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| Thread ID: 108105 | 2010-03-14 05:04:00 | Is this a good Laptop? - Acer Aspire AS5740G-434G64Mn | Alaitoc (15674) | Press F1 |
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| 867086 | 2010-03-14 05:04:00 | Not sure this is the right place to post it but my friend told me to give it a try - bascially what the title says; based on the price and what you get for it, would you get it? I would also like to know how long you think it would last before becoming outdated; would i be able to get at least 3 years out of this? Price is $1449NZD Basic Specs - 15.6" Core i5 430 2.26Ghz 4G DDR3 640G HDD ATI 512MB dedicated graphics (5650) Windows 7 Home Premium-64bit This is the link to the website - www.pbtech.co.nz |
Alaitoc (15674) | ||
| 867087 | 2010-03-14 05:38:00 | I think gettin 3 years out of any Acer is an ask. But specs should hold up for a while. What are you planning on using it for? |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 867088 | 2010-03-14 06:33:00 | You can definitely get at least two years out of it. On this forum, ASUS and Toshiba laptops are the most suggested computers, just so you know. :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 867089 | 2010-03-14 06:41:00 | By - "I think gettin 3 years out of any Acer is an ask. But specs should hold up for a while." - Do you mean that it will break down after 2 years? Or just that it will be outdated? And i mainly will be using it at university (Microsoft Word, Excel etc, SPSS) and playing the occasional game sometimes. I've looked at ASUS and Toshiba but their specs are worse than Acer's at this price. (Unless you know of one? Which would be great) |
Alaitoc (15674) | ||
| 867090 | 2010-03-14 07:52:00 | It's just that Acer tend to use parts of a lesser quality, but if looked after then you could get 3 or more years out of it. It is just the luck of the draw really any laptop or even desktop computer can last anything from one week to many years. I know one particular Acer laptop still going after 5 years. But it doesn't get carried around it sits on a desk the whole time | gary67 (56) | ||
| 867091 | 2010-03-14 07:59:00 | Some acers are OK some are not, depends on how they are treated ( like any electronic component) I've seen Toshiba's & Asus stuffed withing 18 months. Some here will say they are rubbish and dont buy them. This year Alone I have had to deal with several Toshiba's with failed components, less than 6 months old. My own Acer is 7 years old and still plods along fine. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 867092 | 2010-03-14 08:31:00 | By - "I think gettin 3 years out of any Acer is an ask. But specs should hold up for a while." - Do you mean that it will break down after 2 years? Or just that it will be outdated? By that, I mean "outdated". And i mainly will be using it at university (Microsoft Word, Excel etc, SPSS) and playing the occasional game sometimes. I've looked at ASUS and Toshiba but their specs are worse than Acer's at this price. (Unless you know of one? Which would be great) Occasional games, would that include Crysis and alike? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 867093 | 2010-03-14 10:25:00 | So do you recommend i extend my 1 year warrenty to 3 then incase a part does break? (This will be my first laptop and i've heard of the expensive repair bills for laptops if something does break.) Or as Jamuz says it will be outdated in 2 years or so; so should i just save my money for a replacement? Yes i do/did play Crysis + Crysis Warhead tho niether is installed on my pc atm. Though i also play RTS and some RPG as well as FPS. This laptop should be able to run crysis on med i hope.. (and by run i mean with a decent frame rate so its playable) |
Alaitoc (15674) | ||
| 867094 | 2010-03-14 10:32:00 | I would not buy extra warranty. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 867095 | 2010-03-14 11:40:00 | Whats the extra warranty worth? If you intend to use it for 3 years it wouldnt hurt. | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
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