I am going to buy a Tablet PC. Does anybody have any experience with the
TravelMate?

Is it rugged? How long does it run on accumulator? How long with the second
one in the media bay? How is the overall speed?


Thanks a lot

It's the best ! But it hangup afert install SP2 on acess to the Internet. The
problem is the smartd driver. It must install the acer version not the
windows recommend version.

good luck
PG

"s.wolber@buettner-dryer.com" wrote:

> I am going to buy a Tablet PC. Does anybody have any experience with the
> TravelMate?
>
> Is it rugged? How long does it run on accumulator? How long with the second
> one in the media bay? How is the overall speed?
>
>
> Thanks a lot
>

Hi,

I use one, it's not bad, enough fast for me. Some exceptations
1) Long boot if the wireless is on, (Use hibernation with no problem)
2) Max resolution is too low for the big screen
3) Installation from ACER not really good for me (langage and keyborad
problem betwwen franch and swiss french), I don't receive a CD for do a
clean install.

The battery is alive during 3 to 4 hours, depend from the utilisation.
I have upgrade the memory to 1.2GB with no problem for Use it with VPC.

We have three of the machines at our office and we all love them. We use
them as our desktop replacements. A little heavy, but that's OK for us
because we wanted the big screens and the built-in DVD/CD burner etc. Only
complaint we have is with the Acer docking station. It has a very short
connecting cable (about 6 inches), which prevents you from turning the
tablet around etc.

Paulo - can you provide more details on the SP2 problem? I've upgraded to
SP2 without any apparent problem, except that on bootup, it sometimes takes
a few minutes for my desktop icons to appear. It shows my desktop
background picture and the blue screen, but not the desktop icons until
about 2 minutes. Is this what you are refering to, and if so, is this
documented somewhere re new driver etc? Thanks.

"Paulo" <Paulo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C424325A-595A-4716-9AD0-41634A285F3D@microsoft.com...
> It's the best ! But it hangup afert install SP2 on acess to the Internet.
> The
> problem is the smartd driver. It must install the acer version not the
> windows recommend version.
>
> good luck
> PG
>
> "s.wolber@buettner-dryer.com" wrote:
>
>> I am going to buy a Tablet PC. Does anybody have any experience with the
>> TravelMate?
>>
>> Is it rugged? How long does it run on accumulator? How long with the
>> second
>> one in the media bay? How is the overall speed?
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>

Hi Gerry,
Unfortunately my problem was different. My problem was related whit the
smart card reader. There is a FAQ on the Acer site about it. Here is a
transcription:
-----
System hangs after O2Micro update
Problem:
After updating my O2Micro smart card reader driver with the update function
of Microsoft my system will always hang when i use the Windows Media player
to see video content.

Solution:
The problem was caused by the Windows update function in combination with
the O2Micro driver installation. To solve this problem go back to the
original version that you can find on your Acer System CD that came with the
notebook. The driver can be found in \drivers\WinXP\Smartcard\. Or it can be
installed from the menu of the System CD that appear when the CD is inserted.
-----
After the SP 2, I reinstall the driver from the support page of Acer, my
C300 work perfectly. When I run the Windows Update there is a driver update
for it but I advise You to ignore the update.
Best regards,
Paulo

"Gerry" wrote:

> We have three of the machines at our office and we all love them. We use
> them as our desktop replacements. A little heavy, but that's OK for us
> because we wanted the big screens and the built-in DVD/CD burner etc. Only
> complaint we have is with the Acer docking station. It has a very short
> connecting cable (about 6 inches), which prevents you from turning the
> tablet around etc.
>
> Paulo - can you provide more details on the SP2 problem? I've upgraded to
> SP2 without any apparent problem, except that on bootup, it sometimes takes
> a few minutes for my desktop icons to appear. It shows my desktop
> background picture and the blue screen, but not the desktop icons until
> about 2 minutes. Is this what you are refering to, and if so, is this
> documented somewhere re new driver etc? Thanks.
>
> "Paulo" <Paulo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C424325A-595A-4716-9AD0-41634A285F3D@microsoft.com...
> > It's the best ! But it hangup afert install SP2 on acess to the Internet.
> > The
> > problem is the smartd driver. It must install the acer version not the
> > windows recommend version.
> >
> > good luck
> > PG
> >
> > "s.wolber@buettner-dryer.com" wrote:
> >
> >> I am going to buy a Tablet PC. Does anybody have any experience with the
> >> TravelMate?
> >>
> >> Is it rugged? How long does it run on accumulator? How long with the
> >> second
> >> one in the media bay? How is the overall speed?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot
> >>
>
>
>