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aight i finally got my acer 5670
i started ordering from Newegg.com but i had so many problems with my credit card that i ended up ordering from ncix.com. i now love them , i can even pay through my online banking so :P the only thing i can b!tch about is the fact that when i put the lappy on a table it didnt sit right, so i turn it over. and behold , the main cover was popped out. extremely weird. probably when they installed the ram they didnt put it back together right. bad packaging   popped up cover   sooo nice. i love the crystalbrite (aka glossy) screen. here its playing milkdrop on winamp that annoying cover on the card reader (ps no compactflash)  the amazing viewing angles     the only bad angle is from top (prolly because of cristal orientation) and here the shortcut buttons (programmable) mine are setup for openoffice/winamp/firefox/steam  the windows media player buttons (im trying to get them to work for winamp. can any1 help?)  and finally the whoe lappy  lovely just lovely i power it up. this machine boots up soo fast ( compared to my oldass desktop lol) skip throught the whole windows settings part :P sofar i havent run any tests, only installed firefox and codecs and openoffice. i cant do too much for now cause i got finals these two weeks. for now all i can say is: pros : - beautifull, just beautifull - build is good. - great battery life : 3-3.5 hours - not too heavy - the webcam is very nice under good lighting. when you turn the option for low lighting the cam is extremely slow so i turned it off (default on) - cs:s with full eyecandy runs great - i love the screen ooo so glossy (this might be a con for some pple as it reflects a hell of a lot) - multitasking on this baby is a cinch. i run mildrop (winamp vis) on desktop mode, while dlding, transferring large folders, and burning a cd. without a pb cons - the wifi and bluetooth buttons on the front are oddly loose but work - the little cover on the card reader is so freaking anoying. you pulll it out and it hangs by a little rubber end, so ill prolly just rip it out - even when not playing the right side gets pretty hot. - the touchpad acts up on its own and rightclicks when it freaking wants to. im gonna have to see that (anyine else have this problem?) it also oddly heat up as the cpud and northbridge are right underneath - the keyboard flexes a hell of a lot. but heard many pple say this - THIS THING GETS HOOOT!!!! i wouldnt recommend using it on your lap for too long - acer programs - comes with 2 partitions in......FAT32 !!!!! - blowhole on the right side makes your hand sweat when using a mouse - sofar havent been able to configure the media keys for winamp. im sorry bout this poor review but im no laptop expert (desktop forever before this beauty) i also forgot i dont have a winxp cd anymore and this didnt come with one, so ima ask a friend to mail me one. and then ill format the freaking FAT32 freaking two partition drive  ***UPDATE*** Well, I've had this acer for almost 18 months now. My main change to the ratings was a lowering of the build quality. The carcass of the beast squeaks (especially the sides) when lifting or moving the whole or closing the screen. Worst of all, I have a huge red racing stripe down the screen starting right under the webcam (I'lll take a picture when I get my camera back). My warranty ran out so I am going to try to fix it myself. Overall I'm pretty let down by the overall life of the laptop. It ages badly. The other update |
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This is extremely strange, my cover was popped up a little when my 5672 arrived, I figured it was due to shipping, although I wouldnt like to knock it that hard! LOL
yes the touchpad does get warm, thats because it is sat immediately above the Northbridge and the CPU both of which are cooled from underneath, (will someone tell heat to go that way for a change ? LOL ) so you have all the heat generated by the dual core and the northbridge under your touchpad and right handrest. the right clicking is a little concerning, if course the touchpad recognises even the slightest tap as a click, which is a nightmare if you ever try to play an fps on there best to plug in a mouse for gaming.another user on these forums has bought a lapcool 2 and the machine runs much cooler using that. good luck and enjoy |
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so far havent done much more. just reinstalled realtek drivers. im waiting for the winxp cd to get here to rredo everything especially the crappy partitionning.
another issue im having is with the middle scroll thingy. it wont work for scrolling up and down. i programmed the side to side to go back/forward in internet and that works just fine. did you get yours to work for scrolling in firefox? |
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holly toasted bread batman!!!!!!!
i just noticed something horribly wrong. on the right side of the screen the frame is stickking out by 2-3 mm !!!!!! and theres a piece of plastick between the frame and the lcd. freaking manufacturing errors. im on hold with acer right now to tell them this and that the lappy came with the bottom cover popped up and no windows cd. |
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wow sounds like someone didnt assemble the machine very well, must have been a job finished @ 5.25 pm eh?
good luck getting it sorted out acer support seem really nice about fixing problems here in the uk, just remember dont be angry with them on the phone , the support guy didnt put your machine together, but they are more willing to be helpful, with a cheery voice from your end. |
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rofl for sure. i called them and they said just send it back. ill do it as soon as my exams are over cause i need it to type papers and stuff. oh and heres a picture of the gap between the screen (bezel is how you say it in english- im french lol) and the frame. thats as good quality i could get from that close up
 thanx BOFH for being the only one to reply. this is my first review i updated the review and added pics. my roomate lent me her nikon so their much better than the first ones. |
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I'm happy you liked yours. I was lucky, as I received mine in a perfect state (but then again, I purchased mine from Newegg). I really hate that double-tapping on the trackpad, so I usually turn that off, lower sensitivity, and usually use a mouse. My only gripe is that when I use my Logitech mouse, the pointer sometimes goes haywire and moves to the opposite side of the screen! I thought maybe some insect or something fell and touched the touchpad but nothing. Otherwise, I love my Acer 5672. Nice review, motoso!
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glad to hear your machine is going to be sorted
that gap is terrible these things happen though, basically because humans interact with it somewhere in production LOL |
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bofh does your scroll thingy work in firefox?
i cant get it to work in anything. and also, can you configure the play/stop etc buttons on the left to control winamp? and yeah human error sux |
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Download the latest Synaptics driver... That should resolve the Firefox issue.
http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm |
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updated review a bit, made it a little cleaner
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Also, NCIX is my Home..i live like right beside them on the island..reason packaging is bad prolly cuz they arent use to US (there CanadaaBuilt) and thats never happened too me tho.
man im getting the 5672 too! except im getting the stacked version lol 2GB,XP-Pro,X1400 though  and 120GB Space...btw how well is the built in camera? and can it twist n such..and can u take a few pics with it? thank you. nice pics/review too |
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yep the latest synaptics driver should sort the firefox issue as wynand32 says
the camera is ok, you have to turn off low light compensation for higher frame rates you can flip it under so that it points outwards, quite good for looking when youre not looking LOL I would like it to be able to see behind me though fun camera 1.3megapixels on a webcam is a good resolution |
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Originally Posted by Aspir3
Also, NCIX is my Home..i live like right beside them on the island..reason packaging is bad prolly cuz they arent use to US (there CanadaaBuilt) and thats never happened too me tho.
man im getting the 5672 too! except im getting the stacked version lol 2GB,XP-Pro,X1400 though and 120GB Space...btw how well is the built in camera? and can it twist n such..and can u take a few pics with it? thank you. nice pics/review too as for the camera its actually really good under good light. you have to take the low light booster as bofh said cause that makes it slow. it turns down only but a full 225 degrees. here is a pic with a bunch of items so you can see the detail. this is under good daylight in 640x480 res:  |
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nice, btw..thats what they did with mine..put Bubble Packaging over my Desktop Parts..also.. did u PRICMATCH it? its right now for 1,780$, and i pricedmatched to 1,699$ CDN...
they rock with pricematching, and delivery.by the way, how good is the X1400? |
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