Igor Puschner wrote (ao):
> > At the risk of starting a flamewar (not my intention) what would you
> > recommend?
I'd recommend IBM (using a X40), but that's not 64bit yet.
> Well, and then there is Sony and the Vaio line. My former teacher used
> one and said he had no real problems with getting
overheating... I don't have a amd64 laptop, but I know that if you
accidentally block the airflow you can get REALLY hot REALLY fast.
Also, leave airflow *under* the unit. I don't understand the thermal
diffusion, but I know that keeping that area ventilated really helps
cut down the heat even wh
On (26/09/05 17:31), Thomas Steffen wrote:
> On 9/25/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I spoke to Acer support who referred me to the small print re: official
> > acer software blah di blah.
>
>
> I assume you bought the notebook in the UK. In this case european consumer
> law i
On 9/25/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I spoke to Acer support who referred me to the small print re: officialacer software blah di blah.
I assume you bought the notebook in the UK. In this case european
consumer law is applicable, and you can conveniently ignore all the
smallprint.
Hi Clive,
> I'll send it back insisting they test it with 64bit software. Will you
> mind if I refer to your experience? It may speed things up if they
> liaise with their Italian colleagues.
No, If you don't wanna lose your time, install 32-windows that they sell to
you! They just accept test
> At the risk of starting a flamewar (not my intention) what would you
> recommend?
Don't get me wrong, I don't say Acer products are worse, but it's just the
fact that if you use anything different from M$ products, you will get
problems with support (as in my case, or as already told in this t
On (01/01/02 09:53), Igor Puschner wrote:
> Even though i can't really comment on the topic, i just wanted to state that
> it is in general not a good idea to buy an Acer Laptop if you're using linux
> on it.
>
> Acer has a very rough buy or die strategy, which does ONLY accept M$ semi-OS'
> a
Even though i can't really comment on the topic, i just wanted to state that
it is in general not a good idea to buy an Acer Laptop if you're using linux
on it.
Acer has a very rough buy or die strategy, which does ONLY accept M$ semi-OS'
as OS'.
I had recently also some problems with my Trave
On (26/09/05 00:43), antongiulio05 wrote:
> two months ago I have posted on this ml same problems (look out at "cpu
> burns" posts). I have an acer 1524wlmi, and it was under garantee until 10
> days ago... my motherboard was burned and they have substituted it. Now it
> seems work, however I ha
Hi,
> > > I note that all Acer 64bit notebooks now ship with the Turion processor
> > > which is designed for laptops which would suggest that there is an
> > > inherent flaw in putting the athlon chip in laptops.
two months ago I have posted on this ml same problems (look out at "cpu burns"
p
On (25/09/05 11:15), Theodore Kisner wrote:
> On Sunday 25 September 2005 10:47, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > I note that all Acer 64bit notebooks now ship with the Turion processor
> > which is designed for laptops which would suggest that there is an
> > inherent flaw in putting the athlon chip in la
On Sunday 25 September 2005 10:47, Clive Menzies wrote:
> I note that all Acer 64bit notebooks now ship with the Turion processor
> which is designed for laptops which would suggest that there is an
> inherent flaw in putting the athlon chip in laptops.
This is simply not true- there are quite a
Hi
I've been running sid amd64 (xfce4.2) since January and it's been
working very well. However, from time to time I've suffered an abrupt
shutdown, it would seem, due to overheating.
1. Some months ago I tried ripping some mp3 tracks from a CD using grip
and it managed 5 tracks before just cutt
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