Bargain Acer Netbook Tesco

savemoney

It has two partitions one for windows 7 (132gb) and another for android (4gb) 160gb is before a HD is formatted so you loose space there too

There are 2 hidden partitions NTFS (PQdservice) 12gb and NFTS (system reserved) 102MB. I assume the first is a system backup

PQService partition
http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/11584-weird-pqservice-partition.html




I backed up the netbook minus getting rid of the bloatware on to a 500gb usb had drive for around £42 less cashback and a voucher code I got from topcashback

http://www.bestbuy.co.uk/product/1000072392/seagate-500gb-expansion-portable-hard-drive.aspx

Its gone up a little now

reennaa

i got a £15 refund and am just happy to get something.

a big thank you to all the peeps who are giving advice on this thread - much obliged.

savemoney

I just set my desktop to black background in theory if you show desktop a but it should save some battery, also went for a basic theme in windows 7

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/guides/2010/02/optimizing-windows-7-for-battery-performance-on-the-netbook.ars

myfairrlady

I was using mine today as kitchen television - using websites TV Catchup (all free TV stations are available in real time) and BBC iplayer as well as kitchen radio - my favourite station is Erin's Chill. I also have Spotify Unlimited.
I connected the laptop to wireless phones for this because the laptop speakers are not very loud. I cannot recommend wireless headphones highly enough.

sb44

myfairrlady wrote: »

I was using mine today as kitchen television - using websites TV Catchup (all free TV stations are available in real time) and BBC iplayer as well as kitchen radio - my favourite station is Erin's Chill. I also have Spotify Unlimited.

I've never heard of TV Catchup, off to take a look now.

Ta.

savemoney

I found google browser quite good I installed it when I was installing ccleaner.com

I am trying to keep netbook optimised, although I am tempted to shove some games on

savemoney

The Definitive Guide to Making the Most of Your Netbook [Optimization]



http://accesstechnews.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/the-definitive-guide-to-making-the-most-of-your-netbook-optimization/

http://www.netbookfreeware.com/ccleaner-free-netbook-optimization-file-cleaner

poet123

Just had a telephone response to my email re £15 refund rather than £30, the very nice lady said the initial memo said for them to refund the £15 but as I had a friend ;)who had received the £30 and it seemed as if the upgrade would cost around that figure they were happy to refund an additional £15.

So, the full £30 will be winging into my account asap. Thanks for the post about this, very helpful.

jaymac_2

I've been using AVG free for a long time now.

neveranymoney

Still no reply to my email, I'll wait to tomorrow and send them another. I'm turning into one of those customers who makes a scene at the till, whilst the queue gets longer and longer behind them!