The Wifi light on the front doesn't, but my experiences with an A110 lead me to believe that installing the backports will fix that - I'll post the results. Audio, USB, SD Cards, Wifi, Lan all seem to be working. It really was as simple as: download the ISO, burn a disk (I have a USB DVD RAM drive), boot the disk, choose install, provide user info and select the simple options for everything else. Makes installing from CD or booting from a USB very easy. One nice touch is that the bios supports an additional function (you press F12 at boot up) that allows you to choose the boot device. The screen is nice and clear and bright, and the unit has all the expected ports 3xUSB, audio in/out and SD card.
Other things worth knowing about the unit: the D150 comes with a 6 cell Li Ion battery that gives up to 6 hour use, the keyboard has a full right-hand shift key and (unlike my old EeePC 900) has proper page-up and page-down keys rather than function key combinations.
If you're read my other blog posts, you'll already know that I'm not a fan and it won't suprise you to know that Windows XP didn't last 24 hours before I wiped it and installed Ubuntu 9.04 - my current favourite operating system. The Aspire One is also not available as a Linux option - it's only available as Windows XP. I've always though that this is a rather mean policy when you're selling a device that doesn't include an optical drive, but maybe that's just me. The unit itself comes put of the box with the usual manuals but does expect you to burn the reinsallation and drivers disks yourself. I've had an AAO D150 for 5 days now and I have to say that I'm entirely happy with it - my only complaint is that I wish I'd had more time to spend on it!
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