SlingerzDeluxez Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 I am getting a new laptop (if you havent assumed already). I wanted to know a couple of questions. 1. Is Acer a good brand of laptop? and 2. Are these specs good at this price? Price = $699 (w/o tax) Specs = Hard Drive Size 320 GB Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Installed Memory 3072 MB Screen Size 15.6" Widescreen Processor Series Pentium Ultra-Low Voltage Chipset Intel GS45 Express Chipset Estimated Battery Life Up to 8 or more hours of battery life Card Reader 5-in-1 Media Card Reader Graphics Memory Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Optical Drive Detail 8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive Fingerprint Reader None Installed Memory DIMMs 1 x 3072MB Processor Bus (MHz) 800MHz Processor Speed (GHz) 1.3GHz Processor Cache Size 2MB L2 cache Memory Type DDR3 External Ports 4 - USB 2.0 Ports, 1 - HDMI Port, 1 - VGA Port, 1 - Headphone/Speaker/Line-out Jack with S/PDIF support, 1 - Microphone-in Jack, 1 - Ethernet (RJ-45) Port, 1 - AC Adapter Connector Wireless Compatibility 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Modem Detail None Processor Brand INTEL Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Battery TV Tuner No TV Tuner Processor Model Intel Pentium Processor SU2700 Hard Drive Detail 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive Dimensions 14.9" (W) x 10.2" (D) x 0.97/1.16" (H) Screen Type and Resolution 15.6" HD Acer CineCrystal (1366 x 768) LED-backlit Display Webcam Integrated Webcam Audio Two Built-in Stereo Speakers with High-Definition Audio Support Please try and answer the question, I would really appreciate it!! Some of these specs may be useless, but I hope that you can read through this and make sense, haha.
Genesis Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 Acer is most certainly not a good brand ( from my experience ). If you are looking for a cheap, durable computer then I'd suggest a Toshiba I had one for 2~3 years, dropped it quite a few times, used it for just about everything and it still works perfectly. Plus, they are relatively cheap. I bought my desktop parts from newegg and they have some amazing offers on laptops every few days at around you price range : http://www.newegg.com/
SlingerzDeluxez Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Posted July 6, 2009 Thanks Genesis. I would also like an opinion on HP though. I am trying to look for a laptop that I can buy in the store, since sometimes I dont trust the internet. I also found a HP laptop about 40 or 50 more than a Toshiba, but it seemed quite a bit better. But, my friend does own a Toshiba and so does my Uncle. Their laptops work great. Im just trying to find something that would try to fit what I want to do with it.
exavier Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 I agree with Genesis, acer is not quite a good brand, i was handling a service team before and we got lot's of complain about it, but with your price and the specs that you mentioned, it would be fine, i suggest you take Dell or HP, based on my experience as an IT it is cheap and reliable too, and to mention Toshiba it is also good but the price is quite expensive compare to HP and Dell, but it is still up to you.
Genesis Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 Well, if you describe what you want to use it for and post specs of the laptops I could try and help you. A lot of the time you can get a much better deal online than you can at a store, I know this from experience. Newegg has been around for a while now and is trusted company ( I remember buying parts back in 2001 ) either way, post the specs and the prices.
SlingerzDeluxez Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Posted July 6, 2009 Sorry if it takes me a while to re-post, my computer gives me a blue screen, then I have to restart the whole thing >.<. Well, I will mostly use it for the internet, gaming, movies, and school work. I also want it to be able to harbor a lot of memory, too, since I do download a lot of stuff (and no NOT PORN >.<). Sorry for the small add-in. It is priced at about $699 like the last laptop. Now to find the specs.
