is this laptop any good?

Acer Aspire 5332 Laptop (Intel Celeron© Dual-Core T3000, 4GB, 320GB, 15.6" Screen, Vista Home Premium) - Tesco.Direct

its for my dads xmas, i want to know what u guys think. he doesnt play games so its mostly for surfing and doing a few letters.

great laptop for the money for what you get, but my personal view i would stay away from acer as iv had 1 and to be honest it was utter crap, my girlfriend still has hers and its slow as anything, bare in mind this was a couple of years ago i had mine, that has 4gb of ram so it should work well, but i for 1 will never buy another, i have a sony vaio and its the best laptop iv ever owned, and iv had a few?

dont want to put you off just giving you my opinion, maybe the 1's made today are alot better then in the last few years!

Ive had an ACER for 3 years now and its still as strong now as it was when I bought it, website is very good for manuals and updates etc. I paid £200 for mine over 3 years ago and that only had 1GB ram and a 120GB HDD, not done anything to it and its used for everything and never had any problems.

The Bouncer said:

Ive had an ACER for 3 years now and its still as strong now as it was when I bought it, website is very good for manuals and updates etc. I paid £200 for mine over 3 years ago and that only had 1GB ram and a 120GB HDD, not done anything to it and its used for everything and never had any problems.

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2 totally different outlooks then lol.

big-hol said:

2 totally different outlooks then lol.

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Hi mate i,ve got the 5315, and its fast enough for me and i,m probably the same age as your dad

regards dave

nothing wrong with acer, average middle of the road laptop excellent software/driver support. And often actually fixable when they go wrong lol

Good price, good laptop.

Currys doing 5%off if you type in COMP5 at checkout. Ends 16th December.
I just bought Packard Bell EasyNote TJ65-AU-031 and it retails at £429,i paid £408.
Good spec at that price with Windows 7

If you demand more from your laptop the Packard Bell EasyNote TJ65-AU-031 is for you. Powered by the dual-core Intel® Pentium® Processor T4300 & pre-loaded with Windows® 7 Home Premium
Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300
(2.1Ghz, 800Mhz, 1MB Cache)
Genuine Windows(R) 7 Home Premium
4GB Memory
320GB Hard drive
Up to 3.5 hours battery life
Webcam
Multi-gesture touchpad
Dolby Sound Room
Black colour

stefblak said:

Acer Aspire 5332 Laptop (Intel Celeron© Dual-Core T3000, 4GB, 320GB, 15.6" Screen, Vista Home Premium) - Tesco.Direct

its for my dads xmas, i want to know what u guys think. he doesnt play games so its mostly for surfing and doing a few letters.

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This is £329 at Currys with additional 5% off with COMP5 code till 16th December free delivery.

I think big-hol will be in the minority, but we all have different opinions. I would agree acer are very good for the price. The only thing that would put me off that Acer with Tesco is that its Vista.

thanks for the info guys, i know less than hee haw when it comes to laptops. brilliant! a big thank you and merry xmas to you all.