I bought one of these on Black Friday (minus accesory kit) and for less than this price.

Mine is red and non refurbished, and I have to say, I LOVE IT.

With Windows 7 Ultimate on it, all the drivers just work when installing the OS. (Including WebCam) I just installed Windows 7 drivers for Intel graphics (added 0.1 points to Aero score) and the Synaptic trackpad driver.

Battery life can be up to 3 hours with the 3-cell if you are just doing light weight tasks and have the brightness down. About 2.5 if you are doing a bit more heavy work. 3-cell battery makes the machine super light and a nice block-like profile, no bulge at the back.

Keyboard is very easy to type on and the layout is standard (unlike my old eee PC 900 from Woot...... HORRIBLE layout on the cramped keyboard.)

Trackpad isn't bad, and once you get used to it is good. It's small, so that is what you will have to get used to -- and it has a slight dead spot at the bottom of the surface where you think it should work but it doesn't. This is very minor.

The unit is super quiet, and even when the fan comes on it's hard to hear.

It doesn't get too hot. The eeePC's keyboard became super hot -- not on this unit. It's just warm.

Screen is super bright but has a very blue cast to it. I found a ICC file online that fixed that problem and it's much closer to D6500 now. White LED backlighting results in orangish reds and not very strong greens, but overall the screen is fine. It's plenty bright, even on the lowest brightness setting.

Overall, this is a great netbook.

meli0112 wrote:will this get to my home before Xmas?

depends on where you live

Three teenagers...three different color netbooks. Think we're in!

Is the Optical Drive a DVD or CD writer?

Does anybody know if this has built in bluetooth?

Not really that great of a deal considering you can purchase a dvd drive for $30-$40 (high end) and this only has a 3 cell battery.

KEEP looking a wide range of dual core netbooks are coming out IN january.

Looks like the black is sold out, still available in red and blue.

Ezpcconcepts wrote:Not to mention if you are that worried about it, you can buy the extended warranty via Square Trade. Here is a 20% off coupon code I got in the mail good until 01/10/10 or the first 10,000 respondents.. HOLIDAYMAIL.
I opted for a 2 yr warranty for an additional $15 bucks which the coupon code covered nicely.

In general, are 1 year warranties worth purchasing?

I asked earlier but no one answered I was wondering if this would be ok to get for my Mom so she can look at pics of her grand kids on or if I should get the one on Sellout or just wait it out for a better deal.

paulhtck wrote:I couldn't help noticing the computer comes with "two integrated stereo speakers". That's great because one stereo speaker just doesn't feel right, while three or more stereo speakers is a bit like gilding the lily.

Somehow two speakers seems just the way Nature intended stereo to be. Who knew?

This made me chuckle.

Crlygrl34 wrote:I asked earlier but no one answered I was wondering if this would be ok to get for my Mom so she can look at pics of her grand kids on or if I should get the one on Sellout or just wait it out for a better deal.

im sure its fine for that. especially with the drive, you could burn cds for her and let her show all of her friends.

Does anyone know about how long shipping would be on this item? I'm looking into this for a gift for Christmas and was wondering if it would ship and arrive in time. Thanks!

-Rhaen-

Oh, Man!

I bought this exact same computer on Black Friday. It's a great little machine. It cost me about $15 less than woot's price, but didn't come with that cool accessory pack. I wish I knew this was coming up, I would have waited.

Does this have built in wireless card?

This is a great deal - I paid $299 for a new one a few months ago, and I absolutely love it. I get about 2.5 hours of battery life from the 3-cell, and I'll probably order a 9-cell in a month or so since I'm using the thing so often.

My parents like it so much that they just wooted a blue one for my dad.

will it ship to chicago by 22nd december?

mycatbucky wrote:Does this have the wireless card to use with my tv to watch instant netflix?

I do not know much about computers.
Thanks.

Yes, it has integrated wifi.

rajeeja wrote:will it ship to chicago by 22nd december?

Most likely. I posted on a board to find out when the last 'safe' day to Woot before Christmas would be, and was told that they'll shift to more rapid shipment methods when needed.

Things do seem to be shipping out faster lately too. My sister wooted the Clocky on sellout.woot on the 7th - it arrived in Birmingham yesterday.

nb587 wrote:I bought the refurbished Acer in October from Woot. I didn't know about the extended warranty-my bad, I hadn't read about it. But, it seems to me that the cost of this might have eliminated the savings of buying refurbished.

