Averatec 3200 Series

[kpxgq]

Anyone have experience with this brand...

the main selling points for me are...
- built in 54g wifi
- 4.2 lbs
- less than $900



purpose of the laptop is to perform everyday tasts and schoolwork and remain very portable... I just never heard of the brand and was wondering if anyone had expereince

[Geoffreyeolson]

I think I've seen those at office depot. Those notebooks seem pretty impressive to me by being very small yet still very cheap. Usualy small notebooks like that cost more

[doctor15]

my neighbors has one and is pretty happy with it.

All the major retailors sell it now. Im not really sure who actually makes it. The charger says "lite-on" so im not sure if just the chargers is made by lite-on or lite-on owns averatec.

[kpxgq]

well i bought it...

so far so good... its no centrino, but its probably the best ultra portable for under $1000

initial impressions..

Pros
- very small and light as advertised
- the built in WiFi is fast (54g) and has very good range (better than my dlink 54g PCI card on my desktop)
- WiFi on/off button is very helpful for saving battery life
- decently speedy

Cons
- LCD screen is mediocre... definately a notch worse than the Sony VAIO screens... lighting is uneven
- gets kinda hot (i blame the AMD athlon cpu)
- mediocre battery life (3hrs)... cant touch the 6+hrs of a centrino
- GPU sucks (Unichrome... havent benchamrked but reviews say it gets about 2000 3dmark2k1)