ACER Notebooks... Any good?

[Sewert]

I am looking at an Acer AS5002WLMI

AMD Turion 64 M Tech ML-30
15.4 display
512ram, 80GB HD
DVD dual Drive
56k modem 10/100 NICand speed
802.11g wireless

$900

is this a decent deal (i am new to the notebook world)

anyone know where else to get one ( iam looking at Staples)

[jm20]

nice budget laptop, dont forget a warranty ;)

[Sewert]

comes with 1 yr limited.

You think it needs more?

[Sonbuster]

i was looking to picking that up from the source for about $900 and they'd throw in 3 months free of rogers [express?] internet. in the end i opted for a dell inspiron 6000. for about $50 more, no tax. but there was no internet.

[spike-spiegel]

My friend bought that laptop recently. Seems okay for $900. It's a bit bare on the inputs but if you don't need those then it's fine. The built is a bit cheap but not bad.

[7jaii]

Acer's junk man. From what I read, they left Canada users high and dry and rebranded as BenQ. When that didn't work they returned selling cheapo laptops in Staples & Radioshack for $800. Who are you going to call if it breaks? They don't have a dedicated repair factory here anymore. Someone said this on RFD too.

[akito925]

read up on the laptopforums.com

[Anessa]

In Asia, yes they're great but in Canada...follow our peers' points and beware