Which laptop would you choose from these 2...?

drunknmunky

Omertron - This is going to sound like a stupid question, but could i install a dedicated card and use that instead of the shared graphics?

Mizz_Pink

Acer everytime, they provide good support. and are a great budget machine, they tick all the boxes.

Advent are made for pc world and are crap quality, plasticy etc

HP/Sony/Tosh are good but can cost £700 instead of £400 for similar spec.

Mizz_Pink

drunknmunky wrote:

Omertron - This is going to sound like a stupid question, but could i install a dedicated card and use that instead of the shared graphics?

No, no chance, not upgradable.

Mizz_Pink

Check the price on https://www.acernotebooks.co.uk

or Tescos sell Acer, saving you the delivery cost.

Omertron

drunknmunky wrote:

Omertron - This is going to sound like a stupid question, but could i install a dedicated card and use that instead of the shared graphics?

As per Mizz_Pink, Not on the laptops that you are looking at, some of the very high end ones do have replaceable ones.

For the applications that you are looking at, I wouldn't worry too much about the reduction in memory. If it does become an issue you can upgrade the RAM. Looking at the specs of the laptop, it has two memory slots with 512Mb in each so you'd have to "throw" one of those away to upgrade the memory.

moob_2

Mizz_Pink wrote:

Acer everytime, they provide good support. and are a great budget machine, they tick all the boxes.

Advent are made for pc world and are crap quality, plasticy etc

HP/Sony/Tosh are good but can cost £700 instead of £400 for similar spec.

The HP NX6325 is 399...

Oh, and I'd avoid acernotebooks.co.uk like the plague - they are the same company as laptopsdirect.co.uk and let's say, not the most reputable of companies.

magicrichard5

I just bought a laptop from laptopsdirect/acernotebacks.

Ordered on Friday, delivered on Monday. They even pricematched a competitior for me, giving me about £20 off.

If i have any problems with the laptop it is covered by Acer's 1 year warranty. Don't see the problem myself.

moob_2

magicrichard5 wrote:

I just bought a laptop from laptopsdirect/acernotebacks.

Ordered on Friday, delivered on Monday. They even pricematched a competitior for me, giving me about £20 off.

If i have any problems with the laptop it is covered by Acer's 1 year warranty. Don't see the problem myself.

I ordered my laptop via the phone to take avantage of their cheap memory upgrade, as it was advertised. Turned out that it wasnt cheap. I delclined this offer.

I asked for the 9.95 delivery, they sent it the 14.95 delivery.

The laptop arrived with the memory I didnt want fitted and charged for - I was charged a total of nearly £70 in excess to the advertised price.

Had to send laptop back, after 2 weeks of 'returns procedure' nonsense.

Was told 10 days after receipt of return, they had no stock...

Asked for refund, they did, but didn't refund the postage costs of over £17 (inc VAT)

Matter is now with trading standards.



Search for consumer reviews of their service, ignoring the one they happily link to on their website, and you will find many opinions that correlate with mine.

A disgrace of a company.:mad:

Mizz_Pink

We have directed lots of customers to acernotebooks and we have had nothing but good feedback, which is why we continue to recommend them.

Sorry to hear about your problems Moob.

magicrichard5

ah ok - That doesn't sound too hot to be fair! Guess i was lucky!