acer 17" Laptop ,Tesco, €299

concubar

acer aspire 7520
sorry if its already been posted,

1 in carlow today,
spec:
athlon 64 x2 tk55
1024mb ddr2
80gb
vista home premium

not bad for €299 imho

RolandIRL

crap price. first of all, it's vista. only 1gb of ram and 80gb hard drive.

overpriced junk in tesco. not really a bargin

get a much cheaper (and better) one online - make sure it's windows 7 anyway.

Yawns

Vista and Seven both suck balls to be quite fair.

Anyway I got 2 Acer laptops from Tesco last time around and they aren't the made from the most reliable material. The AC adaptor pin came lose on both laptops after a few months. First 1 then the other a few weeks later.

They weren't too bad for the price but just be a bit weary. If your pin doesn't fall out they'll be grand for the average user watching videos, listening to music, sufing the net etc etc etc

RolandIRL

i don't think acer make great laptops anyway. my housemate had a laptop similar to this, and he'd only be an average user, and it was as slow as f*ck. took about 15mins to load. not good for average use at all. for average use, get a notebook with XP or 7. you'd easily get a better model for €100 less than this anyway.

tesco are just looking to rip off people who don't know computers and get rid of old stock at a huge profit.
i see console games in tesco, and they're the same price they were when they were new. €55 for a copy of Halo 3? a complete joke for a game 3 years old, and €15 in gamestop

Alanstrainor

It's just a very poor spec and large laptop. It wont be up to much. It would be better with Win 7, and will need more RAM.
I would steer clear tbh.

center15

Yawns wrote: »

Vista and Seven both suck balls to be quite fair.

Anyway I got 2 Acer laptops from Tesco last time around and they aren't the made from the most reliable material. The AC adaptor pin came lose on both laptops after a few months. First 1 then the other a few weeks later.

They weren't too bad for the price but just be a bit weary. If your pin doesn't fall out they'll be grand for the average user watching videos, listening to music, sufing the net etc etc etc

Don't know where you got the idea Windows7 is crap because it's not. It's a huge improvement on Vista and almost every review and user out there would agree.

That_Guy

80GB? 1GB of RAM. Hardly worth it really.

I've seen netbooks in my local Click shop for cheaper with more hard drive space than that.

longhalloween

Defo not worth the money, easily about 3 years out of date

x in the city

concubar wrote: »

acer aspire 7520
sorry if its already been posted,

1 in carlow today,
spec:
athlon 64 x2 tk55
1024mb ddr2
80gb
vista home premium

not bad for €299 imho

thats like buying a merc s class with a hyundai accent engine

big laptop, slow as f*** !

Yawns

It's a huge improvment on Vista yes but let's face it, anything is better than Vista so not it's nothing to boast about.

Kotek Besar

Not a fan of Acer, even if this were a bargain. Can't beat Toshiba or Asus for laptops.

TheDriver

Windows 7 is an xcellent operating system, much beter than obviously vista but also xp.

griffdaddy

Yawns wrote: »

It's a huge improvment on Vista yes but let's face it, anything is better than Vista so not it's nothing to boast about.

Actually it is. Microsoft learned a lot from the mistakes of Vista and made a very credible operating system with Windows 7. It runs quickly and has lots of handy features, and I'm saying that as someone who has both the Ultimate Edition on my laptop and the starter edition on my netbook.

Raiser

OP When everyone remembers their manners they might well thank you for posting a bargain alert on here in good faith........

- People how hard would it be to fairly criticise these without seeming like ungrateful Yobs?



- Edit to add that Bargain alerts would soon be a better place if certain posts were reported and followed up with a few days time off....... Wouldn't have to look too far either.

Too many "Value Nazis" shouting the odds in Peoples faces on here for my liking!!!!

Oracle

Raiser wrote: »

OP When everyone remembers their manners they might well thank you for posting a bargain alert on here in good faith........

- People how hard would it be to fairly criticise these without seeming like ungrateful Yobs?

Well said, sadly this is the norm on Bargain Alerts. It's one of the reasons I stopped posting here.

gazzaman22

As opposed to scowling or giving out about some poster who thought he was doing ppl a good deed by giving information about a laptop/PC

Why dont the repliers offer an alternative that they might consider better value/better spec.....instead of the above??????????

ando

gazzaman22 wrote: »

Why dont the repliers offer an alternative that they might consider better value/better spec.....instead of the above??????????

Thats what I was thinking. One reply said you can get it cheaper online.. where??

