wow... wow... wow!!!!

how come the photo is not like the 4830tg we saw else where? no blue color panel, etc...

yes.

540M, sandy bridge CPU, USB3.0, light and slim@2.17 kg > RM2499...

short answer, yes

If you want to read this completely, browse here

Short answer:

1. no need to unplug battery after fully charge
2. remove your battery before doing heavy gaming and leaving it over night for torrent, etc
3. DONT use battery till 0%
4. A charge cycle is NOT count as number of time you charge ur battery. say, u use 50%, charge back 100%, that is only half cycle.
5. HEAT is #1 enemy of your battery

Read more here

wow, this thread is moving damn fast a few post every minutes!

a lot of factors play into part. imho, one strategy they are doing better than other competitor is their aggressive (and fast) in producing latest technology to client. i remember reading one article, they OVERBROUGHT Intel Core i series until there is shortage.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03...tel.cpu.supply/

So, they roll out new technology fast to get quick cash.

Then, they are very careful in production of the system. Unlike other competitors that usually have products ready world-wide. To be able to support that, competitor must build a system in huge number. Acer, on the other hand, very careful in selecting which country has which model. They only produce limited number to support that.

Imagine what will happen to 'old' notebook if a competitor produced too many of them?

Anyway, I am not working in Acer, this is all just theory.

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Mar 25 2011, 06:59 PM

IMHO, a better distributions strategy (fast in, fast out) can save computer maker save more $ than cutting conner on hardware... i mean, a cheaper speaker, cheaper keyboard, etc probably can only save so much... being a hardware manufacturer, the hardwares are probably cheap...

(i need a few more post to get 1 more stars!!!)

+1

Beouwulf told us there will be an Acer event that will officially launch Acer Iconia, TimelineX 4830... The event will start next Tuesday in Lowyat Concourse... I will go check it out

(question, how many post needed to get 3 stars?)

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Mar 26 2011, 12:01 PM

Ohhh.. thanks for the link.. 300 posts for 3 stars! Lowyat.net are serious about those stars.... OK, just 100 more to go! Wanna continue playing Dragon Age 2... enjoy the weekend, everyone...

Not sure if there is anything extra, not even sure if you can buy it in the event! But if you can, you reserved the right to brag about your new machine here! I am sure a lot of people interested to see how the 4830TG perform... so far, most review on on 4830T... the one without the nVidia 540M...

some people prefer the new chiclet keyboard, mostly because they worry of dust stuck in the old TimelineX floating-island keyboard... i have been using it 5 months, only clean it once... so, no problem for me...

some people prefer the old floating-island keyboard because you can type very fast with it...

for me, i still hate both keyboard because of the small directional keys... may be fine if u dont play game...

I have to remap Street Figthter 4 movement key to avoid the directional key...

(Earth hour is today? Arent we suppose to all unplug? it's hard for me to survive without my notebook, even just for 1 hour...)


This post has been edited by cowithgun: Mar 26 2011, 02:16 PM

@xearsol: look at my signature

Here is what I wrote when I first got the notebook last Oct:

"The core i-5 460M running @ 2.53GHz and turbo boost @ 2.8GHz is fast enough for running a few OS in Vmware concurrently without a sweat. I feel further swiftness as compared to my XPS1330's T9300 which also running @2.5GHz. The ATI 5650 is REALLY powerful. I was running Street Fighter 4 @1366x768 max setting (with no AA), I got more than 9000 score, rank A. Running Starwars TFU running at 1360x768 with High Detail, the fan is not even at high speed. Running Starcraft 2 High setting @1366x768 has no lag at all (in fact, it's really smooth) even with 8 protoss carrier attacking."


Read further: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1606856

After 5 months of using this, it just got better. With updated Catalyst, my SF4 score more than 10k, I am playing game like crazy with this notebook.

My boot time is around 25 seconds... the notebook runs cooler, quieter, screen is even brighter than XPS1330. I dont believe I posted this before:

u got sharp eyes! those photo was never release because i always wanted to remove those objects from the tables... it's so messy... but lazy to do so...

i cant really say for other model, but the 3820tg has been highly acclaimed by many to be damn good. anyway, my notebook just 5 months old... so, i cant really tell what will happen tomorrow but so far, it's great.

k, wanna continue playing Dragon Age 2 in DX11 mode...

i wanted to go Lowyat today to check that thing out, but unfortunately got tied up with meeting!

anyway, this is probably the coolest things i ever encounter today:

gambateh "ham dan chiu yan"

Was in Lowyat, took a closer look at 4820TG, the demo unit has no power so, i cant really test the actual strength of the unit... captured some photo:



Chiclet keyboard, pretty good feel in typing, almost as light as the old floating-island keyboard.



The demo unit came with 8GB

it is slightly thinner... and slightly lighter...