If you like it big and light (but not too powerful) then listen up son, 'cause Averatec just announced their 7100 series of laptops said to be the lightest
17-inch widescreen infotainment laptops available (though, as far as we can tell, that title still goes to the 17-inch PowerBook). Ok, considering all those
20-inchers dropping lately, they're not
that big, but at 7.2-pounds and just an inch-thick they manage to pack in a 1.8GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-32 processor, dual-layer DVD/CD burner, up to 100GB disk, 2GB DDR RAM, 802.11b/g, and a healthy dose of USB, FireWire, PCMICIA, PC Express, and memory card slots for expansion in addition to that 1440 x 900 pixel display supported by an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics card. These Microsoft
Windows Vista Capable machines may not be the most powerful on the market, but at street prices from $849 to $1,199 (depending upon config) they're worth a look for the budget minded.
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posted Apr 14th 2006 8:00AM
I'd like to point out that Apple's 17" laptop ( http://www.apple.com/uk/powerbook/index17.html ) weighs 6.9 lb, so is .3 lb lighter than this 7100.
The 17" PowerBook is also 10% thinner.
Thats true, but the 7100 series laptop offers significantly better value for money
The 17" powerbook has also been available for 2 years. It's amazing that other's can't seem to catch up.
I'd like to point out that Apple's 17" laptop is $1,300 more expensive. Is .3lbs and "10%" thinner worth an extra $1,300? If so go for it.
The 17" Powerbook is better, because Apple always seems to make the best, since Apple = God, and everytime that may be doubted, sends a handful of minions to contratidct the very idea, even without actually looking at the specs.
i wish my dell laptop didnt die by me spilling water on it
Yeah, you have to take the entire text into consideration these days when companies claim the "world's [insert measurement]" title to anything. Here's the text from Averatec:
"Averatec Introduces Industry’s Lightest 17-inch Widescreen Infotainment Notebook Combining Maximum Productivity and Multimedia Entertainment"
"17-inch widescreen" being key to the claim, but who knows.
Thomas
I hate to let the cat out of the bag, but, that laptop is not some origional new product. based on the image and the stats listed for this unit, it is infact a MSI MS-1036. I know bucause I own one. This avertec model is rebadged and watered down version of the same unit. My MSI MS-1036 has 120Gb HD, 2GB Ram, Turion MT30 and ATI x700 w/256mb video Ram. You can google it your self, but its carried by alvio.com, rkcomputers.net & avadirect.com as a barebone or whitebook unit. You can build it yourself for a few extra bucks and be able to run UT 2k4 and CS sorce.
"Averatec Introduces Industry’s Lightest 17-inch Widescreen Infotainment Notebook Combining Maximum Productivity and Multimedia Entertainment"
Let's test everyone's reading comprehension, shall we?
First, I'd point out that the adjective "lightest", because of the way the rest of the sentence is written, modified everything after it. It is not the lightest 17-inch, or even the lightest 17-inch widescreen. It is the lightest "17-inch Widescreen Infotainment Notebook Combining Maximum Productivity and Multimedia Entertainment". That's a pretty small field, making it pretty easy to be the top of your class. It's also very common in marketing lingo.
They go one step further by using the phrase "industry" without a qualifier as to WHICH industry they're talking about. Again, if they meant the automotive industry, it's a pretty small jump into first place.
the point is, they claimed they had the lightest 17" notebook.
its flat out not true - regardless of price.
if you wanna talk price, then realize that the mac
is a luxury notebook, and its the only 17" notebook
that runs OS X.
whatever the case may be,
you can trust that the new intel 17" powerbook
will be a much better value while being even more impressive
then all the 17"ers out there.
As a happy user of a 12" Averatec notebook, I used to recommend Averatec to others as a good value ... but we no longer do because of their "bottom-of-the-barrel" tech support. Our second Averatec, a 13", brandnew came with two dead pixels out of the box. Could not be swapped at Staples for a different one. One permanent green. The other via software we got un-stuck. Out of 10 (systems with) LCD screens, Averatec is the first with pixels issues, in our experience.
Note: Averatec's screen policy = "2 dead pixels side by side!"
Also 3 RMAs took 3 months! (They only do ground shipping = 1wk to Calif.) You mail it in for a non-functioning optical drive, slow systems operation & defective battery (1.5 hrs). Battery under warranty was never replaced in any of the RMAs (even though under warranty and promised by tech support) and you get it back 3 weeks later with the optical drive still not working. Mail it back in. Comes back with the optical drive working, though protruding 4mm outside of the case! Send it back in ...
After 3 mandatory RMAs and the system was still not fixed (BSOD - with energy saver) we were offered a 2/3 rd refund or a refurbished machine. Like we would ever want a machine that's been through 3 RMAs from their sub-par tech support!
From all the companies I've dealt with for technical issues with systems, and heard about, Averatec is the worst.
Wait, I thought that a portable computer was supposed to be portable? I would never want a 20" Screen laptop. I can barely open my 15.4" screen on an airplane already.
And yes, what some people who really like apple computers and only use apple don't realize is, that not everyone can spend that kind of money on a computer.
Even if the "value" is better, thats a lot of money.
excuse me,
most people dont NEED a 17" laptop.
if you need a 17" screen then you might as well
buy a desktop.
cant spend that kind of money, well your putting
yourself in the screen size bracket.
seems like you are just forcing yourself in to using a windows machine if you ask me.
someone asked me recently,
if macs so good, why dont they sell like MS machines.
the cheaper it is , the easier it is to attain.
all in all, in the end you get what you pay for.
and ill pay the premium for OS X.
windows should only be used if your job REQUIRES it.
well actually, these days - with mac boot , no reason
to ever buy a dell again (unless ofcourse you cant bounce 600$ for a mac mini)
you've got your facts wrong 15...
if price was the motivation why would so many iPods exist when there are dozens of cheaper alternatives.
fact is the great majority prefer windows because of it is the operating system of choice. it has a great selection of software. the mac suffers from day old offerings from second rate developers.
nearly every product produced is designed with autocad which is not available on the mac. i'd venture to say most mac products are designed on windows pc's.
