Thread: ACER Notebooks... Any good?

**Sewert** · Mar 10th, 2006 02:12 PM

I am looking at an Acer AS5002WLMI

AMD Turion 64 M Tech ML-30
15.4 display
512ram, 80GB HD
DVD dual Drive
56k modem 10/100 NICand speed
802.11g wireless

$900

is this a decent deal (i am new to the notebook world)

anyone know where else to get one ( iam looking at Staples)

**jm20** · Mar 10th, 2006 02:13 PM

nice budget laptop, dont forget a warranty

**Sewert** · Mar 10th, 2006 02:16 PM

comes with 1 yr limited.

You think it needs more?

**Sonbuster** · Mar 10th, 2006 02:17 PM

i was looking to picking that up from the source for about $900 and they'd throw in 3 months free of rogers [express?] internet. in the end i opted for a dell inspiron 6000. for about $50 more, no tax. but there was no internet.

**spike-spiegel** · Mar 10th, 2006 02:59 PM

My friend bought that laptop recently. Seems okay for $900. It's a bit bare on the inputs but if you don't need those then it's fine. The built is a bit cheap but not bad.

**7jaii** · Mar 10th, 2006 03:25 PM

Acer's junk man. From what I read, they left Canada users high and dry and rebranded as BenQ. When that didn't work they returned selling cheapo laptops in Staples & Radioshack for $800. Who are you going to call if it breaks? They don't have a dedicated repair factory here anymore. Someone said this on RFD too.