Ok so I've ordered the laptop

TigerUK

TigerUK

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I wanted to go for a Acer Aspire 7520, but forked out £40 extra and opted for an 7720Z which has 2gb ram (1gb more than 7520), 160gb hard drive (80gb more than 7520)...

All for a tidy sum of £338.99...

Also comes with a built in 0.3mp webcam, which the 7520 does not have.

So the specs:
CPU: Dual Core T2310 1.46GHz
Screen: 17 inch
RAM: 2GB
OS: Vista

To be honest there are probably better systems out there for that price, but I chose this specifically for bigger screen.

The CPU worries me a but, 1.4Ghz doesn't sound like a lot, am I missing something here? Because the cheaper model had a AMD 64x2 Dual Core TK55 1.8GHz cpu

I was wondering will I be better off on XP, rather than Vista??
 
vista seems less responsive even on my desktop pc...i deffo wouldnt get it for my laptop

seems like a nice spec u got.
dont worry abt the cpu unless u play demanding games but then the graphics card is more important if u do
 
Cool, thanks guys. I should receive it tomorrow and very eager to test it out.

I'm inclined to install xp because I'm more familiar with it, and the current set up I have now will take me weeks if not months to tranfer to a another computer with an OS.

My plan is to give it a dry run, check if I'm completely happy with it. And then reformat the drive, and use a software to copy my desktop C: partition on a USB drive and then from the USB drive onto the laptop..

If it all works out I won't even need to touch my desktop ever again.

It's going to be amazing being able to surf at a starbucks or bookshop, I've never owned a laptop before, so it's all new to me :)
 
Meh surfing at starbucks etc but you buy the 17" one... I find it tiresome enough lugging around a 15.4 to be honest.
 
TigerUK said:
Cool, thanks guys. I should receive it tomorrow and very eager to test it out.

I'm inclined to install xp because I'm more familiar with it, and the current set up I have now will take me weeks if not months to tranfer to a another computer with an OS.

My plan is to give it a dry run, check if I'm completely happy with it. And then reformat the drive, and use a software to copy my desktop C: partition on a USB drive and then from the USB drive onto the laptop..

If it all works out I won't even need to touch my desktop ever again.

It's going to be amazing being able to surf at a starbucks or bookshop, I've never owned a laptop before, so it's all new to me :)
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It's entirely up to you of course, but personally I'd recommend giving Vista a decent try first, you'll probably find that you're a lot more familiar with it than you think, and that it's a much nicer OS to use than XP.

Incidentally, you probably won't get away with just doing a straight copy of your C: drive from a desktop PC to a laptop. The hardware is entirely different, and I suspect Windows won't like it. Considering it's a new machine, you're far better off starting with a new, clean OS.
 
bought the laptop

much bigger than I bargained for, I took the advice of a friend who told me a 17 incher is the minimum to go for, and I listhened to his advice, this damn thing is HUGE!!

The 17 inch widescreen is about the same width as as my 19 inch 4:3, and I don't even use the extra width..

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This is a great machine, a bit heavy, a bit unstylish, but very functional and cheap.

battry life isn't great, but you wouldn't really use a 17 incher away from a desk/power source so really.. the battery life doesn't matter too much.

Had a good surf in my library, living room, need to test out starbucks!!!

The case is very boring, I'm going to personalise it, as soon as I find a supplier who sells laptop skins for 17 inch laptops.
 
How long have you been using ths system for now?? Are you still pleased with your purchase.Doesn't your system have problems like restarting on its own, or internet explorer errors?? and how long start up takes,for example less than 30 seconds???
 
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