Acer or Toshiba??

by s_u_p_e_r Nov 23, 2009 1:15AM PST

Hi!
Please help me with this choice:

Acer Aspire 8735G-664G50Mn

Centrino Intel Core 2 Duo T6600
4GB memory at 1066 MHz DDR3

Display & Video:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
1024 MB DDR3 + 1791 MB HyperMemory

or

Toshiba Satellite A500-138

Centrino Intel Core 2 Duo T6500
4GB memory at 800MHz DDR2

Display & Video:
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
1024 MB DDR3 + 1277 MB HyperMemory

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Too similar machines.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 23, 2009 1:21AM PST

I might choose by testing each. One may have a horrid keyboard or display so find each in the store and see if one gets knocked down by a display or keyboard issue. Next, go by price and warranty.

Neither are LAP TOPS. These are gamer machines that should run hot and have reduced life spans.
Bob

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"reduced life spans"

by s_u_p_e_r Nov 24, 2009 6:02AM PST

what exactly do you mean with "reduced"?

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What I'm seeing.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 24, 2009 7:23AM PST

Instead of your usual 4 year machines these gamer laptops tend to suffer issues after 2 years. Nothing wrong about that but hard on the owners who weren't ready for what happens when you fit all that game hardware into a small package.
Bob

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I was waiting for Acer to release the

by orlbuckeye Nov 24, 2009 4:25AM PST

8935 in the USA. I read report it would be June but it never happened. Searching the Acer website they did release it in England. But when Winodws 7 game out Acer releaded the new AS8940 in the USA. I take it your not in the USA since the 8935 isn't available here. The 8940 is the same thing as the 8935 but with the new Intel i7 instead of the old Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000. Check to see if it's available in your country.

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Europe

by s_u_p_e_r Nov 24, 2009 5:09PM PST

I'm from europe but i've checked the machine that you told me but it comes with a totaly different price tag (2x)

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My bad i misread your model number.

by orlbuckeye Nov 24, 2009 10:54PM PST

You said 8735 and not 8935. The 8735 is available in the USA at Newegg. The 8735 is 899 from Newegg and the 8940 is 1349. The difference in the 2 models is the 8735 has a lower resolution screen and doesn't have Bluray and the 8735 had the older Intel Core 2 Duo instead of the new Intel i6 or i7. If you get the 8735 make sure you setup the sound properly. The customer reviews all mentioned sound as an issue but was correctable in setup. On e customer says you have to set the sounf to realtek 5.1 or it sounds like the speakers are blown. He did say once that setting was changed the sound was awesome.

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