rave reviews of Acer Aspire 2020

hey all, check out these two new reviews of the 2020:

this cnet guy gushes; not sure why it only gets an 8.0
http://reviews.cnet.com/Acer_Aspire...l?tag=pdtl-list

pretty flattering as well
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scit...amg_040811.html

so what vendors do y'all recommend? i guess there aren't any besides cdw that customize, no? i'd love to upgrade the drive to a 5400rpm 80gb, and get a gb of ram in just one slot. also looking for some place with a good return policy, as it doesn't look like any nyc-area stores are stocking the 2020 (i still have a few to call though). so i won't get a chance to eyeball the screen, fondle the keys, etc;>)

a warning though... acer's taking some heat for arcade from Intervideo -- they claim its their tech; acer claims it licensed it from compal. who knows, this might mean declining availability of this series.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18098

 

I'm buying a 2025 for my father in law through eCost.com.

Editor in Chief http://www.bargainPDA.com and http://www.SPOTstop.com

 

ick, sorry-- the urls don't work. my vbulletin forum shortens urls too, but without truncating the href contents. here they are:

CNet review

ABC News review

 

another really thorough review here on AnandTech

 

i've had an aspire 2025 for a couple of months now. got it from harmony computers. pretty decent company. initially it didn't register my order so i called up and changed it to a 2-day delivery and got it the next day!

pretty decent laptop, but if you want to use it for any intensive tasks you will definitely need those upgrades you mentioned. i think it's mainly the hard drive holding it back.

does anyone know what the maximum type of ram the aspire 2025 can take. for example, will it be able to take pc3200 ddr 333 ram? and how many pins does it take?

 

hey blinkpsycho--

thanks for the advice.

here's a thread on upgrading memory, from elsewhere in this forum.

not sure that i would go above pc2700; you can see that crucial restricts its recommendations to 2700. maybe call acer. also, here's a listing of 1GB+ sticks on newegg.

as for pins, i can't say for sure -- the crucial recommendations are 200-pin but the newegg listings are all 184; they don't even sell 200-pin memory! not sure what that's all about.

you can also see exactly where both memory sticks are located on this page of the anandtech review.

i've decided to hold off on a purchase of this model, as much as i would like resolution on this friggin decision. reason for me is 1) the slow hard drive and 2) the lack of a line-in jack. as a radio producer, i would prefer to use the preamplifier on my minidisc recorder and plug in to a line-in jack. alas, the search continues.

 

this, i believe, is a reason for discontinued notebook:
http://www.notebookreview.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6087

The model is fairly new and was selling extremely well.
Enjoy having almost exclusive machine

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by albatros

 

I just purchased an Acer 2025wlmi and discovered today that it has been discontinued. Should this be cause for concern? My understanding is that this notebook was only released a couple months ago. I did my research and read many reviews that generally had positive things to say about this laptop. I will mainly be using it for content creation (I am a web designer), video editing, gaming etc.

Looking at the specs for the 2025 (1.8 ghz pentium M, 2Mb L2, ATI 9700 w/128mb) the laptop looks solid, although I have read complaints about keyboard organization and arcade buttons placement. Is it possible to turn off the arcade buttons in the bios?

Also I know in the the UK they have a 2026 model which has the 2.0ghz pentium M. Will this be released in the US?

The 2025 I purchased is currently on back order so I can halt the order if I want. Any info on these topics would be greatly appreciated. (Or suggested alternatives)

Thanks!

 

Yep, Acer only removed the Aspire 2000 series fromn the US sites. it's still available in the rest of the world. So consider yourself lucky (as I do) since there is nothing in their current lineup that even comes close to what we have.

 

Good afternoon from the UK

I am in the market for a laptop. Main reason I want one is that I need to do a lot of work using Word at work (they have stopped us using their machines for private work) plus I would like to play the odd game (Doom III & Half Life II when released - 45 year old gamer - yeah sad) plus maybe watch the odd DVD.

As not very up to date with events on laptops would the ACER 2023 WMLI v2 series be up to the task on the above?

Looking forward to a reply

 

If you're hardcore gamer, go for PCI-E notebooks.
If gaming is going to be ocassional, then Dothan+ATI M11 128mb will perfectly do the job.

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by plymouthred

 

The 2023 should be fine is you are not a hardcore gamer, If you are , then the 2026 may be more suitable. As for PCI-E it's all hype, the X600 is just a MR9700 that is clocked alightly faster than the ones in the 2020 series.

 

agree, but there are more powerful pci-e cards comming later this year

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Wiz33

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Wiz33

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by vr5

 

You're right, might be the case.
But I really hope that this time manufacturers will not lie to customers about upgradability.
I'd say that the biggest challenge is meeting heat and power standards of future GPUs.
I think that at least video ram must be made upgradable.

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Wiz33
If you are thinking of upgrades, you can forget it. PCI-E is no more upgradable than an AGP laptop. Even the nvidia's MXM and ATI's Axiom does not mean upgradable GPU across multiple platforms. Buying an PCI-E thinking that it has upgradable GPU is the biggest misconception going around.
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