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Acer Aspire 7520 17" Gemstone Laptop
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sukysue
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Just spotted this on Tesco website and wondered if anyone could tell me if it's any good? It's for my dds for xmas and they want to play the sims 2 pc game on it and I haven't got a clue!Thanks in advance.
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For a 17" laptop it's a good price - apparently decent build quality too - Acer CS is pretty dire so I hear so may be a deciding factor...
Should play The SIMS ok but probably not any of the latest games
Have a look on Dell at the Vostro 1000 range too - drop the warranty to 1 year, upgrade the screen and choose the 6 cell battery - £339 pre delivery - can haggle for free delivery if you call them....Neil0 -
I'd agree about Dell. If you need a 17inch screen, Dell do the Vostro 1700 - its under the Small Business section of their site (just put your own name in when prompted for business name)
It can be got for £704 delivered with the same spec...0 -
...for a 17" screen and decent spec you'd be hard pushed to beat that Acer price though...Neil0
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...for a 17" screen and decent spec you'd be hard pushed to beat that Acer price though...
Did you read my post above?
The Dell is £707, the Acer is £799, both 17 inch screens, almost identical specs (the dell doesnt suffer from having a built in webcam) - and i wasnt that hard pushed! :rolleyes2
In fact, arguably you could have a decent spec'd Vostro 1700 (which has a 17 inch screen as standard) for £505 delivered, if you check out their site.
Check out www.dmxdimension.com for links to the best Dell deals by the way.0 -
Sue, whichever machine you go for, use https://www.quidco.com and get a further 5% as cashback. :money:0
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Did you read my post above?
The Dell is £707, the Acer is £799, both 17 inch screens, almost identical specs (the dell doesnt suffer from having a built in webcam) - and i wasnt that hard pushed! :rolleyes2
The Acer is £399.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-5525.aspx0 -
....that's why I posted!!
...I repeat....you'd be hard pushed to beat the spec of the Acer 17" 7520....the Vostro is arguably better but significantly more expensive...Neil0 -
Am very worried about windows vista and how much memory it uses so am wondering if I need a bigger memory what do you all think ....and thank you all very much for helping me, I am really grateful honest!xXx-Sukysue-xXx0
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1gb is minimum for Vista and should run ok (from first hand experience)
2gb would obviously be better - use Crucial for a cheaper upgrade option the Dell or whoever you buy from (eg. IIRC Dell would charge £80 to upgrade to 2gb - Crucial would be ~£50 plus you'd have existing to sell on!)Neil0 -
You said the Acer was £799, I was pointing out that it was in fact £399. What's your point?0
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