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    I just bought an M6811 last night

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by AJVETT, Jul 16, 2004.

  1. Advil

    Advil Notebook Enthusiast

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Wyrm2
     
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    Advil, Jul 30, 2004
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  2. Wyrm2

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    It is the same. The technology is pretty new so there are two different terms "dual layer" and "double layer" both standing for the same thing. I've just presented a couple of links to prove that there are such dvd burners on the market.

    The real question is, has anyone tested such a burner like that? Speed 2.4 does not impress though.
     
    Wyrm2, Jul 30, 2004
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  3. zlatanov

    zlatanov Notebook Guru

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Advil
     
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    zlatanov, Jul 30, 2004
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  4. Wyrm2

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    What about M6809 and other flavors? Do you mean all of them have just USB 1.1 instead of 2.0? [B)]
     
    Wyrm2, Jul 30, 2004
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  5. zlatanov

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Wyrm2
     
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  6. Wyrm2

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    Thanks for your reply. I have tested my 128MB USB flash drive with both my workstation and laptop. The workstation fills it for 25 seconds whereas my laptop takes 30 seconds to copy the same data, but I attribute this difference to hard drive speeds - 7200rpm for my workstation versus 4200rpm for my laptop. That is why I was amazed to see there is something wrong this USBs. At the same time I have a wireless optical mouse that has a USB receiver and I do not have to do anything with it like plugging/unplugging to make it work. It works smooth and I never had any problems with it. So, the bottom line, it seems eMach were changing something in the casing for M681X laptops and it went the wrong way.

     
    Wyrm2, Jul 30, 2004
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  7. zlatanov

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Wyrm2
     
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  8. ReverendDC

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    There were a bunch of issues with the M6811. I don't know how they could have occurred, as the system is essentially the same machine with a faster CPU. But they did, and that is why the machine came out only briefly two months ago, and then disappeared for a while. It has now recently come back. Hopefully, they will fix the reoccuring problems.
     
    ReverendDC, Jul 30, 2004
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  9. Wyrm2

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    For those who may be interested in the high-end technology - 27GB(R), 23GB(RW) single-layer blue-ray burner that uses blue semiconductor laser. Warning! Do not be scared with its price, it is a very high end thingie [ :D].
    1. Go to http://www.blu-ray.org/home.htm
    2. Click on BDZ-S77 link at the top right corner
    3. Feel envy. [ :D]
     
    Wyrm2, Jul 31, 2004
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  10. Caliphane

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    I just bought one of these M6811, runs great and I couldnt be any more happy about it. Installed Star Wars Galaxies last night and it ran it better than most desktops I've seen run the game. By the way I got mine at Best Buy which makes sense since I work there.

    eMachines M6811
    AMD 64 2.2 GHz
    1600MHz Front side bus
    1 gig RAM
    Mobility Radeon 9600
    80 gig HDD
     
    Caliphane, Aug 2, 2004
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  11. Caliphane

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    Make sure if you are getting a different laptop the processor is mobile.

    eMachines M6811
    AMD 64 2.2 GHz
    1600MHz Front side bus
    1 gig RAM
    Mobility Radeon 9600
    80 gig HDD
     
    Caliphane, Aug 2, 2004
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    The USB on the M6811 is USB 2.0 (High Speed, 480). I had a machine with a grounding fault that caused my USB problems. It was replaced with another m6811 and all the problems went away. I have tested and benchmarked all 4 USB Ports using an external 7200 RPM USB 2.0 / Firewire Hard Disk. They are definately USB 2.0. Interestingly, the firewire connection was three times as fast as the USB 2.0 connection.
     
    syarost, Aug 2, 2004
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  13. zlatanov

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    That's some great news. Anyway, I will still give eMachines some more time to get things corrected. For now I have got myself an Asus M6 and the time for AMD 64 comes eMachines will top my list followed by Sager.

    e-Machines laptops rock
     
    zlatanov, Aug 3, 2004
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Caliphane
     
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