On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 04:00:02 +0000, Tom Corner wrote:

> I am getting an Acer Aspire 1356LMi laptop I am going to get one with the
> Radeon 9200 graphics. The standard one has ProSavage which I don't
> believe has good 3D support for the current (4.3.0) XFree86 or the next
> version (4.4.0) although apparently it was supported in 4.2.0. THe Radeon
> 9200 I understand does have 3D graphic support. It is going to cost me
> about 1450 Euro which is the price I find online in Germany. Any
> Comments?
>
> Tom Corner
> in Vienna
A couple of things occurred to me since I posted this so I post a
followup. Are Acer laptops available in America?
If not is there something comprable to this list in Europe? I speak German
also.

Specs on the Acer Aspire 1356LMi:
CPU: AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 2800+
RAM: 512MB = 2 x 256MB DDR333, PC2700
Hard Drive: 40GB
Optical Drive: DVD R/RW/CD-RW
Display : 15" TFT 1024x768
Graphic: ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 64 MB
LAN/MODEM: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet/V.90 56K Modem/integrated Wireless Lan
Connections: PCMCIA 1 type II or 1 Type III, 1 Parallel,4x USB 2.0, 1 VGA
for external monitor, 1 Infrared FIR, 1 Line out
(loudspeaker or headphones), 1 S-Video out(NTSC/PAL),
1 Microphone, 1 RJ-11 (Fax/Modem), ! RJ45 (LAN),
1 Kensington Lock interface, 1 Power
Software: Windows XP home and Windows stuff (I probably won't use this)
Battery: LiIon 2.5 hours
Weight: 8lb. 2oz.
Dimensions 13.1" x 1.9" x 11.3"

Thats it I guess.

Tom

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:00:02 +0000, Tom Corner wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 04:00:02 +0000, Tom Corner wrote:
>
>> I am getting an Acer Aspire 1356LMi laptop I am going to get one with the


THe Beast Comes sometime nextweek around Wednesday. Then the fun begins!!

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:59:59 +0000, Tom Corner wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:00:02 +0000, Tom Corner wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 04:00:02 +0000, Tom Corner wrote:
>>
>>> I am getting an Acer Aspire 1356LMi laptop I am going to get one with the
>
>
> The Beast Comes sometime nextweek around Wednesday. Then the fun
begins!!

Now it tiurns out to be an Acer Aspire 1355LMi_ATI. Same specs except 2600+
instead of 2800+ and 60GB drive instead of 40GB. And it comes the
following Wednesday Nov 26!! Still waiting.