[Acer Aspire 1410/1810t/1810tz] Timeline Tweaks (2)

[runester]

[QUOTE=hakujin;5623836]I purchased the 1410-2285. Once again, Acer dumbfounds me. Spec wise, there is absolutely no discernible difference AFAICT between the two.

Curious, what was your price point? I got it at $358.95 after all is said and done (Bing, Price Match, CC rewards), a steal IMO, but always chasing the 'better deal'.


Price point was 407 shipped from BJ's. A big box store with locations towards the south/east. I was lucky to find them, I believe. And for anyone interested, these are still in stock as of 11:00 am west coast time.
As for architecture, this is indentical to the 2285, the differance, according to Acer, is the 2099 comes with twice the warranty at two years; Lucky me.
Still anxious to hear any iatkos success stories.
Marry Xmas all!
R.

[runester]

I purchased the 1410-2285. Once again, Acer dumbfounds me. Spec wise, there is absolutely no discernible difference AFAICT between the two.

Curious, what was your price point? I got it at $358.95 after all is said and done (Bing, Price Match, CC rewards), a steal IMO, but always chasing the 'better deal'.



I asked about this earlier but no response as I am also interested in adding BT but not really in lifting the keyboard.

So I take it, the note on the 1st page is incorrect? See:





I would try, but love win 7 too much... I actually sold my Macbook Unibody to get this sucker! I know... not the answer you were looking for.

As for the BT and keyboard. It seems very simple. Sorry, I dont have a link, but watched it done on a You tube video. The guy was installing a new fan. Just a few screws (maybe 10) and a credit card to work the keyboard clips. In his notes, he said he was doing fan upgrades for friends, and had the whole thing down to a ten minute start to finish process.

[runester]

Guess I saved the link. Here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BdVA_RfHs

Good luck,
R

[hakujin]

delete, delete, I eat meat!

[LancerEvoX]

Yea, I don't have that fan rattle that people were complaining about with the AS1410 I bought (SU2300 with pre-installed Win7 64bit). Laptop could run cooler though, mine idles at 40C and under normal usage of browsing with AIM open and music playing, it hits like 50C.

EDIT: hakujin are you talking about that video? Its an Acer Aspire One.

[hakujin]

delete, delete, I eat meat!

[runester]

Actually, I just placed the order Saturday. Scheduled delivery is Friday, so I dont know much about noise yet. Noise never really bothered me, I am nearly manic when it comes to heat, however.
I actually spent 100 bucks on a cooler for my 17' HP.
Need any advice on external cooling? Ask me, I've tried them all.
That said, I dont expect this guy to run any cooler than usual.
Amongst other things, I am a writer; As my new field research engine, I expect to run this little guy pretty hard. But I am confident its up for the task. I have been waiting for this netbook in that the first and second wave of lower end models just didnt have any real guts, and I am very impatiant when it comes to after-click lag time. Though I wont be forking over 500 bucks on an SSD, I will be bumping up to a high end 7200 HD, not for size, but heat, in that the 7200's tend to run alot cooler (and quieter, conversationaly), than the 54's.
I am honestly really anxious, like a kid at Xmas!
R.

[runester]

And as for the BJ's price -- 407 shipped.

[hakujin]

delete, delete, I eat meat!

[moovius]

@ Moovius

Are you trying to undervolt for increased battery life or lower temp su2300? what are your temps now?

Yeah. I wanted to see if I could push the battery life a bit further. It looks like the processor is locked to prevent undervolting below 0.90 volts (which is what i have it at right now). That probably translates into a savings of ... umm.... 5 minutes of battery life?

Anyways... I'm averaging around 4.5 hours of constant wifi browsing/movie watching. I was hoping to push that to 5 hours, but no luck at this point.

I'm wondering if a fresh win7 install will really increase my battery life that much. I have disabled a bunch of bloat in the msconfig startup, uninstalled everything I could, and tweaked whatever I could tweak.