Aspire One ZG5 (Linux)

Is the One the one?

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  • Expert Rating

    3.75 / 5

  • User Rating

    3.50 / 5 (of 12 Reviews)

  • Price

    $ 599.00 (AUD)

User Reviews:

1

Mike AlrightSun 16/10/2011 - 03:31

  • Pros
    Me
  • Cons
    Stupid girls

Lisa said: "i dont want to get rid of this one becus i have everything on it." - CORRECTION: You HAD everything on it. Being that you did not take care to back up your data (as I am sure you expected your government to do it, like everything else) tough luck. Oh, and there is a thing called tech support help sites and this is a review not a tech support website.

Rated this product:
2.5
2

Ulf ThorénThu 15/09/2011 - 19:19

  • Pros
    prise and size
  • Cons
    battery life

I have used Acer Aspire One for three years now. It was very easy to install good programs like Gimp, Skype, gedit, mysqlserver, php5, apache, OpenOffice and so on the the original Linpus machine. I even installed Mobile Broadband with Huawei E169 but that was not easy.
However I changed to Ubuntu and it worked very well.
Today I have installed Fedora 14 -i386 and the machine is perfect. I connect to mobile Broadband through Huawei E1820 without problems which was not possible with Ubuntu.
I do like my Aspire One with LINUX

Rated this product:
4.0
3

yinkaSun 07/08/2011 - 23:30

  • Pros
    help me solve this problem
  • Cons
    not bad

please help me if can expand my hardisk 8gb with 16gb sd card please help me because i love this system thanks

Rated this product:
2.5
4

bazingaSun 07/08/2011 - 04:30

  • Pros
    light, attractive design
  • Cons
    OS intallation is by usb only, limited space(8gb)

my netbook came with linpus linux(hated the os). i immediately changed to ubuntu.Loved it, tried to install xp in my 8gb hard drive(Windows consumes min 8gb space on a drive)but was unsuccessful.But now i am using jolicloud v1.2.and i like it.

Rated this product:
3.5
5

FaaSun 07/08/2011 - 04:14

  • Pros
    Size
  • Cons
    Doubtful about Window installation

I am using Acer aspire one zg5 aoa110, having doubt about installation of window xp etc. Anyone having service manuals then let me know about it.

Rated this product:
3.0
6

REJITue 19/07/2011 - 15:31

  • Pros
    SOUND
  • Cons
    BROWSING

MY WIRELESS NOT WORKING

Rated this product:
1.5
7

Khan Sun 17/07/2011 - 20:47

  • Pros
    Niazi
  • Cons
    Niazi

m notbooks zg5 model... its motherboard chip is dead do u know its repairable.........&&&&... whats orignal PRICE OF ACER ZG5????????? kindly any one reply

Rated this product:
4.5
8

wasiFri 08/07/2011 - 06:42

  • Pros
    everything except battery
  • Cons
    battery timing

I bought it second hand 4 months ago its simple and best I am loving it my decision to buy this is proved to be great

Rated this product:
5.0
9

SebastianWed 29/06/2011 - 16:07

  • Pros
    Size, display quality
  • Cons
    Not friendly to scale

My acer zg5 HD stopped working, changing it was quite difficult. (also upgrading its memory). No service manuals available, but lot of videos on youtube on how to do it. (Perhaps a bunch of people with the same problem?)

Rated this product:
4.0
10

sumit kashyapTue 10/05/2011 - 22:47

  • Pros
    acer
  • Cons
    acer

best and very useful

Rated this product:
5.0
11

ashrafMon 04/04/2011 - 23:11

  • Pros
    install windows 7
  • Cons
    need install windows 7

can install windows 7

Rated this product:
2.5
12

mussangzFri 25/03/2011 - 13:16

  • Pros
    small, nice and easy
  • Cons
    hard to install another OS

I've installed ubuntu 10 netbook version into my old zg5 and it works perfectly great but it took half of my 8GB SSD. Browsing or downloading are better than previous os. Thanks Ubuntu!

Rated this product:
3.5

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