Last Tuesday morning, it will have been, at half past 12 applied my previous laptop. That is, he's not really broke, but I no longer received image, thus no longer work as such (as laptop) fell. Connecting to an external monitor is a solution, but for now a laptop and monitor to go lug is also something.
So I had (because the laptop for me is part of my livelihood) to purchase a new laptop. Used with - Nokia PC Suite - Nokia 5800 - Sitecom Micro Bluetooth USB - Medion Drive-n-Go 120GB External HDD - Standard Microsoft USB mouse - Sitecom Wireless Router (Wireless G) home - Netgear Wireless Router (Wireless G) working Acer Aspire 5738ZG 424G50MN Why ? The screen of my previous laptop faltered though more often, but with a light tap on it was often the image fine. So I knew it was coming, but the question was, of course, when it would go exactly. Well, so it was Tuesday. Meanwhile, I had me already engrossed in laptops and I wanted a laptop with at least a dedicated video card. Entirely coincidentally (I was thinking of an MSI GX620 409NL) I saw this laptop in a folder will be gone and it was me right away in terms of specifications. After a brief comparison session for this laptop on the Internet I found that the price was pretty fit and I met him. specifications that had been important to me: - Picture of at least 14 ", because I have whole days work with - Sufficient memory, besides photoshopping I also have a reasonable list of other programs are open - Dedicated video card, I would sometimes even play an online MMORPG and it's a little smooth picture very nice. Moreover, I did not have very many requirements, except that I an hour or two to be able to work without that need the charger. because the laptop is also my main computer, I certainly did not go for a netbook, because it just too small and light for my needs. Additionally, I have also reasonable fingers, so it is also important that the keyboard is large enough fine to build for the future. Specifications - Intel Pentium dual core processor (T4200) - Ati Mobility Radeon HD 4570 (512MB dedicated) - 15.6 "HD LCD with LED backlight. (1366 x 768) - 4GB DDR2 RAM - 500GB WD HDD (@ 5400 RPM) - 0.3MP Webcam - Atheros AR5B91 wireles network adapter (B / G / N) - Gigabit Lan (Broadcom NetXtreme) - Windows Vista Home Premium - Card reader (MMC, SD, XD, MS, MS PRO) - DVD SuperMulti DL Drive Bluetooth is not built here, but that's not a problem, because I already had a mini bluetooth USB stickje. These plugged and it worked immediately (ICM Nokia 5800). , the contents of the box where my previous laptop still came within half a moving box, was this laptop packed in a box, which just'm thinking 4 of these laptops (without protection! ) could stand to each other. In width was around (for protection) about 3 cm space. course, there was not much space, but that is how the size of the laptop itself to the outside dimensions of the package RATIO. , the contents of the box: - On top of the laptop, in a separate (by cardboard separately) compartimentje, wrapped in plastic. - Underneath were packed separately, the adapter, the battery warranty and a Quick Start Guide. This was immediately actually the contents of the box, nice little things there, but everything packed well, just the way I like it. (Booklet / warranty provisions are still in the package. Do not know what's more in it, but given the flexibility of the whole, no CD rommetje) First impression to have unpacked after the laptop is to have halted the battery and have taken adapter out of the box, you never know how much power the battery has at the moment you use it for the first time, I have the laptop on battery, turned on. The exterior, like a laptop close never does me so much, that allowed for my part violet with gold edge, it finally comes to what you look all the time against it. The part you see when you're working with it, the keyboard and display. If the laptop is off, it looks pretty bare but still tight and neat. However, the notebook, is that the power button has a blue rimmed enlightenment, what (this is just my opinion) beatifull. struck me immediately how fast the laptop booted, of course, this has to do (some with Windows Vista I always worked with Windows XP), but also just the speed. The programs were tasty load quickly and I could quickly get to work. Bloatware erase and install required programs immediately after the first Booting falls back on how much "nonsense" actually it is installed on a laptop. About 15 games and a number of other (for me senseless) programs are uninstalled, the backup tool, office and McAfee I could really get to work. Via the home computer (my parents) I Avira antivirus download ( The freeware version, of course), and i is set via an external HDD, then only I have the Internet enabled (via WLAN at home). After this installation, I immediately Photoshop, phpDesigner, Xampp and Office put back in any case so that part worked fine again. From there I continued to work to pull the old laptop. The computer as much as possible the same quiet Meanwhile the old laptop turned to an external monitor to the "specified devices used" in the external HDD to make sure I get my files back all have at my disposal (including the outlook files of course). Flush with MozBackup back upje made all Firefox scenes and these settings etc also put back. A few things I noticed here: What the Office installation etc was fast, I am of course the old laptop used to, but as soon as I did not expect it . Also files from the external HDD to the computer and vice versa pump went, despite both laptops have USB 2.0 on the new computer much faster. Mozbackup put the plugins come back, but not, or