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yeah, i was also hoping for some kind soul with the right knowledge to unlock the gfx.

Sorry to ask again.Do you have the 1,66 or the 1,83 Core duo in your laptop?

its a 1.83

I was about to buy ASUS A6ja (1,66 - 1024MB - 100GB - X1600 256MB dedicated) when I discovered the ACER 5672 (5673 in Greece) with 1,83 - 2048MB - 120GB - X1600 128MB. The price is about the same but there is a trade-off between CPU and GPU power. I have to take a decision next week and I 'm completely complicated. If only ACER had give us X1600 with 256MB dedicated.

Has any 5672 owner had an issue with the SPDIF headphone jack? None of my headphones seem to 'fit' in the jack all the way, and pops out...

hmmm.... not sure abt headphones, but it fits jacks nicely with my 2.1 speakers.

Turns out my headphones fit after all...the jack is quite tight, and I guess I was being a candya$$ and didn't want to really push the jack in too hard...

haha... yeah it abit tight at the power supply jack also.

I did a research in ACER sites in Europe and I discoverd that ACER has the 5672 with ATI X1600 256 MB dedicated but with a 1,66 CPU. In Sweden and Norway there are these models :

Windows® XP Home Edition Intel Centrino Duo T2300 1.66GHz processor, 15.4" WXGA CrystalBrite 16ms, 120GB 5400rpm, 1024MB (2*512) DDRII, DVD Super Multi (slot), ATI X1600, 128MB/256 Hypermemory, WLan a/b/g, Bluetooth, 1.3MP kamera, VoIP Bluetooth telefon

Windows® XP Home Edition , Intel Centrino Duo T2600 2.16GHz processor, 15.4" WXGA CB 16ms, ATI X1600 256MB/512MB Hypermemory, 2048MB (2*1024) DDR2, 120GB 5400rpm S-ATA, HD DVD drive, 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, 1.3MP Orbi kamera

Unless they mean ATI can go to 256 or 512MB as a hypermemory card. I can't be sure with ACER.
ACER Sweden

ACER gives different models in different countries and we cannot find what we want
WHY?????

cuase acer hate american's. rofl

i dunno why you'd figure the richest country would get the best products.. tisk tisk.

id like 2 see a bench of this:
Windows® XP Home Edition , Intel Centrino Duo T2600 2.16GHz processor, 15.4" WXGA CB 16ms, ATI X1600 256MB/512MB Hypermemory, 2048MB (2*1024) DDR2, 120GB 5400rpm S-ATA, HD DVD drive, 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, 1.3MP cam.
then another one with powerstrip.

I stopped into CompUSA on the way home on Friday and saw the 5672 with the X1400. It was just sitting there, running and I put my hand on it and it was Very warm. That's without games. I didn't want to think about it being hotter.

My sister says it runs warm but it's not burning her She says "I can always get the laptop cooler". She seems to be enjoying hers with the X1600 so far, though she's getting lag in WoW where she is right now, I think it's the internet connection (a latency issue). She's on dialup.

I'm definitely leaning towards the ASUS S96J. I can get it with the 1.8ghz processor and the X1600 with 256 for $955 from Mwave, without memory and HD. I'll pick those up separately and I figure it'll be maybe 60-70 more than the 5672.

Has anyone purchased a built system from Mwave before?

Krista

the sticker on my 5672 says ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 up to 512 mb hypermemory.

All hardware software (belaruc, aida32, nHC) lists it as 512mb adapter ram.

I don't see the fuss over the 1600 vs 1400. It's still an underpowered graphics card, but better than on board shared graphics.

I certainly wouldn't spend several hundred dollars more (new mobo) to upgrade a cheap laptop to begin with. I could build a nice ASUS for the money spent. At the time I bought this for the hard disk space, ram, dual core, screen, built in connectivity, etc. For the money it's not bad if it doesn't croak from the heat, but upgrading it? No way

I finally pulled the trigger and ordered the 5672 x1600 (128mb) yesterday after looking at all other notebooks on the market including the Asus s96j's.

Bottom line is that it's just a great deal! Anything else would cost $300-400 more minues some of the features included in 5672 such as bluetooth.

I ended up paying ~$1200 including a 3 year TotalProtection warrenty. So what if it gets warm and melts down, I'll get a replacement. I'm not a heavy gamer either so the x1600 128mb should run great compared to my old desktop running Athelon 1800+ and ATI 9550 256mb. Heck, the 5672 x1400 I tried already blew away my expectations.

Yeah, for about another $300, I could get an Asus from gentec or cyberpowerpc which is faster... but if they overheat and melt down 2 years from now, I'd be out of luck.

My new toy should be in my hands tomorrow night. Whoohoo. =)

Phil.

I just recieved my 5672 (x1600) yesterday from newegg. I also got the three year protection plan. So far I haven't really had any problems. I didn't do a clean install or anything. I deleted some of the acer software, and updated the synaptic driver. scrolling now works in mozilla/firefox. my only gripe so far (as I haven't tried any games yet, but then again I only play diablo/sacred type games) is the heat. it is noticeable. it heats up really quick idling or surfing the net. my hand got a little dried up from the heat yesterday. the heat comed from both handrests, but mostly from the right one. the keyboard gets a little warm as well. I was running spybot yesterday and the cpu reached 60C. as soon as it stopped searching for spyware, the temp came back down to around 53C. while surfing, it floats around 50C-53C. hopefully the lapcool2 thats coming in might take care of the heat both underneath and on the handrests.

this may be a dumb question, but is there any way to upgrade the fan or cooling system for this lappy or any laptop for that matter (besides using a cooler)?

Thanks!

I ordered it too and I'll have it in two days. So I 'll give my impressions during the weekend and maybe I 'll post a review.