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I bought an acer AS5338 this weekend, 4GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive £379 in Tesco. Don't ask me any follow up questions as I know nothing about computers. Its brilliant compared to my 2001 desktop thing though.
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 00:11:49 » |
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Goos shout on Staples, just had a look on their website and they've got a Compaq Presario with 3GB RAM, 160GB HDD and a 2.1Ghz Sempron for £300.
I'd look round a bit more for a dual core processor. As Doore says, Acer have some very nice laptops for the money, I know some people say adverse things about build quality but nobody I know has had issues. |
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 06:58:10 » |
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Acers are fine IMO but I find its not so much the build quality as such but they do feel very flimsy in comparison, but spec wise they are fine.
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« Reply #18 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 07:32:06 » |
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What is eveyones opinion of ordering from Dell then? I was seriously thinking of this but as no-one has mentioned them yet i'm having second thoughts!
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« Reply #19 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 07:36:16 » |
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What is eveyones opinion of ordering from Dell then? I was seriously thinking of this but as no-one has mentioned them yet i'm having second thoughts!
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« Reply #20 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 07:56:20 » |
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The Dell lappy's still going strong three years later JJ. A whole 1gb of RAM and a 120gb HD. It's fucking awesome!  |
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« Reply #21 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 08:48:55 » |
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I got a Dell 2 years ago and it's great, had no problems and it's got a beautiful 1920*1200 screen. Those toshibas are really ugly.
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« Reply #22 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 16:24:07 » |
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I bought an acer AS5338 this weekend, 4GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive £379 in Tesco. Don't ask me any follow up questions as I know nothing about computers. Its brilliant compared to my 2001 desktop thing though.
This is the one i was about to decide to buy,but they're sold out & the lower spec version of the AS5338 is alot of money more. Haven't found anywhere that sells the same spec as Tesco  . |
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This is the one i was about to decide to buy,but they're sold out & the lower spec version of the AS5338 is alot of money more. Haven't found anywhere that sells the same spec as Tesco . I had to go to three different stores to find one in stock. |
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 20:09:54 » |
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*Bump* Just to let you know I bought an Acer 5536 today. AMD X2 2.1Ghz, 3GB RAM, 250GB HDD and dedicated ATI Radeon graphics. All for £370 Oh and I get an upgrade to W7 for £12. |
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 20:31:24 » |
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Not a bad spec for less thna £400 notes. Think you'll find the graphics are integrated but it'll be good enough for high def videos and the 'sexy' Vista menus.
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 20:39:49 » |
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Yeah, it is onboard graphics. What a twat.
Runs quite nice after I've uninstalled all the Acer bloatware.
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 20:41:49 » |
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Dedicated graphics on laptops can be quite hit and miss anyway and I'm sure you didn't get it purely for games.
Going dual core is probably the best thing you can do for your laptop.
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 21:54:27 » |
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You cant beat ATI onboard graphics on lappys (unless you get 9800 nvidia), my sis in law just bought one with HD4000 graphics.....can play almost any game out there but a bit pricey at £800 |
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 22:00:58 » |
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Should've saved and got a Mac
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