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    TravelMate B1 vs. AO756

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mitebbots, Sep 21, 2012.

  1. mitebbots

    mitebbots Notebook Enthusiast

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    Interested in one of machines with the Pentium 967 CPU, mostly for travel, I really like the size of the A/C adapter on the AO756 model - very small, not a huge brick.

    I do want the Gigabit on the TravelMate B1 tho. I have not seen a picture of the A/C adapter, might be a larger brick style adapter.

    Size and weight specs are exactly the same for both machines.

    Wonder how to find out the size of the AC adapter?

    TravelMate B1 - TMB113-E-4470
    TMB113-E-4470 | Business Product Model

    Aspire One 756 - AO756-4854
    AO756-4854 | Product Model
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Definitely Travel-Mate. It most likely uses matte display (most if not all Travel-Mate do) and it has far better Wi-Fi card.
    PSU is a small 40W one (see an image here)
    For refference- mind the size of the plug and compare it to a standard 90W PSU.
     
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    mitebbots Notebook Enthusiast

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    in the newegg pic the AO756 uses and adapter that looks like this. yes the matte screen would be nicer.

    ao756_ac.jpg
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    This one would be even better. Anyway- there are no big 40W adapters so you should be good either way although the one you linked to is even smaller.

    EDIT: You're right. This sort of adapter you linked to is the one Acer used on at least three previous netbooks.
     
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    Bronsky Wait and Hope.

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    I would go with the Travelmate as well. Downloads is correct, it has a matte display and Intel wireless. My only beef is the 4 cell battery w/2600 mAH.