Another $399.99 laptop - ACER ASPIRE AS5315-2848 at The Source

[vipt2000]

While attempt to buy the Nokia 6085 flip phone. I browsed and saw this laptop:

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&ref=1259&catalog=Online&category=Notebooks_English&product=2510306

Features
Intel® Celeron Processor M560
1024MB RAM
120 GB Hard Drive
15.4" Screen
Windows® Vista™ Home Basic
DVD Super Multi Double Layer drive
Lightweight
Ethernet connectivity
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator
1-Year Product Warranty

[Kwirky]

An almost identical Acer was selling for the same price at Christmas... considering that, I'm not sure the same latop 9 months later is a deal anymore.

Link to deal: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=526234

Still, probably useful for anyone looking for a $400 laptop, thanks for posting :)

[hotweiss]

Has anybody noticed that the notebook specs haven't changed at all from last year?

[vipt2000]

An almost identical Acer was selling for the same price at Christmas... considering that, I'm not sure the same latop 9 months later is a deal anymore.

Link to deal: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=526234

Still, probably useful for anyone looking for a $400 laptop, thanks for posting :)

agreed. better celeron cpu this time 2.1 ghz vs 1.6 ghz and bigger hd 120 gb vs 80 gb.

I was lucky to get the Toshiba Celeron laptop for $320 at BB after the $100 trade in.

[IronMac]

Ahhhh...The Source...I wouldn't buy any gear from them that may require servicing. I've had their "tech support" manager blatantly lie to me. :mad:

[herbeapuce]

Hi
Can one put 2 x 2GB memory sticks in there? online spec doesn't say...

Thanks
Stef

[tsatsa]

Vista will be very slow with 1G ram.

[h00ch]

My wife has a Dell Latitude 110L laptop and we're looking to upgrade. Would this be a noticeable upgrade? Are there any other (current) deals within the $400-$500 price range that would be better than this? The Latitude has a Celeron M130 processor and 1GB RAM. She just uses the laptop for work (school teacher), email and web browsing.

[jed]

If your 110L has XP, then this one with a gig of ram and Vista may certainly be slower. You can fiddle with what services are running, and removing certain aspects to speed things up tho. I've got a couple of Vista units that I play with, and with the required tweaking, actually run well with a gig.

[vipt2000]

My wife has a Dell Latitude 110L laptop and we're looking to upgrade. Would this be a noticeable upgrade? Are there any other (current) deals within the $400-$500 price range that would be better than this? The Latitude has a Celeron M130 processor and 1GB RAM. She just uses the laptop for work (school teacher), email and web browsing.

at BB http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10109677&catid=25253

Toshiba Satellite 15.4" Laptop featuring AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core QL-60 (L300D-01N
Approximate Battery Life Up To 3 Hours
Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 160GB 5400RPM
Optical Drive DVD Super-Multi Double Layer
Processor Speed 1.9GHz
Processor Type AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core QL-60
RAM 2GB DDR2
Screen Size 15.4


- $430 after $100 off of trade in old laptop if you can find at the store
- $430 + $20 shipping = $450 online after $100 off with trade in.

either way you get a free printer as well.

[kmchow]

Didn't FS have a refurb Compaq Dual Core Pentium last week for $399? Dell just finished having a Dual Core for $399 too? If it's not urgent, maybe you can wait for a more powerful system to come along? These days, you almost "gotta" have dual core to do anything. OTOH, if you absolutely just surf/email and do word processing, you could probably get away with a Celeron.

I tried running a hi def demo clip on a single core 2.2Ghz, couldn't do it. My single core 1.8Ghz had no probs.

[h00ch]

Thanks for the suggestions. There's no real rush, but it would be nice to have a new one for September since she's a teacher. Also, I wouldn't be keeping Vista on the laptop, I'd have to clear it out and install XP on it since her software she uses for school isn't compatible with Vista.

[7jaii]

$399 seems like the price-point for this year's Back to School. I don't expect $299 full-size laptops advertised between now & October. Dell for example offers $399/$459/$549/+++ and just keeps altering CPU/HDD combos. The other discounts are Staples Clearance & Door Crashers...but they're all limited supply or included "No Store Pickup" restrictions.

My Take --> TSCC clearance items are always customer returns or re-sealed demos. I can't believe I'm going to say they're worse than TigerDirect. TD is crap!

I've purchased UPS with dead batteries, items packed in ripped boxes & missing cards/instructions, cameras with old photos loaded in memory card. Don't forget, TSCC are franchisees so return policy & service varies between stores. Some locations are OK, while others are downright criminal. I admit I enjoy tracking down $1-$10 items but I wouldn't risk purchasing regular price or expensive items like a laptop/desktop. Imagine discovering dead pixels and arguing with the store associate :(

[h00ch]

I agree... TSCC employees (for the most part) really put the "ass" in "associate".

[vipt2000]

$399 seems like the price-point for this year's Back to School. I don't expect $299 full-size laptops advertised between now & October. Dell for example offers $399/$459/$549/+++ and just keeps altering CPU/HDD combos. The other discounts are Staples Clearance & Door Crashers...but they're all limited supply or included "No Store Pickup" restrictions.

My Take --> TSCC clearance items are always customer returns or re-sealed demos. I can't believe I'm going to say they're worse than TigerDirect. TD is crap!

I've purchased UPS with dead batteries, items packed in ripped boxes & missing cards/instructions, cameras with old photos loaded in memory card. Don't forget, TSCC are franchisees so return policy & service varies between stores. Some locations are OK, while others are downright criminal. I admit I enjoy tracking down $1-$10 items but I wouldn't risk purchasing regular price or expensive items like a laptop/desktop. Imagine discovering dead pixels and arguing with the store associate :(

Are you saying that this laptop is demo or clearance? On their website, it clearly states 'new'

[h00ch]

How about this Acer from Staples for $460 after a couple of $20 coupons?

http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?webid=752551&affixedcode=WW

[vancityguy]

how does this compare to the acer on sale at best buy for 399?

link

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10109077&catid=20354&logon=&langid=EN

[daffod]

celeron not for me