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I am considering purchasing an Acer 2012WLMI and I have laid out the pro's and con's as far as I could tell from never having seen one. If anyone has any personal experiences they would like to chip in that would be great, especially if I have got something wrong in my research. Thanks!!!!
Acer Aspire AS2012WLMi (ChiefValue)
Pentium M 1.5GHz
XP Pro
512 x2 DDR 300
60GB 4200
DVD+/-RW
WLAN b/g
15.4" WXGA TFT (1280 x 800)
64MB Radeon 9700
8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
up to 300 minutes
6.6 lbs
14.2 W x 10.7" D x 1.1" - 1.3"
1 Year
3 USB, 1 FW, S-video TV, IR
4-in-1 card reader
$1,439
Advantages: One of the best overall technical specs in its range. Nice video card. Good rated battery life and a DVD burner (nice but not needed) with other nice touches such as a IR port and a 4-in-1 card reader
Disadvantages: Has not been examined in person and purchased through ChiefVaule with 30 exchange or 15% return. Both RAM slots filled and relatively slow processor, keyboard layout buries home and end under a function key (but keeps menu button down low). Keyboard placement is also reputed to be placed in a strange location and to be 'recessed' though I am not sure what this means.
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Because I'm getting this laptop as "compensation" for a persistently faulty 1501LCe, and I had to decide on which model I wanted to replace it with last night, so I could accept the offer this morning, I did alot of frantic reading about the Pentium M processor (which, lets face it, is the only part of this laptop that you really wanna know about in as much as how suitable it will be for you).
My main problem was that I had nothing to really gauge the P-M against, and it was very difficult to find some concrete figures on how exactly this thing performs. But I'm getting a fairly clear picture of the kind of results I can expect...
I'm currently using a desktop AthlonXP 2000+ as a temporary measure until my laptop comes. I'm using it for audio recording, MIDI sequencing (which is intense multimedia work), and is what I'll be using the laptop for. The AthlonXP2000+ runs at 1.67Ghz, with 256KB L2 Cacheand a 266Mhz FSB. So far, it handles pretty much everything I want it to, although admittedly I don't have much CPU overhead. So once things get busy...there's not much power to play with. But it's still more than acceptable.
Compare that to the P-M 1.5Ghz which has 64KB of on-die Cache (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and 1MB of level 2 Cache, combined with a 400Mhz FSB. Although the "on paper" clock speeds are comparable 1.5/1.67, the fact that the P-M has four times the L2 Cache and a FSB almost twice the speed of the machine I'm running now, *should* put it streets ahead. And this doesn't take into account all the other numerous features that the P-M utilises to get the most out of what precious few Megahertz it has
So I'm guessing as a rough estimate...the P-M 1.5 should...and I say *should* perform around a 2.4Ghz and upwards. I know some people say that a 1.5x multiplier is a high estimate, but look at the AthlonXP 2000+. According to the rating on that chip, with a 266Mhz FSB and 256KB of L2 Cache, it would seem to perform at a factor of 1.3 times it's clockspeed. I think that's right, I'm a little tired so someone stop me if I'm spouting numbers.
Aaanyway, this is not to sway your decision. If anything it's to re-assure ME that the laptop I've gone for will cut it but I really think it will. Once I get using it, I will let you know how it performs as soon as I know. But the crux of it would seem to be, don't let the absurdly low clock speed bug you too much. AMD have proved that clock speed isn't everything. I believe the same is true here.
But we'll see!
**Edit: and hey, I didn't even touch on the fact that it's widescreen , has graphics far far superior to "more powerful" P4/P4M powered Acers, most of which have intergrated graphics chips and share system memory for video. DVDRW, 4-in-1 card reader, larger than usual HDD....obviously you know all this already, but I think the features alone outweigh any cutbacks on raw power
Ahh can't wait...
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Help with Acer 2012WLMI - Pro's and Con's
Discussion in 'Acer' started by brokejumper, Jul 28, 2004.
