Blaze The Planet

School Back in Session!

2009-08-31T07:57:00.001-07:00

Well, it is that time of the year and the kids are back in school and we are all on the road to the coming school season. I love this time of the year, not just because I love the nice cold winter, but also because of the changes that take place with the trees and the idea of the holidays coming up! I love to smell those fireplaces that are burning the wood, ah the smell in the air is just marvelous!

I hope that you are enjoying your new school year and that you are able to use your netbook its fullest capabilities.

Til next time!

Danny Blaze

Orientation Cancelled

2009-08-10T18:19:00.001-07:00

Well, orientation was cancelled so I was not able to use my Acer Netbook and share that experience with you. I will be doing some errands tomorrow so that you will be able to come along with me on the trip. I love using Windows Live Writer to update my blog it is just a really cool tool.

Danny Blaze.

My Orientation Experience

2009-08-10T02:11:00.001-07:00

Hello Blazers!

I have a meeting today at 9AM for orientation. I am going to be able to put my Acer Netbook to the test again as I will be using it during orientation to take notes and video that I will be placing here on the blog.

I am amazed at all the tools that make it possible to get things done more efficiently and economically. I am so excited about the possibilities that are available to the small to medium business professional.

One of the main visions that I have is to set up and offer a service that will give the edge to those who really want to take the technology to the next level along with their business or career. Check out what you can do with Windows Live writer.

This application is so cool! I know some of you already know about it and probably use it and that is great. I just get excited about technologies that I discover.

Danny Blaze

Checking out Windows Live Writer

2009-08-10T01:50:00.001-07:00

Well, I am sitting here and it is 1:46 AM on Monday morning and I am typing out this post on my Acer Aspire One netbook. This is of course part of the Acer Aspire One experience. I just discovered the Windows Live Writer and wanted to see how well it works with updating my blog. So with all of this said, stay tuned for up and coming Acer Aspire One experience updates!

Danny Blaze.

The Netbook Experience Continued

2009-07-22T13:21:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been a few months since I purchased my Acer netbook. The more I use it the more I love it! When I first set out to do research on the netbooks that are out there, I found that there were mixed reviews. Some said that the netbook was nothing more than a striped down notebook or laptop computer and was a waste of money. Others were giving great reviews. This was of course confusing but I had to see for my self. I came into some extra money and was at a local store that happen to have the Acer Aspire One netbook for sale. I purchased it and quickly tooky my netbook home.

I was blown away by how small it was and when I got it up and running I was amazed at what it could do. I loaded Microsoft Office 2003 pro onto my netbook and all my other programs that I had on my Acer Aspire 4720z Notebook computer and they all ran without a hitch. So here we are a few months later and I only use my netbook to do all my computing.

The netbook can do more than most think and I believe that this is becoming very apparent from the recent reviews that I have been keeping up on. More and more people are buying netbooks whether they are Acer, HP, Asus etc, people are starting to realize the you really do get a very decent product and a really great price!

I will be back here again to starting talking about what can be done with the netbook, who the netbook would be great for and of course point you to my new netbook store "Danny's Netbook Store".

Until then have a great day!

Resuming the Acer Aspire One Netbook

2009-07-14T14:22:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been a very challenging few weeks. I am recovering from surgery (I had my gull bladder taken out) and I am doing better.

I wanted to get back to my experience with my buddy the netbook (Acer Aspire One). I really enjoy the portability and battery life of this machine. I have so impressed with the capabilities that this netbook has truly become my main computer to handle all that I do in computing.

I will be sharing some screen captures and show how well this buddy of mine really functions as a capable computer. Remember that I am not a gamer and if I want to play a game I break out my son's XBOX.

I will be back to give you more updates as I have promised so that you can experience with me the power of the netbook.

To your netbook success,

Danny Blaze.

A Tribute To The Greatest Pitchman Ever!

2009-06-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning said my prayers and then turned on my radio and heard the news...Billy Mays Jr, had past away. I was saddened to hear this news. As a marking professional my self I loved to watch Billy's commercials and tried to grab some of his genius in my own sales endeavors.

This last week has seen many great people pass each one leaving a great impact on those who either watched their TV shows like Farrah Fawcett, listened to their music like Michael Jackson or enjoyed the comedy of late night show co-host Ed McMahon.

Billy Mays will always be remembered as the greats Pitchman in the world. We will miss you Billy and our prayers are with you and your family. You are now in that great Store in the Sky and we will miss our pitchman Billy Mays Jr.

Billy Mays 1958-2009 RIP

The Acer Experience Continues...

2009-06-23T15:35:00.000-07:00

Hello again and I hope your Father's Day was a grand experience and the eats were great too!

In this experience I have uploaded some videos that I have done with my Acer Aspire One from now on call the Blaze buddy. My Blaze buddy have treated me very well and I just want you, my readers and viewers to see that you netbook can and will be a great tool for every day computing regardless of what the "gamers" say.

So without further adeu here are some videos for your enjoyment! The following video as you will hear was taken using my Blaze buddy at a local downtown Starbuck's, I just love those Frapaccinos! Sorry for the quality, Blogger tends to do that to video. :-(

Happy Father's Day to all the Blazer Dads!

2009-06-19T16:59:00.000-07:00

Well, this Sunday is Father's Day and also the beginning of Summer!

I hope that you have a great Father's Day and that your summer is one filled with good memories, great barbeques and wonderful days at the lake or beach or even just spending time with family and friends in your own backyard.

This is also a great time to get dad that new netbook! There are some really good deals at your local Walmart or on www.tigerdirect.com! Don't forget to get dad a 9 cell battery so dad won't have to worry about carrying that power supply with him all the time.

I wish you a blessed Father's Day and enjoy a cold one on me!

Danny Blaze.

Finally, The Acer Aspire One Netbook Review!

