Thanks guys for the feedback. The laptop won't be used for gaming. He has an Xbox360, PS2 and PSP and he'll be told the laptop is for school work etc. and stuff like facebook (which thankfully he's not addicted to). Being a sensei, he spends a lot of his spare time practicing and teaching karate so I guess gaming occupies only about 30-40 mins a day just before bed.
Reliability is key so I'm interested to learn about the potential overheating issues but am not sure if the point Lord Nikon makes relates to Candy's issue or not. Could you clarify please.
TVM
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Just been surfing about the worrying potential overheating issues and found this add for the same model with better spec for £249 here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-53...item3f0b92829d
Seems like an even better deal but does anyone know anything about the supplier?
Meantime I'm still looking into overheating....