ACER ESPIRE 5004

[[PrinCesS (",)]]

Intend to get the above for home use plus wont have to carry my company's 1 back home .

SPECTS

AMD TURION 64 BIT

1.83 GHZ

60 GB

15.4 INCH LCD

512 RAM (intend to upgrade )

WXGA TFT - ???

128 MEGABYTE

DVD DUAL DOUBLE/ DVD REWRITABLE

weight 2.5 kg

PRICE - SGD$2K (USUAL $2.5 K )

any comments?

PS : is acer laptop gd for playing pc games? also .. considering Mini apple ..

[FuEl]

Hmm..what is the purpose of the laptop? For work or for gaming? Even if it's for gaming 512 ram seems more than sufficient even for latest games like Battlefield 2 and Half-life 2. Then again if 1 gig of ram sets your mind at ease then by all means..can never go wrong by having more memory. 128 mb memory for the video card is also sufficient for the latest games. One thing you should consider is the cooling efficiency of the laptop. My laptop gets scorching hot when I start the graphic intensive games but it's not so bad since the weather is cooler here. If in Singapore things would be different.

Not so familiar with the processor though...been out of touch with AMD products.

[hotlemond]

if you like to chuck everything into it including pic and mp3, 80GB harddrive is better.

Play games? you are better off with the 1gig memory.

wide screen rite? WXGA is means that lor.

big screen is good but will you be very mobile?

My the other half got a 15'' G5 and it weighs like a tank!

not familiar with Turion, but i know AMD runs hot!

Also, battery life very is important for laptop

Apple is good that unlike the windows, the left or right palm rest dun runs hot cos they put the harddisk far away enough.

I have use a Acer travelmate Centrino and the batt last well.

[[PrinCesS (",)]]

Hmm..what is the purpose of the laptop? For work or for gaming? Even if it's for gaming 512 ram seems more than sufficient even for latest games like Battlefield 2 and Half-life 2. Then again if 1 gig of ram sets your mind at ease then by all means..can never go wrong by having more memory. 128 mb memory for the video card is also sufficient for the latest games. One thing you should consider is the cooling efficiency of the laptop. My laptop gets scorching hot when I start the graphic intensive games but it's not so bad since the weather is cooler here. If in Singapore things would be different.

Not so familiar with the processor though...been out of touch with AMD products.

Thanks.

Laptop for both work & downloading for movies and all . hence intend to upgrade to 1 gig At almost 10 kg heavier , I need THE aircon 24/7 .. & I 'll be getting the cooling pad too but iszit ok to on the laptop 24/7?

[hotlemond]

of course you can on it 24/7.

to protect the batt take it out and run from AC main.

Occasionally just run it on batt til the last bar and recharge again to keep it active