My mother is interested on buying a laptop for herself that is an Acer. Inter Celeron M 420 Processor, 512 MB. 60 GB. Reads DVD's and burns CD's. LCD Screen of 15'
at $597?
Is that a good computer brand? Acer?
2007-01-29 11:28:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
It has Vista installed.
Maybe it doenst have enough memory but we just want it for doing basic stuff.
2007-01-29 11:29:07 · update #1
Is the Vista Home Basic edition so maybe it doesnt occupy that much space.....
2007-01-29 11:36:42 · update #2
I would definitely get 1024 MB of memory with Vista, it needs it. Slow computers get replaced sooner so you don't save money in the long run. I would also go with a duo core processor.
2007-01-29 11:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by rip snort 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Windows Vista is very resource intense so the 512 will slow your system down, for only $50 to $100. more you can get a system that will have 1gb and a dual core processor, this will give you a little more power and it will make for a more stable system in the long run specially if you plan to just upgrade the memory it will run you about $100 for 1Gb, also I would try to stay away from a Celeron processor, even if is for someone that will not be using the system for intense applications, after 6 months of use, cached documents, cached applications and so on they will be complaining that the system is too slow. Acer has come a long ways from their over heating PC's. I would not say this is a good deal since you can right now get a Dual core PC, with 80 Gb of hard drive space and 1 gb of ram for about $649. There is a lot of good deals going around right now. Hope this helps.
2007-01-29 11:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by MexicaliDad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a much better computer, like a Dell Inspiron. Look for deals and Vista Home Premium.
Do not get a Celeron, horrible experience.
Get an AMD Turion 64 or the new Core Duo chips. Al little more money but muich better. For Vista, get 1GB of Ram at least
2007-01-29 12:10:59 · answer #3 · answered by Stephano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea!!!, ignore those other people. Yea that's a really good deal, but look around a little before you buy(unless your getting it at the store). Not too familiar with acer but I heard them on the CES 2007 show i think. But yea if your using it for basic stuff like
1.little music
2.pics
3.HAVING A LAPTOP!!!
2007-01-29 12:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by B-Rad 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its ok but i wouldnt say its the best deal
2007-01-29 11:36:10 · answer #5 · answered by The Kwl Kid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