ACER Aspire V5-121 11.6" Laptop

Package

This seems like a hell of a bargain...

have any of you guys got one of these??

http://www.currys.ie/Product/ACER-Aspire-V5121-116andquot-Laptop/318465/148

That looks awful tbh, not too sure why you think that's a good bargain.

If you're looking for something in that price bracket I'd recommend this via PM.

Tallon

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That looks awful tbh, not too sure why you think that's a good bargain.

If you're looking for something in that price bracket I'd recommend this via PM.

That's nearly a hundred quid more

It's actually a fine little laptop for that price, I don't see how it's 'awful'?

chopsey

if you just need it for surfing the net and updating your itunes and not much else then its a grand little netbook i wouldnt go as far as to say its a laptop to be fair.

not a fan of AMD processors but you get what you pay for just dont expect miracles from it.

Tallon

Tallon wrote: »

That's nearly a hundred quid more

It's actually a fine little laptop for that price, I don't see how it's 'awful'?

It's a little over €50 more. If you're going to be getting a laptop might as well spend a tiny bit more for a better processor, ram, hard drive, weight, basically everything.

And it's not a bargain as similar spec'd laptops are the same price everywhere.

Edit: Also I think you misinterpreted me. When I say I think it's 'awful' I mean I think it's an awful bargain alert, not that it's an awful price.

bidiots

Tallon wrote: »

That's nearly a hundred quid more

It's actually a fine little laptop for that price, I don't see how it's 'awful'?

It is awful, 2gig of Ram with Win8 is not a pleasant experience. The other laptop, although 50 quid more expensive, is a far superior piece of kit.

Tallon

One is €289, the other is €350 with parcel motel

It's fine for that price and in a bricks and mortor shop, but I agree it's not a 'bargain alert'

It's just a 'fine' laptop like I said

Tallon

Tallon wrote: »

One is €289, the other is €350 with parcel motel

It's fine for that price and in a bricks and mortor shop, but I agree it's not a 'bargain alert'

It's just a 'fine' laptop like I said

I think you'll find that €350 -€289 is closer to €50 that €100.

If you buy the OP's laptop rather than something like I recommended for a little more you'll end up regretting it.

But yes, OP is clearly looking for a laptop recommendation rather than posting a bargain alert, thread should be moved yonder.

Tallon

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I think you'll find that €350 -€289 is closer to €50 that €100.

If you buy the OP's laptop rather than something like I recommended for a little more you'll end up regretting it.

But yes, OP is clearly looking for a laptop recommendation rather than posting a bargain alert, thread should be moved yonder.

I thought PM was a lot more, I didn't realise it was so cheap... I thought it would bring the price up a lot more :eek:

A Neurotic

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That looks awful tbh, not too sure why you think that's a good bargain.

If you're looking for something in that price bracket I'd recommend this via PM.

That looks pretty slick, I'm not even particularly looking for a laptop but I'm tempted. Thanks.

Package

Deleted User wrote: »

That looks awful tbh, not too sure why you think that's a good bargain.

If you're looking for something in that price bracket I'd recommend this via PM.

well, yeah that is more expensive, so for the money, its decent?? if you add money onto it, where do ya stop, add another 50,, sure another 50,, another 20, blah.

chopsey wrote: »

if you just need it for surfing the net and updating your itunes and not much else then its a grand little netbook i wouldnt go as far as to say its a laptop to be fair.

not a fan of AMD processors but you get what you pay for just dont expect miracles from it.

well im not looking to create home movies with or play video games, so just MS office work and stuff with the odd movie online thrown in.

although thank for the input,, i think ill get something like this alright

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-V5-Intel-Core-i3-14-inch-6GB-500GB-/360693842617?clk_rvr_id=503464714917

chopsey

if you are going to be doing some MS office work then the larger screen would be better, i bought a 10" netbook a few years back and even though its a grand little machine i mainly just use it for downloading and general bits and pieces cause the screen would do your head in if you are trying to read off it its just a bit small.

ended up going to a 17" laptop and have to say its great.

good luck with whatever you get and i'm sure it'll be fine whatever it is

TerrorFirmer

The c70 is a pretty poor CPU as well, fine for movies, and just about passable for general use in my opinion. I have an old Netbook with the C-60 and the only thing it's good for without being a pain is XBMC. If you're doing anything for any length of time, be it work related, college, recreational browsing, whatever, I'd definitely recommend a faster processor and a larger screen.

ghostdancer

seeing as you won't need a dedicated video card as you won't be doing video processing/playing games, Amazon has the same laptop with 4gb RAM and a 500GB hard drive for the same price (£249/€289):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CFHP6EG/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers

TerrorFirmer

ghostdancer wrote: »

seeing as you won't need a dedicated video card as you won't be doing video processing/playing games, Amazon has the same laptop with 4gb RAM and a 500GB hard drive for the same price (£249/€289):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CFHP6EG/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers

The c-70 has on die graphics, neither laptop has 'dedicated' graphics.

Allyall

For whatever reason, a lot of the Acer V5 series seem to be fairly low, or have dropped in price.

But that aside, the big hint that it couldn't have been a 'bargain' was that the URL said Currys and ie.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CM1AAP0/
http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00CV19KRK/
http://www.european-gate.com/achat/492014-acer-aspire-v5-121-c72g32nbb-netbook-pas-cher-4712196724719.html#axzz2a9QRWcG4

I did see a fair few more all around the same price.
It seems that laptops in general can be bought for some amazing prices (Especially compared to a couple of years ago.)

danjo-xx

Tesco have this now at €279 if anyone interested, ACER Aspire V5-121 11.6" Laptop

okidoki987

The original link from the OP is expired.