I had been looking at the Acer Aspire w/10″ screen for ages, and just so happened to look at Acer’s website and saw this one with the 11.6″ screen and decided based on such positive reviews on the other model, to get this one.
(Sucks that I had already ordered the leather case for the 10″ model in advance, so it doesn’t fit this one)

Although the specs clearly state that it comes with Windows XP, the product information talks about Vista as if it is what it comes with. It is not, but that’s OK, I like XP anyway.

It’s a very slick looking machine. Small and compact at only an inch thick and very lightweight, but sturdy. It is not a flimsy machine by no means.

Nice bright display, very good resolution on the web cam, and everything is very easy to use and configure, even if you are a first timer.
I had mine out of the box and connected to the wireless signal in my house, and my Sprint wireless card (USB) in about 5 minutes.

At first the volume of the built in speakers seems low..just adjust the built in EQ to give it a little more boost. Having Dolby 5.1 audio output more than makes up for that
Not enough of an issue to take any marks off.

I also ordered an IOGear Blue Tooth adapter IOGear Blue tooth USB Micro Adapter (GBU421) for so that I can add as many peripherals as I want without worrying about the only 3 USB ports, and a Blue Tooth Headset Motorola H800 Black Licorice BT Headset to use for video conferencing. Some models come Blue Tooth ready. This particular one, unless I am doing something wrong, needs an adapter.

I contemplated how inconvenient it would be not to have a drive for installation disks, but just about all peripheral makers have installation software and drivers available freely for download from their sites, so problem solved.

This seems to be the perfect little machine, great for what I need it for, and just perfect if you don’t want to be lugging around a big ole laptop to every meeting, class or coffee shop.

This is waayy cooler !