Which of these two cheapie laptops would you choose?

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basshead replied

28 March 2009, 08:40
Originally posted by Ardesco View Post

Asus because I have good experiences with Asus kit and crap ones with Acer kit

Ditto. My Acer laptop came with a Gypsy Curse. I pity the poor sod who bought it from me on ebay
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VectraMan replied

27 March 2009, 21:04
First listed spec of the Acer: Battery life 3 hours. Which is tulipe.
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Ardesco replied

27 March 2009, 20:17
Asus because I have good experiences with Asus kit and crap ones with Acer kit
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minestrone replied

27 March 2009, 17:23
Asus by a fly's ball hair
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DimPrawn replied

27 March 2009, 16:50
Yes. Built in UPS effectively, low power (so cheap on leccy), built in screen and keyboard, small size, quiet and portable. Most servers are none of these things and you don't get all that for £400 inc VAT with 4GB ram!
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voodooflux replied

27 March 2009, 16:07
Any particular reason for a laptop over a cheapo desktop/server box DP?
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DimPrawn started a poll Which of these two cheapie laptops would you choose?

27 March 2009, 15:45

6 Voters

A	16.67%	1 vote
B	66.67%	4 votes
Other - please specify £400 ish, 3 or 4 GB ram, Intel dual core	16.67%	1 vote

A - http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.205-3315.aspx
B - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150324

For use as a server in the home office. Will be installing Windows Server 2008 over the top.

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