tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post5973374265245907893..comments2023-10-29T23:03:55.879+13:00Comments on Jun's Scribbles: Acer Aspire 4315 short review and Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) installJunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159791999869901648noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post-27664725140630766692008-09-30T16:17:00.000+13:002008-09-30T16:17:00.000+13:00Wow bigblen $415? I am assuming its NZD since you...Wow bigblen $415? I am assuming its NZD since you got it from DSE. Thats even a better deal that what I got mine for.Junhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159791999869901648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post-28011955193790704522008-09-30T14:23:00.000+13:002008-09-30T14:23:00.000+13:00blushyler: I'd say best upgrade is to add memory. ...blushyler: I'd say best upgrade is to add memory. Its fairly easy to do yourself. I got another 512MB from DSE for $14.95 (making my total price ($498 on sale - $99 cashback received + 15 RAM) = $415<BR/><BR/>Jun - I'm glad to accidentally find this blog and info about the HDD parking. My load cycle count is already up near 200K :(<BR/><BR/>Have to agree that both internal and external mic inputs are the crappiest part of this machine.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265999276554698755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post-26459049098736720612008-09-25T23:24:00.000+12:002008-09-25T23:24:00.000+12:00Normally on a laptop you can upgrade the memory w/...Normally on a laptop you can upgrade the memory w/o voiding the warranty. You can upgrade the hard disk, optical drive.<BR/><BR/>If you are technically oriented it possible to upgrade the processor, but voiding your warranty.<BR/><BR/>Ask your vendor which items you can upgrade w/o voiding the warranty.<BR/><BR/>Please read the specs above.Junhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159791999869901648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post-23842680166265282542008-09-25T22:04:00.000+12:002008-09-25T22:04:00.000+12:00I have Acer Aspire 4315, Intel Celeron 550..What i...I have Acer Aspire 4315, Intel Celeron 550..<BR/><BR/>What is the best upgrade I could possibly have? <BR/><BR/><BR/>Please give me the Specs? <BR/><BR/>tnxJai T. Suenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680899950980067770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post-61911689209292164702008-09-23T00:11:00.000+12:002008-09-23T00:11:00.000+12:00The Acer Aspire Laptop is perfect for its price ra...The Acer Aspire Laptop is perfect for its price range.<BR/><BR/>If someone is after a better design or more performance out of their computer then look at an item in a higher price range, common logic.<BR/><BR/>As for me I made a purchase of an Acer Aspire 4315, installed and tested many linux distributions and found the best to be either ubuntu (any of its derivatives work well too) or Fedora.<BR/><BR/>I have purchased and added 2GB of ram in the empty slot above the default 512MB, making it 2.5GB of ram, the video and overall performance has improved to a great extent that you can compare it to a dual core desktop.<BR/><BR/>I recommend owners of this model to try it and prove me wrong.Irhadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842360156181410153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post-51227346903898378812008-09-13T22:07:00.000+12:002008-09-13T22:07:00.000+12:00- yes trackpad/touchpad is the complains that I se...- yes trackpad/touchpad is the complains that I see. My wife is fine with it as its primarily used for browsing and we tried it on retailer. This short coming was not surprising to us, I have also indicated above echo the this like the others.<BR/><BR/>- Sleep/suspend does work. It did not work with the first kernel's of hardy. Updated hardy kernels works with it.<BR/><BR/>- Yes sound volume is low, but I would not call it as non existent.<BR/><BR/>- Acer support does exists, I have unfortunately used it 3x (long story). Their call center is not that fast and confused, customer service dept is alright. It does exists but there are some areas where its poor, call center and repair contractor in Wellington. The customer service dept and AU repair center is pretty good.<BR/><BR/>- Yeah my cashback hasn't arrived. They actually declined after several weeks, then I sent them an email. After that my status is now being processed.<BR/><BR/>- Networking is fine, signal is not as strong as HP business laptops (6910p or nx8220). At par with HP consumer laptop DV6000 and ZX5000. I am using a linksys wrt54g as my AP.<BR/><BR/>I still believe its a great laptop for its price. Its just 1/7th of the price of a 6910p. The customer support and especially the cashback are the thorny bits, which probably deserves are another writeup.Junhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159791999869901648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713722984429677051.post-79049733249782304912008-09-13T04:28:00.000+12:002008-09-13T04:28:00.000+12:00I'd hardly call it a great laptop. It's cheap but ...I'd hardly call it a great laptop. It's cheap but that's really it's only good feature. The trackpad is too big and interferes with typing-very poor design. <BR/><BR/>Sleep does not work at all. <BR/><BR/>Sound is poor-volume non-existent. <BR/><BR/>Acer support is non-existent<BR/><BR/>Cashback takes forever and they'll try to scam you into an "extended" warranty. <BR/><BR/>networking is sloppy, sometimes it's a bit difficult to find the network-although this is probably more of a software issue. <BR/><BR/>If you don't mind these problems then it's ok for a cheap laptop, however you get what you pay for.the Pontificatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917553314620655171noreply@blogger.com