Acer Laptops

ElegantlyRotten · 17th August 2008, 3:41pm

What do you slightly tech savvier folks than myself of the forum think of these?
I've got one at the mo (an apsire 3634WLMi) and had it for the last 2 years and it's done me no bad (it's main uses are uni work, internet, occasional downloads, music, photos etc) apart from the battery is pretty much fooked and have to use it plugged into a mains socket.

Are the newer models any better? I'm thinking of going for something similar to these

either way, just a heads up on whether it's worth sticking to the same make or some alternatives

Zooropa · 17th August 2008, 3:43pm

I'd avoid to be honest.
Got ACERs in work (don't know why) and more than half of them over-heat regularly, screen switches off, battery problems, pretty much everything that could go wrong with a laptop does.

**PapaZeb** · 17th August 2008, 3:56pm

I wouldn't give Acers to someone I hated, let alone buy one for myself.

ElegantlyRotten · 17th August 2008, 3:59pm

Sooo, alternatives that do a better job...

djbarry · 17th August 2008, 4:45pm

What's you budget? The tech guys on here know their stuff and aren't all cheeky bastards

If you give them an idea of your budget, they could probably advise the best laptop for your £s.

ElegantlyRotten · 17th August 2008, 5:14pm

Somewhere between £500 and £600 at the moment.

Largest of Gregs · 17th August 2008, 5:40pm

Toshiba, without a shadow of doubt

**PapaZeb** · 17th August 2008, 5:50pm

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Originally Posted by Largest of Gregs

Toshiba, without a shadow of doubt

If you're not getting a Dell (only stuff my company sells, and year after year one of the most consistently well-performing bits of hardware I've had the pleasure to deal with - with a great support website and decent warranties), the Toshiba Satellite or HP Pavilions are generally a good bet.

Lenovo makes a good laptop, but it tends to be marketed towards more businessy types

Acers, Aspires, Gateways (Now owned by Acer, iirc)...urgh. Just save yourself a headache

Largest of Gregs · 17th August 2008, 5:52pm

i'm on my second satellite(in 5 years) The battery is still going strong on this one after 2 years. I get a good 90 minutes from a charge!

**PapaZeb** · 17th August 2008, 6:04pm

Aye, I've got a 7-yr old Satellite sitting on my desk at home on the original OS install. Never had a thing wrong with it in that whole time.

Fiona_B · 17th August 2008, 6:26pm

i have an acer aspire 5630. it sucks a lot of boaby. i can't go above a certain volume without it switching itself off, sometimes it won't shut down properly and various other things. i have another year of the loan on it to pay off before i can get another loan and maybe buy something a bit better since the lovely boy in comet lied to me about it being good.

Zooropa · 17th August 2008, 7:09pm

Aye, the HP laptops are quite good.
I like the screens on HPs, much clearer than the Acers.

purkle · 17th August 2008, 9:11pm

Ive got an Acer and its fine, battery life aint so great but it was one of the cheapest models. We sell loads in my work and dont generally get much problems hence why i bought one.
Do not buy a fujitsu siemens they are gash, most problems we ever get. Also get quite a lot of Hewlett packards back too.
Id stick with the techi guys and say toshiba. Very rarely do we get one back....any problems usually spied within the first few days.

jyhad · 19th August 2008, 4:37pm

Stay the hell away from Toshiba. Up untill I read this thread I didnt know anyone rated them.

adrenalize · 19th August 2008, 9:17pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zooropa

Aye, the HP laptops are quite good.
I like the screens on HPs, much clearer than the Acers.

I bought an HP at christmas as a present, It was(and I might add, still is) a great laptop for the price.

I dont know if this is any help, but I have been eyeing up a Samsung R60 for myself, pretty decent spec for the price:

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Samsu...FQunQwod4U4Rgw

Thats £400

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