Test post
Well, I was having problems with my Acer Aspire One netbook, so I reset the configuration back to "factory default" and started reinstalling software. The recovery software worked after the third try--the $!@ing nebook kept running "checkdisk" each time it rebooted. I think I used "system restore" too many times while trying to sort out some Photoshop plugins, and my wireless connection was totally messed up. No matter what I did, it would not connect to my home wireless bridge. It connected fine to the public wifi site in our building, but not my home network. Since reconfiguring the netbook, the wireless connection works perfectly. I just hope I don't have these problems again. Anyway, this post is a test of Windows Live Writer, and the netbook's wireless connection to the internet, now that anti-virus, anit-spyware, and anti-malware software have all been reinstalled. Hackers, $%! off.
This time around I uninstalled some of the "crap" software that comes preloaded. I don't like the Macafee security center, and I wasn't impressed with Office 2007 (it was a trial version anyway). I now need to reinstall Photoshop, and this time I'll just install my few very favorite plugins, and leave the heavy load of plugins on my Toshiba laptop that serves as my "regular" computer.
I was able to hook up an external CD/DVD player, monitor, printers, usb hub, etc. to the netbook without a problem--the one thing I miss is not being able to edit raw files. While they will open in Photoshop, you can't see the whole image on the screen, so editing is fairly useless. The Digital Photo Professional software that came with my Canon DSLR (which I prefer to use for raw photo conversion) won't install properly on a netbook-"insufficient screen resolution." If I was using an external monitor I could increase the screen resolution, but I'm not planning to take an external monitor while travelling around. Defeats the whole purpose of a lightweight netbook.
Recently exchanged a 9-cell battery for a second 3-cell battery for the netbook--I wanted a backup battery but did not realize how large/heavy the 9-cell battery was when I bought it on ebay. The sucker weighed as much as the laptop and propped it up at a very awkward angle. The vendor was nice about exchanging it for a smaller battery, although the smaller battery does not seem to last as long as the battery that came with the netbook. Maybe I will look at a 6-cell battery.
One thing that drives me a little nuts on this netbook is using the "FN' key--after two Toshiba laptops, I'm used to those commands and key locations, and of course the Acer has a different configuration.