Ultra-Thin

[stowellt]

I find it difficult as a potential customer that Acer list multiple model #'s for every configuration without specifying the difference(s) and they appear on the same retail sites i.e. newegg for different prices.   For example:

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/NX.M42AA.001-NX.M42AA.002  Newegg has .002 for $69 more

or 

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/NX.M3EAA.006-NX.M3EAA.001-NX.M3EAA.004  Newegg has the .006 for $57 more than the .001

or

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/NX.M3EAA.007-NX.M3EAA.002-NX.M3EAA.005  

seriously 3 identical products???

Any chance the newest one (I'm assuming the one with highest model #) has a either a different atheros card or at least the same one with a hardware revision?

[jonstatt]

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stowellt wrote:

seriously 3 identical products???

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That is rediculous. My only suspicion is that its the bundle that is different. The full bundle includes a bluetooth mouse, mini-HDMI->VGA dongle, USB->Ethernet dongle, and a leather-like carry case. I wonder if some of the versions do not include all of the bits?!

[jonstatt]

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Nelkang wrote:
I am still using 075 and have no DC at all..

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There is clearly a "magic" factor with this which is why Acer are having so much trouble solving it. I am still using 075. I have had the issue once ever, and it only lasted 3 minutes with the "limited connectivity" issue and then fixed itself without me doing anything.

[jialiang123]

The different versions may be due to components iI think. my old s7 came with a 4000mah battery while some reviewer reports 4670mah.

[tmk]

Any news on the new drivers.. ? 217 V3 is better.. But still drops...

[mohdyaac]

I bought My laptop today Iam facing the same problem, I think I will return it

[jritmeijer]

I rolled back .221 to 117v3. 117v3 is better than 117v1 which was awfull on my system.

At the moment the laptop is working well with my access point that is 2 meters away on a fixed channel (0 ping to AP drops even after a few hours). The moment I put 15 meters between it, or use a different access point, things still drop badly even though other Wifi devices work great.

So 117v3 doesn't appear to provide a final solution, but it is a step in the right direction.

[markedanderson]

I am hopefull that a solution comes out soon.  I am also having problems authenticating on a wpa2-enterprise networrk.  Apparantly there are all sorts of problems out there with Windows 8 and wpa2-enterprise.  Acer, can you fix that for us too?

[dracore]

Sigh.... here we go again.

After running .221 for about 3-4 days straight (I don't turn off my laptop and it doesn't go into sleep mode), I am getting Limited connection again.  It was a promising solution.... until today.

217v3 does not solve the problem either as this one also led to Limited connection -- perhaps even faster than 221

[punyawee]

I have the similar issue about the wifi but it's much more terrible.  I'm using s3-391 with the same wifi adaptor as yours..  terrible issue... disappointed