naja, it seemed they did not activate were. Just off and on again the plugins made sure it all works fine again. What an incredible amount of bloatware is actually installed. Why, especially all those games, this all there should be, I do not know. For me has no added value. Appearance The first impression I have already mentioned that the blue power button omlijne really struck me when you turn on the laptop. In addition to this first impression, I will now also take care of the rest of the look, which I also discussing the more practical side of things. Die outlined in blue power button I mentioned before, I do not know is whether you when your movie watching in the dark are suffering from the blue button, I have not tried yet. Also, I do not know if you can turn off the button but I'm still trying to find out. Furthermore, you have the top F1 / m F3 keys 3 buttons down, which are normally in this type of laptop, but two are used. From left to right they are: WLAN (on / off), Bluetooth (on / off), Backup. The WLAN button is in the middle under the power button. All these buttons are located on the left side above the keyboard. Bluetooth is not built into the notebook and an optional USB stickje bluetooth is not operated by the button. So it is a standard unit, based on the laptop with all the possibilities there are built-in. The WLAN light in the form of the WLAN mark what the button is on, blinks when connected in an orange color. When you have ingrained, bluetooth and have turned, bluetoot fire / bluetooth logo flashes on the button with a blue color. 's backup button does nothing for me, because I immediately removed the software to create a backup . Just to the right of those buttons you have 3 blue lights down, which indicate how the HDD is used, or Num Lock is on, and Caps Lock is on. On the right, still above the keyboard are the "Acer PowerSmart" button and the volume up / down button, which is located under the power mart button there again. 's power mart button See also once the volume buttons, and the "hole" structure which throughout width goes through and under which the speakers are. Over the entire width (above the keyboard so, and the power button down and power mart herein) runs a bar about 3 inches wide, including the speakers are located. Where exactly are these speakers incidentally I do not know. I let things prefer to sit together. Slightly to the right of the center of the entire chassis is a small hole for the microphone. then the keyboard itself. I can only say that the width of the laptop is used properly. On both sides of the 38.3 inches wide "closet" is only about 1 cm, the rest of the space is used for the keyboard. In this way, there is even room for a numeric part, what the numbers typing (which I sometimes want to do) go much faster. middle under the keyboard is the touchpad, which is entirely in color matches the rest, only the structure is different and it is slightly recessed (or simply runs through the top, no edges or anything like that dirt can sit. So Easy to clean up. Below the touchpad is just one long bar. Left button is equivalent to a click the left mouse button, right button to press the right mouse button. Right next to the touchpad is a button to easily this touchpad, or off. Additional facilities there are two small blue lights, which indicate that laptop and that we work on AC power. , the entire cabinet with a matte greyish color finished, with the keys and the power and power mart buttons are really black (or at least darker). 's shiny black color of the last two buttons are also reflected in the list to the monitor screen. It consists entirely of these shiny black color, which is very sleek looks. At the top of the screen you have the two brackets that your display remains sit really close and top center is the webcam. This will not even notice if you do not know who is there. Nicely concealed so. terms of robustness of the device seems to me fine. Especially when I compare it with my previous laptop device already looks a lot more solid, and it feels like that too. (actually so in the middle of the chassis) Printing (quite hard) on the center at the keyboard gives only a tiny bit. Also the display feels pretty solid and the hinges where the screen sits at the cabinet. then the keyboard, which looks at first glance not very strong in me, find the keys floating around 3 millimeters above the "underplate". But appearances are deceptive here and the keyboard is quite decent firm. Hitting keys will be easy, but you still have the idea that you really typing on a keyboard. Closed, the device has a height of about 2.5 DVD case. Not the most flat device, but what do you expect with such performance. In addition, of course, the DVD player is also a "space eater" in a laptop. General view at the back of the screen is a shiny bluish coating, which gives the laptop a still quite luxurious. Below a picture of the laptop from the back. Gleaming rear connectors at the back of the laptop is to be found, no connection is actually all connections are located on the left and right side of the laptop. There is only one device that you can use on the front and that is the reader. Who is left on the front of the laptop. On the left (if you are sitting on the laptop, if you work on it) are located in the rear (the side of the screen) to forward the following ports: - Input for the adapter - Network (Gbps) connection - HDMI output - VGA output - 2x USB 2.0 - Line out - Microphone - SPDIF On the right are the following connections / devices (also backwards) - Kensington Lock - Modem - DVD Multi Drive - 2x USB 2.0 Picture The display has a shiny (Acer CineCrystal) topcoat. This I'm