I know the pictures are totally unnecessary but what the heck. :)
Taken at The Hub @ Podium
Anyway, this is ICE, my Acer TravelMate 14.1″ Notebook PC (Intel Celeron M Processor, 1G RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, with Vista Basic). I bought it from Amazon (with the help of my lovely lovely Tita Dits), after weeks of canvassing (online and offline), and battling with Buy.com over an order that didn’t push through. All things considered, I got the best deal with Ice (er, except for the Vista compatibility thingy). I’m no designer or programmer anyway, I don’t need the grandest of specs. I just needed something small and light, affordable, and something I can run reports (Webposition and Wordtracker) with.
If you’re considering to buy a laptop yourself, I’d say it’s still best to buy in the US if you know someone who will gladly handcarry the package to your doorstep. I got this Acer Travelmate just for $600 (you can check it out here, although, this one’s 80MB RAM lang)–that’s roughly 30K PHP only! In Greenhills and SM Cyberzones, the counterpart will cost you around 40-50K (yay that’s 10K more shopping money for you if you buy from Amazon!). The only advantage buying it locally is, you can get it through installment packages using credit card. However, that will even cost you more in the long run. Amazon doesn’t accept credit cards with billing addresses outside the US.
I was even excited that this Acer Travelmate runs Windows Vista. But like I said, the only roadblock I encountered (and a big one at that) was that Globe Visibility ain’t compatible with it. Oh well, you really can’t have it all.
Here are the specs:
Acer TravelMate 14.1″ Notebook PC (Intel Celeron M Processor, 1G RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive)
Product Features
* Lightweight notebook with 14.1-inch LCD and 1.6 GHz Intel Celeron M 420 processor
* 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB RAM (2 GB max), DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
* Three USB 2.0, one PCMCIA, one VGA, one S-Video, 5-in-1 memory card reader
* 54g wireless LAN, Fast Ethernet (10/100), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home BasicProcessor, Memory, and Motherboard
* Hardware Platform: PC
* Processor: 1.6 GHz
* System Bus Speed: 533
* RAM: 512 MB
* RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAMHard Drive
* Size: 80 GB
* Manufacturer: PortableGraphics and Display
* LCD Native Resolution: 14.1Ports and Connectivity
* Modem: Fax / modemCases and Expandability
* Weight: 8.55 poundsPower
* Rated Charge (normal use): 1.5 hours
mikko says:
wow.. sweeet sweet laptop u got there. inggit ako! ^_^
though, still, the laptop of my dreams is a Fujitsu Lifebook P7120.. i plan to use it as my portable “hacking” device.. hehe.. now, where would i get 100K to buy that nice piece of hardware.. XD.. hmm..
eneweis.. have fun with ur hardware!
rakenrol!
April 19th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Pinkseo Dot Info » Vista to XP, and then Some says:
[...] ← Meet Ice, My Acer Travelmate [...]
April 26th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Benj says:
Pictures unnecessary? Hindi yata. Necessary for your readers ano. That’s what we’re looking for. YOUR pictures. :p
April 29th, 2007 at 4:02 am
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May 14th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Guitarchic Dot Net says:
[...] probably choose the later, regardless if it’s Vista (and even though I once said that Vista sucks) — just because it’s pink. And I wouldn’t mind going through all the trouble of [...]
May 18th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
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May 22nd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
markku says:
Nice pics ah. ;)
August 1st, 2007 at 11:20 pm
riz says:
LOL Markku. *BLUSH* Wag ganyan, kinikilig ako hahahah
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Guitarchic Dot Net » I’m Officially a Mac Convert says:
[...] this means I’m gona have to say buhbye to Ice (my Acer Travelmate) *sniff*, but I’ not really getting depressed over it because I know [...]
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:12 am