Best Online Retailer

[Rhyth]

Hi I'm going to buy an Acer laptop, the Aspire 5672. I want to buy from a good reputable online retailer even if its a few quid more, as I feel the after sales sevice very important. Can anyone suggest one they have had experiance and would recommend please?

The laptop is £744.90 + Vat and the specs are as follows

Product Description Acer Aspire 5672WLMi - Core Duo T2300E 1.66 GHz - 15.4" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH) 36.4 cm x 27.5 cm x 3.6 cm
Weight 3 kg
Localisation United Kingdom
Platform Technology Intel Centrino Duo
System Type Notebook
Built-in Devices Stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial, Bluetooth aerial
Processor Intel Core Duo T2300E / 1.66 GHz ( Dual-Core )
Cache Memory 2 MB - L2 Cache
RAM 2 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 533 MHz ( 2 x 1 GB )
Card Reader 5 in 1
Hard Drive 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Optical Storage DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM - integrated
Display 15.4" TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Graphics Controller ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 with up to 512MB HyperMemory - 128 MB
Audio Output Sound card
Telecom Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
Networking Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
Wireless NIC Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Notebook Camera Integrated - 1.3 Megapixel - CMOS
Input Device Keyboard, touchpad, 4-way scroll button
Power AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Battery Lithium Ion
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Manufacturer Warranty 1 year warranty

Any suggestions would be great cheers, Rhyth

[kalniel]

The only online retailer I've used for laptops is Micro Anvika. They were very good for price, but I can't comment on the after sales as I had zero problems with the laptop at all, sorry

[harry1]

laptopshop.com/uk arew good too

[Rev_Hill]

I know this is not a recommendation - but avoid shopacer.

I've had a few friends who have purchased / attempted to purchase from them and they were really bad.

Good prices - Very bad Service.

RH

[Atomic]

http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...roduct_id=6405

£724.68 (Inc VAT & Shipping)

Good shop, they still have Phone Support and decent prices.

[Rhyth]

http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...roduct_id=6405

£724.68 (Inc VAT & Shipping)

Good shop, they still have Phone Support and decent prices.

Thanks matey, however its actually the Acer Aspire 5672WLMI (LX.AA705.335) with 2GB, 120GB hard drive and blutooth for £ 857.52 inc VAT that I was after but it's out of stock, with no eta at the mo.

[Rhyth]

Well I bought my laptop but after searching all the online places I ended up buying instore at Comet! I did wangle the internet price though which I think is good. I didn't go for the Acer as I found a HP with this spec:

HP dv8333 Pavillion
17" 1440x900
Core Duo T2300 1.6Ghz
XP Home
1GB
160GB hard disc
Nvidia 7600 256 dedicated
Lightscribe dvd rw
DVB TV
Media Remote
Bluetooth/wireless integrated
6in1 card reader

£920 inc vat

So far I'm very impressed. The HP has a nice solid build and looks very stylish with a black gloss finish around the keyboard sporting blue indicator lights and some media based quick-play buttoms. The 17" widescreen is gloss finish and on a par with my colegues new Sony Vaio and larger than most in this range at 17". Also the track pad is way nicer to operate in terms of smoothness and sensitivity, compared to the Vaio.

A 7200rpm would have been preferable but a good size 5200rpm hard drive for this price is useful for me as I use this for Music production. The dv8333 is running SX3 lovely and smooth with no problems at. The digital tv was a bonus really but a welcome one, although the HP software isnt nice at all, Nvidia software would have been better so im on the hunt for some new software for that if possable?

A 256mb 7600 is nice and again good as most others have either the 7400/200 or Ati X1400 at this price range. It seems to run reasonably cool even when on for long stints which i assume is mainly thanks to the core duo. The 9 cell battery is running Cubase SX3 for nearly three hours at the mo I think, although I haven't properly timed this yet.

Integrated wi-fi and blutooth have proved usful already. Iv'e never used any Light scribe media as I've found disc pens just as effective albeit not as proffesional looking, never the less it's there and you even get one light scribe disc free to dabble with woot... So first impressions seem really good alround, I'm a happy chap


I would reccommend this laptop to anyone looking for a media based laptop under £1000.