Alien vs Predator, Acer vs Dell

May 24, 2008 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · Comment 

This new CPU by Acer is called Predator, it is dark orange in color with a transformer feel to it, ladies and gentlemen, Acer Predator.

It reminds me of Dell’s Alienware. Makes me wonder, did acer named their product intentionally? Remember the movie Alien vs Predator? Below is the image of Alienware:

I have to say, Whoever wins… We the consumer win! Let the battle begin!

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Acer slam Microsoft

July 25, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · Comment 

The head of Taiwan-based personal computer maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, slam Microsoft for its not up to standard Vista Operating System.

Personally I couldn’t agree more, “I really don’t think that someone has bought a new PC specifically for Vista,” he added. I bought an Acer Aspire laptop and I choose Windows Xp instead of Vista because of stability and software compatibility. Anyway, mine is a laptop and since Vista drains battery at 40% faster than XP, I see no reason for me to choose Vista, it defeats the idea of having a portable computer anyway.

Read more - The Age

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Acer Recall Laptop Batteries

April 25, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

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Finally Acer is joining Dell in recalling 27,000 of the Sony made batteries for its laptop, Affected models include a slew of TravelMate and Aspire notebooks sold between May 2004 and November 2006, as usual the company will replace the battery for free and this would likely be a big blow to Sony and its battery division again.

Check the official Acer Battery Exchange Program for the list of batteries that might be affected, my Acer laptop was not affected. Thank God!

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Acer Aspire 9420 Laptop

January 19, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · 19 Comments 

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This is what I bought the other day, an Acer Aspire 9420, comes with 1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo, 2GB Kingston Ram, 160GB Hitachi Harddisk, 1.3mp webcam, DVD Burner, WiFi, Bluetooth, Nvidia GeforceGo 7300 and it has a 17 inch wide screen LCD. This laptop cost me USD1,350.00 and hopefully it has a lifespan of 3 years. I have to admit that Acer is not my first choice, I have my eyes on Toshiba for quite sometime but Toshiba is expensive. Wish me luck! I’m off continuing my studies in Australia.

p.s. This Laptop does not come with a system CD, is this normal? I mean the book says if I want to restore to default factory settings, I am required to press a few buttons before the system boot into windows and restore it to default settings ( aka format c drive ), is this normal? Is this how they format a Laptop?

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