NetbookTech

Speaker of the Acer Aspire One netbook, two new reviews of the netbook have appeared over the last week. The first review is from the good folks at SlashGear who had this to say:

The Aspire One has been a pleasant surprise.  There’s a feeling that Acer have developed everything, made every design decision and hardware choice, with the mantra “don’t price it out of the market” ringing in their ears.  The end result could’ve been a cheap, flimsy, carbon-copy netbook, but turned out to have more neat touches and design strength than machines $200 more expensive.

Meanwhile, the folks at TrustedReviews wrote up a review here on their website. This one is a far longer review and after reading a few pages you’ll see that the author has a slight bias for the ASUS Eee PC 901. Of course it’s also worth noting (and the author does) that the 901 is more expensive than the Aspire One. Here’s the verdict from TrustedReviews:

If you want the cheapest 8.9in netbook out there with the second-best keyboard, the Acer Aspire One is currently the one to go for – though the Asus Eee PC 901 offers better value if your budget stretches further. However, if the 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM version of the One becomes available with a six-cell battery, at a price that still undercuts the Eee, Asus will have a serious battle on its hands.