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post #341 of 1272
7/12/04 at 1:48am
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Originally Posted by Shutty
When you say lock ups what do you mean? Freezing..system shut down....lag?
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Both freezing and shut down. It only happens on battery power. I'll get it fixed or replaced this weekend. Hopefully it's just a bad battery or connection so I don't need to exchange units, I know everything else is perfect with the unit.
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post #342 of 1272
7/12/04 at 3:01am
not be to sexis but i think thats the case with females cuz their nails scratch off the letters little by little

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Originally Posted by Tommyboy
While trying to find some info on the 3200.. I read some Dutch user reviews of the ferrari 3000.
A few users complained about the letters on the keyboard being worn off after only two months of use.
Have any ferrari 3200 users experienced this problem on their machines?
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post #343 of 1272
7/12/04 at 5:39am
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Originally Posted by Ferrari3200
Both freezing and shut down. It only happens on battery power. I'll get it fixed or replaced this weekend. Hopefully it's just a bad battery or connection so I don't need to exchange units, I know everything else is perfect with the unit.
Could be the Sanyo cells used. They are total crap. When I worked at Dell, it was always the batteries that had Sanyo cells that would stop charging. Also, the DC output was very unstable and fluctuated a lot. This would wreck havoc on the inverter. Oh well...none the less get that battery replaced if you can. That, or just hand over the laptop and let Acer deal with the problem.

Note: The whole battery issue with the Apple iPods was because of Sanyo piss poor quality. And if you had to know, I had a little jingle to go with such faulty cells...

"Uh ohh....must have been a Sanyo"
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post #344 of 1272
7/12/04 at 10:28am
Hopefully it's something as simple as that. Luckily the service center is only 15 minutes from my house. I should get same day service and turn-around.
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post #345 of 1272
7/12/04 at 10:49am
Ok I've decided and ordered the Acer Ferrari 3200 at de-laptopper.nl . I'm very happy about their service and how things are going. I've chosen for upgrades of the HD wich is now a 7k60 and the memory to 1024 MB DDR333 SDRAM (2x512). I've also buyed the extra pixel policy and a good notebook backpac the Samsonite 300 series tracker weekend backpac. I had already ordered the Acer Advantage inc. accidental insurrance.

And that's it, enough money spend for today

They said that I could expect my Ferrari 3200 tomorrow to be delivered by there own delivery service.
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post #346 of 1272
7/12/04 at 12:15pm
Greenlizzard, how much did you pay for the Ferrari and how much for the upgrades?

I'm also thinking of buying mine at de-laptopper.nl. Please keep us informed on your experiences with de-laptopper and the Ferrari...

Can't wait to get my own Ferrari
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post #347 of 1272
7/12/04 at 1:43pm
I paid 1525 euro ex. taxes for the Ferrari 3200. For the HD upgrade I paid 49 euro ex. taxes and for the upgrade form 2x256 Mb DDR333 SDRAM to 2x512 I paid 225 euro ex. taxes. For the extra pixel policy I paid 49 euro ex. taxes. They gave me 25 euro ex. taxes discount on the notebook backpac. and free delivery. I've ordered the Acer Advantage inc. accidental insurance already before I ordered the notebook. The standard Ferrari 3200 price at de-laptopper may be a bit higher than at other shops, but the do Ferrari 3200 upgrades and those upgrades are real cheap and they will give you superb service. They will deliver the Ferrari already tomorrow, while I've just ordered it. I'm glad I ordered at de-laptopper.nl ! And when you count it all, you see that that the price is really cheap at de-laptopper. I can't wait until tomorrow

For those dutch guys which also like to order an Acer Ferrari 3200; de-laptopper has still some Ferrari's in stock.
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post #348 of 1272
7/12/04 at 1:44pm
In Belgium it sucks, it seems like the distibutors already have an "out of stock".
Hopefully I'll get lucky and have one of the few that are still for sale

i've ordered mine @ mpl : http://www.mpl.be
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post #349 of 1272
7/12/04 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by xedod
In Belgium it sucks, it seems like the distibutors already have an "out of stock".
Hopefully I'll get lucky and have one of the few that are still for sale

i've ordered mine @ mpl : http://www.mpl.be
De-laptopper also shops to Belgium, so if the shop you ordered at can't deliver, maybe you should have a look at de-laptopper.nl
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post #350 of 1272
7/12/04 at 2:23pm
@greenlizzard: good choice! My Ferrari is a perfect notebook. Btw, I've used my notebook for 2,5 hours in the airplane, and 1 hour at my hotelroom (with the included battery).
I didn't play games, but I wrote some essays and reports (for school).
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post #351 of 1272
7/12/04 at 3:24pm
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Originally Posted by greenlizzard
De-laptopper also shops to Belgium, so if the shop you ordered at can't deliver, maybe you should have a look at de-laptopper.nl
ah, thanks for the advice and it's a lot cheaper too, **** why did I order mine in Belgium?
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post #352 of 1272
7/13/04 at 7:16am
whooohoo, mine will be delivered tomorrow
fortunately, i'm one of the lucky few who could manage to get one of the last pieces here in belgium

i'll give you my thoughts tomorrow (wanne play farcry : http://www.amd.com/farcry )
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post #353 of 1272
7/13/04 at 9:32am
According to Acer UK the Ferrari 3200 have the following options:
http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page9...crc=4150602263
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# Additional 3-pin 90 W AC adapter
# Additional Li-ion battery pack
Will these options increase the total battery life?
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post #354 of 1272
7/13/04 at 10:10am
those parts would be classified as extra/spare, snorre. there's no way that you could fit 2 batteries and/or 2 AC adapters into a notebook as small as the ferrari.
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post #355 of 1272
7/13/04 at 10:41am
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Originally Posted by Okle
those parts would be classified as extra/spare, snorre. there's no way that you could fit 2 batteries and/or 2 AC adapters into a notebook as small as the ferrari.
Ok, I see. Hopefully someone will offer a replacement battery for it with more than 65Wh capacity then.
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post #356 of 1272
7/13/04 at 12:54pm
that would definitely be nice but at least the ferrari uses the low-power processor by default, so you can expect much better battery life than the already decent battery life with a bigger battery. if only there was a 35w 3700...
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post #357 of 1272
7/13/04 at 12:58pm
Don't worry, it's coming!
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post #358 of 1272
7/13/04 at 1:02pm
Let's just hope that since these A64-bit chips are the first generation, that they still run well/better than 32-bit chips, with 64-bit apps, etc!!
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post #359 of 1272
7/13/04 at 2:54pm
I just ordered the Acer Ferrari 3200 and I'll hopefully get it tomorrow already. I'll also upgrade it with two Corsair CMXSD512-3200LL DDR400 512MB SO-DIMM memory modules and an Hitachi TravelStar 7K60 7200RPM 60GB harddisk. You can expect to see the results from some proper benchmarking of this awesome machine with both default and tweaked (as hell) settings
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post #360 of 1272
7/13/04 at 3:50pm
congrats snorre, good luck with the lappy and the benchmarks. here's some smashed bananas from the no-dead-pixel gods!
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