used to from my previous laptop, but the top layer was still become somewhat duller over time. Now the top layer of my feelings very shiny. I do remember that here pretty soon gets used to it. Especially when watching film in the dark is that shiny layer of nice, but with light from behind (ie on your back) it is annoying sometimes. Then you see that light again in your screen. , the viewing angle of the screen is called, you can fine texts from allerlij directions read fine, but you notice that the colors still be lost fairly quickly. Not completely, but the color is not as it should have been, yet you can film from an angle (up to) follow 35 degrees just fine without you really foggy. This concerns or the viewing angle in the width. The height is the angle, in my experience, still a bit less. But you put your normal voice monitor also so that you reasonably straight (height in each case) to look there, so this is not a problem. brightness of the screen is fine, I can set the brightness halfway and then there is still fine to work, it is white then become somewhat greyish, but otherwise it's all legible. Comes once in that greyish little quieter on the eyes and therefore less fatigue. Even watching a movie on this laptop is really great in terms of image. Of course, you will be in an environment where the light of the laptop comes acher (so light you shine on the face) can see in the screen yourself. That's a pity, but (unfortunately) generally accepted point at laptop screens for private use. The colors on the screen are vibrant and the 16:9 ratio can actually watch movies in fullscreen. How wonderful is that, no black borders. Actuation of the display takes place in the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4750 with 512MB of memory. This is especially noticeable when playing games, which I previously played with many hitches. Well the laptop is obviously a whole faster than the previous one, but the difference is still noticeable. ATI video chip Naturally says purely a video chip is not much, so I have (on the Internet) a benchmark (Crisis GPU benchmark) found that it is shown how the performance of this card relate to the performance of other mobile GPUs reasonable. Benchmark Last edit: Meanwhile, I have a piece FULL HD looked on the laptop, what a beautiful picture (really becoming better than DVD, but of course it is also partly because you're shorter on there with a laptop than a TV) is. He plays this without shocks off at full screen. No black bars due to the 16:9 aspect ratio. Really super this. noise on the laptop and on the packaging, the Dolby logo and the term "Virtual Surround Sound". Of course you can not expect too much here, the small speakers in a laptop are ingrained can of course never give as pretty as sound as a Home Cinema, and the same surround effect imitate also fails with two Bose speakers. Still, if you're sure you do have the feeling that you listen, 3.0, something happens on image to the right, you can also hear on the right side of the speaker. Furthermore, you also hear the left and (to a lesser extent) the middle clear. Why the middle to a lesser extent, because that actually both left and right and the middle is / appears to be. then the sound itself, which is wonderfully full of "color", blikkig no sound until you go up the volume considerably . At high volume, the sound distorts very slightly, and it is less beautiful. The sound in words but in practice, you will almost never use it because it is pretty hard when you're sitting right behind your laptop. Watching a movie with multiple people will surely continue to do so, at least I do. Tv / dvd Nevertheless it still looks the most. But you can take it on the go with this laptop from the feet. Performance With its dual core processor and generous memory boot the laptop Windows Vista quite rap. The programs to be within half a minute (loaded I have a lot of heavy bloatware now removed, so that speeds can be achieved, the programs that equal start with Windows. - Avira Antivirus - Daemon Tools - Windows Live Messenger - Nokia PC Suite In addition, of course, the wireless network program from MS, volume control, battery indicator, the touchpad controller, Bluetooth (BT-USB) and the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Anyhow Well Vista start faster than Windows XP, and my feeling speed partly or Windows XP-based, so I only just a yellowing corpse done with some programs / games I ever play it. On my previous laptop, I could see the games but hardly play at their lowest resolution. (it was for this test, FLYFF and ToP 2 online MMORPGs) The previous laptop was just as fast internet as it (the router is the limiting factor, with 801.1g technology), but here I can see the games on the highest picture settings to play and I think still more. Another example is Track Mania. Also this (free edition) I can play at full resolution while the previous laptop that succeeded only at the lowest resolution. Of course this comparison is not entirely fair, because the previous laptop was older and used all good, but the difference is quite significant. Even on power save mode in which a thing is scaled down to save power on the performance Can I play these games just fine. Delicious is that, to enjoy. The beauty of such a game Also, movies playing well off in this "Power Save" mode, or at least the DVD movies. As previously genoemnd, I have yet to test the HD movies, and I'm very curious about it. Heat and sound Well you from the device itself and the laptop can still have a reasonable indication, I would nonetheless an important tightening point of the laptop. That is how hot the device and also increases almost