What operating systems do you think I should try on it next? Newer versions of Windows? Some Linux Distros? Let me know!
@CodeProfessor2 жыл бұрын
Windows 3.1
@CodeProfessor2 жыл бұрын
Build a Hackintosh with it.
@CodeProfessor2 жыл бұрын
Windows CE
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
If you insist... (Windows 3.1)
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Hmm... I bet I could... (Hackintosh)
@kayleenamanda2 жыл бұрын
It's so fun seeing these old units pop back up! I remember watching movies with you on the tiny screens on trips 🥰🥰🥰
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, yup! That was a bit more convenient when the battery worked but... I guess we could get an extension cord
@MightyRob12 жыл бұрын
I had that same blue one and it was so cool. For what it was, it could do everything, had ports, and was easy to carry around for work and doing presentations with a vga port. It had its place.
@Jeffmylife Жыл бұрын
I legitimately used this thing in my senior year of high school. Installed music notation software on it and made a 4 part vocal jazz piece. I remember my mentor thinking I was crazy and her needing glasses to see each individual note. Good times. Also, Linux Mint works like a charm on here. Haven’t run into any unexpected hitches or anything. Even the webcam and mic work! I mostly use it for telegram when I want to get away from the craziness of my phone for a bit
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
I know quite a few people who used them throughout school! They were good at a lot of things. Will definitely try Mint in the future. Thanks for the suggestion!
@peterwilson5528 Жыл бұрын
I have an Acer Aspire One ZG5 and I have managed to get the video and internet running pretty well using Linux Mint Xfce. The way to do that is to delete all the extra programs like printers, scanners, and word processing. try to remove all extras. I am just using it for watching movies or listening to music. What a shame that there is no way to get more Ram or 64-bit OS. So sad because it really is a little darling of a laptop. If there was a company that could upgrade these I think a lot of people would keep it going. The size and weight are just right. I normally watch movies or music videos whilst having a bath. what if someone could manufacture a motherboard that had a better processor and up Ram it. It is the same for the Asus EEE PC that was well ahead of its time and I still love the one I have.
@gordontaylor4184 Жыл бұрын
I used to have a couple of these. I thought they were great but quickly became outdated. I don't remember what the actual problem was; I think it was impossible to update the browser or OS without major surgery which just wasn't worth the effort.
@mindlessmaggots2 жыл бұрын
For a minute I thought that was the later revision EeePC like I have, but then you had to take it apart to get to anything! At least it has a real SATA port. The shiny blue EeePC has a proprietary SSD that looks like it is a mini-sata connection, but is definitely not. And performance is completely hindered by that SSD. Still, I love these netbooks. When they were released it was an exciting time for a broke kid such as myself who wanted a cheap laptop.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I felt the same way when they came out! I was so fascinated that they could make such a small device could be so functional. Every time I do one of these videos I have to remind myself to not just spend the entire night playing through the games I love.
@tsunamirider9895 Жыл бұрын
Great video! I bought this netbook back in the day (still have it and it still runs great!) and I really loved it. Great form factor, and was quite useable. Had Office 2007 on it and Photoshop 7. Was great for doing print jobs at Kinkos, when you needed to do some quick changes/edit, could do them on the spot. Had a Wacom tablet that worked with it. Also supported DisplayLink, and could hook up different external monitors (such as the Mimo 7, so quite an interesting/portable dual monitor setup). Best of all, with Windows XP, it still supported NetMeeting, and with the built in webcam, you can do point to point videoconferencing (best for LAN setups due to lack of any security/encryption) without the need for a third-party server/connection. Lot's of great uses/memories!
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
I'm always so happy to hear from people who had as much fun with these things as I did! Thank you for sharing
@jojofromthaburg6247 Жыл бұрын
Let’s maxx this thing out in 2023 !! It’s the laptop I use in my car I want it maxed out ??
@muhphone58602 жыл бұрын
Fun to see this video! I actually found this in my closet, it was my Dad's and he passed away in 2016, so it's a bit sentimental to me. I'm in IT now, and I recently slapped Debian 11/Bullseye on it and it was fine (had some issues with wireless drivers, so I'll have to manually move those over). I'm also new tinkering with Linux , but it's going to be a little lab Linux box for me, just for command line stuff. Funny enough, I looked into upgrading this to 2GB and slapping in an SSD, and I was like "how much are these even?". Haha, upgrades about equal the cost of a working one off eBay😂. I'm also a gamer nerd, so it was cool to see it actually handle some games because my initial thought was "no way". I'll just save the games for the beast rig, as Linux + "that" might be too much of a headache to figure out than I'm willing to try.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Sorry that you came across yours under such sad circumstances. But I'm glad you can hold onto it in his memory. I do tend to put more money into upgrades than then units are worth... but it is fun to play with old hardware! Hope your Dad's continues to serve you well for years to come. And thank you for watching!
