Acer Aspire 5024WLMi

Shiny

Looking at buying this laptop from microaid.ie.

It works out at about 1200+vat.

I have went through the list of places to buy
laptops and cant seem to find it cheaper anywhere
else.

I have heard a few people on boards that like this
laptop, thats the main reason I'm going for it.

Has anyone seen it cheaper anywhere else?

Nukem

Just bought one in elara.ie got it for 1400 -check the 5022 as well

thelad

I have similiar model with free delivery and laptop bag for near enough same price
www.upmanu.com
and follow ACER Link

Ponster

I bought one last week in France for €1259 so the price you have is pretty good.

It's a very nice machine. I play Battlefield 2 on it and it one of the most demanding games out there at the moment.

The only downside is that the speakers are a little weak and the DVD drive does make a lot of noise IMHO. Both problems combinder mean that it's a lot easier to watch a DVD with headphones.

Shiny

Yeah I think it was you Nukem, that game me the idea
to look up this laptop and i am definately impressed.

I'm just wondering if it would be better to just get
a dell laptop with a better processor and screen for
cheaper?

28064212

Maybe I'm missing something really obvious, but why don't you buy it from acernotebooks.co.uk, the site with the spec you linked to? It's €1313 inc vat and delivery to Ireland compared to €1440 inc vat and delivery from microaid

Shiny

I"m going to buy it through my employer so that brings the
price down to 1200.

I could probably get it cheaper in the UK but it sounds alot
better to the boss if they are just up the road.:)

Ponster

Shiny wrote:

I'm just wondering if it would be better to just get
a dell laptop with a better processor and screen for cheaper?

I can't see how a DELL would have a better screen?

Shiny

Ponster wrote:

I can't see how a DELL would have a better screen?

What I mean by better screen, when you go into the customise
section of the laptop you can pay extra to get higher resolution
screens
ie something like

base 1280 1000
+40 euro 1400 x 1280
+110euro 1900x1400
fitting into a 15.4" screen.

The resolutions are not correct but it is something similar.
What do you think?

pclancy

They might be able for the resolutions but Ive never been impressed by a dell screen except their higher end stuff. You get what you pay for. Acer crystalbrite technology is very nice to look at. Put it beside a cheap dell and you wouldnt hesitate to see which is best.

Shiny wrote:

What I mean by better screen, when you go into the customise
section of the laptop you can pay extra to get higher resolution
screens
ie something like

base 1280 1000
+40 euro 1400 x 1280
+110euro 1900x1400
fitting into a 15.4" screen.

The resolutions are not correct but it is something similar.
What do you think?

Shiny

pclancy wrote:

They might be able for the resolutions but Ive never been impressed by a dell screen except their higher end stuff. You get what you pay for. Acer crystalbrite technology is very nice to look at. Put it beside a cheap dell and you wouldnt hesitate to see which is best.

Thats probably true.
My girlfriends laptop screen is definately below average.
5 dirty dead pixels in the middle.

Peteee

Acer screens are better then dells by far. They come with some screen coating (Like Sony's X-Black coating) and its very very nice

Wannes acer

39 yoayoat ,check k out the acer travelmate 1692 ,, 1024mb b ram 100gis , 1.73ghz , cpu , 128mb video...

jozi

Wannes acer wrote:

39 yoayoat ,check k out the acer travelmate 1692 ,, 1024mb b ram 100gis , 1.73ghz , cpu , 128mb video...

I second that actually.
The battery one the 1962 is better to i think, from what i remeber when i was researching laptops for college

Shiny

In the end I decided to get an Acer Ferrari 4005.

I'm glad I got an acer in the end.

Although its not in my hands yet.

Will let ye know what I think of it when i
get it later tonight.

paddylonglegs

So are we agreed that an Acer would be the way to go for a Laptop?In the market so will be makin a decision.

Keep us posted Shiny on how its fairing up

Creamy Goodness

yeh, keep us posted shiny, my ferrari (god i love saying that, makes me think i'm getting a rich man's car) is on the way to me from england.

Shiny

Yep acer is definately the way to go.

Its always the little things.

Like

The 2 buttons at the front for turning on/off bluetooth/wifi.
The excellent screen (1600x1000 ish)
The slot loading DVD rom
etc...

Extremely happy with the purchase.

Going to install BF2 and Matlab once it is defragmented.

Here is a little teaser pic.

Creamy Goodness

awh man you've just made me one jealous mofo.

why oh why can't delivery company deliver on weekends.


how's the bluetooth mouse? i guess it's not good for games but alright for general use?

Shiny

The mouse is a disaster in games.

I wasn't playing 5 minutes in BF2 and
I had to stop using it and use a wired
mouse instead.

Other than that it kicks ass.

Creamy Goodness

sweet, i knew it would crumble in games.

does the mouse need any reciever plugged into a usb port?

just another quick question, do you have a usb keyboard? just wondering would it work as it would be nice to use when going to lans instead of carrying around my 20kg monitor.

Shiny

ask as my questions as you want.

the bluetooth is built into the laptop
so you just press the button at the
front (as seen in pic) and then the
mouse just works.

I dont have a usb keyboard although it would be
annoying as look at the location of the 3 usb ports
at the side of the laptop.

They kinda got in the way of my hand during the
5 hour BF2 gaming session with the roomates last night.

I was using the laptop keyboard last night and
i was hitting wrong buttons the whole time!!!

but the laptop rubber skin prevented me from getting
those wrist pains that you get at lans if you dont
have one of those gel mouse mat rest things.

Ponster

Shiny wrote:

The mouse is a disaster in games.

I wasn't playing 5 minutes in BF2 and
I had to stop using it and use a wired
mouse instead.

How could you possible play BF2 with a touchpad mouse?

Shiny

We are talking about the bluetooth mouse
that comes with the laptop and how bad
it is for gaming.

Have never tried the touch pad...:rolleyes: