New laptop - Is this a good deal?

[Stu]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...30781956624603

£270 for Acer Aspire 5742Z Laptop, Pentium P6100 2.0GHz, 3GB RAM

320GB HDD Win7


Thanks for your help

yes

[maviczap]

I bought my old Acer Aspire from Ebuyer, it was the best price by far

Yours is better spec than mine & cheaper if I remember correctly, as mine was £320

Check Aria for laptop prices, they're pretty competative at the moment

plus they turn up the next day, win win.

I cannot comment on the build quality or reliability as I've not had the pleasure but the price & spec seem reasonable.

If you're looking for after sales support there are possibly better suppliers (although I've heard stories about most).

This is a useful site when comparing cpus but remember it's a package you're buying not just one component.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_look...00+%40+2.00GHz

Yes, that's a pretty good deal.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Check Aria for laptop prices, they're pretty competative at the moment

That's thrown http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=41501
into the mix
The extra battery life is appealing as is the compact size & weight
but smaller screen is not (same resolution) also slower at 1.2 instead of 2, and slower RAM

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Fruity-ya-ya

This is a useful site when comparing cpus but remember it's a package you're buying not just one component.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_look...00+%40+2.00GHz

That's a pretty picture, but not sure what it tells me

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Stu

That's thrown http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=41501
into the mix
The extra battery life is appealing as is the compact size & weight
but smaller screen is not (same resolution) also slower at 1.2 instead of 2, and slower RAM

Depends what you need it for

As long as you do don't want it realistically to last for more than 3 years and you aren't going to use it regularly on a mobile basis, then yes pretty good deal.