Leo Bevanda (leo.b [AT] bk.ru)
Acer Aspire 7730g (Part NumberLX.ARB0C.001) - Pre-installed with Linpus Linux (console only).
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| Name | Acer Aspire 7730G |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor P7350 2.00GHz |
| Screen | 17” WXGA 1440*900 |
| RAM | 2GB DDRII 667MHZ |
| HDD | 320GB 5.4K SATA |
| Optical Drive | DVD-RW S-MultiS |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT, 512M-GDDR3 |
| Network | Broadcom Ethernet, INTEL Wireless 802.11 Draft n, a/g, Bluetooth® 2.0 |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | Native SATA AHCI Support |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | Automatically detected and installed latest proprietary drivers |
| Sound | Yes | Alsa mixer, requires little tweaking with mixer when changing to outer speakers |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Camera | Yes |
Tested on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid), everything seemed to work out of the box, except those components that I didn't test (Express card slot, Modem and card reader). Integrated Mic works out-of-the-box but needs a little boost inside alsa mixer.
Highly satisfied with Linux performance on this laptop. Go with proprietary graphic drivers for full Compiz support.