Getting my first laptop. Some advice needed.

.jackson · 21-09-2007, 14:47

Hello, to the point, I am a student, I want a laptop that can deal with Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and 3d studio max.

I've been researching around, and have found one, my budget it Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£750, or around that mark, not bothered if its like 20, 30 pounds over, but I do intend to buy a Wireless router for my house in the process.

I've looked mainly on ebuyer, but can't see a laptop in that budget range that offers a decent graphics card, but today I found one;

http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Asp...69/version.asp

It looks like a good spec, 2GB, good CPU (I presume, dunno about Intel), an 8600M GT, with 1GB of Turbocache memory, 160GB HDD and Vista Premium. The more detailed specs are on that link.

My needed advice is;

1. Is this laptop good for its price?
2. I am planning to ring Acerdirect up, and try and get a better deal, such as 3 year warranty at no extra cost, as I see this feature as being important, but its not within my budget to pay for it. Seeing as its the first time I will have ever done this, any pointers?

Thanks in advance.

21-09-2007, 15:01

your looking at the right spec for that money.Ive always liked the look of the Acer but have not bought one as I do not need another laptop however some veiws here have not been glowing but thats the spec you should be looking for

Tightscot · 21-09-2007, 15:12

i've used various Acer laptops for the last few years and on the whole they seem pretty good, that spec is definately what you should be looking for, unless you can up the budget

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I have used laptops direct in the past, might be worth a look... Linkage

danielf · 21-09-2007, 16:09

I've got an acer from laptopsdirect, and I'm not very pleased with it. The fan died, and the HD died due to overheating (independently). I am now monitoring the HD temps, and they come pretty close to the max (55C) for a HD when you do anything intensive. As far as I'm concerned the HD cooling is completely inadequate. Not very well designed IMO.

nicke261192 · 21-09-2007, 17:09

My acer has broken 7 times!

.jackson · 23-09-2007, 15:50

I decided not to bother with a laptop, with 64-bit Vista, 3DSMax actually recommends 4GB of memory. I dont have the money to get such the spec, and i dont think I'd like walking around with almost a grand of equipment anyway.

I decided to beef up my desktop with the money.

Thanks for your help anyway.