Acer 5520.. Is it worth owing one?

[alwynrozario]

Hi Friends...

I'm planning to buy Acer 5520. But before I go ahead with it.. I would appreciate your advice. This is going to be my all-in-one entertainment gizmo.

I would like to hear about processer performance (heating-up issue, graphics), graphic card performance & Vista. Who knows, any other small info. would be equally important too. So, please contribute every tit-&-bit

How about high-end games??

Detailed Specs:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 mobile TK-53 at 1.7GHz, 2x256kb cache

Chipset: nForce 610M

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 7000M, 350MHz, up to 896MB shared memory

Memory: 2x512MB DDR2 at 533MHz (plans to upgrade to 2 GB )

Screen: 15.4", 1280x800, 8ms, CrystalBrite

Hard Disk: Hitachi Travelstar SATA 160GB, 8MB cache, 5400RPM

Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW dual layer

Operating System:

Linux

Connectors:

4x USB
1x Express Card Slot
1x Infrared
1x VGA
1x S-Video
1x DVI
1x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
1x RJ-45 LAN
1x RJ-11 Modem
1x SPDIF out, headphones, line out, Stereo 3.5 mm
1x Line-In

Communication:

56K V.92 Modem
10/100/1000 MBit/s Ethernet LAN
54 MBit/s Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g WiFi
IrDA

Card Reader:

5-in-1 (Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, xD Card)

Dimensions: 426x366x274mm
Weight: 2.75kg

Battery Life: ca. 2h 10m
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I'm getting this for 34.5K Net, with a Free HP Printer worth 3000.

Fire in your verdict!!!

 

[shashank_re]

Is the price including all tax,vat and carry bag?May i know where you are buying it.........since even iam from b'lore and planning to buy one very soon.

 

[Tech.Masti]

hmmm...... sounds good..........

 

[Pathik]

^^ forget dell/hp lappys in that price...
i wd say go for it..
tho if u can increase ur budget to 49k get a compaq v6608au..

 

[ravi_9793]

you can get even better configuration for little more price of Dell/ Hp..I will recommend you to look at Dell InspironTM 6400 Notebook (price 35K)
Or go for any Dell Inspiron series.
For more:
www.dell.co.in

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Seems a very very good config for that price..
I dont think he will get a better config than this for 35k...

 

[alwynrozario]

@shashank_re - Inclusive of all, i.e. Tax (VAT) & Carry Bag. I'm getting this from METRO.

Sorry friends, I did not mention about OS - I think its loaded with Linux (Edited original post). So, I guess there should be no problem installing Win XP, am I correct?

So, now if at all I go for this, will it be a good one for High-End Games???

 

[shashank_re]

^^Thanks for the reply.But may i know where the METRO is?!
BTW is that Widescreen?

 

[Akshay]

@alwyn

Dats a gud config... Nothing bettr den dis.. Acer has also improved their quality.

 

[alwynrozario]

Thanks for all your valuable inputs.. but I hav finally got myself a Dell 1520