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Title: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: crawff on August 20, 2011, 12:30:12 PM

Hi,

Can someone tell me if the Acer Aspire One ZG5 is any good for AROS?

Someone is selling one for around £90 in like new condition.

Is that a good deal?

Title: Re: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: brownb2 on August 20, 2011, 05:15:54 PM

Oooh thanks, I've just seen it on that site too with an 1h13m to go ;)

Title: Re: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: crawff on August 20, 2011, 05:19:38 PM

Err.....not sure what your on about, but have fun anyway.

Title: Re: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: brownb2 on August 20, 2011, 06:31:06 PM

Quote from: crawff;655469

Err.....not sure what your on about, but have fun anyway.

This one went just shy of £100.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-One-ZG5-Netbook-/170682688482?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item27bd7b23e2&autorefresh=true

I've actually got an Acer 110L with integrated 3G and 1.5GB (hardware mod). The CPU is about the speed of a Celeron 800mhz and can run WinUAE (under Wine) but the sound can sometimes lag a bit - I don't know if that helps?

Title: Re: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: ncafferkey on August 20, 2011, 06:49:35 PM

Quote from: crawff;655450

Hi,

Can someone tell me if the Acer Aspire One ZG5 is any good for AROS?

Yes, it's one of the best supported machines for AROS. See http://www.arosaspire.org/

Title: Re: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: brownb2 on August 20, 2011, 11:41:11 PM

Oooh I didn't know about ArosAspire. I think I might try a dual boot for it.

Title: Re: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: kickstart on August 21, 2011, 01:06:38 AM

Quote from: brownb2;655475

This one went just shy of £100.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-One-ZG5-Netbook-/170682688482?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item27bd7b23e2&autorefresh=true

I've actually got an Acer 110L with integrated 3G and 1.5GB (hardware mod). The CPU is about the speed of a Celeron 800mhz and can run WinUAE (under Wine) but the sound can sometimes lag a bit - I don't know if that helps?

I have a 150 and winuae under windows xp runs without problems.

Title: Re: Acer Aspire One ZG5 suitable for AROS?
Post by: brownb2 on August 21, 2011, 10:37:41 AM

Quote from: kickstart;655520

I have a 150 and winuae under windows xp runs without problems.

I think therein lies the problem (my Wine setup for Ubuntu 11.10). The best UAE port imho is WinUAE, E-UAE and others just don't have the functionality so I don't want to go native. Good to know that it's netbook is actually fast enough though, I'll try the latest and greatest and see if I get anywhere. The game Leander is what I use to test.