Averatec's thin and light 2200 12-inch widescreen laptop
By Paul Miller 
posted April 26th 2006 8:39PM
posted April 26th 2006 8:39PM
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Bought one over a year ago and except for over heating, the thing works great. No problems with it at all.
Averatec laptops are junk. Made with cheap and unreliable components they hardly serve their guaranteed 12 months. In my AV3250 the battery died after 7 months and the external DC port broke after 12 months. Purchase of an Averatec laptop was waste of my money and time :-(
dell 710m??
i saw this at costco for 799, turion 64 1.6
is averatec a good product?
Just bought an Averatec 4100 at Costco. So far it's a sweet computer with a gorgeous screen and nice features. Very happy with Averatec.
Averatec gets pretty good reviews. I might consider one, I need a new laptop soon, and they seem extremely affordable.
Avertek is catching the eyes lately. Though, i am waiting for that hiptop'ish UMPC.
LIGHT?!
No way. 4lbs is heavy for this size laptop these days. Apple's 12" G4 PowerBook is the same weight - also not light.
Light would be closer to 1kg or 2.2lbs. Panasonic's two 12" W5 & T5 Let's Note laptops are around 1.2kg or 2.6 lbs.
THAT is light.
64 bit processors in laptops.....interesting.
Just a little bit of grammar check for you...
"not bad for a such a little laptop"
Not sure if you were going for the Mario accent or just a innocent mistake. Either way, keep up the good work.
Just a little bit of grammar check for you...
"Mario accent or just a innocent mistake"
Shouldn't it be "just an"? ;)
Thank you so mucha for to playing my game.
Anyone know of any really good small laptops. The Fujitsu p1510 (http://store.shopfujitsu.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=P15) is almost perfect for my needs but nicely equipped it runs $2600. I am a college student and already have a full service desktop... I really just want a really cool toy laptop to take around campus but $2600 is a little steep. Any suggestions?
Does anyone have a link to an actual review of this machine?
umijin, are you serious? You call 2 kilograms heavy?
Go to the gym and grow some muscles, please.
I dont know if having a Laptop less than 4lbs is a very good idea, afterall, I want to know I'm carrying it.
See any costco price, take it to "we sell for less Sams Club". I already did the same with two other from this company (was SOTEC, then Averatec). But support is 50/50. From great on-telephone international service,to "we do not sare that information with consumers or third party agents (about chipset info for software compatibility).
Also, no choice but non-selective boot straight from disk, their way, no options.
Averatec products sell at a sweet pricepoint. Have owned two.
Used to recommend them, but not any more because their service department scores 0/10.
1st system had curved keyboard pushing the lcd panel.
2nd system we've had 4 RMAs on a 4200series model (slow, 1hr15min batt life, 1x DVD burning, 2 dead pixels, ... out of the box). We've had to factory reset the new machine more than once before we could mail it in. System was returned to us once with a dead dvd drive, once with the dvd drive sticking out 5mm outside of the case, ... Each time with 3 weeks turnaround! They only use ground shipping till you reach advanced customer care (=3rd RMA). Battery was never replaced even though under warranty and promised 3 times by tech support. System comes back with stripped screws & screws missing, ...
Most noteworthy are these Averatec policies:
>> Pixel policy = 2 dead pixels side by side before they'll replace the panel
>> System exchange / " Lemon " = Only after 3 mandatory RMAs which takes about 3 months if you live on the east coast, for a refurbished machine ... which would mean one that has been through their bottom of the barrel service dept 3 times. I don't think so.
So, if you buy Averatec, I wouldn't recommend it for a primary machine and I would buy from Costco or Sams so you can exchange it. We got it from Staples and they would not exchange it.
Reese,
I've got a Gateway MX3210. If you've already got a powerful desktop, this should get you through the day. It's got a 14" screen that's brighter than any I've ever used. Dimensions on it are 13x9.7x1.5. RAM leaves something to be desired at 256mb but if you're just looking to kill time and play on the internet, this will do it real cheap. I got mine for $440 at OfficeDepot.
Rob,
Thanks... but I'm actually looking for something in the sub 10 inch range. I want it for casual use and have no plans on ever typing a paper on it.
£530 for an ultra portable laptop seems a good deal to me. Let me guess, 2hr battery life?
> 12. Anyone know of any really good small laptops.
> The Fujitsu p1510
> (http://store.shopfujitsu.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=P15)
> is almost perfect for my needs but nicely equipped
> it runs $2600. I am a college student and already
> have a full service desktop... I really just want
> a really cool toy laptop to take around campus but
> $2600 is a little steep. Any suggestions?
As long as you can get away with 512MB RAM, the P1510 is reasonably equipped for $1449. That's without an optical drive, but since you have a desktop maybe that'd work for you? Also, if you don't need TabletPC or if you can get it through your school via MSDNAA, you can save another $50.
You can also find good deals through Fujitsu's outlet store; I picked up a P1510 for work for under $1000 (with 512MB RAM).
I have a Panasonic W2. It's a sweet Windows/Linux laptop. You could probably get one used for about $1000.
The iBook G4 is $899 with educational pricing; it's an excellent little machine. However, I'd wait until Apple releases the MacBook and get one of those instead (rumor has it coming out within a month).
Also, you can periodically get Dell's 700m on the cheap with coupons via http://www.techbargains.com.
I had been considering picking up an Averatec after looking at them at Costco and Best Buy and liking what I saw. The max memory that was listed in any of the configurations I could find was 512MB. I called Averatec customer support to find out how much ram I could put in the unit, as I really wanted 2 Gig, but was willing to go with 1 gig. The averatec customer support guy told me that the machine had one memory slot, and could handle up to 1 gig of ram, but that replacing the ram in any of the averatec units would void the warranty.
If he had said that non-averatec ram was not supported, I might have still considered buying the machine, but voiding the warranty was beyond what I wanted to deal with, especially for a company I had no past experience with.
Anyone know what printer is capatible with the Averatec 2200 Series? I cannot find my booklet.
As anybody here purchased an Averatec 2200 series notebook yet? Any feedback?
I purchased an Averatec 2200 Notebook less than a year ago.... and I must admit, it has been the worst purchase I have ever made.
Certain keys on the keyboard have already stopped functioning, and the mouse pointer gets stuck in an up & down position (making it impossible to select anything to the left or the right of the screen). In addition, the battery life went from lasting for 3.5 hrs to a measely 50 minutes. As well, I find it impossible to get service on this product--the customer service line provides very little assistance when addressing issues with the computer.
Would I buy an Averatec again? Absolutely not!
I have used the Averatec 2200 for about one year, it is good and sleek. I have not had any issue with the laptop. I use it everyday for several hours.
I am about buying two more units for my children.