School is starting next month and I'm laptopless (no pictures, please!) so I've been thinking a lot about what computer to get to fill the void.

I wanted a lightweight easy to handle laptop preferably with some decent storage space and Windows XP. I also however, wanted a laptop to play games on when I'm not at home, act as a simple media center to play a movie or game and most importantly have enough power to do what ever I wanted, where ever I wanted.

Theres obviously no way I can fulfill both wishes with one laptop, especially not with my budget and Norwegian prices (highest in the World?) so I started my search for two computers instead. One school, work and general boring stuff and another for entertainment and maybe even to send a message that I'm serious about computers (which I am).

The Asus EeePC really interested me, it's a small laptop which is very cheap, yet I really didn't like the design, it had quite a few limitations and wasn't exactly what I was looking for.


I decided to try the Acer Aspire One instead.