Rohan 25 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Ok, I'm looking to buy a laptop, never owned one. Can anyone please let me know if this is a good laptop? I use to play vids, play a few games and just surf the net. ACER ASPIRE 5735Z VISTA HOME PREMIUM Intel Pentium Dual Core T3400 (2.16GHz, 667MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache), 1 x 2048MB (2048MB Total) DDR2 Memory, 250GB SATA HDD 5400RPM, 15.6" WXGA Acer Crystalbrite Widescreen, Intel Mobile Graphics Accelerator X4500M (up TO 384mb), DVD-Super Multi DL Drive, 802.11a/g/n and Microsoft Vista Home Premium Operating System. **Extra Features include; Acer OrbiCam 1.3mp Webcamera, Numeric Keypad and a notebook carry bag.** BUY $958.00 AUS. Any info much appreciated. Cheers, Rohan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbarry 2 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 spec was, its ok yeah, for browsing the internet, watching porn, emails, music etc. If your wanting to game, then dont buy it, unless its football manager. When considering a laptops spec, you need to consider what you are going to be using it for first, to determine what you need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Brown Brogue Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I might be wrong but I think Vista needs at least 3 Gig of RAM to run properly, so the 2 Gig in that spec may not be sufficient. You would probably be better off with dedicated graphics rather than on board, but obviously this will be reflected in the price. With a laptop it really is best to get as good as you can afford, as the technology tends to be fast paced and you don't want your machine to be obsolete in a year or two without the ability to upgrade as you can do in a desktop. Again though, like kingbarry says, if all you're going to be using it for are the very basics then the laptop you're looking at should be easily good enough for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyPaedoLikesTinyPeople 0 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I might be wrong but I think Vista needs at least 3 Gig of RAM to run properly, so the 2 Gig in that spec may not be sufficient. You would probably be better off with dedicated graphics rather than on board, but obviously this will be reflected in the price. With a laptop it really is best to get as good as you can afford, as the technology tends to be fast paced and you don't want your machine to be obsolete in a year or two without the ability to upgrade as you can do in a desktop. Again though, like kingbarry says, if all you're going to be using it for are the very basics then the laptop you're looking at should be easily good enough for that. Vista won't run smooth on anything less than 2GB , so yes it would be decent. in terms of hard drive space it's decent guess it's for music movies and so on , but for gaming well theres other alternatives. Don't buy from places like PCworld prices are distorcinate * spelling * and they tend to drop in price after 2 weeks. I shall do my best to find you a really good value laptop if you could give me a price and i'll surf around the known websites to find you the best deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david271994 0 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Ive got vista running on 512 MB and its fine (spare laptop) Ive got in on 1GB and its really quick. They specs are good but is it a good price ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunnyLoyal 1,136 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I might be wrong but I think Vista needs at least 3 Gig of RAM to run properly, so the 2 Gig in that spec may not be sufficient. You would probably be better off with dedicated graphics rather than on board, but obviously this will be reflected in the price. With a laptop it really is best to get as good as you can afford, as the technology tends to be fast paced and you don't want your machine to be obsolete in a year or two without the ability to upgrade as you can do in a desktop. Again though, like kingbarry says, if all you're going to be using it for are the very basics then the laptop you're looking at should be easily good enough for that. Vista won't run smooth on anything less than 2GB , so yes it would be decent. in terms of hard drive space it's decent guess it's for music movies and so on , but for gaming well theres other alternatives. Don't buy from places like PCworld prices are distorcinate * spelling * and they tend to drop in price after 2 weeks. I shall do my best to find you a really good value laptop if you could give me a price and i'll surf around the known websites to find you the best deal. Extortionate I think you mean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyPaedoLikesTinyPeople 0 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I might be wrong but I think Vista needs at least 3 Gig of RAM to run properly, so the 2 Gig in that spec may not be sufficient. You would probably be better off with dedicated graphics rather than on board, but obviously this will be reflected in the price. With a laptop it really is best to get as good as you can afford, as the technology tends to be fast paced and you don't want your machine to be obsolete in a year or two without the ability to upgrade as you can do in a desktop. Again though, like kingbarry says, if all you're going to be using it for are the very basics then the laptop you're looking at should be easily good enough for that. Vista won't run smooth on anything less than 2GB , so yes it would be decent. in terms of hard drive space it's decent guess it's for music movies and so on , but for gaming well theres other alternatives. Don't buy from places like PCworld prices are distorcinate * spelling * and they tend to drop in price after 2 weeks. I shall do my best to find you a really good value laptop if you could give me a price and i'll surf around the known websites to find you the best deal. Extortionate I think you mean Us jambos find it hard to spell , we do know what were talking about tho and i can see you understood what i was trying to say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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