as operating under full load? To test this, I turned on a DVD. It was a DVD image on the HDD, not the player, turning / cooling that players always make noise / sound when a laptop is not really relevant. Everyday use Incidentally, the sound of the DVD player to mention just fine with just watching a movie from the player, you will not have many problems with this sound. Anyway, for this test I made a DVD run, the virus scanner running and I had both a game turning. At the moment the card starts work to do, not only at the Virus Scanner, the laptop starts to blow, but fortunately it is quite delicious "samey" sound, which to me means it's a bit of getting used to, but not at all. After a little while, you will hear the The sound is louder than the ticking of a standard wall clock (hardness, because the clock you just hear above it). course should be also cooled considerably since the device should not be too hot. The above test I run for an hour and laptop ass you tackle just fine. He is even less warm after an hour stress than my previous laptop (part I think has to do with age) after an hour or two with lots of changes between scenes, but still not under full load. Conclusion The laptop offers great value for sure for money. Besides of course the proper performance (thanks to the dedicated GPU) you can click on one battery good for a while from the feet, if you want the system to save the state move naturally. In the "best performance" mode, the laptop is about 1 hour and a quarter note, for power saving and just what types Office (switching between images is not much, just a lot of typing) the battery may get about 3 hours. Which takes 3 hours the laptop a few minutes, but it can also be that the battery is still slightly stronger, because the device only a few days old yet. Additionally, the device looks nicely finished and I also think that it's all pretty solid look and feel. Just off and on again the plugins made sure it all works fine again. What an incredible amount of bloatware is actually installed. Why, especially all those games, this all there should be, I do not know. For me has no added value. Appearance The first impression I have already mentioned that the blue power button omlijne really struck me when you turn on the laptop. In addition to this first impression, I will now also take care of the rest of the look, which I also discussing the more practical side of things. Die outlined in blue power button I mentioned before, I do not know is whether you when your movie watching in the dark are suffering from the blue button, I have not tried yet. Also, I do not know if you can turn off the button but I'm still trying to find out. Furthermore, you have the top F1 / m F3 keys 3 buttons down, which are normally in this type of laptop, but two are used. From left to right they are: WLAN (on / off), Bluetooth (on / off), Backup. The WLAN button is in the middle under the power button. All these buttons are located on the left side above the keyboard. Bluetooth is not built into the notebook and an optional USB stickje bluetooth is not operated by the button. So it is a standard unit, based on the laptop with all the possibilities there are built-in. The WLAN light in the form of the WLAN mark what the button is on, blinks when connected in an orange color. When you have ingrained, bluetooth and have turned, bluetoot fire / bluetooth logo flashes on the button with a blue color. 's backup button does nothing for me, because I immediately removed the software to create a backup . Just to the right of those buttons you have 3 blue lights down, which indicate how the HDD is used, or Num Lock is on, and Caps Lock is on. On the right, still above the keyboard are the "Acer PowerSmart" button and the volume up / down button, which is located under the power mart button there again. 's power mart button See also once the volume buttons, and the "hole" structure which throughout width goes through and under which the speakers are. Over the entire width (above the keyboard so, and the power button down and power mart herein) runs a bar about 3 inches wide, including the speakers are located. Where exactly are these speakers incidentally I do not know. I let things prefer to sit together. Slightly to the right of the center of the entire chassis is a small hole for the microphone. then the keyboard itself. I can only say that the width of the laptop is used properly. On both sides of the 38.3 inches wide "closet" is only about 1 cm, the rest of the space is used for the keyboard. In this way, there is even room for a numeric part, what the numbers typing (which I sometimes want to do) go much faster. middle under the keyboard is the touchpad, which is entirely in color matches the rest, only the structure is different and it is slightly recessed (or simply runs through the top, no edges or anything like that dirt can sit. So Easy to clean up. Below the touchpad is just one long bar. Left button is equivalent to a click the left mouse button, right button to press the right mouse button. Right next to the touchpad is a button to easily this touchpad, or off. Additional facilities there are two small blue lights, which indicate that laptop and that we work on AC power. , the entire cabinet with a matte greyish color finished, with the keys and the power and power mart buttons are really black (or at least darker). 