@muhphone58602 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro Thanks for the kind words! It's ok, time has passed, and that's how life goes. I totally agree with playing with old hardware though! It's kind of a fun way to relive a memory as well, while actually serving a purpose far beyond what my Dad would use it for (get malware on it, and I have to fix it 😂). Speaking of, I'm looking to put in an SSD which seems straight forward. However, not sure what model yours is, but mine is a D255e, which you actually take the *keyboard* off from the top, remove a flex cable, then can access the HDD and RAM stick (I saw that from another video, which is how yours popped up). I was hoping to up to this to 4GB RAM which I've heard here and there can possibly be done, but officially only can be 2GB? You might be more up on that than I am. I'll check out more of your videos, keep doing what you love!
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the delay in reply, I don't always get notifications for replies to replies. I know for my unit, the max is 1.5gb of ram, but later models had more support. That being said, all I could find online is the official message of 2gb as you say. But I've had lots of hardware that the manufacturer said one thing, and the community found out otherwise. So I'll keep poking and see if I can find definite proof.
@unixbuddy Жыл бұрын
My first netbook was an EeePC 701. It was awesome at that time. 😁
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
That was my first one, too! Still my favorite
@xPLAYnOfficial2 жыл бұрын
You should try something lime MyPal. It runs amazing well and offers full modern browser support. Another option for these machines is Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE. It's a modern OS still supported until 2023, and it runs surprisingly good on the machine. Another funny option is Windows 10 (yes it does work), although you have to tweak Windows 10 *heavily* to get it to even be usable on the machine, but it is possible. Also, UMPC Edition does limit you a lot as opposed to the default Home / Professional Editions of XP. Cool video! Let me know if you need any help with stuff like this. I actually have a mild obsession with Atom-based machines (currently at the time of this video I have 12...), including multiple Atom gaming PCs, so I've become quite familiar with optimizing games to run on such weak hardware (at the time of this video I'm currently playing Halo 4 from the MCC on an Atom 330 gaming PC I built on Windows 10).
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you've been having fun with it, too! Always good to hear from people with similar interests. I'll definitely take a look at the OSes you've suggested, and drop you a line if I have any questions!
@omeromer9300 Жыл бұрын
hi,glad to see some poeple still has interest in these beautiful compact machines.I do have asus eee seashell series 1101HA whic has 2gb ram,intel atom and 120gb hdd.I only use programs of 'excel','word' and web surfing.I love to use this computer.I need your help for 'how to get best performance on this netbook' like should i upgrade hdd to ssd,what software do i need etc.Thanks
@xPLAYnOfficial Жыл бұрын
@@omeromer9300 Definitely get an SSD. It makes a huge difference on machines like this. I also highly recommend using Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE. It's the lightest-weight modern OS that will run on this system.
@R.H.D.S6 ай бұрын
Hey there was wondering tho this this pc would make a good headless computer for a home server? And yes it works Awsome on linx mint let me know.
@xPLAYnOfficial6 ай бұрын
I mean it has absolutely no processing power to be able to be the server, but it certainly could be an SSH client / server monitor. @@R.H.D.S
@lilmancc352 ай бұрын
I just fixed one of these that my sis used back in middle school. Its an 07 modle of the aspire one net book. The best thing acer did was take this model, and make it easier to repair. To get to almost everything, besides the ram stick i believe, i just undo a screw and pop the cover off. I have one running a different version of windows that wasnt half as good as the one in the video though. I hated it even as a kid. It was so slow. But its going to get modded and turned into a retro gaming station. Just wanted to give a little update after 2 weeks of using my xp aspireone. It is extremely capable compared to what i remember my windows 7 (starter) aspire one. I have a few games installed, most of which are low strain, but i have managed to make morrowind work and have played it a bit. Its running a solid 40fps on the little guy, with low graphics granted. I'll be adding and using this thing more in the future. Now im on to my windows 7 dumpster fire of a laptop.
