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Please Don't Shout At Me...

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 3:10 PM

...but I accidentally bought an Acer laptop.

From Comet.

Yes. I know. It sounds like the equivalent of going to PC World and buying a HP multifunction printer*, but before you call me a crazy, crazy fool, check out the specs:

1.66GHz dual-core Pentuim Duo
1GB RAM
80GB HDD
ATI1300 Graphics card with 512MB dedicated RAM
15" bright screen
DVD Rewriter
Wireless (83021934235g or whatever it's called)
Bluetooth
4 x USB 2

I'll be honest, I don't know what the HDD speed is. And the battery life is a bit pants at 2h30-3h.

But, well:

I'll just be using it in the lounge / in the garden (i.e. close to power if needed)
My workmate Leanne brought her one in and it performed damn well
It was on offer for Ł600 at Comet.co.uk

Couldn't really resist that one, particuarly as I've been umming and aahing about getting a laptop for ages - usually with the same or slightly lower spec at a higher price.

It'll run quietly as well for voiceover stuff - woohoo!

Go on then... start your moaning :-)

* Which I clearly didn't do 7 weeks ago **
** It was only 6 weeks ago

1 Comments:

Russ said...: Could have been worse! You could have accidentally bought an Apple!

And it's 802.11g - get with the lingo please!; 8:22 PM