The Acer Guy

Bit off track but not that much.
Anybody know a good way (read: fast) of downloading Bit Torrent files? I am trying to download the episode of The Lab with Leo Laporte (168) in which he talks about TheAcerGuy.
Only problem is it’s taking DAYS……

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We have our first review for the Acer Aspire 8920.
I’m really excited about receiving these directly from you, and want to thank John Daniels for writing this up so soon after receiving his.
But that’s enough of me. Let me get out the way and let John tell you what his first few days have been [...]

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Over the past year and a half, I have been on the receiving end of literally thousands of technical questions.

Believe it or not, I am not a technical guy. No I’m not kidding. I LOVE technology, but it doesn’t take much for it to leave me literally clueless. But Simone is, fortunately, and that means we are running an almost 100% success rate with everything you throw at us. I’m lucky to have him on board.

One of the things I have always wanted to do was a “DO THIS FIRST” guide. A sort of quick start checklist designed to make sure you’re never left with a dead machine.

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This time round I answer four questions:

1. What’s the Windows Experience Index?
2. What does a (real) DVD look like on the 8920?
3. What is the keyboard like?
4. How loud can it go?

Unfortunately I couldn’t get my hands on a VoIP Bluetooth phone or a 6920 but I’m still looking for them so this ain’t over just yet.

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Now that the event’s been and gone and the only thing all of you who really, really want one of these notebooks have to enjoy in the meantime are my frankly laughable videos, I thought I’d put up something that harnessed the collective wisdom and generosity of TheAcerGuy readers and kept you busy.
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Well this is fun.

Didn’t think anyone would have bothered looking at that last one but you did and like all the best laid plans, I left some stuff out…

So yesterday I went back there to finish what I started. At least for now.

Any guesses about the music?

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This is a bit of a giggle really. Don’t take it too seriously.

I promise I’ll do better in future.

Anyway, the other day I was looking for videos of the Gemstone Blue to post here. I mean my Google alerts have been firing off a couple of times a day ever since the launch event but apart from articles based on stuff I wrote, there’s very little to actually look at.

So I went out an made my own.

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