Amazing Laptop Deal at Comet

jordy32

certainly comes in a number of flavours (ram and hd size mainly)
eg,
http://www.cancomputer.com/index.php?sku=4945

Radeon 200M info can be found here,

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=26318

Some info on the processor;

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/09/06/the_turion_64_inside_story_part_ii/index.html

fairygodfather

thanks rdwrr
looks like a good deal, i have ordered one online and as the comet return policy says you can return it if its not right. i am updating my acer aspire 3000, and if the 5044 is half as good it will be ok.............. thanks for the heads up on this deal.(it said on the comet site that i will be contacted regarding delivery, but am in no rush.will post with further details when /if it arrives)......:T :T :T

simate

That's a superb deal. The AMD Turion 64 is a very fast proc, well worth £399 of anyone's money!

maniac886

Is this acer one(ACER AS1642ZWLMI) as good as the one on the 1st post?

point3

ms01ma wrote:

do you get staff discount throught the store because you cant do it online is this in store yet - i have a card through woolies

Hi ms01ma,

I was planning to buy instore, but as it's not yet available, we'll have to rethink...looking at a non-UK Dell machine now.

Inspiron 6400 with 1.8GHz dual core processor, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD, 15.4" XGA screen and dual-layer DVD-writer is currently HK$6999 (£480). I shall be keeping an eye out for Dell HK misprices over the next 2 weeks :rotfl:

barnabee

Thanks rdwarr, also ordered one hoping it will be the spec as suggested. If not it can always be returned. Went through Topcashback for 4% cashback so £384 would be a great price.

Patr100

Flimber wrote:

Screen is only average though.

"Above average" screens cost more.

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ms01ma_2

what would be wrong with this screen?

jordy32

they're likely to be talking about the maximum resolution of the screen, not so much the quality of the picture etc.

here's some typical screens and resolutions,

800x600 (SVGA) 12"
1024x768 (XGA) 12", 13.3", 14", 15"
1280x1024 (SXGA) - uncommon size 14", 15", 15.7"
1400x1050 (SXGA+) 14", 15"
1600x1200 (UXGA) 14", 15", 16"
1600x1200 (UXGA+ / Enhanced UXGA - same size, brighter screen) 15"

those are standard 4:3 displays

this laptop has a 15.4" widescreen display (WXGA 1280x768).

for standard web browsing and office apps this is a fine screen. For someone using Excel extensively, AutoCAD etc. being able to display more (i.e. everything is smaller) on screen is a real benefit but it comes at a price.

mick10101

Just had a phone call from customer service to arrange delivery, they will not have any stock until the 18/09/2006 and will be sorting the allocations out then. They also said they would be able to deliver the laptop on Thursday. I then asked about the spec to which they could not find any, they then placed me on hold and went to see if they could find it, then the line went dead. Waiting for a return call fingures crossed

Rang them to check my order was still gong through, it is and they still can not provide the spec. But they did say if its not what I was expecting then it can be easily returned :rolleyes: