Tesco Direct - Acer Laptop £374 Delivered

withabix

They've got these in store in Tesco as well. £369.99

rthirlby

bennnneb wrote:

has the tesco one got a dvd/rw or a dvd rom drive?

DVDRW, you can tell because it refers to Dual Layer in the specs which means it can write Dual Layer DVDR's

zermattbusby

Just about to purchase an Acer Aspire 5051 AWXMI £398.00 from Ebuyer. Is the 3053 WXMI A better buy ?

rthirlby

Im not sure, it seems to be the same machine as the one above but with a faster CPU. Your paying the extra for a faster CPU thats all.

Oh and Ebuyer isnt the cheapest price for that laptop its a tenner cheaper and free delivery from the first result on google searching for 5051AWXMi

rthirlby

Im shocked my Order already says Dispatched !! Doubt I will see it Before xmas though

babydaisy

Is this wireless enabled?

What is the difference between this one and the one posted about in Currys:

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1690690388.1166824132@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccffaddjjkkmjffcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&sku=103549&tabIndex=1

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers BD

royalsteve

rthirlby wrote:

I work as a Laptop Repair Engineer so ive seen more laptops than most people have had hot dinners, so I know a good deal when I see one !!
Well ignoring the fact that its an Acer machine whos support sucks !!


If you think you can beat this offer then please post below



My personal preference when buying a laptop is to choose one with a GOOD graphics card capable of playing games but most sub £400 laptops only have basic Intel or SIS rubbish graphics cards that just cant handle any modern games.

So Ive been hunting for a laptop under £400 with either an ATI Radeon or Nvidia Gforce graphics card and this is the best offer ive found !!


http://direct.tesco.com






Acer Aspire 3053WXMi Notebook

Mobile AMD Sempron™ 3400+ (1.8 GHz, 256 KB L2 cache)
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1100 integrated 3D graphics, with up to 128 MB of shared system memory
60GB hard disk drive
512MB of DDR2 memory
Microsoft Windows® XP Media Center Edition
8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive
14.1" WXGA TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution
Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi



I know most people tend to look for the gimmick of a super large screen 15.4" or 17" but in a laptop that you want to carry round with you 14"'s what you really want !!


The AMD Sempron processor is better than the Intel Celeron processors that you normally get in a laptop this price and the much improved graphics card will make the laptop a better long term investment


They wont deliver before Christmas but if you can find a store with them in stock then pounce on them !!
Im sorely tempted to buy one now but I cant help but wonder what offers there will be in the sales


Dont forget Quidco cashback for a further 3% off !!! (EDIT Tracks as £7.87)
Also Tesco Clubcard points = 374


Hope this helps someone

i agree with you re: acer's support.....i asked them to send me dvd writer software so that i could use the dvd writer......did they, no....just been waiting 2 years now....some support prat snet me an email as though i was some idiot who didnt know how to use computers......well he learnt the hard way.....sent a mail back to him and copied his director as advised his director to send him on a training course (nb. i run my own computer/telecoms consultancy)....several emails later and still nothing...awful company

was going to get an acer laptop but not now and bought a toshiba instead...their machines are very very good value....just pray when it goes wrong as i would not like to deal with their support.

JollyNolly

Acer? Now let me see - where's my bargepole...

deanos

Yes i had an Acer and support sucked big time, tried to phone umpteen times and never got through to anybody, emails never answered i eventually bought the part myself

Awkward_Bounce

I have a Acer, had it for 2 years, no probs yet!!