@andreasklindt7144 Жыл бұрын
My red Aspire One D257 came with a non glossy display. I bought it when it was new and it served me quite well until the beginning of the pandemic 2020, when I finally had to buy a newer laptop for Zoom to work properly. My machine came with the horrible MeLinux and I changed it after half a day to Ubuntu 12.04. For my needs it was perfect back then. With games I had a similar expirience. While fps games from the early 2000s worked fine, racing games were unplayable. Dosbox however worked (and works), for the most part, exellent. I upgraded the OS over the years up until Ubuntu 18.04 which slowed it down so significantly, that it became a real pain for everything. Even though I don't need it anymore, I still take care of it. New power supply, new battery, new keyboard, new display over the last decade. It served me very well over the years and I like the form factor of the machine. Today I run antiX linux 19 with xfce4 on it and that works pretty well. With SeaMonkey, a Firefox clone, it is still able to watch youtube videos in 720p, but I don't recommend it since it takes about 2 minutes or more to start the browser, go to youtube and load the video. But it's possible. I still use it every now and then as a typewriter, a pdf reader, to play some old dos games, or to watch some 720p videos from my movie collection. 1080p is really not needed on a display that small in my opinion and just drains too much system ressurces.
@andreasklindt7144 Жыл бұрын
Oh, I forgot to mention: The charging port also had an issue on my machine once. But in my case it could be fixed by resoldering the port to the board. It became a bit loose over time.
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Sounds like it served you very well!
@NexXxus862 жыл бұрын
The N270 is not a dualcore. It's a single core with hyperthreading, similar to a Pentium 4 HT. Atom 330 was the first dual core Atom.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I just found that out in another comment. I was told when I bought my original Aspire One it was a low power dual core processor... I never went back to verify. Thanks for taking the time to let me know!
@NexXxus862 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro dualcore Atoms were more often found in Nettops, and they started using them in Netbooks after 2010ish with the Atom D520. Not to mention the nvidia Ion netbooks, HP Mini 311 was a neat device with great GPU power for its size and price at the time, but the singlecore N270 was holding it back a lot in more CPU intensive games such as Half Life 2.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that makes sense! Sales guy who told me about it probably confused hyperthreading with multi core.
@jonathanhayward1276 Жыл бұрын
The best use of old Acer netbooks is to use them as retro arcade systems. They are better than a Raspberry pi as you can get them cheap from FBMP. Usually the keyboards tell to break with age and the battery on >10 year old laptops are long dead, so no one wants them any more. I have cut up my two different Acer Ones in half and put them in an small arcade cabinet each. I've discarded the keyboard, battery and screen hinges. they run AdvanceMAME with a joystick encoder board, and they look small and neat, they are great for arcade games no newer than 1993. peace, Jonathan
@TheArtOfTechSupport5 ай бұрын
Peppermint would be a interesting choice
@misterx25987 ай бұрын
I used to have the same model in blue colour. It was fun to use at the beginning but later it started to glitch a lot, so I got rid of it and got myself an used triple E pc 900ax model. It runs win XP and it's pretty useble even now in 2k24 :). My only complaint is the battery life of only 2 hours.
@-PolesticoPaulJustineD Жыл бұрын
Ah yes.This is the first laptop I used when I was a kid.My father bought it.I Used to watch KZfaq.Was slow,but I did enjoy some light games.
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Glad you had some fun with it! Not a bad way to get started with computers
@user-lz1wr4uq6f6 ай бұрын
Had the same one sitting ducks for many years in a shelf. I decided last year to try and fix it and after giving it to a friend, he managed to fix it and make it run on a linux software. I used it for some months then forgot about it until I saw your video. Unfortunately as I tried to boot it up, I noticed that even though it seems to boot, the screen stays completely blank. I think it's time to let it rest. It served me well😢
@Elkferace-10 ай бұрын
How did you get Firefox on it
@AjmkkАй бұрын
I still use mine
@danielktdoranie4 ай бұрын
I bought one of these recently to run the Amiga-Like operating system “Aspire OS”
@FriscoFlame2 жыл бұрын
I'm actually thinking of getting one of these and throwing on a REALLY LIGHT version of Linux to use as a writing computer, since it won't be fast enough for me to go do any distractions while writing, haha. Basically a fancy word processor
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I feel like this would be an excellent use for one! I've read that some authors still use machines from the 80s because there is no distractions on them. I think there was even a company a few years back that released a device that was essentially a digital typewriter, and it was pretty popular.
