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post #81 of 165
6/22/06 at 8:58pm
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Originally Posted by Chakz
I wouldn't get an HD-DVD drive so soon. You pay a huge premium to get it at release, theres barely any content existant for them unless you make your own, and the burning speeds are terrible. If you wait even as short as 1 year after the release to get a nextgen drive the speeds will have quadrupled and the price will be significantly lower. The blank media will be expensive, you'll need a standalone player for your tv which will be priced through the roof. That's just my opinion, I would stick with the DVD drive and by the time you need HD-DVD it will be time for a new laptop anyways.

Well, If you already have a HDTV, it'll save you having to buy a stadalone player. I just had a chance to play with the new Aspire 9800 (the thing is huge, don't even think about carrying it around) with the HD-DVD yesterday and we had it hooked up to a Dell 2407 and the Last Samurai HD-DVD really looks great at 1920x1200.
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post #82 of 165
6/23/06 at 2:53am
It's official everyone, I am a Conroe/Merom supporter until AMD gets their act together.

I have faith in AMD, but my confidence has been shaken at the recent events. Intel has put forth an huge onslaught and I think AMD will be playing catch up for at least a couple of years until K8L comes out (hopefully it can at least compete with Kentfield).

If no one knows about the new intel chips, check out this link:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=103982

I almost fainted at the sight of some of the fsb speeds that have been running stable.
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post #83 of 165
6/23/06 at 5:32pm
has anyone contacted Acer Corp to see when will the US be expecting shipments of the new Ferrari??
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post #84 of 165
6/24/06 at 2:19am
does the ferari has a spindle or not?
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post #85 of 165
6/24/06 at 8:02am
Cripes, it's been weeks since they showed these things...when are they getting released?
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post #86 of 165
6/26/06 at 9:13pm
Just an update, The F5000 production sample have arrived in the US but it has to go right out for media review so I did not get a chance to go see it or take pictures. Product shipment to the U.S. is still schedule for end of July.
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post #87 of 165
6/27/06 at 7:14am
Well not sure if stuffmag got it right its the 27th June today and so far no sign of the ferrari 5000 or 1000 here in the UK which is a little annoying as I plan on getting the 5000 once its out.

Anyone got any more information on reviews or release dates?
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post #88 of 165
6/28/06 at 8:27pm
e-mailed Acer corp. for info on when will we see the 5000 in the states...still no answer....
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post #89 of 165
6/28/06 at 11:40pm

No Optical Drive on the 1000

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Originally Posted by Bushi86
The 1000 looks amazing, but the 1150...I'm really not liking the Radeon Xpress 1150 though. Do u think they'll throw in HD-DVD as an option for this one too?

It may come as a surprise to many, as I've only seen this stated clearly on one site, but the Acer Ferrari 1000 does not have an optical drive. The other site that I read this on (and you can confirm this by looking at both left and right side photos of the 1000) claims that "instead of an optical drive there is a 5-in-1 media reader."...

Erm... Because we can watch DVDs through memory card slots

Obviously the 1000 really is meant to be an ultraportable and is much skinnier than I'd realized... I think I could get by without the optical drive, though obviously Acer may have to consider some sort of matching optical accessory...
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post #90 of 165
6/29/06 at 5:46am
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Originally Posted by Quotacious
It may come as a surprise to many, as I've only seen this stated clearly on one site, but the Acer Ferrari 1000 does not have an optical drive. The other site that I read this on (and you can confirm this by looking at both left and right side photos of the 1000) claims that "instead of an optical drive there is a 5-in-1 media reader."...

Erm... Because we can watch DVDs through memory card slots

Obviously the 1000 really is meant to be an ultraportable and is much skinnier than I'd realized... I think I could get by without the optical drive, though obviously Acer may have to consider some sort of matching optical accessory...
I thought it weighed 3.7 lbs. At that weight, it should have either an optical drive or some insane battery life and screen size. I actually hate optical drives on laptops...I think the weight should be used for something else. Anyway, I guess we'll see.
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post #91 of 165
7/2/06 at 3:10pm
i need money.
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post #92 of 165
7/2/06 at 10:16pm
I'm heading back to Taiwan in a few weeks and I'll try to find out when will we start seeing the Ferrari.....
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post #93 of 165
7/4/06 at 6:48am
I'm really disappointed that Acer stuck with the Radeon X1600 for the new Ferrari The card is already over half a year old. I'm usually an ATI guy but the Geforce 7600 has gotten better benchmarks than the X1600. I guess its not Acer's fault ATI didn't get a newer card out in time that would fit into the Ferrari 5000. I just can't spend $2500 knowing that the Video Card isn't going to last long. Toshiba has out 17" gaming laptops that weigh 0.5 lbs more than the Ferrari so it's still a portable gaming laptop in case anyone was looking for one but didn't want to carry a 9lb Dell.
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post #94 of 165
7/4/06 at 3:25pm
How about the Mobility Radeon X1800?
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post #95 of 165
7/4/06 at 7:23pm
ferrari 4005 FO LIFE!
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post #96 of 165
7/6/06 at 12:38pm
while digging around for information have come across this link

http://www.acer.com.cn/service/info/...20OLM_0601.pdf

enjoy it doesnt really say much but hopefully means we will see the release soon
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post #97 of 165
7/6/06 at 3:30pm
The manual is available on the Acer US support website as well. Funny that we haven't even laid eyes on the real product yet...
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post #98 of 165
7/7/06 at 1:19am
slot load hd-dvd? man slot loads would be nice if they played my damn mini-dvd's somehow, like if there was a adapter, as my camcorder is minidvd, and i wanna rip them to my notebooks....What is that port on the back? Parallell Port? legacy port? or some sort of hdmi/hddvd port i ain't familiar with,
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post #99 of 165
7/7/06 at 4:03am
on the back is the new hdmi 1.3port / svideo out and acer ezport expansion dock connector.


they removed the dvi. guess dvi flat panels are outta the question now unless they got some sort of converter that'll convert the signals for dvi monitors.
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post #100 of 165
7/7/06 at 6:37am
yeah would be good to set eyes on the product or for acer to give a release date and price info.

not like acer to take so long to release a product after announcing it.
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