Originally Posted by
IsleOfMan
After having extremely high hopes for the Dell Mini 12 and being sorely disappointed (small PATA HD, hard-wired 1gb ram), I'm currently VERY interested in both the Gateway L3103u and upcoming Acer AO751 6-cell models. In comparing the two, it looks like you're basically trading faster FSB and Video Decoding (Gateway) for ~30% better battery life (Acer). Since one of my main uses will be 720p MKV video files, video decoding is up there on my priority list. This, along with the fact that it's available now, has me leaning heavily towards the Gateway. If I can dig up the $50ish in rewards zone certs I have somewhere and maybe a 8-10% coupon, I'll probably pick up the Gateway in the next couple of days.
I played with both (and kept the Gateway), but found the Aspire One to be really, really slow. The Gateway on Windows 7 is a pleasure to use.
It plays 720p MKV's just fine, and it'll even do 1080p WMV files (up to 1440x) just fine when you use the included Windows media codecs under Windows 7.
If there is anything in specific you'd like me to test on it, let me know.