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    Acer Arcade....Anybody use it?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by basskiddanny, Mar 11, 2007.

  1. basskiddanny

    basskiddanny Notebook Evangelist

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    It came installed on my laptop but it doesn't even seem as good as Windows Media Centre and has less features at first glance.

    I just always wondered whats the point of it because everything you can do in it can be done just as easily using Windows Media Player/Winamp etc etc.

    So does anybody use it?
    Any way to make it display Acer Arcade on an external monitor (Connected to the VGA out on my laptop) and then on my actual laptop screen just display my normal windows working environment??
     
    basskiddanny, Mar 11, 2007
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  2. max 0401

    max 0401 Notebook Consultant

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    I am glad to hear this :) because I installed fresh copy of Win after 2 days,didn't even got time to play around with Acer Arcade,and my Back up DVD is not working so it was bye bye Acer Arcade :) .
     
    max 0401, Mar 11, 2007
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  3. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    its only useful when ya cant be bothered loading Windows up to watch a movie or listen to music.
     
    SideSwipe, Mar 11, 2007
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  4. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    I never got any games on my Acer when it shipped!! No fair...
     
    Gautam, Mar 11, 2007
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    But you still have to start windows XP and then run the acer arcade application don't you? Thats the only way I know anyway.

    It is actually just a clone of Windows Media Centre and doesn't include games like the name might suggest!
     
    basskiddanny, Mar 11, 2007
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  6. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Oh, OK. Never mind then. Thanks for telling me. :)
     
    Gautam, Mar 11, 2007
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