I am looking to buy a new laptop because my old one is out of date. I found the Acer Aspire One netbook and thought it was the coolest thing! But I can't tell if its dependable and worth the money. Would I be better off getting a regular laptop? Tell

A: It depends on what you want to do. If you want very basic computing, then it's for you. If you want to burn CD/DVD stuff, process music or video, then you need a regular, run of the mill laptop. It all depends on what you need it to do.

Also,

I have a new Acer Aspire T180 with Windows Vista Home Basic. I used to be able to send and receive faxes with my old eMachines computer that had Windows XP. Does Vista have fax capability like XP? Do I have to install a Data/Fax Modem? I also have DSL.

A: No. Not with Home Basic.

Faxing- One reason not to upgrade to Windows Vista Home Edition
http://www.barrett.net/fax.html


Windows Fax and Scan
Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise only
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/product

New Acer Aspire. Netbook.

A: You need an external optical drive.

So, which one should i install on my new netbook, the Acer Aspire One? I have much experience with both of them for a long time, and ;like both of them equally but which one is right for my netbook?

A: Hiya,

Please use Windows XP for continuity of service. If linux screws up its harder to get help. If you're experienced in linux thats different. I got XP on my Acer i bought online at Netbook2.com. Microsoft is always better even if it

It’s kind of like why don’t movie producers go into a Pixar movie and realize, “oh, so that’s the kind of movie that everyone wants?”

This Acer is a much, much lesser notebook than a MacBook Air. Just as one example, the MacBook Air has Thunderbolt, which means it has PCI slots, it is expandable. Plug in the Cinema Display and the FireWire and Gigabit Ethernet ports on the display become part of the MacBook Air.

The generic PC makers have no money to re-invest in their hardware platform because they make about 5% margin on a good day, and Microsoft makes 65% margin on Windows. In Apple’s case, they put both the hardware and software together and take a 30% margin, which leaves money to invest in things like developing 1-piece aluminum notebook bodies, developing OS X, developing the iPad.

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