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    Acer Aspire 1691WLMi

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by trs1982, Mar 8, 2005.

  1. trs1982

    trs1982 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm really tempted by this, but does anyone own one or have any opinions? What attracts me to this is Centrino, Dedicated Graphics, DVDRW and 15.4" Widescreen CrystalBrite screen. It appears to be a great deal compared to Dell, Sony etc. For me the Sony FS115B is closest match but doesn't have support for S-Video TV Out.

    Any opinions?
     
    trs1982, Mar 8, 2005
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    It is a new machine since it has the Sonoma Pentium M. Acer builds a decent machine and offers good value.






    I know things, things that could get me killed


    Thinkpad T41:
    * 1.6Ghz Pentium M * 768Mb Memory * 40Gb Hitachi 7200RPM * Panasonic UJ-845-B DVD+RW *
     
    ZaZ, Mar 8, 2005
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  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    looks great to me but its only availiable in Asia right now...


    so we gotta wait :(
     
    coriolis, Mar 8, 2005
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  4. trs1982

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    wrong, acernotebooks.co.uk has it quoted on their website at around £850
     
    trs1982, Mar 9, 2005
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hmm maybe in the UK, but its not availiable here

    [ :(]
     
    coriolis, Mar 9, 2005
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    asethi Notebook Guru

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by trs1982
     
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    orangeguy Notebook Consultant

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    Would anyone recommend this notebnook over the Fujitsu N3510? BOth are within the same price range but the specs of the Acer seem to be a bit lower in terms of a lower qulaity screen and only DDR ram.
     
    orangeguy, Mar 15, 2005
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    DDR 1 performs better than DDR2 due to lower latencies.[ :D]
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 16, 2005
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    On some websites, they say that there is a built in wifi aerial, does anyone know if this is the case? I recently tried 2 Sony Vaios (FS115B) and was very unimpressed with the wifi performance and wondered if they were typical of the Centrino genre.

    The 1693 is available from Acernotebooks.co.uk http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/asp/product.asp?recorprod=1&product=224&cat=79&ph=&keywords=&recor=&SearchFor=&PT_ID= for £919, and seems good value at this price
     
    phantomlynx, Mar 22, 2005
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  10. smilepak

    smilepak Notebook Deity

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    Sad this is not available in the states yet.
     
    smilepak, Mar 23, 2005
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    surfer19 Newbie

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    i bought a 1694 wlmi a month ago (m750 2.0 ghz,512, qsi dvdrw dl,ati x600 128mb,100gb hdd 5400rpm)i am very satisfied.no problems with the dvd yet,the screen is very good close to a sony vaio.the only problem is that as far asi can see the free space in C and D drives hdd is 90 gb and not 100gb.to answer to phantomlynx yes it has a built in wifi and i have tried it and it works fine except twice that i tried to play wireless unreal 2005 with a friend and it was playing very slow
     
    surfer19, Mar 29, 2005
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  12. phantomlynx

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    I have just bought the 1693wlmi.

    I bought as a replacement for the Sony FS115B, which didn't really impress me though it was very stylish, and had a lovely screen.

    By comparison, ansd these are only first impressions. The Acer still looks and feels quite classy and solid. The keyboard is better, really quite good. The scree nis certainly good, but not quite up to the Sony. It runs hotteradn as the vents are underneath you tend to block these if you just put it on your lap.

    The dvd was making some odd clunking noises at first, but I'm not sure if that has stopped. [Does anyone know if ther is a way of making these dvd's multiregional?]

    At first impressins I'd certainly give it 7/10, and prbably 9/10 for value
     
    phantomlynx, Mar 31, 2005
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    Clearday Notebook Evangelist

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by phantomlynx
     
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    Can anyone help? Does your Acer do this?

    I have an Aspire 1693wlmi

    When I go into the Device Manager and go to properties for the Intel 2200BG Network Connexion (Centrino wireless card), and click Properties, Advanced, I can't see the left half of the dialogue box, and can't make it bigger. As I need to change these properties, it would be very useful to see this last half (left hand) inch or so.

    Any ideas... I have changed every font under the Appearnace tab, but none affect this tab... also it is the only th eAdvanced tab that has these oversized fonts
     
    phantomlynx, Apr 12, 2005
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  15. leoboy

    leoboy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,,

    I want to ask another question too... not I am planning to buy a notebook but Acer Aspire 1691 WLMi in asia countries is come with
    radeon X600 with 64 Mb only so ,.. If i want to upgrade to 128 MB I can do it? I heard that I need a additional V-Ram for the X600..
    Anyone Can tell me is it possible to upgrade?

    Thanks so far,[^]
    Leoboy
     
    leoboy, Apr 12, 2005
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  16. phantomlynx

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    I can't say for certain but I don't think you can
     
    phantomlynx, Apr 12, 2005
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  17. yifenglu1983

    yifenglu1983 Newbie

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    i bought Acer Aspire 1691WLMi in Singapore 2 weeks ago.
    The graphic card is ATI Mobility Radeon X700 with 128MB VRAM. And i upgraded the memory to 1GB.
    3dmark 2003 v 3.6.0 is 6074
    the only disadvantage is the temprature.it's too hot.
    but i have a question,Where can i download the conexant amc audio driver.thanks
     
    yifenglu1983, Apr 16, 2005
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