Posts by efalis

Rastlin, Do you know what driver to select when installing Cat 6.2? X1600 doesn't come up as an option even after using dhmodtool3 or dhmodtool3.1 - Ed

I tried a Linux install last week. There are some issues: 1. Need to initially boot with noacpi and nopnp. There are fixes for this described at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/acer.html . See the article on installing on the...

Jesse, I've had mine about a week. 1. I haven't had the LAN problem; obviously others have. 2. I haven't had any problems with the drivers either. One problem I did run into was a Logitech service that prevented my CygX...

Sure about that? All of them had the mistaken 667MHz on their sites.

I've got the 8204. Could be a _little_ brighter, but it's more than adequate and very pleasant to work with. No bad pixels either. - Ed

I'm in a relatively unique position. I bought my daughter the lower-spec'ed MacBook for her graduation (woe is me, I have to shake the system down and install some software before I give it to her), and I bought the 8204 for work (well,...

Quote: Originally Posted by felixjo Has somebody tried installing it on a 8204? I just started the mobile catalyst 6.1 installation on mine, got an error message at the beginning (something about an inf...

Quote: Originally Posted by yghs345 same with mine..... grrrrrr a whole week later... punks I understand, but you would have had to pay something like $300-400 more. Of course, there's more memory on the video...

Yeah, I contacted Acer like other, and they said it was a website mistake. I can live with it - it's still a much, much snappier machine than my last one. - Ed