New Acer laptop worth a second look

[dmosc]

I'm usually the last person to recommend a laptop but this one's specs and price were impressive enough that I had to take notice.



Model ACER TM4402WLMi
Operating System Windows XP Professional
CPU Type 1 x AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-30
Screen 15.4" WXGA TFT (1280x800)
Memory Size 512MB (512/0) DDR333 SDRAM
Hard Disk 100GB
Optical Drive DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
Graphics Card ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 graphics
Video Memory Dedicated 64MB DDR
Communication Modem, Gigabit LAN and WLAN
Card slot Type II PC Card slot, 32-bit PC CardBus architecture
Battery Life 3.0hours
Dimensions 14.3" W x 10.9" D x 1.3" H
Weight 6.6lbs
Tech AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology

=$1179

look here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115196



The new Turion CPU is a wonderful processor but I was especially impressed with the independant video memory. Any casual gamer can rejoice in a system with an actual video card. 100gb HD and winxp pro are nice too.

[editor's note: made your long url a short link so the page doesn't get stretched. --mosc]

[sergeaudenaert]

I am working (amongst other gear) with an ACER Aspire 1360 right now, together with the Audiophile USB audio card. I have experienced difficulties recording, especially when using the SPDIF interface. I have trouble setting the sample rate and I sometimes end up having to resample recorded material as the audiophile insisted on working on 48KHz while the project is set in 44.1 KHz... The driver does not allow configuring the audiophile in terms of sample rate.... The funny thing is that I only have this with my ACER laptop, not with my Fujitsu, nor with my HP...... Could I be doing something fundamentally wrong? That said, I enjoyed the Sempron 3000+ power on many occasions, both for video and audio.
Cheers,

Serge