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    Getting an Acer Aspire 5520, some info plzz.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by addman, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. addman

    addman Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys! My first post here and also my first laptop purchase :) . I´m a poor student to be so I´ve opted to get the aspire 5520. I mean, even I can afford a 541€ laptop LOL! So I thought maybe I can get some feedback from anyone who has it. Will mainly use openoffice on it and surf/watch movies/play some games C&C generals etc. nothing post 2004 for sure. A lot of people seems really negative about Vista though. Won´t install XP though because the hassle doesn´t seem to be worth it. Surely with the turion and 2 gigs of ram it wont crawl on it´s knees? Thanks in advance guys.

    P.S Found this forum very useful for info on laptops, real goldmine :)
     
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    aparsons Newbie

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    I love my 5520. Definitely need 2gb of ram. I am enjoying vista. Just make sure you get your Vista updates. I have 2 games on mine. Nascar 2033 and EA NHL 08. They both play no problems. I did need to adjust down the graphics, for the NHL 08. I use mine for work, games, and to download, and convert movies. I have had no issues. I am looking to upgrade the ram to 3 gig. I currently have the 2 gig, and when do some multi-tasking, things will start to leg. Last night I was converting videos, surfing the net, and listening to a music disc. The web pages were slow to open. I just got the Aspire 5520 about 2 weeks ago, I am very happy thus far.

    Cheers
    http://www.retrevo.com/s/Acer-5520-Laptops-review-manual/id/3141dj396/t/1-2/

    http://www.notebookreview.com/price...30&productFamilyID=1094&display=opinionDetail
     
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    addman Notebook Guru

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    Sounds good! I´ll probably pick up some more memory next month. Thanks for the input :)
     
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