Acer has taken what seems like an age to get stock of the 1825 PT and PTZ out to distributors but finally I have managed to get hold of one. I will be reviewing it over the next two weeks to give you an insight of the devices capabilities but in the meantime here is the unboxing video.
Specifications;
- Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
- Intel® Core™2 Duo processor SU7300 (1.3 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
- 11.6″ HD Acer LED LCD (1366×768), 2 point multi touch
- 4 GB Memory
- 320 GB HDD
- Multi-in-1 card reader
- 802.11a/b/g
- Bluetooth
- Webcam, 6-cell Li-ion battery
- Weight 1.7KG
How does it look to you? Netbook upgrade?
[I'm interested in seeing how Guy's testing goes. With 3G and a fast SSD, this could be a nice upgrade from my Touchnote which, with the extra battery that gives me 8 hours, weighs over 1.5KG! - Chippy]
May 26th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
New article: Acer 1825 PT 11" Convertible – Unboxing Video http://bit.ly/9mWirW
May 26th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
RT @umpcportal Acer 1825 PT 11" Convertible – Unboxing Video http://bit.ly/9mWirW < Possible netbook u/g?
May 26th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
RT @umpcportal: New article: Acer 1825 PT 11" Convertible – Unboxing Video http://bit.ly/9mWirW
May 26th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
“Guy”?
Anyway, I hope you’ll be testing it with the default configuration
Chippy Reply:
May 26th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Guy –
http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/05/hello-world-guy-joins-the-umpcportal-team/
He’s art of the UMPCPortal team. Recently joined. Be nice to him
May 26th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Yu,
It will be as it is out of box.
Thanks
May 27th, 2010 at 4:16 am
I have both an Acer Aspire One AOD250 netbook (Atom N280) and Gateway EC1803u (Core 2 Solo, one of Acer’s brands). They both suffer from overheating.
I had stayed away from Acer due to its poor build quality a long time ago, and was enticed by some very attractive pricing on these 2 recently acquired units.
In the meantime, I had used Toshiba almost exclusively, but have gone
almost exclusively with Lenovo for the past 4 years (X61, X200s). One Toshiba (Portege M400 Core Duo Tablet PC) died on me (it won’t power up). The Lenovos have been trouble-free.
I hope that the unit you’re about to review doesn’t suffer from overheating issues.
For the moment I am staying away from Acer and my most recent acquisition has been a Lenovo T400.
Guy Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Richard, so far the 1825 PT has been very quiet and not at all hot. There has been some warm air coming from the left hand exhaust vent but no more than a standard netbook.
I am doing to run some video playback tests tomorrow so will be interesting to see if it gets warm then.
May 27th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Hope you’ll have a chance to look inside the case – interested to see the expansion possibilities (GPS?). Bought one of these a few days ago and find it pretty likeable, just getting used to Windows again…
Chippy Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Yup. Lets see a pic inside that access cover!
May 27th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Is there a model with an active digitizer?
Guy Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
John, both the PT and the PTZ come with two point multi touch capacitive displays.
Acer state that the screen is both pen and touch input but don’t package a stylus. Iam currently waiting on a third party capacitive stylus to give inking a test.
John in Norway Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 11:47 am
I remember that the previous model 1820PTZ, had a resistive and an active digitizer – is this not the same for these but with capacitive screens?
Yu Reply:
May 30th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Actually I can’t remember the 1820PTZ being claimed to have an ACTIVE digitizer, but rather just a stylus for the resistive touch screen. Does my memory fail me there?
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Are these available in the UK now? I can’t find one on the net. What price are we looking at and if 3G is not opted for is it possible to expand without soldering?!
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:23 am
Re UK availability. I bought one from Lambda-Tek (http://www.lambda-tek.com/; Quick Code: B366528; GBP 677.38). They seemed pretty efficient. I don’t know about built-in 3G, I swap a USB dongle between machines.
September 7th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
i am using one right now and yes, there was no stylus, pls. post websites on where to buy the stylus for this unit,am very excited to use them, thanks