I have an ACER Aspire 5002 wLMi Laptop. It's just about a year old and I bought it new for $899 from Staples. I have looked on the web for newer laptops with all the bells and whistles and I have boiled it down to 2 choices: buy a laptop from iBuy for $1800 which would be dual core system or upgrade my ACER for about $500. If it were you and you had the cash, which would you do? If I buy the new laptop, what do I do with the ACER?
2006-10-14 17:30:34 · 5 answers · asked by ghowriter 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Well, got a few responses. To the person who said to build my own, if I could I would, but we're referring to a laptop and I have yet to find anyone selling the components to build a laptop with.
As for the Mac fanatic, if I had wanted a Mac I would have bought one in the first place, the fact that I bought Windows PC ought to say something.
As for Vista, I am a beta tester for Vista and it already runs on the ACER as it is and I wouldn't have to buy the upgrade because I would get it free (perks of my job).
I forgot to mention that my ACER has integrated graphics whereas ther new laptop has a dedicated card. That and the dual core CPU are the only differences between the two (if I upgrade, that is).
I am leaning towards buying the new one. If I sell the current one, what would be a fair price? the machine is stock except for the RAM which I upped from 512 stock to 1gb.
2006-10-14 17:52:55 · update #1
These are the upgrades for my laptop
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=3438992&WishListTitle=cpu
2006-10-14 17:55:48 · update #2
personally, i would upgrade my laptop...but if you're not into that, then just get a new one...what would you do with the old one? sell it
2006-10-14 17:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Chris™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep the Aspire for now. Windows Vista releases in early 2007 and I would buy one after that. That will save you paying for a windows upgrade.
2006-10-15 00:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by shakopcool 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why are you replacing a new laptop? Best to by an MacBook and get a quality product that will last a long time. My last Mac lasted 6 years and is still usable...if I could just tear myself away from my laptop.
2006-10-15 00:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why not just build your own? save a few hundred.
2006-10-15 00:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by Project EX 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NEW!!!!
2006-10-15 03:24:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ask, and it shall be answered~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