specs:Acer AS5101

would like to know if some1 can give me some specs on a laptop i am thinking about buying..here is the sys specs...Acer AS5101 2.0GHz AMD Turion 64 MK-36 processor
1GB (512MB + 512MB) DDR2 533MHz SDRAM
120GB 4200RPM SATA Hard Drive
15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800) TruBrite LCD
Super-Multi Double Layer DVD+/-R/RW
802.11b/g WLAN
56K Modem
10/100 LAN
ATI Radeon X1100 Graphics
5-in-1 Media Card Reader
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Weight: 6.1lbs
now the question r (1) what make is the hard drive ? (2) this machine has a gig of shared ram and i know vista would like 4 u 2 had a gig of ram(not shared) is this going to lag the machine? and by how much?(3) does the bois in this machine have any tweakable settings? ect ram cpu video card! (4) can a video card be added afterward if the intergated 1 fail's (5) what burning speed is the dvd rom ? burning dvd! i have read different specs , but would like to know from some1 who has 1.Here the big question , is anybody running linux on 1 and which distro (6)what kind of time on the battery.,..if u r going to tell me not to buy it please tell me why...i have 4 desktop's and i do alot of downloading , what i want this laptop to do is to tunnel into the desktop's and maybe watch some dvd's and burn... (7) can u boot from usb.. ..thanks ..I have done alot of reading but these r sum of the question i cannot fine a answer 2



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1. Most likely Seagate but I'd wait on someone who knows.
2. Not significantly enough to notice the difference. 2GB of system RAM would be preferred obviously.
3. Nope. It's just like every other OEM BIOS.
4. Nope. Read about that in the Gaming (Software and Hardware) section.
5. You can check that on the Acer website for your purchasing region. www.acer.com
7. Yes, I believe you can change the boot order. But again, you should wait for someone who knows.

The rest I don't know

 

Thank's Zoomastigophora

 

Hi,

i´ve got an Aspire 5100.
1. I have a Hitachi 541010
3. No tweakable settings - i heard there is a Admin site in the bios - but i could not activate it yet!
4. The video card is on the mainboard - yes you could get a new mainboard from acer - but you could also buy a new notebook for the price
5. Do not know - google for a SSM-8515S
6. 3 -4 hrs with lowest energy settings - less with higher brightness, CPU ...

Tom

 

thanks tomtaylor is there any problems i should watch out 4?

 

If you can get a machine with more ram than 1GB - get it - it is normaly cheaper to buy one with more memory than to upgrade it afterwords.

I was pretty surprised from the quality and design of that notebook - I saw today a really ugly HP . I expected the worst for that cheap price and got an really good working notebook for the price of a no name. If you can afford get the 5102 - it has the dual core processor. But for normal office work you won´t need the second core.

The service is not the best but at this time i did not need it. Oh - if you know a way to get the email led work - tell us - we want to know .

Check for scratches on the display! At the shop the clerk showed me the notebook - there was a little dust piece on the screen - i asked him to get that away because i wanna know if it was in the display or just dust - he put it away and after that there was a scratch on the display! So be careful with the glary display .

Out of the box the drivers were old - replaced them nearly all, get rid of some blowware and it works for me perfect.

Tom

 

thanks Tom...i have decided to buy Acer Aspire AS5610 1.73GHz Intel Core Duo T2250 Processor (2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
1GB (512MB + 512MB) DDR2 SDRAM, expandable up to 2GB
160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Super-Multi drive (DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RAM)
15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800), Acer® CrystalBrite Technology
Mobile Intel® 945GM Express chipset with integrated 3D graphics, featuring Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, up to 224MB of shared system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, PCI Express®
802.11a/b/g WLAN
Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN
High speed 56k modem
Ports: PC Card slot (one type II), 4 USB 2.0, DC-in, RJ-11 modem, RJ-45 LAN, VGA, headphones/speakers/line-out, microphone/line-in, line-in, 5-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
Microsoft Windows® Vista Home Premium, English
all for the same price of the AS5101... will take your advice and go with the duel core will keep u inform ..thanks bud sh*t just got it and what do u know it's not 64 bit ...oh well will let u know anyways

 

hi guys .i went with the Acer Aspire AS5610 -4534 and i am very happy with it.....i only had intel once in my life before and swore that i will never use intel again..anyway this thing rocks , i have 4 desktop's boxes and have never sat in front off 1 once i got this notebook..i would say yes to this notebook if anybody wanted to buy 1..