@andreasklindt7144 Жыл бұрын
It is definitly possible. I run antiX linux on my aspire one for exactly that purpose. Tbh, I love it.
@RedneckHillbillyGnR Жыл бұрын
Try Q4OS 32bit version. Really nice on the aoa150 Acer.
@greggregson9687 Жыл бұрын
I have the B model of this PC, and have used it for over 10 years, and gave up on XP long ago. I have had Lubuntu installed on it for many years with no issues, and much faster operation (as fast as this computer can go anyway).
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Lubuntu is definitely on the list!
@nikkilesley252510 ай бұрын
I still use mine as well as my Mac mini. Mine has the swirl on the cover too.
@manueljordan31711 ай бұрын
I bought an "Acer Aspire one KAV60" (color red) - to my sister .... about the RAM it has 1 slot and was upgraded from to 1GB to 2GB - about the OS, it has currently Linux Peppermint 32 bits based on Debian 11 .... now the dmidecode command indicates it can support until up 4GB - Pls, let me know if you have some kind of confirmation if it really supports 4GB as maximum. Thanks in advance
@Krakaet Жыл бұрын
This little guy was my ultimate workhorse throughout college back in 2008. I still used it after Windows ended support for XP! Then i bought an Aspire ES15 and the thing absolutelty sucked. Despite having much better stats on paper, it was a sluggish behemoth that was never efficient.
@titan133760 Жыл бұрын
This was the very first laptop I owned back in highschool. It gave up the ghost by my later college years
@OfficialiGamer2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! The closest I have to that is an HP Elitebook 2540p, but pretty sure it would be miles ahead with its 15w core i7 640m
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I do believe the i7 640 would edge out thr Atom processor, just a little bit... the Elitebook 2540p looks pretty beefy for a small laptop!
@another39972 жыл бұрын
The first Intel Atom and i7 CPUs were released in 2008. They were at opposite extremes of performance and power usage. The i7 had a TDP of 130W compared to the Atom's 4W. The Atom was designed specifically for low power draw and low heat generation, at the expense of performance. Long battery life and minimal cooling are great for ultra small laptops, netbooks and tablets on the move. The i7 was completely the opposite... blistering performance, but lots of heat and much higher power draw, even in 'mobile' form. It's a case of priorities.
@J-D_2 жыл бұрын
Netbooks are cool!
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
You're cool!
@RougeTheGato5 ай бұрын
watching this on a aspire netbook! i installed a linux distro on it and while it isnt necessarily fast, its great for basic web browsing and typing.
@RougeTheGato5 ай бұрын
the small size is porbably the biggest advantage of it since it makes it very easy to take places, easier to take places than most other laptops.
@chrispunks832 жыл бұрын
Looks like it would make a good portable emulator system. Downloading the Direct X End-User Run Time files should sort the problem with NullDC. I would be interested in seeing a lighter Linux distro (eg Damn Small Linux) running on this.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I'm a little embarrassed to say I didn't know there was a package of supplemental DirectX files available. Thanks for letting me know! I'll add the Linux distro to my list. Might be fun to test a bunch of them on it and see what offers the best experience.
