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post #21 of 54
7/27/05 at 5:20pm
Ok, I've got it now!

I have only used it for an hour or so now, and I REALLY love it! The only real draw back is the fast that I got 4 dead pixels on my screen, but they are barley visable and in areas that I usually don't spend to much time looking at. But I do hate dead pixels...

The screen quality is excellent, and the overall feel of the computer is great. I have yet to try games on it, but I'll do that later tonight.

All in all, a fantastic computer! Very much recommended
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post #22 of 54
7/27/05 at 5:46pm
Thread Starter 
Guessed you'd like it !!

I paied £30 extra to have a Pre Delivery Inspection.
This included:

Check for dead pixels
Configure Windows
Install all Windows Updated
Install Anti Virus Software
Update Anti Virus software
Advance replacement for a faulty unit.

Didn't think it was a bad deal !!
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post #23 of 54
7/27/05 at 6:34pm
TomT - Absolutley worth it! Would have done that myself if I would have had the oppertunity.

Anyways, I have just finished watching some DVD's and playing some Half Life 2! And man, I love this computer SO much! It's even better than I thought!!!!

Once again TomT, thank you for making this thread and helping me with my choice of computer! This one is pretty much perfect!
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post #24 of 54
7/27/05 at 6:41pm
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post #25 of 54
7/27/05 at 6:59pm
By the way, do you know if this is necessary?

"A note about the DVD, the updated firmware for it is a must, it halved the write time and made a much more readable disk for me so grab it straight away!"

From: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=15460
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post #26 of 54
7/28/05 at 7:17am
Thread Starter 
I've not upgraded mine as yet ! I'll be looking for a region free firmware when I do !

Anyone know of a region free firmware for this laptop ??
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post #27 of 54
7/28/05 at 7:55am
TomT - A region free firm ware would be really nice

Oh, and if I haven't mentioned it before: I love this computer
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post #28 of 54
7/28/05 at 9:43am
Thread Starter 
I use Firefox as my web browser, But I found that the trackpad didn't work properly..

To get it working right I used these drivers:
http://www.synaptics.com/decaf/drivers/WinNT5_8_0_6.zip
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post #29 of 54
7/28/05 at 10:23am
Thread Starter 
After a quick look, it would appear that there is no firmware upgrade for my DVD.

Mine is a Matshita UJ-840D..

This link: From: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=15460
refers to a different model of DVD..a QSI DVD dual layer RW..

What DVD model is yours ??
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post #30 of 54
7/28/05 at 10:39am
TomT - Mine is Matshita as well...I thought it was already fast enough, which is why I was a bit unsure about the update-thing.
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post #31 of 54
7/28/05 at 10:52am
Thread Starter 
Speed of the DVD seems fine.. would have been nice to have it region free !!
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post #32 of 54
7/28/05 at 10:55am
TomT - Yeah...

Oh, and I just talked with the Acer Support and they said that they are willing to change my computer for a new one without dead pixel, so I'll see if I might do that, even though the dead pixels aren't really that annoying.
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post #33 of 54
8/5/05 at 4:58am

Battery Life?

How's the battery life?
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post #34 of 54
8/5/05 at 5:12am
Thread Starter 
Browsing the web using WiFi I'm getting 3 1/2 hrs +

I need to do some more testing, but I like this !!
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post #35 of 54
8/5/05 at 5:35am
Nice! I think I'm going for it... with the x700 - 256
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post #36 of 54
8/8/05 at 8:57pm
is this notebook available in North America?? I can't find it anywhere except in the UK and Denmark.
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post #37 of 54
8/26/05 at 11:16am
I got this lappy too yesturday but i can only seem to get around 10k in 3dmark 2k1.
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post #38 of 54
9/29/05 at 6:13am
Quote:
Originally Posted by btacular
is this notebook available in North America?? I can't find it anywhere except in the UK and Denmark.
In Canada:
notebookdepot
NCIX
mymicro USA:
General link (too many to choose from) I can't seem to open links for Mexico. Basically the answer to your question, yes it is available in North America. If buying from Canada, do not pay more than 1800$ excluding taxes, most retailers will sell around 1690$

For my question now
I would like to purchase the 1694. I will mostly use it for photoshop and transfer my Digital photos on location so I can show my models (freelance photography on my spare time) on the spot. What I would like is for someone who owns this lappy to run the benchmark3 test for FFXI available here in High res and low res. If anyone can post results for those test, I would really appreciate it
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post #39 of 54
9/30/05 at 7:14am
Got it an luv it. I got the One with the Specs in my Sig. Really a cannon, bringin up 2900 in 3D Mark 05 on Omega drivers without oc`ing. Even the price was nice too. I am from Austria ( Where Schwarzenegger comes from ) and bought it for 1453 euro incl. shipping. Thats a really nice price for that kind of powerhouse.
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post #40 of 54
9/30/05 at 3:45pm
@Kainskind:

Can you post somee pictures with the notebook running and the display on maximum brightness?

How is the fan when doing office work - can you achieve a non-running fan in office mode with the possible powermagment settings?

Have you tried overclocking the gpu?
Is there any benefit in having 256MB instead of 128MB VRAM?

Is there anything that bothers you yet?
I am considering to get the same notebook as you...
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