http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/ Engadget Comments for Averatec intros ultra-light 1000 series, wide screen 4200 series http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
This is something of a myth. More than a few companies manufacture notebooks. Only a few of the *second-tier* sellers do, but all of the first-tier sellers make their own notebooks. IBM/Lenovo, Apple, HP, Panasonic, Sony, Fujitsu, Dell, Toshiba... for better or worse, these companies all make their own notebooks.

If you start getting into stuff like Sager, Averatec, Asus, Acer, ABS, Sotec, etc. then yes, you're talking rebadges from just a few manufacturers. So I guess it's not totally inaccurate to say that, in the grand scheme of the 200 or 300 or however many laptop brands there are, only "a few" companies actually manufacture them. But in terms of the actual market, I'd say probably about 95% of all laptops sold are made by the company that branded it.

I think when people say a laptop's "cheap", though, they're comparing it to one of the top-tier brands, not to one of the other rebadges. The top-tier brands are still the most popular, after all - laptops have not been totally commoditized yet.
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What is Averatec? They are simply a marketing-only US company who rebadges laptops made by major Taiwanese motherboard maker MSI. In fact, Averatec brands their laptops in the Chinese market as MSI Averatec due to MSI's name recognition in China.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/just get extended warranty.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
A lot of top tier notebooks are contracted out.

That's not such a bad thing as there is a lot of expertise concentrated in a few manufacturers. The mian difference is in the design & quality of components used.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
Having a better idea of what I want in a laptop, I might not necessarily buy an Averatec in the future, but if I don't, it's likely because of 1 or 2 features I really want that was lacking and not due to quality issues.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
And #21, congrats on ripping off Sam's Club. When they discontinue their policy, we'll know who to thank.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
Dell doesn't manufacture anything themselves - they wouldn't be able to sell it so cheaply if they did. Heck, there have been stories on Engadget about what computers Dell rebadges... For instance: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000913038231/

]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/What's apple's 30" screen then, BFGA? Pretty soon we'll have XQZHDUGA or something like that]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.clubic.com/t/screenshot125804.html
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of course they make themselve and not some taiwanese cheap shit does

Averatec is just the line of TG Sambo (laptop line)
and is about to released so check out the website and dont brag about taiwanese makeing and shit
http://www.trigem.co.kr/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
Well, this is incorrect, most of them HP, Apple, IBM, Dell, ACER and a few others come from a company called QUANTA. They are one of the biggest notebook producers in the world and located near Shanghai/China]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Critique: the 10.6" screen has no gloss to it just about the same as the old averatec screens, the keyboards keys were awkward raised when they should have been level with the palm board, the colored top was horrible they are only selling one the marroon all white would have been better, the worst of all was the finger pad was not working right the curser was all over the place could not adjust.(Broken within the 1st hour? No broken out of the box) What a piece of crap. Was told by averatec's sales dept that no one but Comp USA has picked up this unit for sale yet here in the US. Good thinking!!!!!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
First machine: Left trackpad button occasionally creaked. I didn't restore before returning to Compusa.

Second machine: Flaw on cover (noticeable dent on edge closest to speaker) & dead pixel on screen (not near dent location). I restored before returning to Compusa. Restore took approximately 15 minutes (easy), but I could not shut the machine down unless I finished the initial set-up.

Third machine: So far so good.

Total weight: machine + power brick & cord = 4.3 pounds

Wish it had a physical volume wheel like my Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405.

Wish it had bluetooth or IR. Can anyone recommend a bluetooth adapter that actually works.

Keyboard: I keep hitting the 'shift' key when I try to go for the ' / ' key

I'm just happy that I won't break my back carring this machine around school/travel/whatever.

I'm really jonesing for the 'red' version, but I don't know when that will come out.

Hope this helps.
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Just got an email reply today from Averatec Customer Service:

"We will offer several colors including green, pink, red, blue, white,
and orange. These colors will only be available thru our website and we
should have them up there in about two months."]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/30/averatec-intros-ultra-light-1000-series-wide-screen-4200/
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I also had to send mine in to be fixed because the power jack died. It was still under warranty, which is good for me but doesn't say much for the company. Their customer service made the same mistake several times on my address. I saved a lot of money on my 3250 but lost it back in the amount of time I spent trying to get the thing fixed and delivered properly. It's a good computer if you can get one that works consistently. Buy at your own risk!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM