Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

yellowcrocus

It seems I'm not allowed to post links!

It's an Acer Aspire 5336 LX.RD802.008

640GB Hard drive, 4GB RAM Intel Celeron Dual Core 2.1 GHz

£299 inc VAT from Acerdirect.

grumpycrab

yellowcrocus wrote: »

...It's an Acer Aspire 5336 LX.RD802.008

640GB Hard drive, 4GB RAM Intel Celeron Dual Core 2.1 GHz

£299 inc VAT from Acerdirect.

Provided you don't play games or use large graphics/spreadsheets/documents this is a good deal. First price. Does £299 include delivery? If not you can get it inc delivery here -> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160548250037

A 3 year warranty is great but is it as good as this one? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130533991522

As for the laptop spec, the memory and disk are great. Its the processor that is...just about ok, although many will see the "Celeron" word and run a mile. If this is for email, browsing and basic office use then you'll be fine. Anything more and you might be twiddling your thumbs...

EDIT: also has webcam and card reader; no HDMI though.

stilltheone

grumpycrab wrote: »

Provided you don't play games or use large graphics/spreadsheets/documents this is a good deal. First price. Does £299 include delivery? If not you can get it inc delivery here -> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160548250037

A 3 year warranty is great but is it as good as this one? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130533991522

As for the laptop spec, the memory and disk are great. Its the processor that is...just about ok, although many will see the "Celeron" word and run a mile. If this is for email, browsing and basic office use then you'll be fine. Anything more and you might be twiddling your thumbs...

EDIT: also has webcam and card reader; no HDMI though.

I think that it might have..

grumpycrab

yellowcrocus wrote: »

I have just bought one of these with a 3 year warranty for an extra £30...

Check what you paid - that waranty is coming up at £89.99 in the checkout (I'm not buying, just checking!).

stilltheone

grumpycrab wrote: »

Check what you paid - that waranty is coming up at £89.99 in the checkout (I'm not buying, just checking!).

Comes up as £30 for me.

grumpycrab

stilltheone wrote: »

Comes up as £30 for me.

In basket or at checkout? I get

stilltheone

Hmmmm...

GunJack

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/241152

just seen this on a mailshot, may be of use to someone

stilltheone

GunJack wrote: »

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/241152

just seen this on a mailshot, may be of use to someone

Was £230 a couple of weeks ago. They had a lot of them.

stevednp3

Im using the new acer w500 tablet, its great as you can attach a keyboard and turn it into a netbook, if you shop around you can find them for under £350