Acer notebooks?

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Are they any good?

I found this for a cheap price(1350 US$, New):

Acer TravelMate: TM4502LMi

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (1.60GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB)
512MB (256/256) DDR333 SDRAM
80GB hard drive
modular DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW)
3-in-1 card reader
15.0" XGA (1024 x 768) display
Intel® 855GME chipset with integrated graphics
802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modem


I do understand that its XGA and that the max display is 1024x768, I think
this acceptable for a 15" screen. I even have mine set at 1024x768 on my 19"
desktop monitor.

The only downside, i'm not even sure if it's even a downside, is that the
graphics card is integrated the motherboard. Maybe I should upgrade?


Thanks

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Hi S. Reicher,

Normally when they say that the graphics controller is 'integrated',
it means that it shares the system RAM. For general business usage;
Internet, word processing, spreadsheets, etc. you will not notice
anything. If you are doing image editing or playing high end games,
you will notice sluggish performance.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
He esteems too lightly


S. Reicher wrote:
> I'm not sure why its cheap. This system should be expensive.
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> It looks like the price dropped dramatically in two months???
> http://www.nextag.com/Acer_TravelM [...] mainz2-htm
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> Very strange...
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> "S. Reicher" <reicherzoom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8dOdna49MKxIFQLcRVn-pQ@rogers.com...
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>>Are they any good?
>>
>>I found this for a cheap price(1350 US$, New):
>>
>>Acer TravelMate: TM4502LMi
>>
>>Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (1.60GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB)
>>512MB (256/256) DDR333 SDRAM
>>80GB hard drive
>>modular DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW)
>>3-in-1 card reader
>>15.0" XGA (1024 x 768) display
>>Intel® 855GME chipset with integrated graphics
>>802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modem
>>
>>
>>I do understand that its XGA and that the max display is 1024x768, I think
>>this acceptable for a 15" screen. I even have mine set at 1024x768 on my
>
> 19"
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>>desktop monitor.
>>
>>The only downside, i'm not even sure if it's even a downside, is that the
>>graphics card is integrated the motherboard. Maybe I should upgrade?
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
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Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Acer's seem to have a steadily increasing reputation as good laptop makers.
"S. Reicher" <reicherzoom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8dOdna49MKxIFQLcRVn-pQ@rogers.com...
> Are they any good?
>
> I found this for a cheap price(1350 US$, New):
>
> Acer TravelMate: TM4502LMi
>
> Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (1.60GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB)
> 512MB (256/256) DDR333 SDRAM
> 80GB hard drive
> modular DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW)
> 3-in-1 card reader
> 15.0" XGA (1024 x 768) display
> Intel® 855GME chipset with integrated graphics
> 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modem
>
>
> I do understand that its XGA and that the max display is 1024x768, I think
> this acceptable for a 15" screen. I even have mine set at 1024x768 on my
> 19"
> desktop monitor.
>
> The only downside, i'm not even sure if it's even a downside, is that the
> graphics card is integrated the motherboard. Maybe I should upgrade?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>