Dravokivich

ando wrote: »

Thats what I was thinking. One reply said you can get it cheaper online.. where??

someone even mentioned a better laptop for €100 euro less... telling us we are can get what's considered as decent spec today in a laptop for €199 without providing a source... :pac:

kearneybobs

gazzaman22 wrote: »

As opposed to scowling or giving out about some poster who thought he was doing ppl a good deed by giving information about a laptop/PC

Why dont the repliers offer an alternative that they might consider better value/better spec.....instead of the above??????????

There are some cases where pointing out that a bargain posted isn't a bargain is acceptable. But there has been a recent spate of people posting here saying something isn't a bargain simply because they don't like the spec of a certain electronic for example. It might not be up to your satisfaction but people need to realise that there might be someone out there that it is suited to.

Basically, if people don't have something constructive to say about a bargain, don't bother saying it at all.

griffdaddy

briankearon666 wrote: »

There are some cases where pointing out that a bargain posted isn't a bargain is acceptable. But there has been a recent spate of people posting here saying something isn't a bargain simply because they don't like the spec of a certain electronic for example. It might not be up to your satisfaction but people need to realise that there might be someone out there that it is suited to.

Basically, if people don't have something constructive to say about a bargain, don't bother saying it at all.

Don't take this the wrong way, but that's a stupid argument. How could less spec for more money be suited to anyone? That's like saying somebody might be more suited to a worse car that's more expensive or a crappy meal that costs more. It's not like having better specs on a computer would ever inconvenience somebody and if they can get those specs for the same price as they above then they should be informed. My netbook has pretty comparable specs to that and was €30 cheaper. If it's not a bargain people should be told quickly, especially seeing as so many companies pretend to have great bargains that are actually rip-offs, places like Dixons, PC World etc.

Yawns

I was posting to warn of my experices with acer from Tesco's. The pin inside laptop for the plug came apart after a few months of use. They were assembled poorly.

jimmycrackcorm

gazzaman22 wrote: »

As opposed to scowling or giving out about some poster who thought he was doing ppl a good deed by giving information about a laptop/PC

Why dont the repliers offer an alternative that they might consider better value/better spec.....instead of the above??????????

There's no point posting a bargain alert that isn't really a bargain despite the price.

The laptop is cheap but the miserly hard drive is a no-no, the lack of ram for vista and not having Windows 7 means that this is a false bargain.

Posters can ask that alternatives be suggested but it's hardly the point for this forum.

kearneybobs

I've yet to see a link/place in this thread that shows me where to get a similar or better spec laptop for the same or less money. That's what I'm talking about.

It's so easy to slate a bargain, too easy in fact. Too easy to say, 'that's not a bargain got a better on online for less'
But it's hard to give an alternative. I've still yet to see an alternative. That was my point. It's not very constructive to say that it's not a bargain. Offer up an alternative. Be constructive.

gunnerfitzy

I can certainly see a market for this machine and if anyone was looking for a entry level laptop for basic computing tasks while on a very tight budget I would defiantly suggest that they give this machine consideration.

For the more technically savy and demanding of us we rightly wouldn't go near it with barge pole but I think this could be a good buy and a bargain for some out there.

gazzaman22

This might be a bargin to somebody....if you dont think its a bargin or you know of a better bargin, support your case by posting a link to it...

gazzaman22

whiteman19 wrote: »

i don't think acer make great laptops anyway. my housemate had a laptop similar to this, and he'd only be an average user, and it was as slow as f*ck. took about 15mins to load. not good for average use at all. for average use, get a notebook with XP or 7. you'd easily get a better model for €100 less than this anyway.

tesco are just looking to rip off people who don't know computers and get rid of old stock at a huge profit.
i see console games in tesco, and they're the same price they were when they were new. €55 for a copy of Halo 3? a complete joke for a game 3 years old, and €15 in gamestop

Now this probbably be a bargin.....where do we buy such a laptop?

Mark Hamill

briankearon666 wrote: »

I've yet to see a link/place in this thread that shows me where to get a similar or better spec laptop for the same or less money. That's what I'm talking about.

You assume that there is an alternative better laptop for the same price. The reason that that laptop is so cheap is because it is a bucket of sh*t. 1GB ram and Vista is a nightmare, I've spent ages on two different laptops (one a relatives, one a coworkers) tweaking and fixing so that they would turn on in less than two minute.

briankearon666 wrote: »

It's so easy to slate a bargain, too easy in fact. Too easy to say, 'that's not a bargain got a better on online for less'
But it's hard to give an alternative. I've still yet to see an alternative. That was my point. It's not very constructive to say that it's not a bargain. Offer up an alternative. Be constructive.

