laptop buying advice

[wreksta]

need to get my girlfriend this laptop (its the 1 she asked for

ACER AS5102WLMI LAPTOP DUAL CORE 1.66 GHz 120GB
what is the best price i can ghet this for

[nichomach]

OK, she's barking; Acer simply aren't (IME) very good machines...that being said, out of the reputable dealers, Insight have them at £587.49 inc VAT.

[teachmech]

Tesco have this Acer Aspire 5103WLMi laptop which is very similar but has a proper graphics card for £599.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-8758.aspx

[MadduckUK]

acer are fine. using one currently and it hasnt put a foot wong

[this_is_gav]

Nothing special, but of all the models we've had they've been pretty solid. Of the 50 or so we have at work (getting hammered daily by 10-13 yr olds), we've had one issue with a faulty board in one, stopping it from switching on. I had to deal with the (in)famous ACER support, but despite all the warnings, the entire RMA procedure went through quickly and smoothly. Maybe I got lucky, but a 100% score rate so far.

[TWOTELLYS]

acer are fine. using one currently and it hasnt put a foot wong

Gather the acer has a problem with r
ill get me coat

[redsky009]

my (Acer Ferrari 3200 -all about the blang blang ) has been good and solid and the customer service wasnt too bad either (had to replace the mobo - they arranged for the courier to pick up and drop off, turnaround was about a week and a bit)

they also tend to go light on the bloatware which is always a plus in my books

[wreksta]

http://www.shopmagenta.com/product/M...px?refer=99914

bought this now what do you think

[redsky009]

not a bit fan of Toshibas, seen too many of them break, but that was a few years ago, otherwise the specs look good (except I would get another 512 Mb of RAM)

[Clunk]

http://www.shopmagenta.com/product/M...px?refer=99914

bought this now what do you think

Dell are doing one with all the stuff that that one has, but with 100gig 7200rpm drive, 1 gig ram, 1680x1050 15.4 screen, 9 cell battery for £650

[wreksta]

so would you sayt that i done great getting it for 450

[this_is_gav]

It's not a bad spec for £450 I suppose, but it's not all that great. Had you bought it at the asking, they'd have been laughing long and hard.