This laptop I now have a week, and would like to share with you what my findings of this pretty little incident. In general, I have to briefly inform you that this really is a great laptop for the price. Lots of features for a relatively low price .. Feel like a kid in a candy store when I'm with the Acer 1694WLMIb work. Featureset There is a lot of. Maybe too much ... First let the benefits of the Centrino platform stress. We are talking about a Pentium M that at a speed of 2.0 GHz. takes. In many applications, he just pulls my AMD Athlon 64 3200 + out (and I'm AMD fan and I say this ) .. The chipset is simply sublime and fast .. Wireless networking works perfectly and is very stable .. It is on this notebook has a 15.4 "widescreen display with a glass layer .. I hear from many people that they would be that this is going to irritate, let me reassure these people, on the contrary! scared It's beautiful, never seen such a beautiful color and sharpness in seen a screen .. bet my CRTs will bite! into the matter soon and then I want to talk directly about the battery life, because with this screen at maximum contrast so I get all of 2 hours and 45 mins! The CPU is low clocked @ 900MHz (still enough for the co-fated occupations, office apps, movies ...). .. The monitor @ mid-contrast I get so very easy four hours .. The graphics card, the X700 256 MB is simply a gem and let too many games run @ native widescreen resolution (1280 x 800) .. Furthermore, there is a 4-in-1 card reader in, bluetooth, Gb LAN .. Dual Layer Slot-loading DVD RW .. 100 GB 5400 RPM HDD .. 1GB DDRII RAM .. 56k modem (yes, when you go to Mubutu country and you want internet .. ) There is a basic software package from, the regular tools of Acer + XP Home Fire + Programs + DVD prog washers .. lost me that since there is little direct XP Pro comes under pressure ... Furthermore there are four pre-programmed buttons above the keyboard .. These things have I always find little use, so fascinate me too little .. Besides these buttons is also a power button that lights up green when you turn on the computer .. On the right side of the notebook are two USB 2.0 ports, S-Video, Gb LAN + modem, small firewire connector, 1 slot PC card, and above the 4-in-1 card reader .. At the front are a few skills, infrared port, the power and charging LEDs (two separate LEDs) .. In addition, there are two long slightly bluetooth (blue) and wlan (orange), until you discover that it is not only slightly, but also buttons! Very handy if you want to switch .. the press b-tooth/wlan button on / off, the Acer eManager clearly than in large green letters on the screen that this or that is disabled .. You do not have to be that if your laptop on your lap, press the buttons are pressed then bang .. These are well recessed inwards. There's also a USB connection on the front .. Performance Well .. Amazing .. The thing is very rap! For overclockers / bench markers, just to give an idea, the CPU gets into PiFast 60 secs. This is very close to my Athlon 64 3200 +, and for a mobile CPU! The FSB is running @ 533 MHz .. And cha, everything goes very rapidly .. Booting within 30 secs .. Office apps eats the Pentium-M as a snack, so too intensive apps like Photoshop .. (proper editing of 250MB takes three minutes) .. The X700 is a mobile monster .. We get in 3DMark03 just under 6,000 3DMarks 3DMark05 .. this is around 2500 points .. FEAR/HL2/Doom 3/FIFA 06/WoW it's all delicious. . Since I will I give it, the FPS from where I get 80 fps in full screen resolution .. A DVD tje hands off (single-layer) is also very smooth .. most WoW playing Within 12 minutes is a whole DVD volgefikt .. The slot-loading DVD drive is a breath of fresh air compared with drawers etc.. The card reader is a USB 2.0 device, so transferring data is also nice and smooth ... (depending on the type of SD card does the case five minutes to write) a ticket. 512MB full Image Quality The screen is the best of the whole laptop. I just want nothing more .. Gorgeous colors, beautiful resolution .. Personally I think widescreen ideal .. The coatings I find no obstacle, on the contrary, it gives me a lot realstischere color reproduction than standard TFTs .. I do not know if Acer a thing of the backlights did, because in previous models (like the travelmate 4002wlmi), I found that the light distribution was rather mediocre (also includes a backlight in), so the viewing angle was pretty bad .. It amazes me that I can still stand next to the screen so to speak, and still can not see what is on the screen .. Very good viewing angle so, it means a lot in bed watching movies with my girlfriend .. The only negative on the screen is actually very good that the black plastic frame around it which is not so nice .. Although this also went back in time, it's just not the most beautiful design .. Bouwkwaliteit It all feels indeed .. Unlike previous models, the Aspire feel somewhat stronger on. The Aspire was once intended as a replacement for your desktop and thus also meant actually a pretty heavy laptop .. The aspires today are virtually identical to the travelmates .. The only difference is in the keyboard (the TravelMate this is an arc here is that a straight keyboard, I prefer the latter). So kwa little weight will not make any difference compared to the TravelMate .. To my mind feels so aspire to be more solid (the travelmate it always seemed as if the battery under "loose" was) .. Furthermore, it remains an Acer, so cheaply built, the design is not the most beautiful, and not even the ugliest, but sheer solidity as Sony / IBM / Apple conveys no .. does So you're a bit more careful with it .. Not that it matters, because careful I am always with my stuff .. You can Acer actually a bit like French carmakers .. Where the German cars like Audi / BMW (IBM) to fit all surgical together as do the French Peugot / Renault (Acer), easier with margins .. So not all symmetric (space between the monitor hinges) .. Whether the molding seams of shells which are not always neatly finished .. But you only see when you watch it very carefully. . Incidentally, I realize now that Apple was not so surgically, because the battery on my iBook rather "loose" aanvoeldde .. He really feels like a colossus if you have it in your hands (Acer), but still a colossus you want to be treated carefully. There is as far as I know, an air outlet on the right side of the laptop .. This allows for both cooling the CPU and GPU. The laptop gets warm but not too (you'll never get burned balls). The hinges of the screen, giving a strong impression, and unlike previous versions of Acer is not the case creaks when you open / close the display .. Ergonomics The keyboard is recessed into the housing and is conveniently located. The keyboard typing tasty and I have so far had no problems with missed keystrokes. It feels like a full-size keyboard on, even though it is not. The trackpad is cha, a normal trackpad, something wider than usual (which also looks like they have made in 16:9 format ) .. It works pretty good but far from perfect (I still prefer a mouse), but for the primary controller satisfies the sure .. There is a left and right button on .. They feel somewhat cheap, but also get used to it again .. The left button has a lower tone than his right, so that is also good distinguish .. Furthermore, there is also a middle scroll button on four directions .. That you can configure synaptics kwa preference for use .. personally I'd rather not use Self-synaptics, but well, so far not really bother had .. I also think that all inputs are on good places, although I have my doubts about the part audio-ingangen/uitgangen front .. I personally prefer them to the side, otherwise the output port of your headphones into your stomach when you sit in a cramped seat in the train / plane (or I should drink less beer ...) Heat and noise As mentioned earlier, it is not too hot .. hot be he does especially during charging and during gaming .. Then there is also a fannetje audible, but that does not make too much noise .. If the battery turn I got him, I barely + thermal noise, it is really quiet .. The DVD drive is not itself too quiet, but I have some concerns that there is still encounter one who is quiet (he is not irritating kwa noise anyway) .. The charger itself is still the warmest, will surely be at least 60 notches, but this seems me, not something specific to Acer is the case, but almost any laptop. The charger + battery are both made by Sony .. mobility and battery life , despite being a colossus, it is still fairly light, taken what's in it. esteem The laptop is just under 3 pounds, and is also very good to wear. However, he takes a lot of space, so if you want to work comfortably somewhere you should really have the space (eg not in a double-decker train NS because they are just downright stupid cunt with tables). I myself have a nice leather Targus laptop bag with plenty of storage, and the laptop fits exactly. All in all, it is not for the overly heavy side. The battery life is excellent .. If I put him on the lowest performance sure I'll get 4 hours with 40 .. (wlan / bluetooth / cardreader / lan / modem, display minimal contrast). With full screen + wlan I get to the 3 hours just not .. With screen contrast and mid-wlan off I get 4 hours .. This of course thanks to the energy efficient Centrino platform .. Even at low CPU mode (speed step) feels nice rap to anything yet (this will also be partly due to the large ditch cache = 2MB). Charging the battery takes from 0 to 100% when the laptop is off a little more than an hour .. Is it on, then he does the same 0 to 100% range of two and a half hours .. Price He is at least 1425 ¤ ,, .. It seems expensive, but if you look similar laptops with same specs. simply can not be found. who If you have the money and you want to take a centrino laptop, take this, it is worth the money. If need be, if you have no confidence in the quality of Acer, can be bought for 100 ¤, there a warranty (2 years, 3 years total), then you're still far below the purchase price of many other laptop brands with same specs. I myself have not (yet), but I consider this guarantee or to take it. (It remains just that feeling of fear that you have that something
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