Acer's Nvidia, AMD-based Tablet Size Comparison
Acer will be pushing lots of new tablets in 2011. But how do they look today against the Galaxy Tab and the iPad?
Last week Acer revealed its line of tablets in all sizes. There were the usual 10.1-inch models plus the new 7-inch form factor. The two forms also run differing hardware and now there's word from Taiwan that AMD's C-50 APU will be powering at least one of the models.
Digitimes reports that the AMD C-50 consumes only 9W of power and has an integrated Radeon HD 6250 graphics chip. Such a chip could power the 10.1-inch tablet running Windows.
Acer will undoubtedly have an extensive line of configurations with mixes between Android and Windows, running on AMD C-50, Qualcomm Snapdragon, and Nvidia Tegra 2.
Unfortunately, Acer won't be shipping any of its tablets until Q1/Q2 of 2011. In fact, the company has yet to come up with marketing names for its tablet products.
What we do know, however, is what they look like. Check out the Acer prototypes below and check out the size comparisons between the currently existing 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab and the 9.7-inch Apple iPad.
Your math is questionable. How does acer plus tablet equal plastic divided by cheap? How do you divide by cheap anyways?
Your math is questionable. How does acer plus tablet equal plastic divided by cheap? How do you divide by cheap anyways?
this is getting boaring
How about in practice? My father has a Acer gaming laptop with a 9600m GT 512MB. Brand new out of the box, at stock clocks, 60 seconds brings the GPU to 120 degrees, thermal shutdown. Completely unblocked airflow. The newest drivers don't help a bit.
So, I don't care if Acer claims it craps ponies, I'm not buying anything that make. Build quality is extremely important if you expect to use something for more than a few months.
Your first mistake was getting a gaming laptop with a 9600M GT. In that series you should have picked something with a 9800M GS/GTS/GT/GTX.
Though personally when it comes to gaming laptops I go with Asus.
Anyone have some suggestions?
For example. I was looking for an entry level gaming laptop and I didn't want to spend to much. I looked at all the notebook review sites, cross referenced with mobile benchmarks (cpu + gpu)and looked at pricing. I ended up buying an Acer Aspire 5740G-6395 (i5-520M/ HD 5650/ 4GB DDR3) for $700. The nearest equivalent from the other companies was around $1000 at time of purchase.
Sure, the Acer is not built as well as the $1,000 equivalent units, but I ended up with a very nice laptop for hundreds less and it plays all my games. No over heating and no other problems to report. I can accept the somewhat lesser quality because I knew what I was buying and how much I was saving in doing so.
Just know what your buying and you'll be happy.
BIOS and/or VBIOS updates. If that doesn't work, warranty. I'd have bought one with a Radeon Mobility, myself, since I've had a couple of Nvidia-powered laptops in the family die as a result of Nvidia's Bumpgate.
i have had excellent luck with acer gear.
i'd rather have cheap plastic than HPs or Apples with faulty graphics chips.