Just bought a new Acer..and I'm taking it back to the store

Hey everyone,

I've been reading this forum for the last few days. I bought an Acer Aspire 1650 last Tuesday and I've been kinda desperate to understand the way it works, and moreso, the way most laptops work (it's my first).

I noticed a three-partition HDD setting that really bothered me, plus it's in FAT32. I read in some forums that this wouldn't necessarily be an issue, but when I took up to 16 minutes to move a 700mb movie from one partition to the other, I kind of wanted to give up. Also, I noticed the "choppy sound" other users have dealt with, and I'm kinda worried that it might be a factory issue or just slow performance on the laptop's behalf.

So I'm really pondering if I should take the 650$ apparent bargain (100gb Disk, 1gb Ram, 1,70ghz Pentium M) back to the store for devolution. I've been looking for a quick PC with good storage that can last a good 3/4 years -or be updated. I've been looking at this HP Pavillion dv5000 with an Intel Core Duo, and it appears to solve my performance needs. Better screen, disk, design.. but I lose 350$ more than I planned. Any advice?

Thanks,
Joao

 

Do it. Take it back. Without a Shadow of a Doubt. If you trying to copy a movie file(699 MB) to another partitioned HDD and it takes upto 16 mins?! and to be honest with you, i wouldnt go with "ACER" if i wanted a DESKTOP REPLACEMENT LAPTOP in the first place. Choose either Toshiba Satellite Pro P05 or HP's NEW Pavilion DV9000 (not sure if its out yet) and if not go with the DV8000. They are nice too except some of the problems people had with the keyboard. Toshiba has excellent bass sound to it and loud. HP Pavilion speakers are loud only, nothing else.

D3158

 

EDIT: Toshiba Satellite Pro P 105

 

Both laptops you mentioned do look lovely, but are a little over my desired price range. Plus, and I don't know how much of a difference this makes, but I'm okay with a 15,4" screen (keeps it portable, light).

 

Earlier this year I was seriously looking at the Acer line of notebooks. However, after seeing one in person and having the opportunity to have a hands on experience, I was not overly impressed.

I'm not saying that Acer is a bad product, its just not for me. I ended up buying a top of the line Fujitsu and have not regreted my decesion. Yes it was several hundred dollars more, but it was worth every penny.

 

700 mb 16 minutes!!!! i can do that partition to partition in 2 minutes and i am using an acer partion(aspire 3503) and a cel m 1.5 ghz, 60 gb 3 partitions, 4200rpm. on fat32 i don't think it is acer in general i think it is just that unit...