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Hi guys

Just wanted to let you know i have my new laptop it's an Acer 5920 2ghz 250gb 2gb ddr2 15.4" screen and it cost £380

I really like it it's so sexy looking and more than enough spec for me.

So thanks once again for all your replies they were helpful! :nworthy:

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I'll give it a month until something breaks... ;)

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Nooooo why'd you have to go say that? if it doe's i'ma hunt you down lol :D

I got Acer as i really like how it looks and love the shiny case only problem with that is it's like the ps3 will get grubby just breathing on it. :erm:

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Wouldn't worry too much, our Acer lappie is going strong after 2 years. On the other hand I work with Dells and really wouldn't start looking at them, familiarity breeding contempt I suppose.

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if you ever want to speed this one up. its an easy processes to change the CPU.

have upgrade two now to a T7250 with the faster FSB.

acer made some big mistakes with there mother boards and chipsets:D
the aspire 5315 being the best and easiest laptop to upgrade from celeron :td: to T9500.
all cpu,s can be purchased cheap on ebay.:D:D

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my travelmate 230 is 5 years old and still as good as the day i got it:D

i also have aspire7112,aspire 5315 with t9300(upgrade).
also aspire7110 with T5300(upgrade) both Ex celeron single core to c2d.
it so easy to upgrade the 5313 only 11 screws and you turn a low end laptop into something worth £200/£300 more for less £100.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=251959

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Hi guys

I took the laptop home at the weekend and had a few probs getting the router to let me use the net but got there in the end.

Anyway today i'm back at work and it booted straight into the works BT b that i used all last week but every now and again it says you are working offline would you like to connect? when i change web page.

Any idea what that's about? :confused:

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do you have the power save settings switched on for the wifi card ?

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My internet setting was set to dial a connection now it's set you never dial one and so far hasn't done it again. :)

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A netbook and an external dvd writer will most likely be ok for you.

From ebuyer,
Netbook - £150
USB2 IDE external enclosure - £10
IDE DVD Writer - £15

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I just picked up an Acer 5720 from Tesco, seems fine so far (even tho it has Vista) :)

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-6256.aspx

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I already bought the Acer 5920 form Tesco now. :)