SlingerzDeluxez Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Posted July 6, 2009 Ah, here they are. These are the specs and brand/model. It is a HP dv7-1264nr 17" Notebook PC The specs are... Screen Size 17.0" Widescreen Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) Installed Memory 4096 MB Processor Brand AMD Processor Series Turion X2 Hard Drive Size 320 GB Battery 8-cell Lithium-Ion battery Graphics Memory Up to 1918 MB shared Processor Bus (MHz) Up to 4000MT/s system bus Card Reader 5-in-1 integrated digital media reader Graphics Type Integrated Memory Type DDR2 Webcam HP Webcam with integrated digital microphone Processor Speed (GHz) 2.1GHz Weight 7.75lbs Chipset AMD Processor Model AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor Optical Drive Detail Blu-ray ROM and LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD/R/RW with Double Layer support Audio SRS Premium Sound Screen Type and Resolution 17.0" diagonal WXGA+ high-definition HP BrightView widescreen display (1440 x 900) Installed Memory DIMMs 2 x 2048 MB Energy Compliance ENERGY STAR compliant Fingerprint Reader No fingerprint reader Dimensions 15.59" (W) x 11.22" (D) x 1.31" (min H) / 1.66" (max H) Graphics Brand/ Model ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics Networking Detail Integrated 10/100Base-T Fast Ethernet LAN Hard Drive Detail 320 GB (5400rpm) SATA hard drive Wireless Compatibility 802.11b/g WLAN TV Tuner No TV tuner included Modem Detail High-speed 56kbps modem I dont know iff this is a better laptop but I just want to know <.<.
Kittie Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 What are you planning on using your laptop for? Just portability or a desktop replacement? If you're trying to replace your desktop with a notebook, you'll want the HP model you posted. However, a 17" screen is huge when you want to carry it around places. 15.6" is decent. I can't say anything about the Acer brand, but the graphics card that comes with it will cause you some trouble if you're going to be installing some games on it (it'll run RO though). My first notebook was an HP and I thought it had some great specs and all, but when you do pack all those great things into a notebook, it'll tend to run hot and overheat. Mine died due to overheating, lol. I own a Toshiba 12.1" notebook. It's great as a mobile computer, but I can't install or run a lot of high-end games or graphics programs due to the Intel graphics card, LOL. SO YEAH. I have really little knowledge of computers, but that's just my experiences with 'em.
Millenia Posted July 7, 2009 Report Posted July 7, 2009 acer? do NOT buy it you DO NOT want an acer laptop. it'll be fine for the first few months, after that it'll keep having problems until you get fed up and can't be bothered anymore. first year of mine, motherboard died. second year, it died again. it kept frying chargers (probably spent more on chargers than the laptop itself). right now its shoved in my closet because i cant be assed anymore.
TwinShadow Posted July 7, 2009 Report Posted July 7, 2009 Personally speaking, I own an HP laptop right now.. and I've not had a pleasant experience with their support. Fair note, I hate Vista with a passion, I also don't like Windows 7 either, so I have no plans on "downgrading" to Vista anytime soon, or Windows 7 (even though it's a step up from Vista). I wanted to "upgrade" to XP since my laptop came with Vista, but HP wouldn't give me the XP drivers, and at the time, I didn't quite know where to search for any. So.. I ditched Vista in a hurry and installed Linux on it. (specifically, Linux Mint) Since then, my laptop has been happily for over a year running Linux, no problems or anything. So, from my experience, no go with HP. Acer, just no.. NO.... don't bother. Toshiba I've heard is a pretty good brand. Might be a little up in the price probably, but I do somewhat regret that I didn't go with a Toshiba compared to HP. -_- Oh well, my loss.
Hikoshi Tsujitani Posted July 7, 2009 Report Posted July 7, 2009 acer? do NOT buy it you DO NOT want an acer laptop. it'll be fine for the first few months, after that it'll keep having problems until you get fed up and can't be bothered anymore. first year of mine, motherboard died. second year, it died again. it kept frying chargers (probably spent more on chargers than the laptop itself). right now its shoved in my closet because i cant be assed anymore. Mine didnt 3 years now still not dead although reformatted once
