Hi,

Once you've eliminated the obvious (and yes, I did overlook the wifi switch on a laptop one time, but it was a black switch in a black bezel, it was tiny and it was dark. But I digress. The switch on the Acer Aspire One is obvious, and the little orange light above it on the palm rest will blink to let you know Wifi is active).

Anyway, to cut a long story short, take it back and exchange it.

I bought two Aspire Ones, identical specs, different colours. Mine worked perfectly from day one. My wife's worked mostly, but the Wifi would drop out after some indeterminate time. We checked the obvious causes, but since we had two identical models in the same physical environment we concluded that one of them had a problem. After a few calls to Acer and the retailer we got a new one in exchange. It works perfectly.

It's awesome, and I now run Linux on mine.

HTH,

A