@tromick Жыл бұрын
I used Acer Aspire One 751h 2GB, 160GB HDD, Z520 1.33Ghz in 2011 summer. High school life was waiting for me. I bought this (asked my dad of course lol) because I could not use my sister's laptop. It was too much personal for her and it was not like family computer. I bought this cuz I was the smallest in my class and I found this machine suit for me, for my fingers, school bag etc. When I bought this and went to car, waiting my parents coming back from bank, used it and found it soooooooo slow! I could not say anything to my dad because my sister, my dad warned me that "Look, it does not have DVD unit, it is small computer, like really 'small' in every aspect." and lemme tell you that my dad is not using any computer in his life. I knew DVD lifespan was going to end so I really did not care. When we came to home, I told my mom and she was like "I knew it, why you did not listen your sister and father?". WTH! We have tried to refund but of course it is rejected. It was display product by the way and nobody have bought this for a year. The only laptop I loved was this one because it was 11.6" not 10 inch and it was THIN. (Later on Ultrabooks came on with higher specs and higher price and I was sad.) Unfortunately I sacrificed N atom CPU for this big screen, slow netbook. I saw Asus EEE PC on the net and checked all wiki model list sites in 2010 but there was not chance to buy it. A month later, in different tech store, I saw HP DM-1 11.6" minibook and it had better CPU and GPU and it was like real semi-laptop thing. The look and the specs. Gosh I was SOOOOOOO SAD when I saw that! Anyway, I formatted PC to Windows 7 Starter, updated BIOS, it become better. This minibook thought me patient with it's speed and all Windows features, tweaks so I know them like my name right now. I was closing some services and all the other tweaks and it was giving me some speed. Some specific flash player version to run my DDTank, Transformice game smooth, not pepperflash etc. With HTML 5 coming, it become harder to watch KZfaq vids since HTML5 was using CPU like hell. But I really loved this netbook for any cost because this was my, FINALLY, first personal computer. I bought this so my sister could not take it from me but it did not change the fact, she took it from me for some months then gave it back. I have tried to use it for nostalgia and due of needing a second computer but CPU was bottlenecking the SSD that I put in. Right now, it sleeps on my right with in the bag forever. I won't sell it in any way, any cost. And I want to add something, In 2018-2019, I was looking for tea cup from Edwardian ages. I was walking in the backstreets of Taksim, Beyoğlu. I saw one semi-café, semi-collectioner old building and the front was like french cafés. There was only one customer in the café side which she was using minibook, can be Asus EEE PC 10 inch, and she was typing in the DOS or something. I found this so excited and at the same time weird because seeing a woman with fashion glass, dress, nails and with a minibook, DOS not a typical/everyday thing. I think she was novel writer because I got that vibe from her and found this very interesting because I have never seen a minibook in real life for past eight years since 2012-ish times.
@robadlers6668 Жыл бұрын
I would have added in external monitor video game playing. May not have made any difference, but visually better.
@robadlers6668 Жыл бұрын
I just restored my Aspire One last night. Doing it for music apps. No need for internet or framerates there.
@Protog3n_pd25 ай бұрын
I used my old eee pc netbook for hosting game servers, surprisingly enough it worked well when it came to hosting unturned server for me and friends, lmao. Was thinking of using it to host for Minecraft servers, maybe something like a simple 1.8 server.
@longdongvondiqenbaum2 жыл бұрын
I like this channel, star trek elite force is a real classic, though Star Trek Bridge Commander was always my favorite. Definitely going to give a sub
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard, Mr. Bob! I am sure Bridge Commander will show up in a video sooner or later :)
@SirPlaysDarkSoulsALot2 ай бұрын
That exact model is actually my first computer lol
@Sb1292 жыл бұрын
I still have my 2011 and 2012 Acer netbooks, one dual boots XP and 7 while the other is running Tiny7
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Do they see much use?
@Sb1292 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro The 2011 one I use if I need XP for something, the 2012 one is for some old games because it has an AMD CPU and a halfway decent iGPU for its size.
@MysticalPerson48K Жыл бұрын
When I had my Acer NetBook I played half life 2 and dooom 3 on it.
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you had fun!
@MysticalPerson48K Жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro Yep I got alot of games to run on there.
@SolidHound8713 ай бұрын
I remember playing Diablo 2 on this thing 😂 ah memories ❤
@kirishima6382 жыл бұрын
I used an EeePC back in 2009. I think it was the 700. I installed Ubuntu which was faster than XP on it because it hits the disk a lot less. Used it while travelling for business. That said, it was just too slow to do anything, even compile basic code, and the keyboard and trackpad were both horrid. Solid it on ebay.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I think the only coding I did on my 700 was qbasic. The keyboard and TouchPad were definitely not fantastic, but I felt like they did okay with the space they had. Mine was mostly used for basic browsing, media consumption, and gaming. So nothing too serious.
@kirishima6382 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro As a point of comparison, I’m using a 1993 laptop for retro game development and it is better built with a good keyboard and a trackball that is miles better than a cheap touchpad. These netbooks should have been better.
@guessundheit64943 ай бұрын
2:15 - Seriously? Take the whole thing apart? My Acer Aspire One D150-1Bb must be a later and improved model, the RAM and HDD are each accessible by a single cover underneath. Likely newer because mine came with 1GB on board, replaced with a 2GB DDR2 stick. 5:35 - I tried installing Linux (various 32bit versions) and nothing worked. I'm putting ArcaOS (OS/2 descendant) on mine to run OS/2 and Lose 3.11 applications. For fun, not productivity, and offline only.