's shiny black color of the last two buttons are also reflected in the list to the monitor screen. It consists entirely of these shiny black color, which is very sleek looks. At the top of the screen you have the two brackets that your display remains sit really close and top center is the webcam. This will not even notice if you do not know who is there. Nicely concealed so. terms of robustness of the device seems to me fine. Especially when I compare it with my previous laptop device already looks a lot more solid, and it feels like that too. (actually so in the middle of the chassis) Printing (quite hard) on the center at the keyboard gives only a tiny bit. Also the display feels pretty solid and the hinges where the screen sits at the cabinet. then the keyboard, which looks at first glance not very strong in me, find the keys floating around 3 millimeters above the "underplate". But appearances are deceptive here and the keyboard is quite decent firm. Hitting keys will be easy, but you still have the idea that you really typing on a keyboard. Closed, the device has a height of about 2.5 DVD case. Not the most flat device, but what do you expect with such performance. In addition, of course, the DVD player is also a "space eater" in a laptop. General view at the back of the screen is a shiny bluish coating, which gives the laptop a still quite luxurious. Below a picture of the laptop from the back. Gleaming rear connectors at the back of the laptop is to be found, no connection is actually all connections are located on the left and right side of the laptop. There is only one device that you can use on the front and that is the reader. Who is left on the front of the laptop. On the left (if you are sitting on the laptop, if you work on it) are located in the rear (the side of the screen) to forward the following ports: - Input for the adapter - Network (Gbps) connection - HDMI output - VGA output - 2x USB 2.0 - Line out - Microphone - SPDIF On the right are the following connections / devices (also backwards) - Kensington Lock - Modem - DVD Multi Drive - 2x USB 2.0 Picture The display has a shiny (Acer CineCrystal) topcoat. This I'm used to from my previous laptop, but the top layer was still become somewhat duller over time. Now the top layer of my feelings very shiny. I do remember that here pretty soon gets used to it. Especially when watching film in the dark is that shiny layer of nice, but with light from behind (ie on your back) it is annoying sometimes. Then you see that light again in your screen. , the viewing angle of the screen is called, you can fine texts from allerlij directions read fine, but you notice that the colors still be lost fairly quickly. Not completely, but the color is not as it should have been, yet you can film from an angle (up to) follow 35 degrees just fine without you really foggy. This concerns or the viewing angle in the width. The height is the angle, in my experience, still a bit less. But you put your normal voice monitor also so that you reasonably straight (height in each case) to look there, so this is not a problem. brightness of the screen is fine, I can set the brightness halfway and then there is still fine to work, it is white then become somewhat greyish, but otherwise it's all legible. Comes once in that greyish little quieter on the eyes and therefore less fatigue. Even watching a movie on this laptop is really great in terms of image. Of course, you will be in an environment where the light of the laptop comes acher (so light you shine on the face) can see in the screen yourself. That's a pity, but (unfortunately) generally accepted point at laptop screens for private use. The colors on the screen are vibrant and the 16:9 ratio can actually watch movies in fullscreen. How wonderful is that, no black borders. Actuation of the display takes place in the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4750 with 512MB of memory. This is especially noticeable when playing games, which I previously played with many hitches. Well the laptop is obviously a whole faster than the previous one, but the difference is still noticeable. ATI video chip Naturally says purely a video chip is not much, so I have (on the Internet) a benchmark (Crisis GPU benchmark) found that it is shown how the performance of this card relate to the performance of other mobile GPUs reasonable. Benchmark Last edit: Meanwhile, I have a piece FULL HD looked on the laptop, what a beautiful picture (really becoming better than DVD, but of course it is also partly because you're shorter on there with a laptop than a TV) is. He plays this without shocks off at full screen. No black bars due to the 16:9 aspect ratio. Really super this. noise on the laptop and on the packaging, the Dolby logo and the term "Virtual Surround Sound". Of course you can not expect too much here, the small speakers in a laptop are ingrained can of course never give as pretty as sound as a Home Cinema, and the same surround effect imitate also fails with two Bose speakers. Still, if you're sure you do have the feeling that you listen, 3.0, something happens on image to the right, you can also hear on the right side of the speaker. Furthermore, you also hear the left and (to a lesser extent) the middle clear. Why the middle to a lesser extent, because that actually both left and right and the middle is / appears to be. then the sound itself, which is wonderfully full of "color", blikkig no sound until you go up the volume considerably . At high volume, the sound distorts very slightly, and it is less beautiful. The sound in words but in practice, you will almost never use it because it is pretty hard when you're sitting right behind your laptop. Watching a movie with multiple people will surely continue to do so, at least I do. Tv / dvd Nevertheless it still looks the most. But you can take it on the go with this laptop from the feet. Performance With its dual core processor and generous memory boot the laptop Windows