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| + | ====== Acer Travelmate P645-M ====== | ||
| + | ===== Author(s) ===== | ||
| + | Scrandy (Tested Ubuntu 14.10) | ||
| + | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
| + | The Acer P645 is an excellent, very robust and very portable subnotebook with very good Linux compatibility. Except the 3G-modem, which I cannot test at the moment, the laptop seems to have nearly 100% compatibility. Powersaving can be tuned quite well with tlp and powertop. Most things work out of the box with Kubuntu 14.10. | ||
| + | If you want to buy one: watch out for minimal version differences within the same model number (IPS, HDD, CPU)! | ||
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| + | It would be nice, if someone could post, how 3G can be made to work. | ||
| + | ===== Editing This Page ===== | ||
| + | If you would like to edit this page please first view our [[Editing Guidelines]]. | ||
| + | ===== Specifications ===== | ||
| + | For full specifications see the [[http://www.lapspecs.com/detail/acer+travelmate+p645-m|Acer Travelmate P645-M specifications page]]. | ||
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| + | |Name|Acer Travelmate P645-M| | ||
| + | |Processor|Intel Core i5-4200U 1.60 GHz 3 MB or i5-4210U 1.70 GHz 3MB| | ||
| + | |Screen|35.6 cm ( 14") Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS or (1366 x 768) NOIPS !!!| | ||
| + | |RAM|4GB + 1 free Slot (up to 12 GB)| | ||
| + | |HDD|500 GB HDD or 20GB/120GB/250GB instead of the HDD or in an additional mSata Slot| | ||
| + | |Optical Drive|None| | ||
| + | |Graphics|Intel HD 4400| | ||
| + | |Network|Wifi abgn, Gigabit Lan, 3G| | ||
| + | ===== Linux Compatibility ===== | ||
| + | ^Device^Compatibility^Comments^ | ||
| + | |Processor|works| | | ||
| + | |Screen|works| 156 DPI needs a lot of work to adapt the applications. Installation and some apps (e.g. Chrome) still look very small. | | ||
| + | |HDD|works|Both HDD and mSata SSD work well | | ||
| + | |Graphics Chip|works| Backlight-keys work also very well| | ||
| + | |VGA Out|Not Tested| | | ||
| + | |HDMI Out|works|Works also with audio output | | ||
| + | |Sound|works| Even volume keys work out of the box | | ||
| + | |Microphone|works| | | ||
| + | |Headphone Port|Not Tested| | | ||
| + | |Microphone-In Port|Not Tested| | | ||
| + | |Wireless|works| | | ||
| + | |3G|Not Tested| | | ||
| + | |Bluetooth|works| Tested with bluetooth headphones| | ||
| + | |USB|works| | | ||
| + | |Card Reader|works| | | ||
| + | |Webcam|works| | | ||
| + | |Keyboard|works| Fn-Keys work but not the extra 3 keys - wifi however can be switched off by Fn-keys| | ||
| + | |TouchPad|works| Multitouch gestures work out of the box (2 finger scrolling etc)| | ||
| + | |Fingerprint Reader|Not Tested| | | ||
| + | |Suspend/Resume|works| | | ||
| + | ===== Notes ===== | ||
| + | UEFI Dualboot needs some work (especially if you are new to UEFI). I made a fresh WIn8.1 installation on the mSata SSD and then installed Ubuntu 14.10 also on the SSD (Both in UEFI Mode). Afterwards I replaced the Windows Boot Manager in the UEFI Setup with Grub2 and it worked. | ||
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| + | The high 156 DPI with Full HD needs extensive adaptation of the apps. There are several guides available but some Apps (Chrome etc.) still need fixing. I went with KDE and worked on firefox/thinderbird with the about:config fix. This worked when I uninstalled the oxygen icons for gtk. Some apps still are a bit small, but all relevant ones work well. If you do not like working on this, I suggest not to choose the HD-version. But this is a general problem and will improve over time, especially because of the emerging retina displays. | ||
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| + | All Chips (3G, NFC, Wifi, Keyboard-Light, HDD) can be switched off using tlp and self-congigured hotkeys getting power consumption down to 5.8 W (with 40% display light on) from above 10 W. So the battery saving can be tuned quite well and this laptop is ready for ultramobile linux usage. | ||
| + | ===== Summary ===== | ||
| + | The Acer P645-M works really well out of the box with Kubuntu 14.10. I will expand this article, when I have the time to test the rest. (Version tested: NX.V8VEG.025 on Ubuntu 14.10 in Winter 2014) | ||
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| + | **If you got 3G working please post in the notes section how.** | ||
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