@electroid8119 Жыл бұрын
I bought this exact one off eBay for 8.50.. needed new cmos battery, charger and laptop battery.
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great deal! Having fun with it?
@electroid8119 Жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro yes I got a new battery and accidentally ordered the high capacity 8800mh one so it now lasts about 10 hours! I have installed windows 10 but it's as expected super laggy right now. Keyboard is so worn that i ordered a replacement new one. I need to give the cpu fan a good clean. It's pretty solid, but need to finalise a stable OS.
@Marorrai Жыл бұрын
Great informative video, thank you! I'm wondering which which disk cloning utility would you raccomend in the case of an SSD swap with Win11?
@Cyko.. Жыл бұрын
Since this video is about the Acer Aspire One, you don't want to do that. Even Windows 10 runs like hot garbage.
@supjay394510 ай бұрын
Typing on an aspire one now. Even after upgrading to 2gb ram and ssd, theres lag. Almost could n't use the browser because i'm on XP and the date and time couldn't update. I do love the "Glide" option on the mouse. I tap the touch pad and the mouse glides that direction with momentum. But I'll prolly recycle the screen and turn it into a monitor.
@LovelyAlanna2 жыл бұрын
you should install Windows 7, that's what I put on the little bugger and it works just fine with the ram upgrade and the ssd, I also suggest you use mypal as the web browser, enable mobile mode for youtube and you're good to go
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I think I will try all of these suggestions! Thanks for the info!
@irigormo Жыл бұрын
I tried Puppy Bionic Linux on it just today (frugal install) but I maybe I should try to upgrade memory and hdd too. It seems much snappier than XP ever was even running from USB. thanks for the vid.
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Glad to hear you found an OS that gives better performance
@PippeML2 ай бұрын
What is the "most-modern" OS this Aspire One can get? I used to have this one way waaay back in 2007 (I think) Im thinking of re-buy it in eBay for the nostalgia... but if the browsing experience is this slow I rather not... that's why I was wondering maybe an Ubuntu distro thta supports more recent browsers... or maybe Win 10 (LOL I don't think so).... ?
@Erikcleric2 жыл бұрын
I just took out my dads old Acer, i always remember it being quite snappy. Bought in early 2009, used up until 2015 or so. Anyway, my dad had rendered it unusable, he had way too many programs on it than it is designed for, it would constantly restart itself,, but a fresh install of Win 7 and bam, it works beautifully. Im not going online with it, for now i just put Ultimate DooM/ Doom 2 and Warcraft 2 on it, could be a nice setup for some classics of my GOG library and perhaps Snes emulation. :)
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like it's going to have a wonderful second life with you!
@onkelhiphop Жыл бұрын
I just got three of these machines for free one of them was completely dead and one was functional with Windows 7 installed, the last one I have a big problem with, when I’m trying to install Windows 7 it won’t recognize the hard drive, I tried different hdd but it just won’t work and when I got it windows 10 was installed and running but really slow does anybody have any idea why, It worked with the first one, 🙏
@angelarizmendi6884 Жыл бұрын
I still have mine, I plugged it but the charging light is orange, do you think it might be gone for good? or what could be the issue?? great content btw
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
What happens when you press the power button while it's plugged in? Glad you enjoyed it :)
@CodeProfessor2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how hard it would be to pull the motherboard out and replace it with a Pi 4 compute module.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, probably not terrible. Finding a driver board for the LCD, keyboard, and TouchPad would probably be the trickier part.
@another39972 жыл бұрын
As a technical exercise, it's probably doable. As a practical upgrade, there's absolutely no point. You can get a much more modern, more powerful x86 laptop than this one for peanuts. If you specifically wanted a Pi based laptop, there are simple kits available that will do a much better job, albeit in an overall bulkier package.
@nigeljukes9824 Жыл бұрын
hi there, during a clear out we found an aspire one, is it possible to connect to the internet? we have the same battery issue as yourself...running on the power out let...can it be saved ?