Vista quite rap. The programs to be within half a minute (loaded I have a lot of heavy bloatware now removed, so that speeds can be achieved, the programs that equal start with Windows. - Avira Antivirus - Daemon Tools - Windows Live Messenger - Nokia PC Suite In addition, of course, the wireless network program from MS, volume control, battery indicator, the touchpad controller, Bluetooth (BT-USB) and the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Anyhow Well Vista start faster than Windows XP, and my feeling speed partly or Windows XP-based, so I only just a yellowing corpse done with some programs / games I ever play it. On my previous laptop, I could see the games but hardly play at their lowest resolution. (it was for this test, FLYFF and ToP 2 online MMORPGs) The previous laptop was just as fast internet as it (the router is the limiting factor, with 801.1g technology), but here I can see the games on the highest picture settings to play and I think still more. Another example is Track Mania. Also this (free edition) I can play at full resolution while the previous laptop that succeeded only at the lowest resolution. Of course this comparison is not entirely fair, because the previous laptop was older and used all good, but the difference is quite significant. Even on power save mode in which a thing is scaled down to save power on the performance Can I play these games just fine. Delicious is that, to enjoy. The splendor of such a game Also, movies playing well off in this "Power Save" mode, or at least the DVD movies. As previously genoemnd, I have yet to test the HD movies, and I'm very curious about it. Heat and sound Well you from the device itself and the laptop can still have a reasonable indication, I would nonetheless an important tightening point of the laptop. That is how hot the device and also increases almost as operating under full load? To test this, I turned on a DVD. It was a DVD image on the HDD, not the player, turning / cooling that players always make noise / sound when a laptop is not really relevant. Everyday use Incidentally, the sound of the DVD player to mention just fine with just watching a movie from the player, you will not have many problems with this sound. Anyway, for this test I made a DVD run, the virus scanner running and I had both a game turning. At the moment the card starts work to do, not only at the Virus Scanner, the laptop starts to blow, but fortunately it is quite delicious "samey" sound, which to me means it's a bit of getting used to, but not at all. After a little while, you will hear the The sound is louder than the ticking of a standard wall clock (hardness, because the clock you just hear above it). course should be also cooled considerably since the device should not be too hot. The above test I run for an hour and laptop ass you tackle just fine. He is even less warm after an hour stress than my previous laptop (part I think has to do with age) after an hour or two with lots of changes between scenes, but still not under full load. Conclusion The laptop offers great value for sure for money. Besides of course the proper performance (thanks to the dedicated GPU) you can click on one battery good for a while from the feet, if you want the system to save the state move naturally. In the "best performance" mode, the laptop is about 1 hour and a quarter note, for power saving and just what types Office (switching between images is not much, just a lot of typing) the battery may get about 3 hours. Which takes 3 hours the laptop a few minutes, but it can also be that the battery is still slightly stronger, because the device only a few days old yet. Additionally, the device looks nicely finished and I also think that it's all pretty solid look and feel. Just off and on again the plugins made sure it all works fine again. What an incredible amount of bloatware is actually installed. Why, especially all those games, this all there should be, I do not know. For me has no added value. Appearance The first impression I have already mentioned that the blue power button omlijne really struck me when you turn on the laptop. In addition to this first impression, I will now also take care of the rest of the look, which I also discussing the more practical side of things. Die outlined in blue power button I mentioned before, I do not know is whether you when your movie watching in the dark are suffering from the blue button, I have not tried yet. Also, I do not know if you can turn off the button but I'm still trying to find out. Furthermore, you have the top F1 / m F3 keys 3 buttons down, which are normally in this type of laptop, but two are used. From left to right they are: WLAN (on / off), Bluetooth (on / off), Backup. The WLAN button is in the middle under the power button. All these buttons are located on the left side above the keyboard. Bluetooth is not built into the notebook and an optional USB stickje bluetooth is not operated by the button. So it is a standard unit, based on the laptop with all the possibilities there are built-in. The WLAN light in the form of the WLAN mark what the button is on, blinks when connected in an orange color. When you have ingrained, bluetooth and have turned, bluetoot fire / bluetooth logo flashes on the button with a blue color. 's backup button does nothing for me, because I immediately removed the software to create a backup . Just to the right of those buttons you have 3 blue lights down, which indicate how the HDD is used, or Num Lock is on, and Caps Lock is on. On the right, still above the keyboard are the "Acer PowerSmart" button and the volume up / down button, which is located under the power mart button there again. 