Acer Laptop Hey guys my dad just bought this laptop for my sister at circuitcity today for her B-Day to take to callage. Dose it look ok to you? He also got the 4 yaer accidental plan for it for another $299 Is the laptop ok? Will the laptop last? Just want to make sure because we can always take it back... he bought it because the sale ended today. ~Domreis
The machine itself is nice, BUT... It comes with Windows Media Center, not a regular XP Home or Pro operating system. I find that a somewhat inappropriate OS for a laptop. Because Vista should be avoided at all costs, it means you will have to install your own copy of XP. Also, it comes with Norton's, which is a big fat headache, though there are free AV and firewalls, so that's not such a big deal.
Yea... Norton Dosen't Come installed on it it comes on a cd. We will probably just give it to the garbage can. We use Ad-Aware and ZoneALArm and love them. So we are goo there. Thanks for the response. We didn't take Vista so we are good there to. Still seams like a great buy to me. Any other comments? ~Domreis
They're at the CircuitCity link Domreis posted. All in all they seem like a very good deal to me, the OS notwithstanding. They're more a Tigerdirect.
Domreis, thoses are a great deal and the quality is pretty good also,so you made the right choice for the money. ad/aware is a spyware program and zonealarm is a firewall so you will still need an anti-virse program i would go with "Trend Micro" or "NOD32" if you want to go with a free AV program go with "Avast" or avg both are good . avoid norton at all cost lol
ZoneAlarm Suite (or something like that) is also a Virus-Protection software... Thanks for the replys... It looked like a good deal to me too. ~Domreis
You mean Ad-Aware? It's an ANTI-spyware program! One of the best not less. Be careful not to scare people...
Spysweeper Slows you computer down so much though. I rely think it is personal Preferance. Any comments on this Acer Laptop? Ps. It is Ad-Aware