I bought 3 the same as you and got the extended warranty. Just in case you were are still interested go to the woot history post page:
http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=9526

click on the Square Trade extended warranty link. Select 2yrs instead of one and use discount code: HOLIDAYMAIL to receive 20% off.

They will still give you the extended warranty as it will start the day after the 90 day warranty expires. Just be sure to put in the actual purchase date and you are golden.

fd16 wrote:Wow, too good of a deal to pass up. Just when I started to look for a good holiday deal for a netbook, woot never fails to disappoint with timing.

This is my first tech buy from woot is worth buying the warranty from square trade?

I did, got 2 years instead of one and got 20% off with coupon code: HOLIDAYMAIL.

I need to buy one Acer and other gateway on sellout woot. Can they combine to one shipment?

rajeeja wrote:I need to buy one Acer and other gateway on sellout woot. Can they combine to one shipment?

No

so this is a better deal then the one on Sellout

Crlygrl34 wrote:so this is a better deal then the one on Sellout

Maybe it's my own prejudice, but I'd opt for the Acer because it is running XP and not Vista. (not to mention the extras)

Which is easier for a person who has pretty much NO computer knowledge? She has worked on a few PC's so she is probably someone what similar with Windows.

In for one!
Just bought a Compaq Mini for $180 on Black Friday, but this is the next best thing!
I read somewhere, maybe here, that the new line of Atom chips are due early next year. Got a feeling we'll see more of these kinds of deals if not better. Gotta unload all these 1.6GHz.

All Woot has anymore is Acer laptops. Working as a computer tech I would advise against buying them

this screams hackintosh

desukashino wrote:You sure this works on the Aspire One? From their website: "(currently supported chipsets: GMA 950 (mobile Intel® 945 family) and GMA 900 (mobile Intel® 915 family))."

The Aspire One has an Intel Atom N270.

Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which is what this Acer has, is the same as GMA 950. Atom N270 is the processor. XD If you don't believe me, here are some vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_89izDdM8YE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VXeYDOCLN0

EDIT: Whoops I meant this
Chipset: Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express is the chipset.

previous woot.

In for one - red one. Hope ppl whom it is meant for like it. It's a pain to choose with so many choices around !

Many dont find it a good deal, not sure why?

I' m not a new wooter just one having problems! I want to buy the Acer notebook and have tried many times today. I have tried to order in every color (red 1st choice) but I just keep getting a denied. My first! Now, I have plenty of money in the account and my son even took the card to the atm to"test" it for problems. Don,t have the pesky pay pal and am using my debit card which I use quite often with woot and have had no denials. Does anyone have any suggestions?

schmoozy

xv7002001 wrote:Factory referb. just as good as new. Never had a problem with any referbs.

A refurb. is not the same as New, because one does'nt know why the system had to be refurbished in the first place.

If a refurb. was just as good, the warranty would'nt be 90 Days, instead of 1 year...

I wish I had the money for one of these. I got a Dell mini a year ago and it never has been very good as far as being connected to the net.

Anyone want to trade? Or you can come stay at my B&B!

I purchase a blue one about 2 hrs ago and I still do not see a confirmation. Should I see something in "My Mccount" under "What you've bought from Woot"?

Thank

schmoozy wrote:I' m not a new wooter just one having problems! I want to buy the Acer notebook and have tried many times today. I have tried to order in every color (red 1st choice) but I just keep getting a denied. My first! Now, I have plenty of money in the account and my son even took the card to the atm to"test" it for problems. Don,t have the pesky pay pal and am using my debit card which I use quite often with woot and have had no denials. Does anyone have any suggestions?

schmoozy

Sounds like you are trying to use a debit card.. not sure if a debit card will work herer on woot...

Ezpcconcepts wrote:Sounds like you are trying to use a debit card.. not sure if a debit card will work herer on woot...

Debit Cards work

I'm still having woot-off withdrawls

If I buy this now, will it arrive by Friday morning? I need to know if I should ship it to my school or to my home address.

Phasmantistes wrote:If I buy this now, will it arrive by Friday morning? I need to know if I should ship it to my school or to my home address.

Typically takes up to 5 business days to ship. I would ship it to your home address.

drtofu101 wrote:I purchase a blue one about 2 hrs ago and I still do not see a confirmation. Should I see something in "My Mccount" under "What you've bought from Woot"?

Thank

I ordered a few hours ago and got an email confirmation fairly quickly. I just checked and it shows up under My Account as well.