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post #981 of 1678
2/23/05 at 4:59pm
Well, I was waiting for the Clevo M400A to come out as it has an upgradeable graphics card, but I've recently out that the ATI Radeon X800 wont even fit in the slot. Tell me what the heck is it supposed to be upgradeable to? The 8104 is way slick looking, and I'll probably just go with that. *sigh*
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post #982 of 1678
2/23/05 at 8:11pm
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Originally Posted by mattboy
Well, I was waiting for the Clevo M400A to come out as it has an upgradeable graphics card, but I've recently out that the ATI Radeon X800 wont even fit in the slot. Tell me what the heck is it supposed to be upgradeable to? The 8104 is way slick looking, and I'll probably just go with that. *sigh*
I probally would have went with the clevo as well untill I relised that it doesn't have widescreen. And that is one of the few things I need in a laptop.
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post #983 of 1678
2/24/05 at 5:01pm
I'm curious how the 8104 will hold out against the Clevo M400A that is coming out next week. Can't wait for a review!!!
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post #984 of 1678
2/24/05 at 5:02pm
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Originally Posted by mattboy
I'm curious how the 8104 will hold out against the Clevo M400A that is coming out next week. Can't wait for a review!!!
Where's it "coming out"?
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post #985 of 1678
2/25/05 at 2:09am
UNDER THE 8104 KEYBOARD
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post #986 of 1678
2/25/05 at 3:12am

8104 or new xps gen 2??

Damn now I'm deciding between the 8104 and the xps gen 2 with 6800 go ultrav video card. what do you think guys........
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post #987 of 1678
2/25/05 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by guju69
Damn now I'm deciding between the 8104 and the xps gen 2 with 6800 go ultrav video card. what do you think guys........
Heh, me too... XPS2 snuck up on me. The 4.8 *est* ship date concerns me greatly though.
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post #988 of 1678
2/25/05 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by guju69
Damn now I'm deciding between the 8104 and the xps gen 2 with 6800 go ultrav video card. what do you think guys........
From the PC Mag review it sure looks like a performance contender, for an extra 2 LBs weight and another $1,000! When are manufacturers going to stop putting 4200RPM HDD in performance machines? Puh-leeeze.
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post #989 of 1678
2/25/05 at 1:44pm
I just configged a xpsGen2, in the end, it's $697 more than the acer, when factoring in moving to 2G ram, and extended service ($199 for the acer). This is a tight race!

Here's what I get:
Dell: 3445.00 (ouch)
(includes moving to 2G ram, allowance for ebaying 2 256M modules, purchase of 4 year at home svc)
Est Deliv, mid april

Sager 9860: $3290.00
(3.6 660 series, 7200RPM 60G, 2G Ram, 3 year warrentech)
Est Deliv: Mid March

Acer 8104: $2748.00 (base $2299)
(includes moving to 2G ram, allowance for ebaying 1G modules, purchase of 3 year svc ext. at $199)
Est Deliv: Mid March
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post #990 of 1678
2/25/05 at 8:46pm
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Where's it "coming out"?
the M400A is coming out with Sager and Eurocom, but Eurocom actually has a future section that tells of upcoming things. Funny how Sager leaves everyone in the dark till the last minute (even resellers). Oh and Eurocom confirmed that they will have it next week.
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post #991 of 1678
2/25/05 at 11:45pm
A few so-so SCREENSHOTS.
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post #992 of 1678
2/26/05 at 10:25am
Can anyone guide me either in the Bios or within acer power management's power scheme so that I can set the cpu and screen brightness to default to max when switching to battery?
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post #993 of 1678
2/26/05 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by golfkwesi
Can anyone guide me either in the Bios or within acer power management's power scheme so that I can set the cpu and screen brightness to default to max when switching to battery?
Go into ePower Mgt (or Control Panel, Power) and create your own power scheme. Select Max Batt then reset to your choices. That's how I did it. Was driving me nuts. Brightness at "0%" default on batteries? I don't THINK so.
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post #994 of 1678
2/26/05 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by MrMsyvc
Go into ePower Mgt (or Control Panel, Power) and create your own power scheme. Select Max Batt then reset to your choices. That's how I did it. Was driving me nuts. Brightness at "0%" default on batteries? I don't THINK so.
Works great..thanks for all your informative comments!
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post #995 of 1678
2/27/05 at 4:09am
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Originally Posted by mattboy
the M400A is coming out with Sager and Eurocom, but Eurocom actually has a future section that tells of upcoming things. Funny how Sager leaves everyone in the dark till the last minute (even resellers). Oh and Eurocom confirmed that they will have it next week.
Configuring the Eurocom M400A with 2GHz Dothan, Wireless, 1GB (2x512) RAM and 80GB HDD, XP pro and 8X DVD burner ... shows the price as $3400+ ..

That is almost $1200 more than the acer.
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post #996 of 1678
2/27/05 at 7:17pm
MRMSYVC: have you had the need to use a jump drive in the usb ports? I have the titanium cruzer and sometimes it is recognized and other times it isn't? Any ideas?

Do you know if all (4) usb's are higher speed?
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post #997 of 1678
2/27/05 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by golfkwesi
MRMSYVC: have you had the need to use a jump drive in the usb ports? I have the titanium cruzer and sometimes it is recognized and other times it isn't? Any ideas?

Do you know if all (4) usb's are higher speed?
It's not your Acer laptop that is the problem - it's the Sandisk Cruzer. I bought a 512MB Cruzer mini a few months ago, and I had the same problems you have now. It happened on every computer I tried using it on. I returned the Sandisk and caught a deal on a 1GB Lexar drive ($45 after rebate) and I haven't had a single problem.
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post #998 of 1678
2/27/05 at 11:00pm
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Originally Posted by golfkwesi
MRMSYVC: have you had the need to use a jump drive in the usb ports? I have the titanium cruzer and sometimes it is recognized and other times it isn't? Any ideas?

Do you know if all (4) usb's are higher speed?
I haven't used a jump drive. USBs recognize my external HDD and camera just fine. All ports "should be" USB 2.0 but I don't know how to prove it. Usually if I plug a hi-speed device into a USB 1.1, like on my company laptop, the system tells me so.
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post #999 of 1678
2/28/05 at 6:29pm
It seems XMELD also sell them now too

http://www.xmeld.com/acernb.html
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post #1000 of 1678
2/28/05 at 9:23pm

In stock

Just ordered a 8104 from Newegg.
LINK
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