Hi, I'm A proud owner of Acer Ferrari 4005 WLMi that i've purchased about half a year ago.
Anyway yesterday i saw a commercial about the new Acer Travelmate 8204, and i've been thinking to sold my ferrari to get one of those.
Do you guys thinks it's a wise choice ?
Actually i'm quite happy with my current Ferrari, apart from some problem i had before such as:
-Annoyinglly loud noise from the Slot loading DVD drive (especially when playing some pirated DVD's)
I dont know wheter this is because the "Slot" in design or not, but i thought it will be "quiter on the normal tray drive that's come on the 8204 ???
-Fan Noise that's also quite loud when compared to my ASUS W1N which have Intel's Centrino proc, So i thought maybe the AMD is hotter so that the fan is running in higher r.p.m and producing more noise. I think the 8204 with Intel's Centrino Duo will be cooler and running quiter ???
-Battery life is quite short, actually it's longer when the laptop is turned on without any activity at all, but when i'm doing something heavy eg. gaming, encoding, etc, the Ferrari battery life is noticably shorter than my ASUS W1N with dothan 1,7.
-The Design!!! i really hate the "red" colour on the sides of the laptop, and also i hate the ferrari emblem, and "Ferrari 400" writing on the screen bezel, INMHO it looks very "CHEAP" actually i hate it from the first time i saw it, but i have no choice as the Ferrari is one of the most Powerfull 15'4" machine when i bought it, I do like the "rubbery" feeling on the casing though and also the carbon fibre lid :P. THat;s why i fell in love when i saw the 8204, it's like the Ferrari minus all the reds and emblems that i hate! :P But i'm still confused about the material of the casing , is it the same "rubberry" material ???
ANyway some of other points that i like about hte 8204 is because the centrino duo is more suited to me than the turion64 , cause we'll never know when will the vista's launch and also when will it be stable enough to be used as the main OS. I didn;t game that much,
but i always have more than 2 or 3 program running on my laptop at once.
eg, itunes,firefox,excel, movie encoding software, anti virus , etc. and i thought using the centrino duo will make the lappy run more stable since my ferrari sometimes like to freeze when too much program run at once.
But i did a research a little bit , and saw people complaining about 8204 Screen, Wi-Fi, performance, etc.
As for the screen i thought it's the same with the ferrari ??
both are acer and same 15'4" WSXGA+ matte screen, i mean how different can they be ??
Wi-Fi and connectivity problem i have no idea about it. as i seldom use it but i gues being a centrino , the 8204 surelly come with intel proset wirelles installed like the one on my ASUS W1N. and that program is a little hard to understand , i prefer the built in wi-fi program on the ferrari
Overall performance wise, on the paper the 8204 should beat the hell of the ferrari quite easilly, but i have no idea on the fact, maybe someone can help ?
and also will the 8204 run Hotter than the ferrari ???
Please guide me here, am i smart of dumb if i change my Ferrari to 8204 ???
Or is there any other laptop that match the performance and also small and light enough to be carried around everyday to the offiice ? i will not buy 17" .
15"4' is the biggest for me , it will be better if there are some 12" with about the same spec :P
All the expert, please guide me here, and i'm very sorry about my broken english
but i must make my decision fast casue the price in my country is still not updated, and the Ferrari 4005Wlmi still more expensive than the 8204
Ferrari is US$2590 8204 is US$2300 ( cause it;s on promotion)
Anyway yesterday i saw a commercial about the new Acer Travelmate 8204, and i've been thinking to sold my ferrari to get one of those.
Do you guys thinks it's a wise choice ?
Actually i'm quite happy with my current Ferrari, apart from some problem i had before such as:
-Annoyinglly loud noise from the Slot loading DVD drive (especially when playing some pirated DVD's)
I dont know wheter this is because the "Slot" in design or not, but i thought it will be "quiter on the normal tray drive that's come on the 8204 ???-Fan Noise that's also quite loud when compared to my ASUS W1N which have Intel's Centrino proc, So i thought maybe the AMD is hotter so that the fan is running in higher r.p.m and producing more noise. I think the 8204 with Intel's Centrino Duo will be cooler and running quiter ???
-Battery life is quite short, actually it's longer when the laptop is turned on without any activity at all, but when i'm doing something heavy eg. gaming, encoding, etc, the Ferrari battery life is noticably shorter than my ASUS W1N with dothan 1,7.
-The Design!!! i really hate the "red" colour on the sides of the laptop, and also i hate the ferrari emblem, and "Ferrari 400" writing on the screen bezel, INMHO it looks very "CHEAP" actually i hate it from the first time i saw it, but i have no choice as the Ferrari is one of the most Powerfull 15'4" machine when i bought it, I do like the "rubbery" feeling on the casing though and also the carbon fibre lid :P. THat;s why i fell in love when i saw the 8204, it's like the Ferrari minus all the reds and emblems that i hate! :P But i'm still confused about the material of the casing , is it the same "rubberry" material ???
ANyway some of other points that i like about hte 8204 is because the centrino duo is more suited to me than the turion64 , cause we'll never know when will the vista's launch and also when will it be stable enough to be used as the main OS. I didn;t game that much,
but i always have more than 2 or 3 program running on my laptop at once.
eg, itunes,firefox,excel, movie encoding software, anti virus , etc. and i thought using the centrino duo will make the lappy run more stable since my ferrari sometimes like to freeze when too much program run at once.
But i did a research a little bit , and saw people complaining about 8204 Screen, Wi-Fi, performance, etc.
As for the screen i thought it's the same with the ferrari ??
both are acer and same 15'4" WSXGA+ matte screen, i mean how different can they be ??
Wi-Fi and connectivity problem i have no idea about it. as i seldom use it but i gues being a centrino , the 8204 surelly come with intel proset wirelles installed like the one on my ASUS W1N. and that program is a little hard to understand , i prefer the built in wi-fi program on the ferrari
Overall performance wise, on the paper the 8204 should beat the hell of the ferrari quite easilly, but i have no idea on the fact, maybe someone can help ?
and also will the 8204 run Hotter than the ferrari ???
Please guide me here, am i smart of dumb if i change my Ferrari to 8204 ???
Or is there any other laptop that match the performance and also small and light enough to be carried around everyday to the offiice ? i will not buy 17" .
15"4' is the biggest for me , it will be better if there are some 12" with about the same spec :P
All the expert, please guide me here, and i'm very sorry about my broken english

but i must make my decision fast casue the price in my country is still not updated, and the Ferrari 4005Wlmi still more expensive than the 8204
Ferrari is US$2590 8204 is US$2300 ( cause it;s on promotion)





