looking for a laptop

[★ freakmonger]

[tcsoccerman]

wow this is very similiar to my situation. mine is more of a 2 yr laptpo though. anyone know how good acer is?

[★ Blocks]

Seems like it's well-worth the money. If you want to go even cheaper (~$400), you probably could -- what you want to do doesn't require much power. You might have to wait around for a deal though. What (if any) operating system comes with it? Don't expect battery life to be too good. Edited February 11, 2008 by Blocks

[★ freakmonger]

vista home prem I think

[tcsoccerman]

where are you shopping?

[★ CRe]

I tried acer laptops. I did not find them good.

[X`terrania]

get something without vista

[Suicide_Run]

You can always try a refurbished comp...those are really cheap that is if you dont mind refurbished......

[rootbear75]

get something without vista

yes, getting it w/o vista will reduce the cost even more. i can get you a copy of vista or XP for about 30$

 

You can always try a refurbished comp...those are really cheap that is if you dont mind refurbished......

ya they are.. i just got a refurbished Visio TV. it looks like its new.l

 

also get a www.squaretrade.com warranty... cheaper than a store warranty w/ the same coverage

[★ Purge]

my roomate uses Acer. he mainly uses it for gaming and whatnot (like Warcraft 3), and it runs pretty smoothly for him.

[Shock]

I wouldn't get an AMD if you aren't a gamer.. but that is an amazing price. I find it really hard to say no.

[★ Lynx]

[★ freakmonger]

Its from bestbuy, they had a gateway for $499 but every store was sold out of them in a day...

 

They told me to get a computer without vista would more than likley cost me MORE...I would love to keep XP

[Suicide_Run]

Ew BestBuy....worst place to buy stuff. I dont recommend you buying from them but thats just me =/

[🜲 PoLiX]

I got mine for $649 as a HP-Best Buy special. Didn't realize it til I called my bro and asked him to look it up. HP wanted $850 for it, and Best Buy's website said it was a special, and sold out online. I ended up getting the last one. Was the same when we got him his laptop, couldn't figure out why a $700 laptop was better than the $850 one right next to it. Found a buddy of mine who worked there, and he said it was a special they had with Gateway.

 

So I'd hit up on it if it sounds too good to be true, cause it probably won't last long, or be that many of em.

[rootbear75]

If you're still going to go for the Acer - get extended warranty, and make sure it's not a limited warranty. Read all the TnC before you purchase too.

which is why i recommend SquareTrade... warranty covers anything deemed to be "normal use"

Our standard warranty covers mechanical and electrical failures that occur during normal use. You get 100% Parts & Labor coverage with zero deductibles. Drops and spills are covered if you purchase Accidental Damage from Handling (only available on some new' date=' store-bought items - deductible applies).

 

We do not cover pre-existing conditions or issues that occur in the first 60 days from item purchase. You should be covered for these issues by the seller, the marketplace (e.g., eBay), and/or the payment provider (e.g., PayPal or a credit card).

 

At SquareTrade, we make our Service Agreements easy to understand. The following summary should help you to quickly find what you need to know about your coverage. It is followed by the actual Service Agreement itself.[/quote']Source: https://www.squaretrade.com/pages/learn-more-warranty-buyer

its also cheaper than store-bought warranties

 

if you want, i can send you an e-vite if you want an additional 30% off ur warranty purchase...

(in fact, if anyone wants one, let me know, i'd be more than happy to send you one)

[Cancer+]

AMD is crap anymore. They are getting worse and worse.

[Yavaris]

With Dell you can select XP instead of Vista if you want to (at least here in Europe). And I think you get about the same for that price, plus they have like -300 and -500$ coupons from time to time (register for newsletter to get them).

[★ Admiral Kirk]

Wow, good deal of un-informed opinions here ^^. Where to start...

 

Well first of all, everyone who said Acer is crap, was right They are crap, Acer and Everex make some of the cheapest (in both quality and cost) laptops around. But you wernt looking for something to last you 3-4 years right? If you just want something to use for the next 6months to a year and you intend to be REAL gentle with it, it should be ok.

 

As for the specs, thier great. Youd pay 2k for those specs in a respectable laptop brand like Lenovo (IBM ThinkPads), which btw, are the best laptops money can buy aside from the military grade Panasonic ToughBooks (which my company just got a few in for FCC testing, thier awsome btw).

 

Thiers absolutly nothing wrong with AMD CPU's atm. Intel still has more Errata per CPU style than AMD which is usualy a good measure of quality. Also Intel is still battling thier heat issues ever since Prescott and they cant seam to quite get past it, thier Core and Core 2 designs help alot though. Stay far away with from any Penitum 4's and Penitum D's theyre terrible. Intel tried, as usual, to rewrite the PC world with thier Netburst architecture which bassicly fell on its face. AMD supports the same SSE extensions that Intel does and that every software company on the face of the planet codes for.

 

I think that covers it all ^^. You know how to get ahold of me if you have any more questions.

 

EDIT: Oh ya, almost forgot, as for Vista, its crap and sucks. Unfortunatly only the more expensive laptops still have XP options, so what you should do is go to the manufactures website for whatever laptop your intending to get and check if they have XP drivers for download for that model of laptop. If they do then just get it, wipe it and put XP on it. You might even be able to get a refund for your Vista from various angles, thier IS a stipulation for it in the EULA but ive heard its a massive pain to actualy get. Also thier is a stipulation in the EULA for Vista Ultimate that allows you to "transgrade" the license into an XP Pro license. (this invalidates the Vista license, obviously). Which is another option.

Edited February 12, 2008 by Admiral Kirk

[★ Blocks]

Ah, Home Premium is good (well, relatively -- you just don't want Home Basic).

 

And to the AMD bashers, Kirk is right. You can bash their future products, because they don't seem to have their act together, but the current stuff is fine. And "fine" is a great metric. o_o

 

I would spring for it. I think I'm wrong about cheaper laptops -- they do exist, but not with specs anywhere near that.

[rootbear75]

i take it then that Acer's are the eMachines of the laptop world (from all the negativity about them)?

[🜲 Samapico]

[Testtube]

I agree with pretty much everything Kirk said. one point where we may not see eye to eye is i tend to believe Acer is a great budget laptop manufacturer. They are great for what they are. Which are laptops that will function for the need of now. They generally have poor battery life. Not very durable. But for the price you can afford to buy two of them and just put one up and keep it safe.

 

 

I agree the new toughbooks are pretty bad !@#$%^&*. vista is a huge abortion and would stay away from it at all costs.

[★ Lynx]

Or you could just get a Mac and use Bootcamp? They're expensive, but a pretty good investment, everybody who I know who's bought a Mac has never had a single problem with them - provided they use Bootcamp for compatibility issues. Just stay away from Acer - or anything that's too cheap to be true.

[★ freakmonger]