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post #21 of 36
10/24/05 at 2:07pm
Had it for about 2 months and maybe more. No major compliants other than the battery life. This thing eats up battery like a Ferrari eats up gas. I even disabled all the devices I rarely use (via Device Manager).
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post #22 of 36
10/24/05 at 2:07pm
Had it for about 2 months and maybe more. No major compliants other than the battery life. This thing eats up battery like a Ferrari eats up gas. I even disabled all the devices I rarely use (via Device Manager).
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post #23 of 36
10/24/05 at 4:08pm

my ferrari

Has had no problems and runs great. I use it for live electronic music performances (ableton live software) and dj'ing so fan noise is never an issue. I get a lot of compliments on the laptop when I take it out. I can run several VST appz and no slowdown or loss of latency !! The keyboard is a little strange to get used to at fist and the mouse is worthless. I like my Logitech much better. I also bought a Lapcool 2 for it to make sure it stays cool in a hot club environment.
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post #24 of 36
10/24/05 at 4:27pm
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Originally Posted by twn_domn
Had it for about 2 months and maybe more. No major compliants other than the battery life. This thing eats up battery like a Ferrari eats up gas. I even disabled all the devices I rarely use (via Device Manager).
What were your battery expectations? And how much life are you pulling from a battery?
I frequently see 3+ hours when just surfing and doing small stuff, which is mostly what I do... when gaming... I'm plugged in...
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post #25 of 36
10/27/05 at 5:40am
nice space age i love going to clubs

i have my ferrari for 2 weeks now and the best laptop ive owned. one niche is that i already scratches my carbon fiber lid by puttin it in my backpack which i am NOT too happy about.

the acer ferrari mouse is fine w/ me? yea it does have mini sec sec lag it is suitiable to surfing, application and even it wasnt all that bad when i was playing bf1942.

i have put in my own energizer's 2500mah rechargable batteries. maybe a stong power source might deliver better experience?
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post #26 of 36
10/27/05 at 9:44pm
only problems i had were with the dvd drive.
the cloth type material covering the dvd drive ripped of the plastic on 2 of the drives. 3rd one i super glued it so now iis fine.

Still cant get my ram to run at 200fsb

some parts of the ruberry coating on the outside is peeling off (rubbing off).
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post #27 of 36
10/27/05 at 9:45pm
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Originally Posted by Muddy Mudskpr
Hey guys,
It is so difficult to explain the keys. Like going to the dealer and explaining a noise your car makes.

All of my keys in the area of the Tab, Cap locks, Shift, Q, A, Z, S, X, D,W make a very bad pop sound when depressed, and all the keys click or crack if your fingertip hits the front or back edge of the key.
i think its only your keyboard.
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post #28 of 36
10/27/05 at 9:47pm
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Originally Posted by guilherme
My machine is a great overall piece-of-art, beautifull, great graphics, solid, nice screen, no bugs what-so-ever, however the mouse is worthless to me and that machine REALLY needs a 7.2krpm HD. That will certainly improve it's preformance. Nevertheless, I like it very much and recommend to anyone.
Guilherme
yeah the hd is lacking.
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post #29 of 36
10/27/05 at 10:44pm
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Originally Posted by corrado85
nice space age i love going to clubs

i have my ferrari for 2 weeks now and the best laptop ive owned. one niche is that i already scratches my carbon fiber lid by puttin it in my backpack which i am NOT too happy about.

the acer ferrari mouse is fine w/ me? yea it does have mini sec sec lag it is suitiable to surfing, application and even it wasnt all that bad when i was playing bf1942.

i have put in my own energizer's 2500mah rechargable batteries. maybe a stong power source might deliver better experience?
try using extra fine rubbing compound for automobiles. use cotton for slight rubbing and for polishing. this should get rid of all scratches. hope this helps you....

best regards,

robert
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post #30 of 36
10/29/05 at 3:22am
I'm contemplating buying a Ferrari 4005WLMi BUT...

After further research, I've read rumors that Acer laptops, including this model of Ferrari do not come with OEM XP operating systems disks? This makes no sense! What if I want to upgrade my HDD, or need to reformat the entire thing, or don't want their backup crap taking up HDD space?

Can anyone confirm, or deny this? Does Acer indeed give OEM OS disks? I refuse to buy a computer that has no way to reinstall the OS from at least an OEM disk!
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post #31 of 36
10/29/05 at 3:51am
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Originally Posted by kujoe
I'm contemplating buying a Ferrari 4005WLMi BUT...

After further research, I've read rumors that Acer laptops, including this model of Ferrari do not come with OEM XP operating systems disks? This makes no sense! What if I want to upgrade my HDD, or need to reformat the entire thing, or don't want their backup crap taking up HDD space?

Can anyone confirm, or deny this? Does Acer indeed give OEM OS disks? I refuse to buy a computer that has no way to reinstall the OS from at least an OEM disk!
My Ferrai did not come with OEM disk but if you wanted to you could just get an OEM disk and use you keu that is loacted on the bottom. THis should work I am not totaly sure I have the 4002 that comes with home and I put pro onit so I do not know if this works with ACER but my old ZE1000 this works with.
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post #32 of 36
10/29/05 at 3:54am
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Originally Posted by henesse
yeah the hd is lacking.
I repalce my Crappy THoshiba Drive with my Western Digital and it work alot faster and quiter the Toshiba was noisy can't beleave the Western Digtal is faster since it only has 8mb cache vs Toshibas 16MB also Western Digital drive are the quitest I have ever used and better power consumsion.
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post #33 of 36
10/29/05 at 6:33am
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Originally Posted by henesse
only problems i had were with the dvd drive.
the cloth type material covering the dvd drive ripped of the plastic on 2 of the drives. 3rd one i super glued it so now iis fine.

Still cant get my ram to run at 200fsb

some parts of the ruberry coating on the outside is peeling off (rubbing off).
I wonder if someone else have the same problem, in that case I will have to glue mine too when it comes, was gluing it easy? was it easy accessable?
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post #34 of 36
10/29/05 at 1:39pm
acer does not include an OEM-disk ... but there are recovery-disks included to setup the notebooks software in original state ...

but you also can copy a ms OEM-XP-disk and install a clean copy of windows with the oem-key ...
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post #35 of 36
10/29/05 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by pc.net
acer does not include an OEM-disk ... but there are recovery-disks included to setup the notebooks software in original state ...

but you also can copy a ms OEM-XP-disk and install a clean copy of windows with the oem-key ...

This is a repeat already said that.
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post #36 of 36
10/29/05 at 4:59pm
My only gripe with this system is that one of the speakers don't work. My other gripe is that the speaker that does work makes clicking noises when gaming or watching dvd's. I'm pretty sure the warranty will cover it, but I can't afford to be without a laptop at the moment, and I know when I send it in it will come back with scratches, so i'm waiting a while to send it in. Other than that, it is a awsome system. BF2 runs like a dream.
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