Acer Aspire 1520?

[mdahc]

Does anyone know where I can find the 15.4" Aspire 1520 with a DTR Athlon64 and GeForceFX Go5700? I really love the specs, but I just can't seem to find anyone who carries the 15.4" version (with the FX 5700). Mwave.com sells the 15" version with integrated Unicrome graphics (I assume since there are no detailed specs listed), and as far as I know, they're the only reseller carrying any variant of the 1520. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[cheesehead]

Is there a reason why you really want an Aspire? Sager makes some mighty fine notebooks, and they're releasing more all the time. I just got a Dell 9100, and I'm pretty pleased with it-the Radeon 9700 is nice graphics card.

 

[mdahc]

Yes because of the combination of Athlon64 + a widescreen display + an nVIDIA GPU (ATI Linux drivers still suck). I'm not a gamer, and I don't feel like carrying around a 10+ lb beast like the 9100, not to mention I'd like my battery to last beyond 1.5 hours. I just want some decent 3D support for both Windows and Linux in addition to having a 64-bit CPU.

BTW, as a former Dell employee and a current owner of an Inspiron 8500 (that has needed a new motherboard and a new AC adapter, not to mention they sent me the wrong memory configuration and a slower rpm HDD than was ordered), I can tell you, I'll never buy anything from them again.

If you guys know of any other laptop with the above combination, let me know. I'll gladly consider it.

Thanks.

 

[cheesehead]

Sager has some nice laptops along those lines, as does ABSPC.
The reason I suggested a 9100 as they are (were) dirt cheap, and can still be found in a few catalogs. I'm personally a bit peeved at dell myself; they sent me DDR333 instead of DDR400. And while you're at it....do you know how to check the speeed of your hard drive?
-Cheesehead

 

[mdahc]

There are a couple of ways to go about it. If you want, you can get the manufacturer's serial # from the Device Manager in Windows and look up the specs. Otherwise, you can just take the drive out and look at the label. I had paid extra for a 5400rpm hard drive, which was the fastest you could get back in the day, and when I pulled out the drive and saw the label I noticed it was a 4200rpm drive. Then, when they sent me a replacement 5400rpm drive (a Hitachi), the spindle speed wasn't listed on the new drive's label, so I had to look it up on Hitachi's Web site using the serial #.

What I'm really waiting for is a G5 Powerbook. I figured if Apple can get a G5 into those new iMac's, it's only a matter of time before they produce a Powerbook with a G5. I've almost given up hope with 80x86 laptop selection. Hardly anyone offers Athlon64 based laptops, let alone with nVIDIA GPU's. I just hope Apple goes with the mobile Geforce 6800 or 6600 or at least offer them as options when the G5 Powerbooks are introduced. Again, I can't stand ATI's Linux drivers or their customer service (bad experience when I ordered an HDTV adapter for my desktop Radeon 9700 Pro...they charged $20 in shipping for a $29 adapter and they never sent me a confirmation email with a tracking #...I called them and got some smart-ars rep who said my order # is my tracking # and since I had already tried to use the order # on UPS's web site, I asked him to explain...he wittingly said that I have to use the track by reference option...that would make the order # the reference # and not the tracking #, wouldn't it?).

Anywho, thanks again for the input.