Re: OT: laptop recomendations
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:24:35 -0500
Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:39:26 -0200
> "Ismael Scalcon" <thesupermouse@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > Also, my girlfriend has bought herself an Acer Aspire (not the One),
> > and, so far, we had no problems with it.
>
> I've been using an Acer (Aspire 3690) for about two years with no
> problems yet, but I baby it; I've never dropped it, spilled anything
> into it, sat on it, etc. The battery life is quite low, only about an
> hour and a half when new, but I nearly always use it on AC. [Tangent:
> my impression is that that will help preserve the battery life, as
> charge / discharge cycles reduce it. Is this true?]
>
Not completely, what newer batteries hate is heat, over and under charging. If
it's always plugged in it may kill the battery rather quickly. What I have on
my current thinkpad is the ability to stop charging before 100% and that can
add quite a bit of like to the battery.
A friend of mine as a lenovo 3000 (very bad track record with them with the
university staff), which was always plugged in and almost always on, the
battery is mostly dead in a year.
> I've never dealt with Acer support.
>
> This was already a low end machine when I purchased it, but it is quite
> usable for my needs:
>
> Celeron M 420 @ 1.6GHZ
> 512MB RAM (recently upgraded to 2GB, not because I needed it, but
> because I found a steal on RAM)
> 60GB HDD
> Broadcom wireless (4318, supported perfectly by b43)
> 15 inch screen, Intel 945GM graphics
> Intel 82801G stuff inside
>
> The OP asked about performance, but IIUC, that will depend mostly on
> the actual components used, not on the build quality or any special
> sauce of the integrator. I daresay I'm oversimplifying, and I'll
> appreciate corrections
>
> Celejar
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