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

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Kermee

Think I found it... This one, right?

Cheers,
Kermee

That's quite a lot of work to plug that cable in there. I'm not sure for somebody who uses BT very infrequently is going to have issue with a USB dongle as small as this one.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11866

It even has native Windows support so no drivers required. I'm worried that even with the internal BT turned off, currents still go thru the module therefore reduce battery life.

[PatrickVogeli]

Yeah, that's it. Mine is sold as Bluetooth for the 1810T, but it's the same, same photos and price.

[ccclandshark]

Does anyone think the 1810T will be discounted for black friday/cyber Monday?

[mogolfiero]

If you check the big sellers like Amazon, JR , Newegg , Tigerdirect etc you will notice that everything is sold out.
So i guess a discount is not likely

[Steveww48]

Originally Posted by kayrin

i have the 1410 with SU2300. from BIOS screen to login screen is 30 secs for me. i did a clean install of windows HP X64 though.

I have the same system, but my full boot time is about twice that (about 60 seconds to get to the desktop-- I have the system set for only one user and I bypass the login screen). I'm guessing that it doesn't take you 30 seconds to get from the login screen to the desktop?

I'm running the latest BIOS (3120). I've removed all the bloatware and installed AVG-Free 9.0. I've looked at the latest drivers on Acer's site and it looks as though all of those are already on my system, with the possible exception of the "chipset drivers"-- I can't correlate those version #'s with specific items in Device Manager. Can you tell me what to look at in Device Manager to see what chipset drivers I have?

Are there any other drivers I should look at (or other things altogether) that might improve boot time? (This is Win 7 HP-64, factory installed.)

[TalynOne]

I got the 1810T-8638 this Friday from J&R. It's replacing my soon to be returned ION based HP 311. If anyone has any comparison questions, feel free to ask.

I replaced the included 320gb HDD with a Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB SSD

I have a 160gb Intel G2 in my main laptop, but didn't think it was worth getting a high end SSD for the Acer. The 128GB Kingston SSD is a low end model and cost me $212 at my local Fry's Electronics store, it's fast enough for my needs. If you care about high performance get an Intel G2, OCZ Agility or OCZ Vertex SSD.

I wiped the 1810T and loaded Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on it, downloaded all the drivers from Intel (chipset, SATA, and graphic drivers) and Acer support website (webcam, memory card, launcher, and touchpad drivers). I'm using the native Windows WiFi, LAN, and Bluetooth drivers.

The Kingston works great for boot up, about 10 seconds from logo to usable desktop. Application launches are fairly quick, and rest of computing is fairly normal, comparable to the HDD. I'm more comfortable knocking this around with an SSD in it. Now that there's no drive noise the fan noise is a lot more noticeable, I may use the 1810T tweaker tool to play with the fan later, I'm a little wary and don't want to overheat this thing.

I'm able to output pretty much all 1080p mkv content smoothly out HDMI using the Windows 7 H.264 codecs in Windows Media Player 12. I find MPC-HC just isn't as smooth for the most demanding content even when I set MPC-HC to use the Windows 7 H.264 DXVA codecs as opposed to its native DXVA codecs (and yes I've applied the reg hack for MPC-HC to enable DXVA on out of spec videos).

[Kermee]

Originally Posted by TalynOne

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The Kingston works great for boot up, about 10 seconds from logo to usable desktop. Application launches are fairly quick, and rest of computing is fairly normal, comparable to the HDD. I'm more comfortable knocking this around with an SSD in it. Now that there's no drive noise the fan noise is a lot more noticeable, I may use the 1810T tweaker tool to play with the fan later, I'm a little wary and don't want to overheat this thing.

Great info! ... Definitely play with the 1810T tweaker (1810Tray). It'll make your system virtually silent. I've noticed that during normal use, the temperature difference between "native" and "auto" is marginal (maybe 3C or so warmer). But the 1810T is virtually silent.

I have an Intel X-25M G2 80GB coming in for my 1810T this week. Snagged the Kingston version (SNM225-S2) off Newegg @ $245 USD; Only had one left The 160GB G2 Kingston version is still only $469 USD with free S/H but OOS. ... Waiting for the new 40GB 5-Channel Kingston ($85 USD after $30 MIR) based off the X-25M G2 to hit Newegg tomorrow to put into the 1410.

Originally Posted by TalynOne

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I'm able to output pretty much all 1080p mkv content smoothly out HDMI using the Windows 7 H.264 codecs in Windows Media Player 12. I find MPC-HC just isn't as smooth for the most demanding content even when I set MPC-HC to use the Windows 7 H.264 DXVA codecs as opposed to its native DXVA codecs (and yes I've applied the reg hack for MPC-HC to enable DXVA on out of spec videos).

AFAIK, it's an Intel driver issue for not deblocking. Maybe I'll try out the Windows 7 H.264 codecs for WMP12 also... Thanks for the tip!

Cheers,
Kermee

[Kevin O'Brien]

Can anyone comment on the paint quality on the AS1410/1810? Is the plastic colored the same as the paint, or is the underlying plastic something neutral?

[soliton]

Originally Posted by Steveww48

I have the same system, but my full boot time is about twice that (about 60 seconds to get to the desktop-- I have the system set for only one user and I bypass the login screen). I'm guessing that it doesn't take you 30 seconds to get from the login screen to the desktop?

Actually, I timed my 1810t (stock HDD and no OS reinstall -- just bloatware removal) and it comes out to be about 60 s to fully usable desktop. In fact, about 20 - 30 seconds is required to get from login screen to desktop, which is indeed rather high and could be because of the installed Antivirus, 1810tray, etc. While I'm not really bothered by this rather high login-desktop time, since my preferred usage model is sleep/hibernate rather than reboot unless required to, it'd be nice to any special tweaks specific to the 1810 that anyone might have to reduce the boot-time. I have already used msconfig to remove the non-essential stuff that I could find. However, I am personally not willing to invest time in reinstalling the OS, since the boot time is almost purely an academic interest for me

[k9hydr4]

Originally Posted by TalynOne

I got the 1810T-8638 this Friday from J&R. It's replacing my soon to be returned ION based HP 311. If anyone has any comparison questions, feel free to ask.

I thought the HP 311 was better for gaming video encoding and playback because of the Ion GPU - What made you switch?