Christopher J Martin wrote:

>
> "bobmct" <bobm3@worthless.info> wrote in message
> news:jpTuh.4$ji5.5395@news.ntplx.net...
>> Christopher J Martin wrote:
>> > I'm interested in the 15" Acer but nobody seems to have any
>> > in stock. Every Circuit City in my area has none in stock and the BB
>> > selection stinks too.
>>
>> Chris;
>>
>> Staples this week has 15" Acer laptops on sale for $549 and if you look
> you
>> can find a $30 coupon online.
>
> Thanks, I'll see if my local Staples has any in stock tomorrow. The thing
> is, the Acer looks good, but I want to actually see one before buying. I
> found the one I'm looking for, for $849 on their web site, but since they
> may have sent them all back to install Vista, the problem may be the same
> as CC and BB, finding one in a store. But thanks a lot for the Staples
> information, I hadn't even considered them and they may be cheaper than
> either BB or CC.

Chris;

Good luck finding the Acers. I wanted to add my opinions of these
laptops... I have purchased three for my own family so far and each person
likes them a lot. As a "windows" laptop they do everything all the other
seem to do. Where I work they tried a few Acer laptops and have now
switched from Dell to Acers. Cheaper, better availability for similar
configs. If you look you can purchase with either Intel OR AMD processors
and either single or dual core CPU's. In fact, they even have a laptop
model with a 20" screen if that's what you need.

Understand, though, that for approx $500 don't expect this (or any brand) to
be the last laptop you will ever need to buy. However, the reliability
I've experienced will outpace the changes in technology.

Good luck.

bobmct