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
You'll probably want to switch to a newer lightweight distribution of Linux for using on the internet, but absolutely
@infinity2z3r072 жыл бұрын
My Dell mini 10's charging port also went bad. Lucked into a $3 replacement on ebay a couple years back. Must be a common failure on netbooks. I always meant to get a DDR2 800 module for it bc I think it shipped with DDR2 533 Interesting the Aspire One has a blower cooler. The mini 10 is passive, so it's a toasty boy unfortunately. Does have a very nice trackpad though and no soldered RAM. I'll try to dig it out to run 3dm2001se and report back lol Atom N270 is single core (hyperthreaded) btw :)
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Look at that, you're right! When I picked up my original Aspire One back when they were new, one of the selling points from the sales guy was that it was a low power dual core processor... and I never went back to verify! Thanks for the correction. And let me know how yours does in the benchmark!
@infinity2z3r072 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro I slowed down the vid to catch a frame of the settings you used haha. Score 3024. Score 2940 at 1024x600 32 bit. It loses almost nothing with the increased gpu load. Very capable for many old games
@jonathanhayward1276 Жыл бұрын
Dont try installing Windows 10 on these Acer netbook. From a licence point of view, you can still do a free upgrade from Win7 starter (on my Acer One D250 and D260) and it will work. But, it will be so miserably slow you will hate it. And upping the RAM to 2Gb and SSD replacement make a fat load of difference. Control alt Del reveals the Atom 1.6 cpu is running 100% of the time when doing nothing.
@power2daaplayer304 Жыл бұрын
this is how i was introduced to pc games and pirating lol remember getting this at walmart, thinking all laptops were the same like xbox or ps3. to be surprised that there were better ones. still enjoyed it tho, installed windows 7 and linux at one point. had games like halo, half life. i still have it but sadly ive never got it to turn on again
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you had a lot of fun with it! I hope you get it running again one day!
@Strohann501 Жыл бұрын
funny how you say tripple e pc. in germany it was promoted as epc with a long spoken e
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
I think I'm in the wrong. Everyone else says ePC with a long e. Just didn't know any better when I got it
@CREAMLINE-jp5kg4 ай бұрын
Help me, i already changed the ram but theres no sign of turning on, but if i remove the charger the screen will blink white faster. But the Buttons ang lights are lighting.
@mindsetmotivation9124 Жыл бұрын
Yes I have one lol. Same color and everything... it does not connect to the internet anymore. Any reason?
@ometec Жыл бұрын
Which cloning software did you use?
@julialegarde3005holduppp10 ай бұрын
Hello can you send me the details of the parts you ordered for this i got one exactly same color too i want to up grade it for games too but i havent got a clue of the parts to ask for or order 😢
@arielrojas287 Жыл бұрын
I have linux on my old laptop works ok
@slavaukraine5117 Жыл бұрын
Hi i have this it keeps saying “no bootable device please insert boot device” what do i do pls help
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
So, it basically can't find a drive with a functional operating system on it. Is this a laptop that you've had for a while and stopped working, or did you get it this way?
@slavaukraine5117 Жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro i bought it and it worked great for awhile and at some point i went to get on it and that happened, what should i do?
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Step one would be to go into the bios and see if it detects the hard drive.
@slavaukraine5117 Жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro how do i do that?
@slavaukraine5117 Жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro do you have a discord i can send pics and all?
@chrisbonney7563 Жыл бұрын
You can replace the wifi card with a newer one that also supports 2.4 and 5, I can get 150mbs on my Aspire One
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Good call!
@urnville2 жыл бұрын
I found one in my grandmas basement, the screws are rusty and the ports too, i cleaned off the rust off the ports, but i dont know if its working or not
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
If you feel comfortable enough to open it up, you might want to take a look at how much corrosion is on the motherboard before trying to turn it on.
@urnville2 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro i did
@urnville2 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro it works
@urnville2 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro but the screen is broken
@Santicstoner6665 ай бұрын
Ive been trying to find a chanrger for mine forever 😭
@user-bz3jp9wy1m2 ай бұрын
amazon 14 pound
@PArabski Жыл бұрын
at 06:08 (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fKyCidtlxJrRfH0.html) you talk about video playback. i've got exactly the same machine (although a white one) and while tinkering with it i've found out that: 1. vlc is too "heavy" (i know, it's weird) 2. 1080p playback is just too much for this little guy. BUT - if you limit yourself to 720p and use Media Player Classic (HC or BE) it runs well enough for video to be watchable. weird thing with VLC is that it's (also) based on ffmpeg - just like MPC, but it's still too much to play (720p) video smoothly. conversely MPC does the job! so - with standard VGA out this machine could easily become 720p media player. cheers! 😎
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! MPC used to be my fallback for low powered hardware, but I kind of forgot about it after I started using VLC. I appreciate the reminder.