Just because something is cheap, doesn't make it a bargain, it all depends on wether its worth the price you pay. This laptop isn't, its just too damn slow. As for an alternative? It depends on price range you where willing to pay and what you want to be able to do with the machine. There is a better forum for asking about computers though.

Dozen Wicked Words

I would be looking for a cheap laptop around the 300 price range so if there are any links for better machines would be grateful.

Mark Hamill

dooferoaks wrote: »

I would be looking for a cheap laptop around the 300 price range so if there are any links for better machines would be grateful.

The laptop forum may be a better help than here. Around that price range, you tend to get mainly mini laptops (the 10 inch ones, with atom process and the like) but I'm not familiar with them, so I dont know if they are actually any good.

m4rkiz

Mark Hamill wrote: »

This laptop isn't, its just too damn slow.

not true, extra 1gb ram is just 10-15 euro and it is a good laptop for that price - especially if you want to use web browser, some open office and play dvds\music

imho it is a good choice for someone that want to spend no more than 300e especially considering that there is no way to get anything that is actually better without adding another extra 100-150e

i can agree that those specs are more 2006 then 2010, but lets be honest, not everyone want to pay extra for alpha blending, talking dogs and animated paper clips
and most of 'beginners' do not need to use anything more then web browser, media player and wordpad

Mark Hamill

m4rkiz wrote: »

not true, extra 1gb ram is just 10-15 euro and it is a good laptop for that price - especially if you want to use web browser, some open office and play dvds\music

imho it is a good choice for someone that want to spend no more than 300e especially considering that there is no way to get anything that is actually better without adding another extra 100-150e

i can agree that those specs are more 2006 then 2010, but lets be honest, not everyone want to pay extra for alpha blending, talking dogs and animated paper clips
and most of 'beginners' do not need to use anything more then web browser, media player and wordpad

Is the type of person who only wants a laptop for web browser, media player stuff is not likely the type of person who will want to install xtra ram to get it up to a decent pace?
Also assuming that this is the laptop, you will need two 1gb memory modules, as the factory 1gb memory is made of 2 x 512mb modules, and you cant mix and match sizes. (Admittedly though, acording to a lot of the reviews in amazon, the laptop does run well if the memory is upgraded).

griffdaddy

This can be delivered from Amazon for an extra 57 euro at today's exchange rate. Smaller screen but more ram, better operating system and HD. I didn't look into the laptops too much, that was just the first comparable thing I saw. I'm grateful to the op for posting, don't get me wrong, if people didn't post what they thought was a bargain this place wouldn't work, i just think in this case there's better options.

Stabshauptmann

concubar wrote: »

acer aspire 7520
sorry if its already been posted,

1 in carlow today,
spec:
athlon 64 x2 tk55
1024mb ddr2
80gb
vista home premium

not bad for €299 imho

I think I bought the same laptop from tesco this time last year for the same price.

A) It broke inside a few months and has been back with them for repair for the past 2 months.

The specs were a bit bad compared to what was available this time last year, now they are just dreadful.

My new laptop is top of the line and cost 450. There are entry level laptops for the same price as this one but of far better quality

center15

Yawns wrote: »

It's a huge improvment on Vista yes but let's face it, anything is better than Vista so not it's nothing to boast about.

Vista isn't really as bad as people love to make out, people love to go on and on about it but when is all said and done it functions just fine. Most problems were with bad drivers created by 3rd parties. Windows7 is something to boast about it's fantastic and runs better than XP on most machines.

That said I'm not suggesting Windows over Mac or anything I'm just saying don't jump on the hate Microsoft band wagon for no reason.

ted f

Would some of these people take a look on adverts.ie and see what prices are being demanded for similar spec 2 and 3 years old laptops , with pirated software. This is a bargain for some people and well done the op for posting. I buy, sell and repairs pcs and this price for a laptop with 12 months warranty is as good as anything upnorth or on line.

RolandIRL

This would be a better choice imo for a starter.
€379 for a better operating system, twice as much RAM, twice the hard drive size, a year of coverage in case anything goes wrong, 2GB of online storage for one year, 15 months subscription to McAfee, 1 year license for tracking your laptop if stolen.
if you take out the cost of buying anti-virus as a lot of non-tech savvy people do, this laptop is way better than the one tesco is offering. for €80 more, you're getting all of the above (including anti-virus).

dodzy

whiteman19 wrote: »

......
get a much cheaper (and better) one online - make sure it's windows 7 anyway.

