Acer ferrari 4000

peterk19

Im due a bit of excess cash in a few weeks so i was going to invest in one of these but i cant find any retailers here does anybody know of any or any online retailsers that sell them for a good price or if anybody has any suggestions for a different make laptop that would be a better buy.
Thanks
Pete

kazper

dont know of any online retailers, but did see these for sale in compustore in kilkenny at the weekend, didnt catch price though

Tobias Greeshman

I seen that ferarri laptop in a computer shop in kilkenny a while back (I guess it must be Compustore), really cool laptop! You could buy off one of the british sites, but your gonna be fleeced with the cost of the currency conversion.

Chalk

hate to break it you lads, but compustore went out of buisness about 8 months ago.....

peterk19

was the one you seen bright red or was it the carbon Fibre jobby?
Pete

Tobias Greeshman

Right well Design Edge is on the same street (its a back street that slopes down to one of the main streets) as this shop (I never said it was Compustore, I dont know the name of the shop, only that its a computer/electric shop), and yes it was bright red on the outside!

Kali

Elara stock Acer laptops.. might be worth giving them a call, they mightn't have your particular model in stock, but I'm sure they could get it easily enough.

odie

Check with this lot, they may be able to order it for you - http://www.microaid.ie/acatalog/index_new.php

Doodee

Hmm, Bar the x700 in it I dont see the point in spending the extra money.
HAve a 3400 myself and Pop Corsair DDR400 ram in and a 7,200rpm drive and she runs like a beut.

smemon

getting one of these bad boys myself.

they'll be in the uk within the next 7-10 days im told. roughly £1200+, or €1800+ converted. dont get them in ireland, you'll be screwed no matter who you go to. it's simply too expensive to buy it here compared to the uk.

laptops direct and riskfree are the only 2 sites i know of that have them listed. (in the uk).

ive never dealt with the latter so i cant comment but their website doesnt fill me with confidence. im probably buying off laptops direct, for £1229. wait a few weeks and you will get it cheaper due to more variety but not much, maybe save £50. i've emailed riskfree as they list it as €1763 which is dirt cheap, which is why im wary. im sure theyve made a mistake with their currency conversions.

rainbow kirby

They have them in the computer shop beside Mao in Chatham Street, €1999 iirc.

peterk19

Thats grand sure ill take a look in Beyond 200 and see what they have ive a feeling it the 3400
Pete

smemon

rainbow kirby wrote:

They have them in the computer shop beside Mao in Chatham Street, €1999 iirc.

i doubt it very much, the black carbon fibre ferrari and not the bright red one?!

you'll struggle to find them anywhere outside japan/china atm. even in the states they aren't easily available yet.

kazper

The store in Kilkenny is still trading as Compustore, the one in Carlow only changed to Camtec, or something like that in the last few weeks, the machine i seen was bright red, really nice looking piece of work!

smemon

at last the uk have gotten their first batch. there are a few sites that have them in stock here
& here & here

typical they come in on a friday! :rolleyes: im assuming bank transfer is all i can use as my credit card isnt registered in the uk. at least there'l be no surchage of 1% or whatever it is but will i get screwed by the bank instead?

somehow i think the €1915 i work out £1270 to be will turn into over €2k? dam english sites, for once i want to be part of the uk!!

odie

Why be part of the UK....Sure Lidl had these on offer for €1499 they were called a Targa....http://www.targa.co.uk/cms/targa_2_459.php?produkt_id=383

Your only paying an extra €400+ for the name Ferrari

Tobias Greeshman

If you buy them in Ireland they're going to be around €1900 upwards, they look damn cool but there nothing special only a plastic red cover and a ferrari badge near the mouse pad... as odie said is this really worth an extra €400!

smemon

odie wrote:

Why be part of the UK....Sure Lidl had these on offer for €1499 they were called a Targa....http://www.targa.co.uk/cms/targa_2_459.php?produkt_id=383

Your only paying an extra €400+ for the name Ferrari

i cant tell you how angry these posts make me!! €400 for a name +looks you say.

try an extra 20GB hard drive, 2GHz turion compared with targas 1.8, slot load dvd burner, SWXGA+ screen, better battery life, 5-in-1 card reader compared to targa's 4-in-1, tough/resistant carbon fibre behind the screen & yes the sexy good looks and slickness that comes with being a ferrari.

