Acer Aspire 1410 and 1810T Timeline (single core) 11.6" Thread

[jackbean818]

I think whether or not it sucks depends on what you expect out of it.

Most sources have praised the speed of 1410 compared to other netbooks, so I was mainly wondering whether he might have got it mixed up with 751. I should have simply pointed that out instead.

I think mine is pretty fast. Web surfing, VPN, remote desktop and watching DVDs. I was watching the HD Bourne Ultimatum clip from an TrueCrypt drive, and there was no problem with that.

[Phil]

I'm now looking at the HP dv2 and dv2z.

The DV2 performs less than SU3500 in most situations. Here are some benchmarks: http://techreport.com/articles.x/17435/6

DV2z may be an option, but you'd be better of with a SU9400 or something like that. Then again, with your needs why not go for full power CPUs.

Can you run Passmark Performance Test? I'm wondering if your 1410 is running full speed.

[Aerows]

The DV2 performs less than SU3500 in most situations. Here are some benchmarks: http://techreport.com/articles.x/17435/6

DV2z may be an option, but you'd be better of with a SU9400 or something like that.

Can you run Passmark Performance Test? I'm wondering if your 1410 is running full speed.

Bear in mind that mine already has some hardware issues, so that may be coloring my perspective. I did switch performance modes, and try it with both battery power and AC. It would be foolish to try it on battery power instead of full-bore on AC, which is how I do all of the things that I normally need to do with a computer.

I can no longer test it because I had to box it up to send it back to J&R because the keyboard didn't register certain keys out of the box = Esc, Windows key, numbers 9,7 and 5. I'd take it out of the box to ship it back and use an external keyboard if you had a breaking news item that made it 200% faster, but at this point, I'm just looking at the brown box sadly.

If you have any further recommendations for an ultraportable that won't put me in the poorhouse, weighs around 4lbs and has decent performance, I'm all ears. dV2z looked like it might be the one, but I'm looking for more suggestions.

[hanybanoub]

Bear in mind that mine already has some hardware issues, so that may be coloring my perspective. I did switch performance modes, and try it with both battery power and AC. It would be foolish to try it on battery power instead of full-bore on AC, which is how I do all of the things that I normally need to do with a computer.

I can no longer test it because I had to box it up to send it back to J&R because the keyboard didn't register certain keys out of the box = Esc, Windows key, numbers 9,7 and 5. I'd take it out of the box to ship it back and use an external keyboard if you had a breaking news item that made it 200% faster, but at this point, I'm just looking at the brown box sadly.

If you have any further recommendations for an ultraportable that won't put me in the poorhouse, weighs around 4lbs and has decent performance, I'm all ears. dV2z looked like it might be the one, but I'm looking for more suggestions.

Not sure if you need top power, but samsung n510 is promising to be an excellent road machine with adequate power, good 6+ hours battery life, and top quality as did the previous nc10.

[Phil]

If you have any further recommendations for an ultraportable that won't put me in the poorhouse, weighs around 4lbs and has decent performance, I'm all ears. dV2z looked like it might be the one, but I'm looking for more suggestions.

Best would be to wait for now. In the coming weeks until 22nd of october there will be many more options with cheap ULV Dual Core CPUs, like HP DM1, Dell 11z, Acer 1410tz, MSI U200 and Samsung X420.

[der_mali]

Not sure if you need top power, but samsung n510 is promising to be an excellent road machine with adequate power, good 6+ hours battery life, and top quality as did the previous nc10.

You are joking, right?

Edit:
Btw, latest Win7 graphics drivers work in Vista, too.
Acer 1410, 1810, 3810, 4810, 5810 Timeline Drivers, Software, Tweaks and Settings FAQ
I hadn't even have the graphics chip's power saving features enabled. I've enabled them now and Vista reports 6,5h at 59% while writing this. Seems a bit too much. I will have to do a test later.

[Aerows]

Not sure if you need top power, but samsung n510 is promising to be an excellent road machine with adequate power, good 6+ hours battery life, and top quality as did the previous nc10.

I'm having problems with CPU intensive tasks with a 3500 core solo. An Atom, which is not nearly as powerful, certainly isn't the answer. An Atom is less than what I have and I'm complaining about it, it won't help . Thanks though.

[vitobcn]

Best would be to wait for now. In the coming weeks until 22nd of october there will be many more options with cheap ULV Dual Core CPUs, like HP DM1, Dell 11z, Acer 1410tz, MSI U200 and Samsung X420.

ASUS UL20 should be out soon too. If you want more power you can configure it with the SU7300.

[Aerows]

The DV2 performs less than SU3500 in most situations. Here are some benchmarks: http://techreport.com/articles.x/17435/6

DV2z may be an option, but you'd be better of with a SU9400 or something like that. Then again, with your needs why not go for full power CPUs.

Here is my dream: A consumer notebook/netbook size that I can use to do encrypt/decrypt services, a small bit of development, and filesystem/backup management (direct on the laptop - not remote). It might also run something like KoToR, Sacred, and Titan Quest:Immortal Throne. If I really had to ask, it would run NWN2 and the development kit so I could finish some things I'm doing for projects on the go instead of just at my desktop.

[hanybanoub]

It's just an alternative road machine - true its not in the same class as ulv machines but thinking about what we'll use these for, its an option.

I think many of us will still probably have our higher spec desktop pcs for intensive use and or gaming.

I'm in the same boat as many here - considering this along with others, including the samsung, and thinking about what I need a road machine for.

I had an nc10 before and it was perfect as a road machine. In fact it became pretty much my main & home machine. unfortunately its small screen made it unpractical for continued use.

12 inc screens are too big, and I believe 11.6 are the sweet spot.

Phil is right its best to wait and see what happens from next 2 weeks to end of oct for win 7 release.