The Aspire One had a rather annoying bug where sometimes it would refuse to wake up from sleep mode, requiring a hard reboot. That made me not want to use it and I used to turn it off after use – requireing a slow reboot ever time. On the 1101HA, I don’t have this bug, and sleep mode is very nice!

For those that don’t know, sleep mode is a feature on laptops where you basically log off and leave the computer in a sleeping state, using very little battery but still being able to wake up straight into Windows. The major benefits of such a system is that a laptop can become more like a smartphone where you can pick it up and check something quickly instead of having to plan it in advance to have time to boot.

Saving those few minutes to get a ready system is very nice for me since I can then use the netbook for quick tasks throughout the day without having to go through all the hassle of cold booting. Right now I’m in the cafeteria at school, 12 minutes until class starts and I just picked up my 1101HA and woke it to write this post.

The upgrade from the AAO was always about fixing minor annoyances, and this was one of them. It’s nice how the small things make the day that much smoother.