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Acer laptop £199.99

Sainsburys are selling acer laptop for the above price.
Link: http://m.sainsburys.co.uk/mt/www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/technology/sale/123177551_acer_aspire_one_d270_intel_atom_processor_n2600_1gb320gb_101_white_laptop.html?hnav=4294902223

They also have it in black. Ive not bought this yet as i dont know much about ram or memory :D
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  • flandot
    flandot Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    This is more of a 'netbook' rather than a 'laptop' (it only has a 10.1" screen.) The RAM is poor at 1GB - most laptops nowadays have 2GB at the very minimum.
    I worked in PC World for a long time and netbooks of this kind of spec have always been around this price. They are only really useful for browsing the web and are handy due to the portability but I wouldn't get one in replacement of a desktop/laptop.
    HTH.
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  • huangdi
    huangdi Posts: 104 Forumite
    Hi there

    No need to rush into buying it if you are. The same laptop is at Amazon (the white 8hr battery life one) for the same price
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007NHP8XC/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers

    agree with previous poster. This is a netbook(no CD/DVD drive etc, but that wouldnt matter if transfer things using USB).
    Also dont know running windows 7 on an Atom processor has any downsides(may run slower). Wife has a Samsung NC10, which we bought 2 years ago, no problems with that at all.
  • redfox
    redfox Posts: 15,334 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    as this isn't really a short term grabbit offer I'll move this to Shop but don't drop.
  • don't buy it. don't try to get the cheapest. it will not last long. should spend around 300 on a laptop atleast.
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