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Kerith · 07-03-2005, 02:30 PM

Hahaha, bannedninja, I love how you take everyone's gripes and crush 'em down with the Grand Hammer of Irrelevance. Bwuahaha, nice review, man

I still think since I've got the 3200 I'll hold out for the 4200. Want to sell me your bluetooth mouse?

Kerith · 07-03-2005, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nis

Does the 4005 feel like a cheap plastic piece of crap like the Ferrari 3200 does? I bought the 3200 and had never been so dissapointed. The entire thing makes funny plastic noises and flexes when you pick it up, the screen and keyboard flex, the ram cover seems to be, swelling(?) from the heat. I'm selling it now thinking of possibly getting the 4005 if the chassis is actually deserving of the internals or the Ferrari badge. Otherwise I'm looking elsewhere. I know it's carbon fiber, but is it all carbon fiber? What about the bottom of the case? Acer doesn't show you on their website but I'm wondering if the bottom of the case is still a piece of plastic garbage. RAM speed looks to be on the slow side, they're still formatting their drives FAT32? WTF? It appears Windows x64 is packaged with the 4005 in other markets but not in the states yet. Price is down to the $1900 range now which is why I'm actually considering it. Somebody fill me in on whether or not I'll be as dissapointed as I was with the 3200. Thanks

Did we buy the same Ferrari 3200? Mine doesn't make any noises, doesn't flex at all... no swelling, hardly any heat even during gaming. I think either a) you're cracked

b) you expect far too much

c) or you live in a volcano and the only reason you have heat/flex issues is because IT IS MELTING!

nis · 07-03-2005, 03:54 PM

I'm not the only one who's had those problems. I expected just what I should have for a laptop that is officially licensed by Ferrari. Ferrari Quality. And I didn't get it.

wombatten · 07-03-2005, 04:09 PM

Well if you play Counter-Strike for >2 hours on the Ferrari4005WLMi you will feel it heating up under your left hand. Actually I think it is getting a little bit warmer that I would like it to be. But if I plug out the AC cord CS still runs great and the machine is a lot cooler. I think it must be the graphics card that's to blame for the heat, because when the power cord goes out the X700 switches to "balanced" settings. I don't think the CPU throttles down when on DC, or am I wrong?

Ferrari Dark · 07-03-2005, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nis

I'm not the only one who's had those problems. I expected just what I should have for a laptop that is officially licensed by Ferrari. Ferrari Quality. And I didn't get it.

I agree with you on heat and fan issues with the Ferrari 3200/3400, but by no means did I feel it was poorly built. My Acer Ferrari 3400 did not feel like cheap plastic, It was very well built and solid with no flex, creaking anywhere. The lid had like a solid glass feel to it. I ask have you come across well built machines, I would like to know the brand.

Acer Ferrari Line of laptops are Quality above others. From packaging to build quality they are top of the line.

duckwing89 · 07-03-2005, 11:13 PM

i agree ferrari dark. I actually use the cleaning cloth that came with the ferrari 4000 as a sort of heat sink/padding for my left hand to tackle the heat on the left side of the touch pad. Only heats up to a point where it can be uncomfortable when I play games though. VERY PLEASED WITH THE 4000.

Has anyone heard anything about the supposed Ferrari 4200 coming out?

Taelvin · 07-04-2005, 03:32 PM

Bannedninja Where did you order your Ferrari from? and how was your experience with them?

imdashep · 07-04-2005, 04:14 PM

i googled ferrari 4200 and got nothing

BannedNinja · 07-07-2005, 12:00 AM

Got it from PC Super Deals. They can't really screw it up... I got the 3 year warranty. All they had to do was take the ferrari box and put it into a bigger box with my name on it. Resellers with whitebox laptops are a lot easier to choose from because they aren't physically touching my machine.

UPDATE GUYS

There is an built-in microphone?? I didn't know about this at all, but when I installed BF2 and it brought up my mic settings, I sneezed and I heard it through my speakers. I started talking and it all came up. I don't know where it is... I think near the front. I didn't know and shoot me if you guys knew about it :-X

rodviking · 07-07-2005, 01:54 PM

I am considering buying an Acer Ferrari 4005 and a have a few "newbie" questions:

- Does the 64 bit CPU run any kind of 32 bit software? Any compatibility issues? I guess not, but I'd like to confirm;
- I just returned a HP zd8185 because it's /way too noisy/. How is the noise level on "normal usage" conditions for the Acer? I'll have it in my bedroom, so I would like to get the quietest laptop I can find (as long as it has great performance, of course...)

wombatten · 07-08-2005, 03:42 AM

AMD64 processors runs all kinds of 32-bits software, and is able to run the new WinXP 64bits too

Don't buy the ferrari 4005wlmi if you have a problem with fan noise. The fan is constantly on. See this thread http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...4&page=3&pp=15

rodviking · 07-08-2005, 04:29 AM

Thanks for the reply.

Now I gotta find a quiet laptop with 100Gb HDD and 1GB RAM...

YinYang · 07-08-2005, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XIII

The hidden partition is on D drive and is used for disk to disk
recovery, which means restoring C drive without a recovery
CD, thats why its on D drive so you can format C drive.