#15 I don't know who all those comments are for, but if it is for me, I use a Windows machine because I like it better. I like the interface and I like the avaliability.
It is all a personal choice thing, and the whole mac vs. pc crap is getting really old. People get these major additudes like people are stupid and worthless for using a PC. I think this is rediculous. I in fact own 2 Macs and 2Dells, and both Macs have run terribly. Mind you they are a bit older (Imac and Powermac G4's)Problem after problem. If my bandmates and fiancee didn't feel so loving toward them, they would be gone, as my Dell Optiplex P3 runs smoother and handles anything i give it no problem. Some people have said their Dell sucks and their Macs are great. IT goes both ways! Mac has come a long way recently, ill give them that.
And no, i don't want a mac mini, because I need a mobile and I'm not going to spend $1000+ when I spent $600 and got exactly what I needed and more.
SEE BOTH SIDES. There is no right or wrong here. Personal opinion. There's really no reason to be rude.
In Europe Samsung offers the M50 with an 17" WXGA Glare TFT, weight 2990 grams (6.6 pounds)
I own a 7100 Series 17" laptop while it's not the fastest
laptop i've owned ( that title goes to my alienware) it is light weight and very thin! I agree with #17 these are just personal opinions. Now if you wanna talk money i bet my alienware will smoke any 17" mac laptop out there (think 3.6ghz dual 7200 60 gig HDD's in raid 0 2gigs of ddr2 667Mhz memory oh and the ATI x800) tell mac to beat that.not even there intel based machiens can beat that. And thats my opinion!!!!
Windows or Apple...not the topic here per say. I did pickup one of theses at Staples and though it has some down sides I do like the 17" screen, is light weight...for it's size and though base system...7115-eh1 it does do fine for surfing the net. Nice to have a keyboard pad large enough to rest both hands on without running out of space.
Concerned about the tech support size of the picture but then again paid only $729 after all the rebates plus that includes taxes. Sometimes you roll the dice and see what happens....and hope no problems done the road.
Don't know maybe it is worth the extra $$$ for a hp dv8010 at $899 but that would cost around $940 more/less once taxes are accounted for and I read, but not sure, that it comes with two 256mb simms where as the 7100 model I have used one 512 and had an open slot for the second 512 stick I just installed.
The HP 6830s is a 17" that weighs 6.5 pounds with the 8-cell battery AFAIK.
I have had the 7100 for about 5 months now and I have got to say it is BY FAR the best laptop I have ever owned. With our business demanding more time on the road, we have been utilizing the 7100 as our primary point of contact allowing us to stay in constant communication with our ActionCore offices across the US. When combined with the Verizon Broadband network card it truly grants us the functionality of a full desktop unit. The unit comes with 512 Meg of RAM and we upgraded ours to 1.5 Gig. We have even started using the 7100 for remote audio recording and it has proven itself where some desktop units have trouble keeping up! Concerning our need to constantly create graphics, this laptop covers it all easily serving up the raster and vector demands we toss at it. It is easy to see why there are so many positive reviews for it on the web.
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Everybody tells me that my 17-inch Averatec 7100 series has a big widescreen. It is essayer to write with to with my Microsoft Office Word 2007, PowerPoint, excel and OneNote 2007. My Averatec 7100 series costs me 500.00.
Looking for schematics on the averatec 7100. Also any ideawhat would cause it to not get power? checked battery and plug Both getting power.
Forget Averatec. Google around for a list of their problems, they produce shoddy hardware and their support/warranty is a joke.
They've had my laptop for over a month and a half to replace a defective hard drive.
The hardware needs to match the job that you need it for.
I'm in a PC world of motion graphics (architectural visualization)and have to stay with a PC. My business requires CPU and GPU performance toward the upper end of current performance specs...anything less and I will get a stress induced trip to the hospital.
I DO know that I will NEVER own another 9lb 17" PC laptop! Whipping out a nine pounder is about as easy and graceful as whipping out an anvil!
If the Macbook could deliver performance for me using my suite of Windows apps, I would switch instantly!!! This may be old info but Macs running Windoze apps put a hit on performance....
After many years of spec'ing and buying my systems, I've thrown away any dialogue that glorifies hardware brands. Mfg advertising that shows people whipped into a dancing frenzy over computer products adds to the trashy nature of an expensive shell game!
There is a balance between service, price and performance! When I do the plastic, my mouth is always dry! It's a very hard job when it's your money.
I like what I've seen in current laptops spec'd for graphics. I never thought that I've like to own one for frontline work. I work on 2 monitors and a top workstation video card now days, but there is an aspect of my work that I can do on a 17" laptop.
The Averatech looks good but the price, CPU and video card might not be ideal for content deveolpers.
If you have not found it yet, you can download drivers here>
http://www.averatec.com/customercare/downloads.asp
Please help me because I reinstall my Averatec 7100 and I louse all my drivers can you help me and tell me the names of software for network card for sound or tell me where too fined please . Bekim in trouble
Someone else here mentioned that the 7100 series uses an MSI mainboard. If you go to their site www.msicomputers.com, they have great auto update software that will scan your laptop and give you all the latest driver and software updates.