http://community.acer.com/acer/tracker nlj Tracker Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:35:15 GMT 2014-11-15T14:35:15Z http://community.acer.com/t5/Find-the-Acer-Best-for-You/What-is-the-difference-between-a-V5-171-6679-and-a-V5-171/m-p/95053#M243 <P>I've narrowed down my search for a new machine to an Acer Aspire V5-171 Core i5 machine.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Both the&nbsp;V5-171-6679 and the V5-171-53318G50ass models are available to me, and I'd like to know what the difference between them is. They seem to have exactly the same specs, and indeed, the same SKU (<SPAN>NX.M3AAA.009).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>In particular, I've read that some of the V5-171 models have Broadcomm WiFi/Bluetooth hardware and some have Atheros hardware, and I wanted to know which WiFi/Bluetooth hardware the two models in questions have. (</SPAN>I will be trying to put FreeBSD on this machine (and failing that, Linux), so the answer to this question might help me decide which of the two models to buy.)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you for any light anyone can shed on this puzzle.</P> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:44:41 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/Find-the-Acer-Best-for-You/What-is-the-difference-between-a-V5-171-6679-and-a-V5-171/m-p/95053#M243 nlj 2013-06-05T06:44:41Z