I JUST heard Leo Laporte talking about this laptop on Saturday. He pointed out what you just did - it's just like the Macbook Air. I just may have to get it... Thank you sir.
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I JUST heard Leo Laporte talking about this laptop on Saturday. He pointed out what you just did - it's just like the Macbook Air. I just may have to get it... Thank you sir.
Update: Fuck it. I bought what Subigo recommended. I needed a little laptop to do some stuff on the road. Now I can dickroll and troll at the beach.
Never thought I'd say this on WF: THANK YOU SUBIGO.
Never thought I'd say this on WF: THANK YOU SUBIGO.
Looks nice, and heck, would be nice if it wasn't a few years too late. Bad ass Windows tablets on the horizon afterall.
If you want to upgrade to a SSD, I'd get this: Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128N/AM 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Notebook Upgrade Kit
Honestly though, the mechanical drive that comes with it is fine for basic stuff. I haven't even received my SSD yet, so all of my testing has still been with the default configuration (I did add a total of 8GB of RAM though).
Nice catch. Did you buy that model from Bestbuy.com? Can you link to the ram / ssd you bought? I've heard Crucial SSDs were good but I don't much I plan on building a new desktop soon.
If Microsoft would have announced a price when they announced the Surface, I probably wouldn't have bought the Acer. I just didn't want to wait another two months and then watch them price the thing at $1k. If they price it around the $400-600 mark, I'll still get one.
Yeah, I got it in the store during the tax-free weekend. Remember, it can only take 7mm slim profile drives. I linked the one I bought (from Newegg) above.
For RAM, I used two of these sticks:
PNY - 4GB DDR3 SDRAM Memory Module - MN4096SD3-1333
Thanks I'm going to buy it from Bestbuy. Everything on my current setup is faltering I've literally bought a usb soundcard, usb wifi card and a laptop cooler cause all of the internal ones are broken. If I unplug the cooler for more than 15 minutes it shuts off.
At this point I just need to buy something else so thanks! :xmas-smiley-016:
I just found a video review for the Acer:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FNsFbaGyjY]Acer Aspire 756 Netbook Review - Intel Celeron 877 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FNsFbaGyjY]Acer Aspire 756 Netbook Review - Intel Celeron 877 - YouTube[/ame]
ASUS N56VM-AB71 15.6-Inch 1080P LED Laptop
- Screen Size:15.6 inches
- Max Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 pixels (TRUE HD)
- Processor: 2.3 GHz Core i7-3610QM
- RAM: 6GB SO-DIMM
- Hard Drive: 750.0 GB SATA 7200 RPM
- Graphics Coprocessor: Nvidia GT 630M 2G
- Graphics Card Ram Size: 2048 MB Wireless Type802.11bgn
- Number of USB 2.0 Ports 2
- Number of USB 3.0 Ports: 2
- Price: $899
- Free Shipping
Guys, I highly recommend waiting for Windows 8 to come out. Even if you're not planning on making the switch, it will make the older windows 7 laptops being discussed here last gen and we will see a huge drop. If you can wait a month or two I really recommend that.
If you're waiting for the best you will never make a purchase. Regardless of what you buy, your choice will be obsolete in a few months tops.
Would you buy a Macbook knowing the new version is coming out in a month? Or buy an iPhone 4S right now? Sure, if you just keep waiting for something better to come along you'll never end up buying anything... but when you specifically know all of the major laptop carriers are about to refresh their lineups in a month, it would be pretty stupid to buy one right now.
1. Windows 8 is a joke on a laptop. I tried it for a week and went back to Windows 7.
2. Any laptop bought right now will qualify for an upgrade to Windows 8 for just $14.99. - https://windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-US
What I am saying is, after Windows 8 comes out the laptops discussed here will be "last gen" and will see a price drop.
BTW here's a cnet review http://reviews.cnet.com/operating-systems/windows-8-release-to/4505-3671_7-35321713.html. 4/5 stars for Windows 8.
Windows 8 isn't going to be released until October 26th, over two months away. Most manufacturers will still be pushing Windows 7 until January, due to the Windows 8 upgrade offer. And on top of all of that, most manufacturers won't be releasing new models until late Winter/early Spring of next year.
My point is you're not going to see "next gen Windows 8 laptops" anytime soon and any price drop on current laptops will be small.
And cnet can give Windows 8 whatever score it wants. For someone who actually uses their laptop to do work, Windows 8 was nothing but workflow-blocking-distraction. Seriously, if you haven't used it, go install it. It's not fun.
I played around with it on a VMware set up. It's fairly similar (read, identical to windows 7) in desktop mode. If you don't like those new metro features just do what I did.. Don't use them?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNQc9rgV9A]ASUS Taichi dual screen Windows 8 notebook - Computex 2012 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jnrRRAcZc]Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga hands-on video - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOENuHdhnMM]Computex Taipei 2012: See Lenovo 13.3" Windows 8 Ultrabook With Multitouch Display from Synaptics - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4IJNxmN1pg]Samsung Series 5 Ultra Convertible Touchscreen Notebook Hands On - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MTr3QPHWug]Computex 2012 AsusTouch Zenbook Prime Hands-on - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IQNi2rnDg]Acer Aspire S7 11.6 Ultrabook (Windows 8, Intel Ivy ULV) - YouTube[/ame]
wait for windows 8
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jnrRRAcZc]Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga hands-on video - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOENuHdhnMM]Computex Taipei 2012: See Lenovo 13.3" Windows 8 Ultrabook With Multitouch Display from Synaptics - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4IJNxmN1pg]Samsung Series 5 Ultra Convertible Touchscreen Notebook Hands On - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MTr3QPHWug]Computex 2012 AsusTouch Zenbook Prime Hands-on - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IQNi2rnDg]Acer Aspire S7 11.6 Ultrabook (Windows 8, Intel Ivy ULV) - YouTube[/ame]
wait for windows 8
There's no way to *not* use metro. Even if you create a million keyboard shortcuts and clutter the fuck out of your taskbar and desktop with icons, you still have to enter metro for changing settings, removing software, etc...
And lol @ that cnet review. Let's see how much he likes it on a non-touch screen with a trackpad. I would be all over Windows 8 on a tablet/touchscreen, sure, but on a regular laptop it's just retarded.