is this a good laptop

loopylass30

Hi every 1,
i was just wondering if any 1 could tell me about this "acer" lap top and if it seems good from the specs given oh and also if its wireless

17" Laptop

• AMD Turion TL52 Processor
• 17" Crystalbrite TFT Screen
• 160gb Hard Drive Memory
• 2gb RAM
• GF7300 Graphics Card
• Windows VISTA Premium
• Built-in 0.3mp Webcam
• DVD/RW
• Wifi Enabled
• 5in1 Card Reader

any help would be really appreciated
thanks

loops

DanRogl

Have you got anymore details, like a model number/price?

loopylass30

hi there,

Cant seem to find a model number but the price is £726 :eek:

This is for a friend who wants a laptop, ive told her to check dell but she spotted this 1.

thanks

Spendless_Dosh

I would suggest you look at https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk for decent deals on Acer. Acer have a good reputation for build quality but not so good for service (see which? online reports).

Alternatively, try Dell outlet on ebay (shops) if cosmetic scratches aren't an issue for your friend. These are customer returns which Dell refurbish and sell on cheap, usually they will provide a minimum warranty as well.

You'll get fairly decent laptop for under £500 these days and almost all will be wireless enabled.

About 1Gb ram will be sufficient for most people and the hard drive size depends on how much stuff you want to store, if it's lots of pictures and music I'd recommend a minimum of 120Gb. You should only need a big graphics card if you intend to play serious games so don't spend more than you need in this area.

Blacksheep1979

Spendless_Dosh wrote: »

I would suggest you look at https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk for decent deals on Acer. Acer have a good reputation for build quality but not so good for service (see which? online reports).

I don't know where you get that they have a good rep for build quality - its far from that.

Would def look at dell

http://www.dmxdimension.com/

mjr600

A 17" laptop is a desktop replacement, 15.4" is about as large as is practical for portability, you need to provide more details about what it will be used for etc.

A Dell at less than half the price of the Acer will provide everything most people need, give us that and we can give you a comprehensive reply.

xio

Looks like a 9303 spec to me

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1830669283.1178926680@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccgeaddkllhllghcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=169723&category_oid=

can be had for £649. Not a bad spec machine, but it depends what you need from it.

albertross_2

loopylass30 wrote: »

ive told her to check dell.

thanks

Tell her again, for most users (apart from high end gamers) £700+ on any PC or laptop is a bit OTT nowadays, A £300-£400 model easily does what most people want a computer for. See the dmxdimension site for some bargains. You won't get a built-in webcam for £320, but they are dirt cheap now if your friend needs one.

Spendless_Dosh

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

I don't know where you get that they have a good rep for build quality - its far from that.

Would def look at dell

http://www.dmxdimension.com/

___________________ Information from Which? May 2007 _______________

Acer came top in survey on reliability (not requiring a repair since 2003) with a score of 91% (Dell scored 85%)

In my book this means good build quality, perhaps not the industry definition but from a user perspective it's what matters.

I don't have any connection with, or have experience of Acer, just tyring to pass along some useful information.

loopylass30

Thank you for all your help so far, ive passed all the info on and shes finally giving dell a chance, shes spotted 1 on there and also 1 on comet and i think shes deffo gonna go for 1 or the other,

the comet 1 is...
FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO LI 1705

Product code 379891
SAVE a total of £150 - A great price for this Fujitsu Siemens laptop featuring Windows Vista Home Basic, Intel Celeron Mobile processor, 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive & 15.4" widescreen display WAS £499.99, THEN £399.00 and its no9 £349

• Processor speed: 1.6 GHz
• Processor: Intel Celeron Mobile
• Screen size: 15.4 inches
• Storage (hard drive): 80 GB
• Memory (RAM): 1024 MB
• Operating system: Windows Vista Home Basic

All specification features

The dell 1 shes loking at is.....
AMD® Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL50Vista™ Home Basic15.4" WXGA1024MB80GB256MB ATI Radeon® Xpress 11508x DVD Writer£352N05152

so can any 1 tell us whichis the better 1 to go for as theres both similare prices.... and similar specs,.... (well as far as i can tell)

thank you once again

loops

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The main difference is the processor. While the Celeron-M is a decent processor it's been left behind by the recent dual core processors. The AMD processor in the Dell is a dual core and will be rather better than that in the Fujitsu.