AAO 160GB/1GB/6Cell Recieved Today (CANADA)

Just picked mine up, a few days early from Canada Computers.

Link

Paid $429.99 + tax.

System Stats.


Packaging.


Shows that it will be available in 5 colors.


Open box, includes the leather protective sleeve.


Opened up, turned off.

 

Nice dude. Good beer, great fishing and early access to the best computers.....maybe Canada is better

 

Sweet! Could you post some pictures of it with the 6-cell battery shown so we can see how the Onyx Black looks with the larger battery protruding? I'm waiting for that exact one to be available in the U.S.

 

5 more pics for you.

Includes pics of the 6 Cell Battery.

One thing to note, these are macro shots, and so it appears that the battery may be a large eye sore, however; the 6 cell battery actually only protrudes about 0.75" (3/4").



Top View Closed.



Top View 90 Degrees



Closed



90 Degrees



45 Degrees

 

i'm drooling with envy. congrats. do share your experience with its performance.

 

ohhh dark force it is v. nice!

 

Working on a battery life test right now.

Settings:
Max brightness
Wifi On
Streaming Audio over wifi from desktop
Running utorrent.exe
Webcam on with msn
Max Volume

 

nice. thats all i have to say. Although I did expect acer to make the battery not stick out in this version. But oh well, thats a tiny complaint for such a nice machine.

 

Just finished the first test.

I got ~ 4.5 hours. Almost exactly.

That was with Wifi On, Max Brightness for screen.
I was running Winamp, streaming music from my desktop.
And using MSN with the webcam on.



Next test will be a longevity test. I want to settings give me the longest battery life.

 

@kite088 - can you please look under bottom cover and check if your model have got miniPCI slot for 3G and behind battery open slot for SIM card?? In some places there are informations that this model suppose to have those sockets...

 

It does have both.

I will take pictures shortly.


If there are any other requests, please feel free to post them

 

You actually have the white pci-e slot attached to the board under the expansion door? That is great news. Please share pics. Thanks again!

 

How far can you tilt the screen back before the expanded battery gets in the way.

A picture would be much appreciated.

 

Uuuu.... That means I'm looking for the buyer for mine... Where are the pics????

 

bump...

Any chance to see promised pics???

 

can you tell what graphics chip is installed? acer web site lists x3100, but only for north america(us and canada).
i checked other countries web sites and they all had different chips listed.

 

Hi kite,

Glad you received your new toy - could you tell us the speed of the HDD? As in rpms ....

Thanks
N

 

so? no word from the OP yet... strange... everyone is waiting for the said pictures...

 

Maybe he is busy using his AO instead of reading these forums? :lol:

 

Sorry guys, I've been working like crazy this past week, haven't had time to crack this thing open.

I have to move my main machine into a new case, so I will crack this AAO open tonight as well and get those pics for you guys.

Any suggestions for benchmark apps?

Someone requested speed of the drive.

Suggestions?