Acer Travelmate. Good Value?

Turk0 · 3rd January 2006, 3:16 PM

Do you guys think this laptop is good Value?

Acer Travelmate $1699

* Pentium M 740 1733MHz
* 15.4" Widescreen LCD Display (1280 x 768 Resolution)
* 512 Meg DDR Memory
* 60GB 2.5" HDD
* ATI Radeon 64Mb X700 Video Card
* DVD Writer
* 802.11 Wireless Network Adaptor
* MS Windows XP Home
* Inbuilt 56k Fax/Modem
* Inbuilt 10/100 Network adaptor
* 1 x PCMCIA expansion slots
* 3 x USB 2.0 Ports
* 1 x 1394 Firewire Port
* Includes Bonus Carry bag & USB optical mouse

wildturkey · 3rd January 2006, 8:16 PM

Yeah thats very good value, we sell something similar to that at work for $1999

Turk0 · 3rd January 2006, 8:27 PM

Would the 64Mb Graphics hold me back? Or would i be better off getting something that is onboard with 128Mb Shared?

I was also looking at this laptop for $1499 what is better in your opinoin

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Microsoft® Windows® XP Home; AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology ML-32 (1.8GHz); 14" colour TFT WXGA (1280 x 768 resolution) High-definition BrightView Widescreen; 512MB (2 x 256MB) DDR SDRAM (333MHz); 60GB (4200 rpm); Dual Layer 8X DVD±RW/±R; ATI Radeon Xpress 200M (up to 128MB shared with 512MB system memory)

silencer13579 · 3rd January 2006, 9:58 PM

You'll get much better performace from a 64MB X700 than any onboared graphics card.

dexx · 20th January 2006, 3:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turk0

Do you guys think this laptop is good Value?

Acer Travelmate $1699

* Pentium M 740 1733MHz
* 15.4" Widescreen LCD Display (1280 x 768 Resolution)
* 512 Meg DDR Memory
* 60GB 2.5" HDD
* ATI Radeon 64Mb X700 Video Card

Which model Travelmate is that?

Kore_5022 · 20th January 2006, 3:24 PM

Seems pretty good value where did you see that what travelmate model is it?

i also didnt think x700's came in 64mb versions i only thought they came in 128/256 versions

Rass · 20th January 2006, 3:28 PM

you will need to throw a shitload of ram at it if you want to play decent games, but it'll work OK.

3rd January 2006, 3:16 PM	#1
Turk0 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne - London Posts: 382	Acer Travelmate. Good Value? Do you guys think this laptop is good Value? Acer Travelmate $1699 * Pentium M 740 1733MHz * 15.4" Widescreen LCD Display (1280 x 768 Resolution) * 512 Meg DDR Memory * 60GB 2.5" HDD * ATI Radeon 64Mb X700 Video Card * DVD Writer * 802.11 Wireless Network Adaptor * MS Windows XP Home * Inbuilt 56k Fax/Modem * Inbuilt 10/100 Network adaptor * 1 x PCMCIA expansion slots * 3 x USB 2.0 Ports * 1 x 1394 Firewire Port * Includes Bonus Carry bag & USB optical mouse __________________ Toshiba Satellite M70 Laptop \| Intel Pentium M 750 1.86Ghz \| 2.00GB Ram \| ATI Mobility X700 256MB Last edited by Turk0; 3rd January 2006 at 3:22 PM.

3rd January 2006, 8:27 PM	#3
Turk0 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne - London Posts: 382	Would the 64Mb Graphics hold me back? Or would i be better off getting something that is onboard with 128Mb Shared? I was also looking at this laptop for $1499 what is better in your opinoin Compaq Presario V2402AU - Microsoft® Windows® XP Home; AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology ML-32 (1.8GHz); 14" colour TFT WXGA (1280 x 768 resolution) High-definition BrightView Widescreen; 512MB (2 x 256MB) DDR SDRAM (333MHz); 60GB (4200 rpm); Dual Layer 8X DVD±RW/±R; ATI Radeon Xpress 200M (up to 128MB shared with 512MB system memory) __________________ Toshiba Satellite M70 Laptop \| Intel Pentium M 750 1.86Ghz \| 2.00GB Ram \| ATI Mobility X700 256MB

3rd January 2006, 9:58 PM	#4
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20th January 2006, 3:28 PM	#7
Rass Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brizbekistan Posts: 2,389	you will need to throw a shitload of ram at it if you want to play decent games, but it'll work OK. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBl4qH9I54

3rd January 2006, 8:16 PM	#2
wildturkey (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,865	Yeah thats very good value, we sell something similar to that at work for $1999

20th January 2006, 3:24 PM	#6
Kore_5022 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 948	Seems pretty good value where did you see that what travelmate model is it? i also didnt think x700's came in 64mb versions i only thought they came in 128/256 versions