You cant convert D drive to ntfs because the software used
for disk to disk is on win98 partition and win98 cant access
ntfs, check your hard drive and you will see PQservice
which is used for dual OP.

XIII

I thought the Ferrari4000 notebook only had one hard drive (C

. So how can you partition the DVD/CD-ROM (D drive)?

WLF46WLF · 07-08-2005, 08:32 AM

I think he means C & D are two partitions of the hd, while maybe he has the dvd-ram in drive E:

wombatten · 07-09-2005, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BannedNinja

**Update: Mouse works perfect. Why? How? I don't know. It does now. **

Any idea what you did to get it working? I installed the VIDCOMM bluetooth driver downloaded from ACER (Standard installation had the crappy microsoft bluetooth drivers) in order to get PuppetMaster working, and I think this improved the mouse handling a bit. But it's still way too heavy and still too slow for use in games.

07-03-2005, 02:30 PM	#16
Kerith Proud Ferrari 3200 Owner Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northeast Ohio :( Posts: 34 Credits: -140	Hahaha, bannedninja, I love how you take everyone's gripes and crush 'em down with the Grand Hammer of Irrelevance. Bwuahaha, nice review, man I still think since I've got the 3200 I'll hold out for the 4200. Want to sell me your bluetooth mouse? __________________

07-03-2005, 11:13 PM	#21
duckwing89 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 102 Credits: -305	i agree ferrari dark. I actually use the cleaning cloth that came with the ferrari 4000 as a sort of heat sink/padding for my left hand to tackle the heat on the left side of the touch pad. Only heats up to a point where it can be uncomfortable when I play games though. VERY PLEASED WITH THE 4000. Has anyone heard anything about the supposed Ferrari 4200 coming out? __________________ FERRARI 4000 OWNER...AND VERY HAPPY OWNER AT THAT Last edited by duckwing89; 07-03-2005 at 11:16 PM.

07-07-2005, 12:00 AM	#24
BannedNinja Notorious Thread Killer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 590 Reviews: 1 Credits: -189	Got it from PC Super Deals. They can't really screw it up... I got the 3 year warranty. All they had to do was take the ferrari box and put it into a bigger box with my name on it. Resellers with whitebox laptops are a lot easier to choose from because they aren't physically touching my machine. UPDATE GUYS There is an built-in microphone?? I didn't know about this at all, but when I installed BF2 and it brought up my mic settings, I sneezed and I heard it through my speakers. I started talking and it all came up. I don't know where it is... I think near the front. I didn't know and shoot me if you guys knew about it :-X __________________ Acer Ferrari 4005 WLMi Review \| Turion ML-37 \| 1GB DDR PC2700 RAM \| 5k100GB Hard Drive \| 15.4" WSXGA+ \| X700 GPU \| Slot Load DVD Burner \| DePaul University '09

07-08-2005, 08:32 AM	#29
WLF46WLF Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 125 Credits: -318	I think he means C & D are two partitions of the hd, while maybe he has the dvd-ram in drive E: __________________ acer ferrari 3200: AMD Athlon64 2800+@3000+® & ATI MR9700 128mb; 1GB kingston PC3200; Hitachi travelstar 7k60 60Gb 7200rpm 3DMark05: *2076* gianfri.irule@gmail.com

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07-03-2005, 03:54 PM	#18
nis Feedback Engineer Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 15 Credits: -346	I'm not the only one who's had those problems. I expected just what I should have for a laptop that is officially licensed by Ferrari. Ferrari Quality. And I didn't get it.

07-03-2005, 04:09 PM	#19
wombatten Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 223 Credits: 21	Well if you play Counter-Strike for >2 hours on the Ferrari4005WLMi you will feel it heating up under your left hand. Actually I think it is getting a little bit warmer that I would like it to be. But if I plug out the AC cord CS still runs great and the machine is a lot cooler. I think it must be the graphics card that's to blame for the heat, because when the power cord goes out the X700 switches to "balanced" settings. I don't think the CPU throttles down when on DC, or am I wrong?

07-04-2005, 03:32 PM	#22
Taelvin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 43 Credits: -335	Bannedninja Where did you order your Ferrari from? and how was your experience with them?

07-04-2005, 04:14 PM	#23
imdashep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 145 Credits: -305	i googled ferrari 4200 and got nothing

07-07-2005, 01:54 PM	#25
rodviking Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 52 Credits: -334	I am considering buying an Acer Ferrari 4005 and a have a few "newbie" questions: - Does the 64 bit CPU run any kind of 32 bit software? Any compatibility issues? I guess not, but I'd like to confirm; - I just returned a HP zd8185 because it's /way too noisy/. How is the noise level on "normal usage" conditions for the Acer? I'll have it in my bedroom, so I would like to get the quietest laptop I can find (as long as it has great performance, of course...)

07-08-2005, 03:42 AM	#26
wombatten Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 223 Credits: 21	AMD64 processors runs all kinds of 32-bits software, and is able to run the new WinXP 64bits too Don't buy the ferrari 4005wlmi if you have a problem with fan noise. The fan is constantly on. See this thread http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...4&page=3&pp=15

07-08-2005, 04:29 AM	#27
rodviking Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 52 Credits: -334	Thanks for the reply. Now I gotta find a quiet laptop with 100Gb HDD and 1GB RAM...

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