Acer Extensa 4630G..

Hey all. Have you guys heard about Acer's Extensa line of products? Well, so far I've just seen them in Acer sites from Asia, and I was wondering how many people actually use them already.

Another thing, I was also looking for someone who particularly owns an Acer Extensa 4630G--the most recent budget one (I think) with Intel C2D T5800, ~4GB 667MHz RAM, I think with 320GB Harddrive, and ~nVidia 9300M GS~ (256MB dedicated)

For people who own this kind of notebook (or those with the 4630 ZG, the one with the Pentium Dual Core instead of C2D), how does the notebook handle? Does it heat up easily? Does it perform well with relatively recent games/3D modelling applications etc.? Thanks in advance

 

I have an Extensa 4630Z that I bought last November and so far I've been very happy with it. It doesn't get any hotter than my Dell or Lenovo laptops and it handles Vista Premium very well with only 2G ram. I'm not a gamer so I can't really tell you about it's gaming prowess, but so far it has handled every business or entertainment app that I've thrown at it without a hiccup. I'm also very impressed with the screen considering this was a "budget" laptop. I can only imagine that the same laptop with a C2D processor would perform even better. Overall I would say that it was an excellent value for the $399 I paid for it.

 

I just got a 4630Z a few days ago. Seems great so far. I am having one problem though. I can't seem to get the webcam to operate properly. It will snap a still photo but if I try to upload a video it always gives an error message, something like "unable to connect to server." The only driver I can find on the computer is the Microsoft USBVideo. There seems to be few, if any, settings or preferences, other than sharpness, brightness, etc. Maybe it requires third party software to operate? Anyway, great laptop so far.

 

The differences between the 4630Z and the 4630G lies on the processor and videocards, right? Anyway, do you think the more powerful components won't add up to the heat?

@Kensterfly

What OS are you using? I think built-in webcams really have issues with Windows Vista OS's, cause I'm running Vista basic on my Lenovo and I can't even take a still photo from it.

Anyway, thanks to both of you who replied.

P.S. I think the Extensa 4630G is among the cheapest non-netbook laptops with a dedicated graphics card being the GeForce 9300M GS, it's about SG$1,200 or about US$780, though I think it's only sold in Singapore..

 

I think you're right about the differences between the 4630G and 4630Z. My 4630Z doesn't have a webcam and it didn't come with a dedicated graphics card. It came with Vista Home Premium OS. I have not seen any 4630Gs here in the US, only 4630Zs, so I think you're also right about the G model being sold primarily outside the US.

 

In another thread someone said that the Z is the budget version and the G is the high end version.

 

Well yeah, and I always thought that the -G meant "Gaming", being the gamehead that I am, lol. Anyway, are there any other cheaper lines in acer aside from Extensa?