Averatec launches 11.1-inch laptop

Today, Averatec announced the new 1579 ultraportable laptop, which features an 11.1-inch wide-screen display, 1-inch thickness, and 3.4-pound weight. The rest of the specs:

• 1.06GHz Intel Core Duo U2400 ultralow voltage processor
• 1GB DDR2 RAM (1GB max)
• 120GB, 5,400 rpm hard drive
• Dual-layer DVD burner
• Three USB 2.0 ports, an ExpressCard slot, and a 4-in-1 memory card reader
• Windows Vista Home Premium

Because we're used to Averatec pricing its laptops so aggressively, the new laptop's $1,300 price tag struck us as merely average for its specs. Nevertheless, the Averatec 1579 promises to be an affordable alternative for home users who want an ultraportable laptop but don't want to pay the premium for a business-class machine such as the Sony VAIO TXN17P/B.

[FunWithTech]

Averatec didn't honor warranty

Averatech produced the AV3220H1 laptop. I bought one. Within the first 7 months, while still under warranty, it began to have problems charging the battery or maintaining power, even while plugged into an outlet. This ended up killing the HD from the sudden dip in power. <br /><br />The problem turned out to be a manufacturing defect, but Averatec still wanted to charge me $80 for the "repair" even though I was within the 1 year warranty. In addition to this, they said it would take about 3 weeks after they received the laptop, to fix it. With shipping time (they would return it by UPS Ground unless I paid even more $), that would have left me without a laptop for over a month.<br /><br />Instead, I checked forums, found the problem was a poorly soldered spot on the DC jack, and soldered it myself. Because I found their warranty service unreliable, and still had a dead hard drive, I shelved the Averatec and purchased a replacement from a more reliable manufacturer.<br /><br />Also, I contacted Averatec two more times before the warranty ended, to see if they would honor the warranty terms, and while they agreed to "waive" the $80 charge, it would still take a month in total to get the laptop back. And they refused to replace the hard drive the original problem damaged. So even after the "warranty" service, I would be left with a non-functional notebook, having to buy a new hard drive. <br /><br />So, I do not recommend to anyone, that you ever purchase an Averatec product. And, if Averatec reads this, so you know I'm not some random guy bashing on you, my notebook serial # is: NA04CU040200625 and you have my registration information, as I gave it to you on 3 separate occasions, if not more.<br /><br />And every time I see Averatec mentioned online, I will recount this event in my life. Because they cost me time, an additional $1000 for a new notebook, and they treated me like crap.

[Erich1000]

Averatec kept 2 months & laptop not fixed! Don't!

Warning: this company took 7 months to send a rebate after letters/calls/emails and Kept my laptop to fix mouse problem for 2 months - IT IS STILL Broken. They won't return letters (which their support recommends knowing I think they ignored), won't return calls (got the product managers name from Wall Street Journal). I will take this the media and BBB but avoid this bad service Korean company laptops.