Acer or Asus? Will I be able to fit these programs in my Wind, or will they take up too much room?
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I would suggest checking into the MSI Wind. I personally haven't had the pleasure (or possibly horror, but let us hope not) of using any of these products yet but I am looking into them for the same reason as you. Currently I am leaning towards the Aspire One, but I have gone back and forth with the MSI Wind. The Aspire does offer CF slots which are fairly cheap to expand. Also if you are technically inclined you can replace the hard drive to which it is equipped with an Ipod (ZIF) hard drive. With all of that said rumor has it that the Dell "E" is being released on the 15th of August with a base price of $299 USD. The most important qualities for me are a lengthy battery life (which the aspire does not have with the included 3 cell battery, ~3 hours) and a solid comfortable keyboardfor extended typing sessions. Good luck in your quest!
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Hi runs cool in my tower. Should be ok in the smaller version for a laptop. Mine is good and solid and I do a lot of photo work.
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Cool, thanks for the input. I think I might pull the trigger on this one. I was thinking about building a Home Server from a POS Celeron D Compaq Presario that I already have, but the Acer's removable hard drive trays and low power consumption puts it over the top.
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Most unlikely. Acer's spec say 4GB max and on a windows system the BIOS is the limiting factor most of the time. Also all of the memory finders I ran the Acer Aspire One 722 through maxed out at 4GB.
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I've heard yes. However, it takes 32 gig - not much room to actually run any other programs or store files once all is said and done. I didn't get a chance to find out because mine died about 2 weeks ago. Working off a laptop until I decide what to do. Not sure I'm blaming ASUS for that one as I go through machines very fast, lucky if I get 2 years out of anything...
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Why go through the bother? The price-point of this Acer is so low, it wouldn't make much financial sense to try building your own server. When you add the cost of the case, motherboard, RAM, hard drive, network card, and then the cost of the Home Server operating system (which you have to bother yourself with to install on a headless device), what would really be gaining? Far easier, IMO, to just pull the trigger on either this Acer or something else similar (HP has a low-cost server, too, though it's got less features than the Acer, which is why I went with Acer).
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Sincerely I have never used that laptop in my life, and I'm not even sure that you can install this processor into a laptop, you should check with acer, what I can tell you is that this processor it's just beastly, have GPU integrated and it's incredible fast... If you can install this on your laptop, it's totally the best choice you can get
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Go to Computer Upgrade King. Give them a call, they do all the modifications and will be happy to answer all your questions and give you advice on what to purchase. They were very helpful to me. I am quite happy with the Asus.
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Get the 830D; use Win7 64 bit and try to get 4 gig ram... Runs fast and cool.
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>> Here's the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCBwuzOQUp8This reviewer has an earlier review unit. I saw another YouTube review where they got a unit with two USB 3.0, 4GB RAM and 64-bit Windows. The model ASUS released isn't spec'd that high.
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I ordered the Acer Aspire with "Linpus Linux" and am returning it. It just will not load a proper operating system. I would definitely avoid that particular Acer. Actually I am so fed up that I would avoid any ACER myself at this point. I will try the USAS with Linux Ubuntu already loaded on it. I have already worked with LINUX on another computer and it is great and not that difficult to learn. Definitely no worse than Windows (none of the exasperating features of Windows, no viruses, etc.), and it uses FIREFOX for the net.
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If I were buying from scratch, I would get the plasma. But since you are already happy with a bigger set, I think you would regret downsizing. Everyone else will think your plasma is huge at 58, yet it will seem small to you. Ever buy a computer that is slower than the one it replaces? Seems interminable even if it would be fast enough. To me, 58 is plenty. But in your situation I would stay put unless it now feels too big or you plan to hang it on the wall. My 2 cts.
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Appreciate your acknowledgement. Since you are looking for a large memory, it would indicate you are an experience PC user. Given this assumption, I would not recommend Acer. They have very limited support: 1. Do not support any customer upgrade - voids warranty. 2. Very limited support policy. 3. No in home service or I can't find any authorized service center in California. 4. After a few days, with an U.S.B. 3.0 drive attached, the system would not boot. Acer tech support declined to offer any help. Eagle3x8.
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Yes, but since it comes with windows 8, you may really be running two different versions at once, thus slowing down overall performance. I would call Asus tech support and see what they say. By the way, I love this computer (despite windows 8), and it was a bargain!!!
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Not so far. But keep it in mind: This is not an game laptop, when you buy it you are buying fast boot and ultra portability like no other laptop can offer considering price and features. If you want a gamer or high performance laptop, choose another Asus laptop with dedicated video card and more RAM(ate least 8gb). Anyway I run heavy software as Sony Vegas in this ultrabook and have not faced any problem.
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It is "graphics challenged" so as long as you aren't seeking to do anything too taxing it will do just fine. This is an Atom processor with 2GB of RAM...it's a FLAT PANEL NETBOOK...would you consider a Netbook (functionality wise) for your use? If so..then yes this will work.. If not you'll need something else.
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Your MB choice will be the answer to the question - all cases are the same in size - side to side. All should be well with the windforce.