Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG Owners Lounge

[pepperboyx]

Hello Guys,

I honestly signed up for this forum because it was so helpful and informant in helping me buy this laptop. I thank all of you for your help. I also made a video of me unboxing the laptop from Newegg. I might post it up if anyone is interested.

However, I do have some questions. As we all know the laptop comes with a crap load of bloatware. I want to do a fresh reinstall of windows. But how do I get the activation and everything from the current windows. Can anyone help me with like a step by step process of how to do it and what to do after. Like drivers and etc. Thanks

Otherwise very good job on this thread. Very helpful!

[Bronsky]

I want to do a fresh reinstall of windows. But how do I get the activation and everything from the current windows. Can anyone help me with like a step by step process of how to do it and what to do after. Like drivers and etc. Thanks

Here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/6465732-post1613.html I origially wrote this when 3820TG's were first imported from Germany. You can ignore the keyboard replacement but all of the backup and fresh install applies. Have fun.

Bronsky

[pepperboyx]

Here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/6465732-post1613.html I origially wrote this when 3820TG's were first imported from Germany. You can ignore the keyboard replacement but all of the backup and fresh install applies. Have fun.

Bronsky

Thanks man. Will start reading it ASAP! This laptop is awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[AppleUsr]

there was bloatware on it but you should see the asus u35 list. its like 3 pages long.

[AriStar]

sure post the vid.

[pepperboyx]

Working on the vid while the laptop is working on the fresh windows ^^

[pepperboyx]

YouTube - Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG Unboxing

Link to my unboxing. Audio is kinda low cause of crappy camera =/ Anyway if anyone wants to watch feel free to do so.

By the way Bronksy, your guide helped me so much. Fresh windows feeeeels so great

[aylafan]

YouTube - Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG Unboxing

Link to my unboxing. Audio is kinda low cause of crappy camera =/ Anyway if anyone wants to watch feel free to do so.

By the way Bronksy, your guide helped me so much. Fresh windows feeeeels so great

Thanks for the unboxing video.

[pepperboyx]

No prob The audio is kinda low. Apologies for that. Camera is not the best! Haha. I might even do a small video review for this, one I play with it more. Its such a great buy ^^

[FiremanMike]

True, and appealing, but I also have to add in wait time. Local microcenter has the i3 verson in stock right now, whereas the i5 is gone and who knows when it will be back.

I've never been much of a hard drive filler, so the extra 180g isn't super appealing, it really just comes down to whether the i5 is notably better than the i3. On a side note, does the i3 run any cooler than the i5?

I will admit I like computers with staying power, and I've always been one to settle in the past, the thought of doing the better computer appeals to my inner tech junkie, but saving $100 appeals to the dad in me lol.

(sorry for being scatterbrained, stats final, psych exam 3, psych final, all today.. kinda zombified.)

Hey I just wanted to bump this question again, never really got a firm answer. Is the i3-350 going to be sufficient for WoW/Starcraft, perhaps occasionally playing TF2, never playing BF2/MW2, I have a ps3 for that..

How much of a lifetime does the i3 have.. does it run cooler, does it last longer on battery...