Acer Ethos AS8951G/AS5951G Owners Lounge

[pmbellis]

Any one who can tell me if 8951g runs ATA-300, eg can run a Vertex 3 at full speed? Somehow Acer manages to avoid giving that information at their specs page: Acer Support: Specifications

Hmm, I'd be interested in the answer to that myself ... is there any way of testing for it? (i.e. some software that'll check?) Anyone know ...

[tempo123]

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[Rykoshet]

How is the 18.4" screen on this?

In Canada I can pick it up for 1100 right now, and that's a pretty sweet price.

My only question is how is the 6850, and how is the screen? I do a lot of photoshop and maya (which sadly I won't be able to do as much now) and need a great screen.

How is the AMD 6850m?

Thanks, might be picking it up today, 18.4" is large, but I'm a desktop kind of man...

[tempo123]

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[Meaker]

There are not many 18.4" panels out there, so I expect it to be a similar panel.

[EJewell]

An unboxing video on the 8951G - this one actually in English.

YouTube - ‪Unboxing The Acer Ethos 8951G Laptop‬‏

[trekker670]

Where is it available for $1100?

[pmbellis]

@Rykoshet ... I've already commented on the display in earlier posts ... I'm not really a multimedia buff, so can't really give a in-depth review ... it's big [lots of space for excel, code, etc], it's bright [movies look good!], it's clear [fonts are crisp], very visible ...even from quite an angle ... I like ... better than any laptop display I've had before. [I've always had HPs, so can't compare to Acers]

@tempo123 ... Tx ... I've used HWInfo64 before, but forgotton about it!

Drive Interfaces SATA 3Gb/s (2 x HDD) & 1.5Gb/s (DVD)
(If I go into the main screen & look under Motherboard, then SATA Port 0 & 1 show 6 Gb/s ... so not sure if the 3Gb/s is the HDDs limit, as they are only 5400rpms ... 2 x Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 ... Is the "Drive Controller: Serial ATA 3Gb/s" part of the drive itself, or the Motherboard's interface to it?

... the "monitor" is a "N184H6-L02 CMO" ...
The nVidia Graphics card is:
Chipset: nVidia GeForce GT 555M (GF106)
Memory: 2048 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM
Bus: PCIe v2.0 x16 (2.5 Gb/s)
Geometry Unit Clock: 50.5 MHz
Shader Unit Clock: 101.0 MHz
Memory Clock: 135.0 MHz (Effective 270.0 MHz)
Memory Bus Width: 128-bit
Number of Pixel Pipelines: 16
Number of Unified Shaders: 144

[zealouz]

I read that the battery is integrated in this model. Here is an excerpt from one article on aksgeek.com

"The integrated PowerSmart long life battery ensures prolonged battery performance over a longer period of time. With conventional batteries, power capacity starts to fade after 300 charge cycles. The new battery with the long cycle life formula can retain 80 percent capacity for over 1,000 charge cycles (about four years of charges), about three times more than when compared to traditional notebook batteries. "

My question is this...Is that a smart idea in the long run? In @ four years, it would have to be sent in for service if the battery begins failing? I would assume so at least...the cost would be much more than just buying a new battery...

Would having an integrated battery on a laptop this size and cost keep you from purchasing this computer? Pros and Cons if you mind sharing...

Here is a shot of the bottom of 8951g...it appears to have a lock button for the battery but descriptions I have read tell me otherwise

Newegg.com - Acer Aspire AS8951G-9600 Notebook Intel Core i7 2630QM(2.00GHz) 18.4" 8GB Memory DDR3 1066 750GB HDD 5400rpm BD Combo NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

find it in the pics (scroll)

[pmbellis]

My question is this...Is that a smart idea in the long run?

...it appears to have a lock button for the battery but descriptions I have read tell me otherwise

We'll have to wait for the long run to see, won't we?

It's not a lock button, it's an on/off button ... if you switch it "off", it disconnects the battery terminal internally, but you can't take it out.

Edit: I just took the back cover off & had a look ... the battery is definitely NOT accessable ... while I had it open I took a few photos ... anyone want them?