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Is this Acer laptop a good value and what is it basically good for. the cost of the laptop is $599.99 cdn. ?

Base Features Approximate Battery Life Up To 2.5 Hours Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 320GB 5400RPM Optical Drive 8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Processor Speed 1.90GHz Processor Type AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core Processor QL-60 RAM 3072MB Screen Size 16.0" Graphics Discrete Video Memory No Expandable Video Memory Yes - Up to 2048MB (Dedicated + Shared) Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 3200 Integrated Video Memory Yes Native Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 Upgradable Video System No Video Memory 256MB Audio Audio Chipset AMD M780G Audio Output Stereo Digital Input Yes Digital Output Yes Hardware Volume Control Yes Integrated Amplifier No Integrated Microphone Yes Microphone Input Yes Speaker Wattage 2 Watts Speakers Yes Inputs/Outputs Card Reader Yes Card Reader - Compatible Memory Types SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD Composite Output No ExpressCard/34 Input No ExpressCard/54 Input Yes HDCP Compliant No HDMI Port No IEEE 1394 Input/Output No IR Receiver Yes Number of Touchpad Buttons 5 PC Card Input ExpressCard/54 S-Video Output No Type of Keyboard Bilingual Type of Modem V.92 Type of Pointing Device Touchpad USB 2.0 3 VGA Output 1 Webcam Yes Networking Ethernet Port 10/100/1000 Integrated Bluetooth No Integrated WiFi 802.11b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi Power Battery - Capacity 4400mAh Battery - Number of Cells 6-Cell Battery Type Lithium-Ion Computing Features Processor Cache 1MB L2 Removable Storage No System Bus 667MHz Software English/French Software Bilingual Loaded Software 1 Microsoft Works Loaded Software 2 Adobe Reader Loaded Software 3 Loaded Software 4 Pre-loaded Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Accessories Headphones No Remote No Product Features Notebook Depth 27.5 cm Notebook Thickness (closed) 4.3 cm Notebook Weight (including Battery) 3.4 kg Notebook Width 38.5 cm Warranty Labour 1 Year Warranty Parts 1 Year

Public Comments

1. For the price it seems ok. I have had problems with the 2 acer laptops I have owned and the support is basically non existent. It will be good for general use (Word Processing, Internet, Music, Video, etc.), you will be able to play older games but it will not handle newer titles due to the weak video card. Should run reasonably fast. If you acutally want good quality and support I would look at Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Panasonic, or IBM. I will never buy a cheap laptop again. If you want to play newer games look for a laptop with a discrete video card with 512MB of video ram.