@carmelomottolese1149 ай бұрын
Atom n270 è single core! Atom n570 è dal core!
@user-po8cy6sv5x6 ай бұрын
what charger can use to this loptop?
@watercat1248 Жыл бұрын
Why you don't add Linux I mean yes for sure Linux is not the same as windows but at least is light and is still supposed And netbook still give you the option to Chenge os
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. The next video featuring this netbook will be trying different operating systems
@jimtaylor201 Жыл бұрын
I Have the Acer One with N450 and 2GB of memory - Oh My God this thing is basically unusable for anything !!! I installed windows 10 and updated it to the latest release and updates [ that took about 8 hours ] and then ran CineBench R23 - it took about 4.5 hours for a single pass and scored " 61 " [ to put that into perspective a Ryzen R5 3600 scored 8942 and took about 2 minutes to complete. ] I tried a light version of Linux on this and it took for ever to do anything - forget about compiling most things from source it's just took slow for almost anything.
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
I haven't had a chance to run through any other operating systems yet, but it sounds like it's not going to be a ton better.
@debbiesmith500 Жыл бұрын
Where can you find windows 10 for this,,,mine basically cant do anything
@LucaBlightOfHighland2 жыл бұрын
Better fingerprint magnet than rubbery finish, ready to self-destruct in a couple of years like a letter of instruction for inspector gadget.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I'll get you next time, gadget! Next time!
@alexquencholara339 ай бұрын
Does Linux mint/haiku os work in here?
@axlet Жыл бұрын
Hello! Can i buy acer aspire one 722/725 c-60 amd for films and easy games?
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
It would probably me alright for 720p video and fairly old games. It contains an APU, which wasn't super capable for gaming to begin with. But if you want to play some classics it should prove to be fun.
@ilovepepsi6670 Жыл бұрын
Intel n270 is a single core processor
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
Correction is made in the pinned comment.
@ismaelnakkar88552 жыл бұрын
I just got one from a laptop lot battery the laptop turned on but showed no picture whatsoever I played with the ram it didn’t turn on it was found in a Storage unit and you describe the motherboard was dead I think it may be yours I live in New Jersey
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting me know! But I'm in Canada, so likely just a coincidence.
@mikebuck6750 Жыл бұрын
Just to correct you the n270 is not a dual core its a single core with hyoerthreading. I have both versions of the acer aspire one the one with the hdd and the other with 8GB ssd. I actually use it for configuring network gear. I use Linux on it.
@patrickandrewsantosyt6298 Жыл бұрын
Can i buy this hardrive this 2022
@PNPRetro Жыл бұрын
It uses a standard sata interface so any 2.5" sata hard drive should work!
@scottmccluremcclure3916 Жыл бұрын
Chrome os flex
@axsyspy2495 Жыл бұрын
😅😅😅
@taranburns Жыл бұрын
What is this music 😅
@dedalodedalo2392 Жыл бұрын
Please help me Greetings from the year 2023.04.27 I want to buy a 14" notebook or laptop with a 2-core 4-wire processor that has a speed of 3.5 GHz or more in turbo boost with 8GB of ram. What brand and model do you recommend? Thanks for your reply. Help me please! Saludos desde el año 2023.04.27 Quiero comprar un notebook o laptop de 14" con un procesador de 2 nucleos 4 hilos que tenga una velocidad de 3.5 GHz a más en turbo bost con 8GB de ram. ¿Qué marca y modelo me recomiendas? Gracias por su respuesta.
@wowitsshit97342 жыл бұрын
I do not like this laptop.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
Would you say... wow it's shit? Seriously though... I know they aren't for everyone. I wish it wasn't so glossy and the TouchPad didn't suck. But I still enjoy playing around on it!
@wowitsshit97342 жыл бұрын
@@PNPRetro yeah i just don't like it, simple as.
@PNPRetro2 жыл бұрын
I respect that!
@another39972 жыл бұрын
@@wowitsshit9734 I wonder why some people feel the need to reply to KZfaq videos, just to tell the world they specifically don't like or aren't interested in something, without any reasoning, explanation or discussion. Especially something as obscure and unimportant as an old netbook. I don't like rap music, Opera, football, cricket or eating eggs... but I don't go round commenting on KZfaq videos which cover those subjects, just for the sake of it. I just don't watch them.