"bobmct" <bobm3@worthless.info> wrote in message
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> 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

Thanks for the opinion, I appreciate it. I found out my local CC has some in
stock, but apparently not on display for some reason. I think I'll go in
there on Tuesday and ask if I can see one anyway before buying as well as
Staples. I built a system almost like the Acer at the Dell site and it cost
me double the amount of the Acer, so I think I'm going to go with them. The
thing I appreciate most about the Acer is that while it "only" comes with 1
GB RAM, it's expandable to 4 GB, which is great.