The driver from the asus website? It doesn't show up in the Device Manager?

OMG. Thread died out.

Oh btw,
My webcam is laggy. How to fix that?
My dad's Acer Webcam is a beauty. 4745G like crap.

Also, anyone tried out JoliCloud OS?
I can't run it. My bro can with his dell. Maybe it's the dual GPUs.

Another thing, does your lip close fully? I mean snug fit?
If my display is stretched out till max, sometimes the hinge will make it hard to fully close and have noticeable gap.

One more,
Do your drive bay have slight movement tolerance when closed?

This post has been edited by Chyan: Aug 4 2010, 12:01 PM

No problem with the hardware but my system starts to slow down especially when using Chrome browser. Probably too many stuff installed inside.

Maybe you should remove all the crapware acer given.

Anyways... Desktop sharing.


This post has been edited by Chyan: Aug 4 2010, 11:37 PM

Nice desktop.

I removed all the games from the 1st day

haha. No use. It's trial right.

I mainly have editing software, a few high-end games and all the normal things.

Overall experience after 4 months of using 4745G:

Pros:
- Switchable graphics = sweet battery life, can reach ~5hours
- Nice ATI HD 5470, capable to play low-mid gaming ( some latest game with lowest setting )
- Acceptably nice design from Acer
- Cheap

Cons:
- High temperature issues especially when playing graphical games
- Crappy build-in video cam
- Very annoying Caps Lock pop-up, especially when playing games
- No Catalyst upgrade because of switchable graphics (you can still upgrade but with no switchable graphics)
- Not-so-good LED LCD screen, need to adjust at certain angle for better view
- A bit loose lid
- Quiet weak speaker (despite of Dolby Home Theater Virtual SurroundSound system... )

Recommendations (IMHO though...) :
- Upgrade your RAM to at least 4GB for better performance
- Uninstall any useless Acer applications+ trial games
- Use GOOD laptop cooler for intense gaming,and try to focus at left side of laptop
- Find yourself a good earphone/speaker/headphone. Believe me, you'll need it...

Overall: Nice laptop for expendable battery lifespan and switchable graphics, but not very recommended for heavy gamers.
(7/10)

Question though. If the warranty seal sticker at the back of laptop 'broken' (torn up) when we try to open the back casing (for example RAM upgrade), will the warranty void?

This post has been edited by Games4Life: Aug 5 2010, 11:08 PM

I have games, adobe software and ms office
Soon gonna install ubuntu into it.

The salesperson already tore it off when installing the ram for me. But warranty won't get void




Btw, does anyone update their bios?

This post has been edited by XiuKeong: Aug 6 2010, 05:41 AM

To me, no laptop problem = no need BIOS update.



So nope, haven't tried it yet.

Bolded above. That's very true.
The lid.. I have solved the gap issue by closing the lip in a fast pace. If slow, the hinge will get laggy and stuck.
The LCD viewing range sucks. when you have black BG's it won't look good. The lighting doesn't blend in whichever angle you put it.
But some games like BC2 I can play medium setting, left 4 dead medium and ect. mostly medium.
Too bad it ain't coming with HD5650 though. That is great.
Same with encoding. I do a lot of raw HD video encoding (HDTV streams and what not), temperature will jump and gets a lil warm on the left palm rest. (Not very noticeable like MBP though)

I have all of the above too. essential for me soon.
ubuntu rocks. But my bro used it and it seems to suck the battery real bad. Haven't really tried intensely with mine though.
But there's some issue with the GPU & network drivers.
If you manage to get online using LAN cable, tell me ASAP as I can only get it online using wireless.

I never touched the bios. I just keep it the way it is since there's no problems.


Oh by the way, today I've got my hands on a Acer brochure, 4741G seems to have different design right?
Looks like no shiny sidebar and less metallic feel.

This post has been edited by Chyan: Aug 7 2010, 03:00 AM

Saw that too but now I more interested in Asus

lol.
Yeah. Their killer lineup came after I bought mine.

But I for once, wanna own MBP though even if it's damn expensive.
Their specs quite decent nowadays apart from their price lah.
But I mainly like it because of their solid unibody quality.

This laptop is good enough for me to last for at least 4 years. Except playing high end games in the future that might need better spec

Btw, do I have to download any drivers for ubuntu for this laptop?

It's all auomatic when you installed the OS.
There's one section for apps and updates.
All on ubuntu server.

Anyone know the exact size of the lid? Wanna order the CF but lazy do the cutting.

14.0" ?

I mean the height and width

You buying from here ah?

Measure it yourself.

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Added on August 11, 2010, 9:27 pmBtw, do you use keyboard protector?
I have mine free but ain't the right size so I cut it up. lol
Kinda hate the opaque semen colour but it works. I like the tactile feel.

If only there's this moshi see-through alternative like for the MBPs..


This post has been edited by Chyan: Aug 11 2010, 09:27 PM

just buy this lappy today.. 2.3k

Jaw dropped liao when I 1st heard of the price cut. lol
Now 4820TG same price when I've bought this.
If 4820TG price like now, I certainly bought that instead of this.
Cuz I like the lid. lol
But too bad that time, my place go no stock yet. Sigh.