PreviousTuesday 18 January 2005, 2:20 PM
Excellent features, good build quality, nice and quiet
The Travelmate 8006lmi comes with some great features - and at a great price too. The screen is very nice, having four USB 2.0 The Travelmate 8006LMi comes with some great features -- and at a great price too. The screen is very nice,having four USB 2.0 ports is definitely a plus, and it's nice and quiet too. Support isn't brilliant though -- the ATI drivers are well out of date (both on the supplied disk and on the Web site), as are most others. With a bit of searching though, they're easily obtainable from alternative sources. Watch out for the supplied recovery disk -- it bundles absolutely everything back on which personally I hate (I resorted to using my own XP disk).
Battery life is impressive, if not the 5 hours Acer claims. I managed to use the machine for a good half hour, and then proceeded to watch a full DVD movie (about 90 mins) and still had over 10% battery left. Definitely worth a look, this machine.orts is definitely a plus, and it is nice and quiet too. Support isn't brilliant though - the ATI drivers are well out of date (both on the supplied disk and on their website), as are most others. With a bit of searching though, they're easily sourcable from alternative sources. Watch out for the supplied recovery disk - it bundles absolutely everything back on which personally I hate (I resorted to using my own XP disk).
Battery life is impressive - whilst not the 5 hours they claim, it's still good. I managed to use the machine for a good half hour, and then proceeded to watch a full DVD movie (about 90 mins) and still had over 10% battery left. Definitely worth a look, this machine.
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