you dont pay €400 for the name. sure the The TravelMate 8104WLMi is about €100 dearer than the ferrari with similar specs (more similar than the targa you compare it with). it doesnt have a ferrari logo on it

odie

smemon wrote:

i cant tell you how angry these posts make me!! €400 for a name +looks you say.

try an extra 20GB hard drive, 2GHz turion compared with targas 1.8, slot load dvd burner, SWXGA+ screen, better battery life, 5-in-1 card reader compared to targa's 4-in-1, tough/resistant carbon fibre behind the screen & yes the sexy good looks and slickness that comes with being a ferrari.

you dont pay €400 for the name. sure the The TravelMate 8104WLMi is about €100 dearer than the ferrari with similar specs (more similar than the targa you compare it with). it doesnt have a ferrari logo on it

Check below for the addons as Standard with the Targa. I reckon this would be worth another 200-300 yoyo's compared to the ferrari. That ferrari is looking expensive now.

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peterk19

I like the ferrari badge and the carbon fibre that does it for me tbh
yes i like my labels.
Pete

smemon

peterk19 wrote:

I like the ferrari badge and the carbon fibre that does it for me tbh
yes i like my labels.
Pete

exactly, whilst you do pay SOME amount for the logos and name you certainly dont pay €400 or anything near it.

lets not forget this is an acer & ferrari - 2 leading brands in different areas. targa is a no-name with little or no reputation. as a result they cant hike up their prices and expect to sell like acer can.

all that software is just to sweeten the deal, push you over the edge. the ferrari doesnt need anything extra to make you buy it.

odie

You will proably find that both units are made by the same company, like clevo in Taiwan. Then rebranded as acer, targa, and others.

Then all the brand seller does, is request the case to be made to a certain design, then stock parts are used for the insides. Thats why so many of the laptops are made from similar parts and specs.

The point I am making is that it seems a bit expensive to pay for these same parts in shiny branded (in this case Ferrari) case when you can get the same quality unit cheaper in a different brand case.

Just a comparison example. - I drive a Passat, but that was coz I got it cheap. Skoda didn't have an equivelant at the time.

Next time I'll go for the Skoda Superb - List price is nearly 15% less and they are the same parts, just badged as a Volkswagon. Built on the same assembly line.

rsynnott

peterk19 wrote:

invest

No, this isn't the right word.

peterk19

rsynnott wrote:

No, this isn't the right word.

True invest isnt the right word i should have used waste but its how i choose to waste my money

rsynnott

Thank you.

peterk19

Your welcome

smemon

well you may be right in the image thing although i still dont think it's as drastic (€400) as suggested. my guess is €100.

on the flip side, the good thing about all this branding is that it's worth more and holds its value more when re-selling. the ferrari series is possible one of the best notebooks at holding it's value. buy a ferrari 3000 today, and it wont be far away from the price of the 4000.

sell a skoda & passat in 5 years time & i think i know which would fetch more.

smemon

anyhow, my ferrari (:D i like the sound of that) and not my targa has been ordered.

hopefully i'll get it monday morning and be one of the 1st in ireland with it i'll also have a nice big €2k on my credit card :mad: wonder if i'll regret this

Kur4mA

MMMMMM, Ferrari.

I'm also gonna order one from laptopsdirect either this week or next week and can't wait to get my hands on one!

smemon

Rid wrote:

MMMMMM, Ferrari.

I'm also gonna order one from laptopsdirect either this week or next week and can't wait to get my hands on one!

if you do, be sure to order from monday-wensday as you'll have it within 2 days. i tried to be clever and ordered mine friday hoping i'd get it monday morning but that backfired and now it'l be tuesday. :mad:

i'll post pics as soon as i get it, just to rub it in

Dr. Dre

Think I'll get one of these myself. Was going to get an XPS Gen2 - but these seem like a nice alternative.

Skitbra

Has your ferrari arrived yet?

Kur4mA

I ordered mine on Tuesday evening and it arrived yesterday afternoon. It is the first laptop I have owned but I have to say that I'm very impressed so far with it. I still need to install Half Life2 and some other games but it's all good so far.