Reply to: Cheap Laptop wanted

[basshead]

Acers come with a gypsy curse

I had an acer laptop that suffered a faulty screen and was sent back 3 times to their uk 'repair' centre. They failed to 'repair' it twice, and by the third time I'd had enough so sold it on ebay as soon as it came back. I'll never buy Acer again.

[TheMonkey]

I disagree. I accept that the keyboard fascia flexes a bit, but then a lot of them do these days. Other than that, my Aspire 1690 is great, good components for the money. As long as you have Acer's Advantage warranty bundled, there should be no issues with repairs.

That WAS the Advantage warranty.

Dell has the worst build quality - their keyboards are impossible to fix.

[Swamp Thing]

Yes - I had one and it broke. I had to take them to small claims to get the motherboard replaced after it failed after 2 days and they refused to RMA it at the reseller (because they could never get anything out of Acer) and Acer themselves.

They are absolutely crap build quality as well.

I disagree. I accept that the keyboard fascia flexes a bit, but then a lot of them do these days. Other than that, my Aspire 1690 is great, good components for the money. As long as you have Acer's Advantage warranty bundled, there should be no issues with repairs.

[TheMonkey]

Never buy a Sony - they change models so often it's impossible to get spares for them. Stick to a Dell for that (or a Toshiba - I just threw mine at the wall from 10ft away and it works quite happily still!!!).

[Addanc]

Try

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/store/5/cat/Notebooks/Laptops

[1yearlater]

mates selling one on Ebay. Sony Vaio, p3 1.8 512mb 40gb HD, he's looking for about £400. bankrupt stock basically. Not sure on the code, should be able to find it with a trawl.

[TheMonkey]

And it has a SUPERMulti drive.... cor !

They rock. 9.7Gb of removable random access storage! (double sided DVD-RAM)

[mcquiggd]

And it has a SUPERMulti drive.... cor !

[lORD lUCAN]

this seems like it'll do the job. Any comments ?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/636374
TOSHIBA EQUIUM M70-337 INTEL PENTIUM M 735 PROCESSOR 1.70GHz LAPTOP
Intel Pentium M 735 Processor 1.70GHz

400 MHz FSB

1 MB Cache

512 MB RAM

40 GB Hard Drive

DVD ReWriter SuperMulti Drive

15.4" Display

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

128MB Intel Media Accelerator Graphics

includes 1 year warranty

We use these, got about 100 kicking around in the Organisation,
its normally either the hdd that goes, quick replacement, or the
screens which again quick replacement, and normally damaged because someone is too heavy handed with them.

[DimPrawn]

That looks like a good deal.

[MrsGoof]

how about this

this seems like it'll do the job. Any comments ?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/636374
TOSHIBA EQUIUM M70-337 INTEL PENTIUM M 735 PROCESSOR 1.70GHz LAPTOP
Intel Pentium M 735 Processor 1.70GHz

400 MHz FSB

1 MB Cache

512 MB RAM

40 GB Hard Drive

DVD ReWriter SuperMulti Drive

15.4" Display

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

128MB Intel Media Accelerator Graphics

includes 1 year warranty

[martinb]

My Acer is Fine

So has anyone used or had experience if an Acer, they seem quite well equiped for the price.

Had an Acer laptop for about 6 months. Never given me any problems. It has spent most of its life sat on my desk, so its durability hasn't really been tested.

[funkyd]

Tell Dell you need a demo model to show your new client

[TheMonkey]

So has anyone used or had experience if an Acer, they seem quite well equiped for the price.

Yes - I had one and it broke. I had to take them to small claims to get the motherboard replaced after it failed after 2 days and they refused to RMA it at the reseller (because they could never get anything out of Acer) and Acer themselves.

They are absolutely crap build quality as well.

[MrsGoof]

So has anyone used or had experience if an Acer, they seem quite well equiped for the price.