Acer Aspire 1825PTZ review

Andrew

Why is the first photo of the wrong laptop the article is about an acer and the photo is of an asus?

By salads on 2 Jun 2010

I particularly like the shot of the open laptop where they decided to use the Asus name instead of Acer. Unusual approach to designing laptops ;)

By TimoGunt on 2 Jun 2010

Photo

Apologies, correct photo now up! Too many Acers and Asuses for my tiny brain to handle...

By DavidBayon on 2 Jun 2010

HP TM2 Review?

Any chance of a review of the HP TM2 tablet pc which would seem to be a reasonable alternative to this (albeit a little more pricey). It's just got the new iCore ULVs (in the US at least!).

By Grunthos on 2 Jun 2010

No Stylus?!

It's bizarre to go to the effort of creating a tablet PC and not include a stylus. Windows hand writing recognition is astonishingly good and the ability to sketch and paint is of big appeal to me.

By Grunthos on 2 Jun 2010

TM2, Stylii etc

I'll request one of those new TM2s from HP. I've found a few links to sites mentioning it using the same processor as the Acer...

As for stylii, it is an oversight, but at least they only cost a couple of quid.

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By SashaMuller on 2 Jun 2010

Thanks Sasha

Yeah, the current TM2 uses the same processor as this Acer (typically the US get more of a choice). But the new model tm2-2050 (might be a different model number here) has the new iCore ULVs.

It's not as thin as the as Acer, but has a metal case, fingerprint reader and most importantly, for me anyway, a proper Wacom stylus.

By Grunthos on 2 Jun 2010

can they use a stylus on a capacitive screen?

By TimoGunt on 2 Jun 2010

You can have capacitive styli but whether the aftermarket ones are pressure sensative like the HP TM2 one is I don't know (TM2 has capacitive multi-touch screen and wacom stylus which can automatically detect your fingers if you poke the screen, but ignore your hand it you are resting on it while using the stylus).

By Grunthos on 2 Jun 2010

oh right, sorry I should have looked at the link from SashaMuller. I've learnt something today. Am I right in thinking that they are not as accurate as those used on resistive screens?

By TimoGunt on 2 Jun 2010

Not sure Timo, I hope they are as accurate. I'm really looking into buying one of these as it suits my needs perfectly, but I wouldn't want an inaccurate stylus!

By Grunthos on 2 Jun 2010

Got hold of a stylus, and....

...it's disappointing.

Accuracy is excellent, allowing Windows' handwriting recognition to do its job very well indeed.

There is, however, a glaring issue. The panel isn't able to ignore your hand resting on the screen, so you have to make sure only the stylus is touching the screen and nothing else.

That, as you can imagine, isn't especially comfortable or natural, and particularly not for long periods.

Shame. I'll be amending the stylus comment in the review shortly.

By SashaMuller on 2 Jun 2010

Hand resting

That's not very useful at all really.

Sasha, as in my previous comment, according to one review I've read the HP TM2 detects when the stylus is near the screen and so knows to ignore your hand resting on it. Quite clever... if it works.

By Grunthos on 2 Jun 2010

specs

i spent several days looking for a tablet pc. after looking at the new tablet offerings from a number of manufacturers i came to the conclusion that no one wanted (tablet format running windows 7 with proper memory and storage)to sell me what i wanted but rather sell me what they wanted to sell. eventually i found the aspire 1820ptz. i liked it but i did not like the price. so i looked at the aspire 1820pt. i liked the price but i was not impressed with the lack of stylus and no bluetooth. i did not give up though despite the pathetic lack of information available on the net. eventually and purely by accident i found the aspire 1420p. it as a slightly slower processor and only 2gb or ram and 160gb hard drive. but it does have all the connectivity including bluetooth and i also has a stylus housed at the side of the screen. i ordered it online at £360 and at the same time i ordered 4gb of memory and a 500gb hard drive for £106 inc delivery. i finally have what i want and i am very happy with it, but is SHOULD NOT be this difficult to get what we want in this day and age. by the way i did a trek around the usual computer retailers and found only on convertible notebook between them.

By kevthecat on 8 Dec 2010