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Quote from: One Eyed Wonderweasle on September 27, 2023, 09:49:06 amThis vid should tell you what we can and can't do with it. CPU looks soldered in but on the acer site it says it is upgrade able to win 11.Oh, It does. It's limited to a max of 8Gb of LDDR4 2400. BGA stands for Ball Grid Array. So, the CPU is in fact soldered on. The PSU is external. So, you will have to upgrade that if you want to use a under 75 watt low profile, single slot GPU. All storage is SATA 6 compatible at least. Including the M.2. But it's not Nvme. Only SATA. Worst of all, it does not support TPM 2.0. It can't run windows 11 officially.Quote from: KT 💣 KλBoƠM on September 26, 2023, 11:05:50 pmShe is not a power user like we are. Power user or not, it's still a Fisher Price JR's first PC. It's just E-waste really. I think even Dave can agree with me on that.Quote from: KT 💣 KλBoƠM on September 26, 2023, 11:05:50 pmOne day maybe Dave will have a good computer for her but for now it is good enough. She needs simple.Well, if she can appreciate it, then good for her. But a MiniForum PC would make a much better option IMHO.
This vid should tell you what we can and can't do with it. CPU looks soldered in but on the acer site it says it is upgrade able to win 11.
She is not a power user like we are.
One day maybe Dave will have a good computer for her but for now it is good enough. She needs simple.
This vid should tell you what we can and can't do with it. CPU looks soldered in but on the acer site it says it is upgrade able to win 11. The most accurate specs should be on the right hand side of the case when looking at the front of it. should list the hard drive type and size, if it doesn't say SSD or NVME or m.2 it isn't likely an SSD.
Funny, I checked out the site link you posted and check out this review .. wowhttps://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B08BJDFZRF/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar
Quote from: KT 💣 KλBoƠM on October 02, 2023, 02:08:22 amFunny, I checked out the site link you posted and check out this review .. wowhttps://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B08BJDFZRF/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar Is that the same PC that your mom bought? The specs on that system look very different. But still, a valid testament to Dell's quality and reputation these days.
Yes. I see it very often actually. Usually for PC parts like HDD's, SSD's and mainboards. Example, I'm reading the reviews of a particular SSD and most of the reviews are for another SSD of the same brand, but way different specs.But the link you posted was for a completely different PC altogether.
Why do they do that? Just mistakes or searching for reference too fast?
Quote from: KT 💣 KλBoƠM on October 13, 2023, 05:19:42 amWhy do they do that? Just mistakes or searching for reference too fast?In your case, I suspect that the intended link was discontinued or changed. And the servers search algorithm failed to find the correct match. Others like NewEgg for instance, list several different capacities of particular branded drives or several different models of mainboard from the same brand in one link.
just so you know the manual saying it comes with an SSD doesn't mean it does. if it is just listed as a 1tb hard drive on the case that is all it has. if it has a SSD it lists it as so. If the model with that hardware is no longer for sale at that chain of stores, a lot of times the reviews are not kept either.but I'm pretty sure that has a win 11 free upgrade.
just so you know the manual saying it comes with an SSD doesn't mean it does. if it is just listed as a 1tb hard drive on the case that is all it has. if it has a SSD it lists it as so.
If the model with that hardware is no longer for sale at that chain of stores, a lot of times the reviews are not kept either.but I'm pretty sure that has a win 11 free upgrade.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2022This desktop computer from Acer is kind of an interesting design, in a way. It looks like a full-sized computer on the outside, but internally it is using both laptop and desktop components. The Celeron J4125 is mostly a CPU that you would find in a mini-PC or a laptop, it's a newer Celeron processor that performs pretty well in all the systems that I have tested it in (including this one). The upside to this thing being in such a large case (relatively speaking) is that is has a bit of modularity, it comes with two 4GB sticks of 3200MHz laptop DDR4 from Crucial, you can upgrade that to 16GB (8GB x2) if you feel the need to do so later on. It also has a real NVMe 256GB M.2 solid state drive from Kingston, NOT the slower SATA M.2 drives that you sometimes see with systems using this Celeron processor.In terms of port selection, it's mostly good except that there is only 1x HDMI port and zero USB C ports. There is a second VGA port if you want to use that, but another HDMI or DisplayPort would have been welcome. On the front you have 2x USB 3.0 (3.2 gen 1) ports, with 2x more on the back side, along with 2x slower USB 2.0 ports. This system uses WiFi 5 (802.11AC), and there is a Gigabit Ethernet port on the back. If you look at the photos, you might think that there is an SD card reader on the front, but that is not the case, it looks like the front panel that they are using has a cutout for a card reader, but on this system, they opted not to install one. There is a DVD-Dual Layer optical drive, so if you have the need to read or write DVDs in 2022, then you will be able to do that with this computer.One thing that I think is a little misleading about the product page is that it mentions "5.1 channel surround sound" with what looks like sound waves playing from the computer tower, but it actually has no on-board speakers. It just "supports" 5.1 channel audio which is native to Windows and not really a selling point for this computer (in my opinion). There are headphone/mic jacks on both the front and the back.This comes with a wired keyboard (membrane style switches) and a wired mouse. These are ok quality and better than not including one, but I don't think I would use them personally. I am lucky because I have access to mouse and keyboard products that cost almost as much as this computer does, still though, you could spend about $100 and get a mouse and keyboard that would be a lot more enjoyable if you are spending a couple of hours a day using this computer.So my opinion is that this is a decent value, you get a PC with an acceptable Celeron chip for this price, the ability to upgrade the Ram and SSD. You also get an available PCIe slot on the motherboard in case you want to add something like a network card to get Wifi 6. However, if you don't need a keyboard and mouse (or would rather save that money and buy one yourself), you can get a mini-PC with the same specs and performance for somewhere close to $250.