's power mart button See also once the volume buttons, and the "hole" structure which throughout width goes through and under which the speakers are. Over the entire width (above the keyboard so, and the power button down and power mart herein) runs a bar about 3 inches wide, including the speakers are located. Where exactly are these speakers incidentally I do not know. I let things prefer to sit together. Slightly to the right of the center of the entire chassis is a small hole for the microphone. then the keyboard itself. I can only say that the width of the laptop is used properly. On both sides of the 38.3 inches wide "closet" is only about 1 cm, the rest of the space is used for the keyboard. In this way, there is even room for a numeric part, what the numbers typing (which I sometimes want to do) go much faster. middle under the keyboard is the touchpad, which is entirely in color matches the rest, only the structure is different and it is slightly recessed (or simply runs through the top, no edges or anything like that dirt can sit. So Easy to clean up. Below the touchpad is just one long bar. Left button is equivalent to a click the left mouse button, right button to press the right mouse button. Right next to the touchpad is a button to easily this touchpad, or off. Additional facilities there are two small blue lights, which indicate that laptop and that we work on AC power. , the entire cabinet with a matte greyish color finished, with the keys and the power and power mart buttons are really black (or at least darker). 's shiny black color of the last two buttons are also reflected in the list to the monitor screen. It consists entirely of these shiny black color, which is very sleek looks. At the top of the screen you have the two brackets that your display remains sit really close and top center is the webcam. This will not even notice if you do not know who is there. Nicely concealed so. terms of robustness of the device seems to me fine. Especially when I compare it with my previous laptop device already looks a lot more solid, and it feels like that too. (actually so in the middle of the chassis) Printing (quite hard) on the center at the keyboard gives only a tiny bit. Also the display feels pretty solid and the hinges where the screen sits at the cabinet. then the keyboard, which looks at first glance not very strong in me, find the keys floating around 3 millimeters above the "underplate". But appearances are deceptive here and the keyboard is quite decent firm. Hitting keys will be easy, but you still have the idea that you really typing on a keyboard. Closed, the device has a height of about 2.5 DVD case. Not the most flat device, but what do you expect with such performance. In addition, of course, the DVD player is also a "space eater" in a laptop. General view at the back of the screen is a shiny bluish coating, which gives the laptop a still quite luxurious. Below a picture of the laptop from the back. Gleaming rear connectors at the back of the laptop is to be found, no connection is actually all connections are located on the left and right side of the laptop. There is only one device that you can use on the front and that is the reader. Who is left on the front of the laptop. On the left (if you are sitting on the laptop, if you work on it) are located in the rear (the side of the screen) to forward the following ports: - Input for the adapter - Network (Gbps) connection - HDMI output - VGA output - 2x USB 2.0 - Line out - Microphone - SPDIF On the right are the following connections / devices (also backwards) - Kensington Lock - Modem - DVD Multi Drive - 2x USB 2.0 Picture The display has a shiny (Acer CineCrystal) topcoat. This I'm used to from my previous laptop, but the top layer was still become somewhat duller over time. Now the top layer of my feelings very shiny. I do remember that here pretty soon gets used to it. Especially when watching film in the dark is that shiny layer of nice, but with light from behind (ie on your back) it is annoying sometimes. Then you see that light again in your screen. , the viewing angle of the screen is called, you can fine texts from allerlij directions read fine, but you notice that the colors still be lost fairly quickly. Not completely, but the color is not as it should have been, yet you can film from an angle (up to) follow 35 degrees just fine without you really foggy. This concerns or the viewing angle in the width. The height is the angle, in my experience, still a bit less. But you put your normal voice monitor also so that you reasonably straight (height in each case) to look there, so this is not a problem. brightness of the screen is fine, I can set the brightness halfway and then there is still fine to work, it is white then become somewhat greyish, but otherwise it's all legible. Comes once in that greyish little quieter on the eyes and therefore less fatigue. Even watching a movie on this laptop is really great in terms of image. Of course, you will be in an environment where the light of the laptop comes acher (so light you shine on the face) can see in the screen yourself. That's a pity, but (unfortunately) generally accepted point at laptop screens for private use. The colors on the screen are vibrant and the 16:9 ratio can actually watch movies in fullscreen. How wonderful is that, no black borders. Actuation of the display takes place in the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4750 with 512MB of memory. This is especially noticeable when playing games, which I previously played with many hitches. Well the laptop is obviously a whole faster than the previous one, but the difference is still