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Hello everyone,
i have Ł700 to buy a laptop,not a penny more!i would like 40 gig hd,dvd
burner,3 or more usb 2.0,512 mb memory,
wireless,15 screen,a decent soundcard if poss,graphics 64mb if poss........
ant ideas??.......should i go for one of the big for..dell,toshiba,ibm,or
hp.?......
many thanks for your comments.
neil

nb wrote in message
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Do a google search for Acer 3023wlmi or 1682wlmi

Both would match your spec requirements and the 1682 can be had for less
than Ł600 (the 3023 is around Ł630 cheapest Ive found)

Im currently looking at purchasing one or the other (leaning towards the
3023wlmi). Nothing else seems to match the spec and price and Acer arent a
bad make I suppose.

Andy

Andy Pandy wrote:

So long as nothing ever goes wrong with it.

cheers for that Andy,i like acer as well........
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Dennis Pogson wrote in message
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Quote from ADSLGuide hardware group.
Re/Acer.
Our aftersales is getting better. Our repair engineers are excellent The
backlog is going down and often we get a 4 day turnaround.




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Andy Pandy Kissed me,
Licked me, then left me a note:


Ive got an ACER 1682WLMi and its very nice and performs excellently,
i had a few problems with it (With prosumer audio apps) and now ive
managed to sort them out i think (Full test this weekend).

Acer support has been excellent so far, only takes a few minutes to
get through and they are really helpful, ive read loads of reports on
how slow they can be to repair products though, so lets hope i dont
have problems. :D

I was tempted to swap the 1682WLMi for the 3023WLMi when i first
started getting problems but ive been reading up comparing the two
models and i think im sticking with what i have.

Basically the 3023 on paper looks much better, but i wanted something
with some good performance and after looking around on the net the
pentium-ms (Centrino) seem much better than the Semprons for my
choice of apps, also they run much cooler which is important as when
im recording i can be sitting for many hours with the machine at full
speed.

I think for games etc the 3023 is the better spec though, even then
its only marginal as i beleive the X600 gfx card is similar to the
9700 fitted to the 1682, just on a PCI Express bus which when looking
at comparison tables gives about 5% boost over the 9700. Its all
quite confusing as the write up on the acer site puts the 3023 well
above the 1682.. But whats the real deal here?!

What i will say about the 1682 is that its incredibly quiet, when
using the net etc the processor drops down to about 200-500mhz (From
1600Mhz) and so the fan speed drops too.. In fact the only noise you
can hear is when you use the cd/dvd drive in this situation which was
a big surprised.

I expect the 3023 is similar, although im totally unaware of what
Powernow! is like in comparison to intels speedstep technology.

I made my decision but it took many days to make and in this heat its
enough to wear you down i can tell you.

Good luck whatever :D

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