eruaran

I don't get why these companies even bother to tell us they're offering GNU/Linux. Please excuse the strong language but I want it to be clear how this make a Linux user feel: They're just fucking Linux users over. If I want the 6 cell battery, I have to buy the Windows XP machine, even though I don't want Windows XP. Why am I having Microsoft crapware forced on me ?
Eruaran

So Linux users are forced to pay for Windows if the want the better hardware ? Why should I pay the windows Tax for something I don't want ?
Eruaran

I don't get why these companies even bother to tell us they're offering GNU/Linux. Please excuse the strong language but I want it to be clear how this make a Linux user feel: They're just fucking Linux users over. If I want the 6 cell battery, I have to buy the Windows XP machine, even though I don't want Windows XP. Why am I having Microsoft crapware forced on me ?
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Acer takes lead in price wars: $399 for a 6 cell netbook

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