noticeable. ATI video chip Naturally says purely a video chip is not much, so I have (on the Internet) a benchmark (Crisis GPU benchmark) found that it is shown how the performance of this card relate to the performance of other mobile GPUs reasonable. Benchmark Last edit: Meanwhile, I have a piece FULL HD looked on the laptop, what a beautiful picture (really becoming better than DVD, but of course it is also partly because you're shorter on there with a laptop than a TV) is. He plays this without shocks off at full screen. No black bars due to the 16:9 aspect ratio. Really super this. noise on the laptop and on the packaging, the Dolby logo and the term "Virtual Surround Sound". Of course you can not expect too much here, the small speakers in a laptop are ingrained can of course never give as pretty as sound as a Home Cinema, and the same surround effect imitate also fails with two Bose speakers. Still, if you're sure you do have the feeling that you listen, 3.0, something happens on image to the right, you can also hear on the right side of the speaker. Furthermore, you also hear the left and (to a lesser extent) the middle clear. Why the middle to a lesser extent, because that actually both left and right and the middle is / appears to be. then the sound itself, which is wonderfully full of "color", blikkig no sound until you go up the volume considerably . At high volume, the sound distorts very slightly, and it is less beautiful. The sound in words but in practice, you will almost never use it because it is pretty hard when you're sitting right behind your laptop. Watching a movie with multiple people will surely continue to do so, at least I do. Tv / dvd Nevertheless it still looks the most. But you can take it on the go with this laptop from the feet. Performance With its dual core processor and generous memory boot the laptop Windows Vista quite rap. The programs to be within half a minute (loaded I have a lot of heavy bloatware now removed, so that speeds can be achieved, the programs that equal start with Windows. - Avira Antivirus - Daemon Tools - Windows Live Messenger - Nokia PC Suite In addition, of course, the wireless network program from MS, volume control, battery indicator, the touchpad controller, Bluetooth (BT-USB) and the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Anyhow Well Vista start faster than Windows XP, and my feeling speed partly or Windows XP-based, so I only just a yellowing corpse done with some programs / games I ever play it. On my previous laptop, I could see the games but hardly play at their lowest resolution. (it was for this test, FLYFF and ToP 2 online MMORPGs) The previous laptop was just as fast internet as it (the router is the limiting factor, with 801.1g technology), but here I can see the games on the highest picture settings to play and I think still more. Another example is Track Mania. Also this (free edition) I can play at full resolution while the previous laptop that succeeded only at the lowest resolution. Of course this comparison is not entirely fair, because the previous laptop was older and used all good, but the difference is quite significant. Even on power save mode in which a thing is scaled down to save power on the performance Can I play these games just fine. Delicious is that, to enjoy. The splendor of such a game Also, movies playing well off in this "Power Save" mode, or at least the DVD movies. As previously genoemnd, I have yet to test the HD movies, and I'm very curious about it. Heat and sound Well you from the device itself and the laptop can still have a reasonable indication, I would nonetheless an important tightening point of the laptop. That is how hot the device and also increases almost as operating under full load? To test this, I turned on a DVD. It was a DVD image on the HDD, not the player, turning / cooling that players always make noise / sound when a laptop is not really relevant. Everyday use Incidentally, the sound of the DVD player to mention just fine with just watching a movie from the player, you will not have many problems with this sound. Anyway, for this test I made a DVD run, the virus scanner running and I had both a game turning. At the moment the card starts work to do, not only at the Virus Scanner, the laptop starts to blow, but fortunately it is quite delicious "samey" sound, which to me means it's a bit of getting used to, but not at all. After a little while, you will hear the The sound is louder than the ticking of a standard wall clock (hardness, because the clock you just hear above it). course should be also cooled considerably since the device should not be too hot. The above test I run for an hour and laptop ass you tackle just fine. He is even less warm after an hour stress than my previous laptop (part I think has to do with age) after an hour or two with lots of changes between scenes, but still not under full load. Conclusion The laptop offers great value for sure for money. Besides of course the proper performance (thanks to the dedicated GPU) you can click on one battery good for a while from the feet, if you want the system to save the state move naturally. In the "best performance" mode, the laptop is about 1 hour and a quarter note, for power saving and just what types Office (switching between images is not much, just a lot of typing) the battery may get about 3 hours. Which takes 3 hours the laptop a few minutes, but it can also be that the battery is still slightly stronger, because the device only a few days old yet. Additionally, the device looks nicely finished and I also think that it's all pretty solid look and feel.
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