Acer Aspire 5051 - Is this good ?

[foxylady]

I am looking at buying an acer aspire 5051 laptop for my teenage son for christmas and wondering what people think

These are the specs for it:

cpu mobile amd turion 64mk/36
lcd 14.1 crystalbrite
1024mb ram
dvr 2 ram
hdd 120gb
5 in 1 card reader
dvd super multi rewriter
56k modem
wireless
windows vista basic

and cost is €549

 

[Guest125]

I have that exact model myself and its grand for internet and e-mail and storing photo's/music and the like.I had to remove the Norton security because it slowed it to a crawl particularly when starting up.I finally settled with Kaspersky security suite after trying many AV,s.Definitely not suitable for gaming or other stressful work.I paid a lot more than that sadly!!

 

[runner]

I bought an aspire 7000 series last week (slightly diff spec ie 17" LCD etc) in Tesco, where it was at 599€ and with 30% tesco points bonus which meant it affectively cost me around 400€. Great deal and really good pc! Watch out if they have same deal this weekend.

 

[Old Jim]

Bought this same model recently in Tesco with the 30% off. It was v. good value for €385. Probably still is good value at €549. Vista runs a bit slow but is fine for non-intensive work like web, email, music, office etc. Happy with the one I bought so far.

 

[foxylady]

Thanks for all the help folks. I missed out on the 30% offer in tesco becuas I couldnt make up my mind on which one to get, I also have the chopice of getting an iqon one but its an 06 model.

 

[Guest125]

do not touch the iqon!!!!! Truly awful.I forgot to say that I'm using XP Media Centre(whatever that is) in my Acer.I had a option to "upgrade"to Vista basic but I declined!!!

 

[ClubMan]

do not touch the iqon!!!!! Truly awful.I forgot to say that I'm using XP Media Centre(whatever that is) in my Acer.I had a option to "upgrade"to Vista basic but I declined!!!

iQon were also [broken link removed] recently (and may still be?) so to buy from them might be foolhardy anyway...