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    No Turion MT laptops?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by dqm, Nov 29, 2005.

  1. dqm

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    I'm curious as to why Acer doesn't make any MT-based laptops?

    From an article I read the prices are not significantly higher (is this correct?) so I don't see the holdup.

    In fact, most laptops seem to be based on the ML line.

    Any ideas why?
     
    dqm, Nov 29, 2005
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

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    No, at the moment, Acer only has ML-based notebooks.

    The reason being is that, while the ML's are only about $2-$5 cheaper than the MT's, that can add up when you're talking about manufacturing tens of thousands of computers. Also, the ML's were avaliable long before the MT's.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 30, 2005
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    The availability makes some sense. Acer could have easily passed a $5 cost to the customer who would be more than happy given the reduced power consumption.

    Anyways, hope we start seeing something new soon...
     
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    Same here, I'd like to see them phase out the ML line altogether in place of the MT series.
     
    Rahul, Dec 1, 2005
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    The ML's are even true Turion's - they're just rebadget Low Voltage AMD Mobile Athlon 64's, such as the one put in the Acer Ferrari 3200.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 1, 2005
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    I had no idea on that one! But anyways, as long as the laptops themselves are slim and not DTRS, and don't sufer from obvious heat issues I guess it's ok...
     
    dqm, Dec 1, 2005
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