Acer TimelineX 3820TG Owners Lounge. Info, benchmarks, tweaks, mods and upgrades

[AriStar]

I think iv decided on getting this laptop(3820tg). Fairly certain, It suits my needs more then any other with portability and battery life.

we can extend warranty with acer before the first year is up still cant we?

pay with visa its auto extended.

[jeffreybaks]

pay with visa its auto extended.

hmm? Ill be going through NCIX and the only form of payment they accept is paypal. I ment through acer.

[Inioch]

Acer's marketing and product release is still an enigma to me.

Indeed. One reason might be that here Acer is one of the most sold manufacturers, which I don't think it is for example in NA.

Maybe we're just cheap At least here Acer has long had a very bad reputation because of build quality. I've understood that the 3820TG is a lot better in that regard.

[zsero]

I think iv decided on getting this laptop(3820tg). Fairly certain, It suits my needs more then any other with portability and battery life.

we can extend warranty with acer before the first year is up still cant we?

At least in Europe it's possible. You just buy a warranty pack, which contains a mouse and a 15 inch laptop bag, and a password, which you just enter on aceradvantage.com.

I've just extended mine to 3 years accident covering, for about 75 EUR.

Indeed. One reason might be that here Acer is one of the most sold manufacturers, which I don't think it is for example in NA.

Maybe we're just cheap At least here Acer has long had a very bad reputation because of build quality. I've understood that the 3820TG is a lot better in that regard.

I think Asus and Acer split up USA and Europe such that Asus has a targets USA with an aggressive pricing, while Acer targets Europe. Heck Asus G73JW is 2800 USD here.

[K5Doom]

I received my replacement but it now has an LG screen :S

Are they THAT bad?

MONITOR\LGD023F

[Rolfhoest]

I have now had this laptop from late August, what i have done so far is a clean install on a IntelX25 80gb SDD and changed the memory in it to ones that has a higher clockspeed. I have also changed the network card to one from Intel.
It works great now with a score in the Windows Experience index of 6.7, not bad for a laptop would I say.

The specs of my Acer Aspire TimeLineX 3820TG:
Intel i5 450M @ 2.40
Intel X-25 80gb SSD
Intel Centrino Wifi 6200
8gb of Memory from Corsair. 1333MHz DDR3 (recomended)
13.3 inch screen
Ati 5650 videocard with 1024mb of memory

Type of display in it: Samsung SEC3030

[gihad]

I received my replacement but it now has an LG screen :S

Are they THAT bad?

MONITOR\LGD023F

The LG Screen has good horizontal view angles, it's a decent overall screen. It could be MUCH worse, believe me.

[kjawo]

Hi Guys!
I was wondering if it is possible to run Snow Leopard on our 3820TG.
I tried iDeneb 1.5.1 but it stop after apple with grey background and reboot.

If anyone do this, please help me.

[AriStar]

Hi Guys!
I was wondering if it is possible to run Snow Leopard on our 3820TG.
I tried iDeneb 1.5.1 but it stop after apple with grey background and reboot.

If anyone do this, please help me.

As far as I know you cant.

[troun]

Hi everybody,

In order to replace my LG P300 (same kind of family) I am just about to purchase the new release of this laptop with its new incredible HD 6550M that is much more powerful than HD 5650M (number is bigger!).
I would liked to wait to have a look at Sandy, but unfortunately I can't.
Anyway, my target is i5 460M and I will also install a Sandforce SSD.

I just would like to know if you would have any advices or recommendations, as I have to order urgently (maybe monday).


And really impressed by the keyboard mod and OC with setFSB!