2009-06-19T00:07:00.000-07:00

The Introduction:

I know that this has taken a long time to get put up but I wanted to make sure that I have taken the time to really test my Acer Aspire One Netbook before I actually did a review.

The Netbook that I purchased at Walmart ($298.98) is model AOA150-1887 and the specs are as follows:

160 GB HDD
1 GB DDR2 533Mhz
Atom N270 1.6 Ghz Processor
8.9 Inch Active TFT Screen
Windows Xp Home Edition SP3
On board web cam .3 Mega pixels
Built in mic
Stereo Speakers (use headphones)
3 Cell battery (purchased 9 cell for sixty eight bucks)
Multi card reader and SD Card Reader
3 USB 2.0 ports
Atheros wireless 802.11 b/g Network adapter (built in)
RealTek RTL8102E/RTL8103E 10/100 Mbps NIC Port
RealTek High Def Audio

I could go on and on with the specs but I think you get the point. I will not get into all the bench marks because this blog is for the average user or new computer user. So if you are a gamer or a programmer etc, this blog may be boring for you.

The nuts and bolts of the Acer Aspire One Netbook

When I first picked up my netbook I got it home and immediately unboxed it and found out that I did not get the slip cover which is usually shipped with every Acer Netbook. No big deal, I am going to get a really nice case for it anyways so I can take with me on the road.

Now I want to get tell you up front that Acer Aspire One netbook is not a notebook/laptop computer as the technical terms apply because there is no CD/DVD drive. You have to get an external CD/DVD drive if you need one.

I have installed Open Office on my netbook but it did come with Microsoft Works 8.5 which is doable but not as powerful as Open Office and Open Office is free! I also installed a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Pro along with Google Chrome for my browser and Picasa for my pictures applications.

First impressions

When I first plugged in my netbook I hit the power button and it loaded into windows in about 30 seconds which was faster than my laptop (another Acer product). As I stated I then started to install all my preferred software and then went online to see how the netbook handles the websites that I normally go to. I was very impressed with how my netbook handled each and every website without any problems.

I really like the way the netbook looks and feels and the keyboard is not hard to get used to at all. I thought at first that the keyboard would be an issue because I have big hands, but that proved not be the issue, in fact I really like the way that I can just rest my hands and do my typing with out having to reach for the number keys, back space etc.

Putting the Netbook to the test

I read and watched a lot of reviews on netbooks before I purchased the Acer Aspire One. It got good reviews and the average user seemed to really like it. But the real world applications have to be usable on the netbook or it is just another novelty.

I first installed Open Office and the Acer Aspire One handled this application very easily and worked without a hitch. I also loaded MS Office 2003 and that worked without a hitch either. I installed Picasa from Google's site because I love this program that I use for downloading my pictures from my digital camera. Picasa works really well on my netbook and I just love the ability to be able to upload my pics to my Picasa website and my videos to YouTube.com!

Every Day Use

From here on out I am going to just tell you how my Acer Aspire One netbook works for me on a daily basis.

What will follow below is some movies that I made to show you how my netbook works and compared to my Acer Aspire 4720Z laptop computer. I did a couple of comparisons with the browsers on each machine side by side and such. I hope the videos are clear enough for you to see. I only have a Nikon L10 digital camera to shoot my vids so please bear with me.

The first video shows my netbook (Sea shell white) next to my laptop.

Second Video talks about size also but other qualities and comparisons.

This third video shows the brightness screen comparison of both computers.

This fourth video is a continuation of the screen comparisons.

This next video is a performance comparison with loading a website www.pcpitstop.com using the Google Chrome browser on both machines.

Now this last video on Internet performance is showing the capability of the netbook compared to the laptop. Remember that the laptop has a dual core processor and the netbook has a single core. Also, my Internet connection is only 1.5 Mbps and the buffering is most likely due to the Internet connection as opposed to the performance of the netbook.

That does it for this segment of my review of the Acer Aspire One netbook. I hope that this was benefitial to you. Stay tuned because I am going to be continuing this review by doing more video for you as the days and weeks go on. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

All Things Netbook

2009-03-15T22:45:00.000-07:00

Hello Danny Blazers.

I set up this blog to share my experiences with my netbook. I only use a netbook for all of my computing needs and it has served me well. I am actually using my netbook to set this blog up, to do my videos on YouTube.com and to do a weekly show online that be live very soon.

I truly believe that the netbook is a fantastic way to compute and get things done on a daily basis. I have read many, many reviews on the different netbooks from Dell to Acer and I personally decided to purchase an Acer Aspire One AOA150-1887 for $298.00 US. I also decided to purchase a nine cell battery and now I don't need to lug around my power brick to make sure my netbook doesn't die on me during an important meeting or giving a presentation.

Netbooks are not as Scott Gilbertson in his article on Monkey_Bites, "Why Linux Will Crush Windows 7" April 23, 2009 he says, "netbooks are not crippled laptops, they're laptops that are good enough".

When the netbook first made its splash on the computer scene way, way back in 2007, they had small SSD (solid state disks) that were only 8GB or 16GB and had maybe 512MB of RAM. Now they have 160GB HDD (hard disk drives) can have up to 1.5GB to 2GB of DDR2 RAM. The screens are 8.9 inches to 10.1 inches and the keyboards are doable depending on the brand you buy.

My Acer has a 8.9 inch screen, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 160GB SATA HDD, the ATOM 1.6Ghz N270 processor and Windows XP Home Edition. Yes, I am a PC and better than that I am a netbook PC.

I hope that this blog will help to inform the average user and maybe even the road warrior on the good, the bad and the ugly of netbook computing. I will be very honest and do my best to dispell any hype and any BS on what the netbook is and what it is not, and it is NOT a crippled laptop but a laptop that is good enough.