Acer Aspire One 725 (NU.SGQSI.009) Netbook (APU Dual Core/2 GB/500 GB/Linux/256 MB)

"Loving it! I have been using this Laptop for 6 days....here's my feedback. Installing Windows 8 was a task. When I tried installing win 8 64 bit, it gave some strange error "irql_not_less_or_equal" just before finishing installation. Same results with 32 bit. Win 7, 64 bit installed just fine. Then upgraded to Win 8 but again got some serious kernel error. It attempted to repair by itself and after 15 mins....I finally got the Win 8 desktop. Since then, the laptop has been flawless. I got this laptop to carry it around and work on MS office. This is absolutely light, awesome blue colour...good overall finish, good keyboard, occasional skips due to touch pad....but that can be handled by turning off the tap option. Its better to use a Bluetooth mouse. The USB 3 port gives a transfer rate of 24mb/s with a usb 2 device..whereas the same device when connected to a USB 2 port gives 19 mb/s. Not checked with USB 3 device but m sure transfer rates will be much higher. Battery backup is great at 6 hrs while reading pdf in medium screen brightness. Played HD video with no problems. Overall a lovely looking device that is portable, great finish, good battery backup. U can safely call this a poor man's Ultrabook!! Just a caution: The latest Atom processors have compatibility issues with Win 8.

Oh my God! Where do I start? As much as I'm excited about my new Acer Aspire One 725 - let me take a moment to tell just how awesome my Flipkart experience has been. I have been through hundreds of laptops - in stores and online for almost a month, and then I found this one. After finally settling on it, I placed my order on Saturday morning, and was told to expect delivery in 6 days (which is pretty normal). That evening, I received an email telling me that my order was dispatched (from Delhi), and on Monday morning, I received my Netbook at 10:30am in Bangalore! Flipkart is the only Online shopping site that I know now that processes orders over weekends - they truly are the best in the industry! Now on to the Netbook. After a search that spanned a good two months (or more), I think it's safe to say that in it's class, this specific model of the Acer Aspire One 725 is definitely the best! The Pros: - USB 3.0 - Bluetooth 4.0HS - 500GB HD - HD Display - Dedicated 256MB ATI Radeon Graphics - The colour is awesome! No Netbook is gonna give you a combination of all of these features The Cons: - 2GB RAM (but you can upgrade it) - Linux preloaded (but you can always swap out the OS) - The trackpad keys can be a bit 'clicky' I love how portable this thing is! I'm practically running around the house with it because I can! And the colour is amazing - really stands out from all the other Netbooks out there right now; except that it's a fingerprint magnet, which kinda sucks. For people making the move to a Netbook, it's gonna take some time to get used to the keys, but once you do, it'll be an ease to type on. Where the OS is concerned, you will have to swap it out since the preloaded flavour of Linux is Linpus, and unless you're comfortable with Comand Line - you're not gonna get very far. Getting the Netbook up and running could take you about an hour or more since all the drivers need to be downloaded, so you may want to do that while you wait for your lappy to get delivered. Since this Netbook comes preloaded with Linux, it has none of the Windows Drivers. That being said, this is definitely the best Netbook available right now. Spend a few extra bucks to upgrade the RAM, and take the time to swap out the OS, and you definitely won't be disappointed, cos you're not gonna find a config like this anywhere at this price!