Link please to 17" version ???????? :rolleyes:

podgeandrodge

At Argos reduced to €374 - you would be bonkers to get a 1gig Vista laptop to save €74 against this (or other examples posted)

Asus X5DIJ 15.6in Laptop

Celeron dual core T3100.
2GB RAM
250GB hard drive.
Dedicated Intel GMA with x4500M graphics card.
Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick (MS), Multi-Media Card (MMC) compatible.
4 USB ports.
B/g/n wireless/WiFi enabled.

1.3MP built-in webcam.

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium.


http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=30001&catalogId=1500002201&langId=-1&searchTerms=5083046

PrimalTherapy

griffdaddy wrote: »

This can be delivered from Amazon for an extra 57 euro at today's exchange rate. Smaller screen but more ram, better operating system and HD. I didn't look into the laptops too much, that was just the first comparable thing I saw. I'm grateful to the op for posting, don't get me wrong, if people didn't post what they thought was a bargain this place wouldn't work, i just think in this case there's better options.

celeron processor?

concubar

yes this post was dedicated at people of a certain need, mainly web browsing and less demanding apps,



obviously this is not the product for everyone, but again as previously stated in the post no alternative 17" ones for anywhere with a similar price were offered,

a few small upgrades ( ram to 2gb essential )

did microsoft not offer an upgrade to win 7 for pc/laptops bought after a certain date ? maybe this was a limited time offer ?

personally i have mixed feelings on acer,
i use a 17" toshiba / 4gb ram/ win 7

it is very easy is to be a critic
but far harder to offer usefull info.

PrimalTherapy

concubar wrote: »

it is very easy is to be a critic
but far harder to offer usefull info.

true,well done for posting. It might be ok for some one. Could it be wiped and a different OS put on that would be less ram hungry?

PrimalTherapy

center15 wrote: »

Vista isn't really as bad as people love to make out, people love to go on and on about it but when is all said and done it functions just fine. .

+1 I have a vista laptop and it runs fine

Esel

PrimalTherapy wrote: »

celeron processor?

Celeron are now dual core....

eamon234

esel wrote: »

Celeron are now dual core....

So is the Athlon X2 - I've seen no other laptop of this spec for the same price online any alternatives quoted are €50-70 more expensive. You could stick Ubuntu on that Acer and it would be perfect for basic use and let's face it most people buying a laptop in Tesco aren't going to be high end users are they?
Nothing wrong with build quality of Acers my last laptop was an Acer and was a damn sight better built than my current Dell. The problem quoted with the power cord is a problem common to most laptops, usually due to people moving them around with the cord plugged in!

titan18

There's nothing wrong with Acer imo.I have one myself and have never had a problem with it in a year and a half.

But this laptop isn't worth it tbh.Vista won't run properly with only 1GB of ram, and for everyone saying that this would be good for entry-level users if they upgraded the ram, or installed ubuntu, how many of those people even know what Ubuntu is or are capable of upgrading the ram.It's not a bad laptop if either of those things are done for the price, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone as it is.

PrimalTherapy

titan18 wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with Acer imo.I have one myself and have never had a problem with it in a year and a half.

But this laptop isn't worth it tbh.Vista won't run properly with only 1GB of ram, and for everyone saying that this would be good for entry-level users if they upgraded the ram, or installed ubuntu, how many of those people even know what Ubuntu is or are capable of upgrading the ram.It's not a bad laptop if either of those things are done for the price, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone as it is.

i'd consider if for ubuntu if needed a laptop

pjproby

bought an acer laptop from tesco two years at the same price after seeing the alert on this forum. the 80gb hard disk was comprised of 20gb on C and 60gb on D.
it was an absolute pain.
recently replaced the hard disk with 320gb for €55 and i love it.

Alanstrainor

pjproby wrote: »

bought an acer laptop from tesco two years at the same price after seeing the alert on this forum. the 80gb hard disk was comprised of 20gb on C and 60gb on D.
it was an absolute pain.
recently replaced the hard disk with 320gb for €55 and i love it.

You could have just reformatted the original drive into one partition...

Run_to_da_hills

That_Guy wrote: »

80GB? 1GB of RAM. Hardly worth it really.

I've seen netbooks in my local Click shop for cheaper with more hard drive space than that.

Ipods are now bigger than that ffs