Free Laptop with AOL now! (merged)

wolvesinwales

A few answers to queries on here, the AOL wireless set up was really easy when i had a free router from them last year and i am far from an expert.
Yes AOL have a bad name but i have never had trouble with my connection and as someone has already mentioned earlier when you are set up on wireless you dont even need to open the AOL software up to connect, simply connect through Internet explorer.

VIJAY_FROM_KENT

wolvesinwales wrote: »

A few answers to queries on here, the AOL wireless set up was really easy when i had a free router from them last year and i am far from an expert.
Yes AOL have a bad name but i have never had trouble with my connection and as someone has already mentioned earlier when you are set up on wireless you dont even need to open the AOL software up to connect, simply connect through Internet explorer.

Yep I agree. They have a bad name, etc but I have found the connection very reliable. I am just wondering whether I will be able to get the free laptop as my 12 months is over...

alanclose

You can always cancel your contract and start a new one

wolvesinwales

vjain wrote: »

Yep I agree. They have a bad name, etc but I have found the connection very reliable. I am just wondering whether I will be able to get the free laptop as my 12 months is over...

If you are worried about the hassle of losing e mail address etc they are very helpful to customers leaving. My girlfriend recently changed to NTL / Virgin and AOL have let her keep her AOL e mail address so she can still pick mail up at AOL.co.uk
She is currently on average without internet connection one day a month with NTL / Virgin and this is in central Cardiff. I am up in the hills here and cannot recall the last time i had a connection problem.

alanclose

Don't aol allow anyone to sign up for a free AOL e-mail account rather like hotmail

ruthybabs

I've pre-registered for the AOL deal as it looks a better laptop than the orange one and I've heard more bad things about orange bb than aol. We had aol for ages then changed to a cheaper deal with some random american company, but I like the restriction aol could impose for my kids.

Does anyone know when this deal might come about as I haven't noticed any dates?

wolvesinwales

alanclose wrote: »

Don't aol allow anyone to sign up for a free AOL e-mail account rather like hotmail

Yes they do, my point was if you had set one up through an account with them i would not have put it past them to cancel that particular account if you cancelled your subscription.

stphnstevey

I am no laptop expert, but it seems the Orange Laptop will be Celeron M430 at 1.73 GHz and 256mb of RAM. Where as the AOL laptop (from the small amount of info we have been given) will be Celeron 540 at 1.6 GHz and 1GB of RAM.

Which is better?

alanclose

The more usable one is the AOL laptop

gilesdavies

stphnstevey wrote: »

I am no laptop expert, but it seems the Orange Laptop will be Celeron M430 at 1.73 GHz and 256mb of RAM. Where as the AOL laptop (from the small amount of info we have been given) will be Celeron 540 at 1.6 GHz and 1GB of RAM.

Which is better?

Neither of the laptops are "cutting edge" or the very latest, but the Dell laptop is by far and away the best laptop here and would find this sort of spec Laptop costing you around £500.

Dell is a household name in PC's and one of the world largest and most respected computer manufacturers... Ei Systems - a brand that is almost unknown!

With regards to the spec, everything on the Dell laptop is better (I will try to put my comments down in "non-techie" terminology)...
- You get Windows Vista - the latest Microsoft Operating System. (PC World's laptop is running Windows XP due to be phased out very soon and over 5 years old!)
- 1 GB of Memory to allow you to comfortably run programs without your computer crashing. (PC World's laptop only has 256MB of memory which is only quarter of the amount and will struggle to run some programs!)
- 80GB Hard disk, which is a generous amount to store all your data on. (PC World's laptop has a harddrive of 40GB - Half the size and likely to fill up quickly)
- Both laptops have a similar speed processor which are more of the budget variety. So likely to struggle with high end software.
- WiFi enabled, to let you view the internet in any room in the house without the need to run cables to the BT Socket throughout the house! Also AOL give a free wireless router to send the internet signal to your computer and this is worth about £50 on its own! (PC World's laptop is NOT WiFi enabled and also you get no free wireless router!)
- DVD/CD Writer - This will allow you to write information to CD's and DVD's to backup your work as well as use as a normal DVD/CD Player. (PC World laptop makes no mention so would assume is only a DVD/CD Player and unable to write information to discs)

***In all honesty I think both offers are fabulous, and cannot go wrong with either laptops really for basic home computing. BUT seeing as you have a choice of two laptops to choose from the AOL laptop is easily the best!***

You do have another option - If you feel neither laptops are suitable for you. PC World offer you a £300 voucher to use as part payment towards a more expensive laptop.