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"I got my new laptop"

And it's absolutely fantastic. So far I've played Rome:Total War and it an in super high with no issues at all and it looked lovely. Next on the agenda is installing Half Life 2 and seeing how well I can play it with a touchpad. Oh yes. I really need a USB mouse. After that I'm going to buy Battlefield 2 and whip all you cads into shape.

Anyway I got an Acer travelmate 8104WLMi, and it's absolutely superb. The widescreen is fantastic and Acer GridVista is a great tool for managing lots of windows at once. So I'm very happy indeed! Anyone looking for a great laptop I reccommend this. It was 1400 squids which is quite a lot but I reckon it's worth it.

Nimco wrote:
> It is a good laptop, but out of my budget, and I don't need it for
> gaming - I only want it for web development, music, films, TV, etc.

5021WMLI @ £650 inc Del

Turion AMD 64/Mi28 1.6Ghz/800Mhz
512 DDR333
DVDRW
60Gb HDD
X600 PCIe
15.4" WXVGA 1280*800
802.11b/g/a
Gigabit Ethernet

That's not the spec I find for the 5021WLMi - I see:

# AMD Turion ML28 1.6GHz Processor
# 512MB RAM
# 100GB Hard Drive
# DVD Dual Layer Multi Drive
# 15.4” WXGA CrystalBrite TFT display
# ATI Mobility Radeon X700 128MB
# 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet & 802.11g Wireless
# 1 Year Collect & Return Warranty (Including International Travellers Warranty)
# Microsoft Windows XP Home

for £750

Nimco wrote:
> That's not the spec I find for the 5021WLMi - I see:
>
> # AMD Turion ML28 1.6GHz Processor
> # 512MB RAM
> # 100GB Hard Drive
> # DVD Dual Layer Multi Drive
> # 15.4” WXGA CrystalBrite TFT display
> # ATI Mobility Radeon X700 128MB
> # 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet & 802.11g Wireless
> # 1 Year Collect & Return Warranty (Including International
> Travellers Warranty)
> # Microsoft Windows XP Home
>
> for £750

Acer upped the spec a couple of months back, this is the end stock of the previous 5021 all they did was up the HDD by 40Gb and add an X700 and charged you £100 for doing so!

That's not bad.

You kind of want 1G though and a better processor.

That's not bad.

You kind of want 1G though and a better processor.

SHEEPY wrote:
> That's not bad.
>
> You kind of want 1G though and a better processor.

Me?

Yeah for the one below.

Double post, bah.

Do I want 1G

You forgot a question mark.
You stupid boy.

SHEEPY wrote:
> Yeah for the one below.

I don't need 1GB RAM or a faster processor. 512MB is plenty for surfing, web development, Uni coursework, listening to music and watching films.