2 questions

Phil2008 · 8 Nov 2009 at 03:16

Are these laptops ok price wise and what 1 would you go for?

Ross1234 · 8 Nov 2009 at 03:40

I would go with the lenovo as they have excellent quality and its a better spec.

Phil2008 · 8 Nov 2009 at 04:06

Its for a friend and I just said go for the cheapest, cos their wont be much speed diff whichever you pick. It that right???

bigsharn · 8 Nov 2009 at 10:47

Another for the Lenovo, there's a lot more than speed that comes into it, you've got portability, build quality, screen quality, speaker quality

Phil2008 · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:58

bigsharn said:
Another for the Lenovo, there's a lot more than speed that comes into it, you've got portability, build quality, screen quality, speaker quality

You have only 100mhz tho speed wise??

malcolm · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:56

The ASUS has an older 65nm CPU and only uses DDR2 RAM. The other two have 45nm cpu's though neither support virtualisation. They will at least have a newer chipset since they have DDR3 RAM. So I would personally discount the cheap ASUS.

If the machine is going to do a lot of travelling get the Lenovo, their reputation for build quality is second to none, otherwise go for the cheaper Acer and get the bigger HD.

I'd like to know the screen resolution though, the Lenovo is WXGA, which is normally 1280x800, but on current 16 x 9 screens may well be 1366 x 768. The vertical resolution of laptops is getting smaller all the time, this means less real estate to work on and more scrolling to read web pages!

bigsharn · 9 Nov 2009 at 12:33

Phil2008 said:
You have only 100mhz tho speed wise??

That's what I put, there's a lot more to it than speed

Nymins · 9 Nov 2009 at 12:45

The Lenovo will probably have better build quality than the Acer, but if you want to save money and don't mind Acer as a brand (they are a lot better than they use to be btw), then i would go for the Acer.

Saundie · 9 Nov 2009 at 12:50

The question is, do you consider it worth paying £45 for an extra 100mhz CPU, 70GB larger hard drive, integrated bluetooth and (perhaps) better build quality? If so, the Lenovo is the way forward, otherwise it's the Asus. I've had nothing but shame and heartbreak in dealing with Acer, and would not recommend them to anybody.