[link]http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Acer+-+Extensa+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Celeron%26%23174%3B+Processor+-+Black/9632183.p?skuId=9632183&id=1218134616331&AID=10597222&PID=1234320&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2FAcer%2B-%2BExtensa%2BLaptop%2Bwith%2BIntel%2526%2523174%253B%2BCeleron%2526%2523174%253B%2BProcessor%2B-%2BBlack%2F9632183.p%3FskuId%3D9632183%26id%3D1218134616331&ref=39&loc=01[/link]

Good deal?

11/12/2009 10:05:25 AM

Good link

11/12/2009 10:06:05 AM

the answer to your question is no. there are netbooks out there in the same price range that offer faster performance and better battery life. that laptop is cheap... and that's about all it has going for it.

11/12/2009 10:09:19 AM

^ that's not true at all...at all!

this is by no means a high-end laptop, but it DOES have a few things going for it compared to a netbook...specifically:

1.) it has the 4500MHD graphics (so you can play HD content)
2.) gigabit ethernet (i don't know that i've seen any netbooks with this, but i might have missed it)
3.) DVD burner (netbooks don't have this at all)
4.) Windows 7 (no netbook around $250 will have this)

for $250, yeah, i think it's actually pretty decent...that processor is absolutely awful, but it'll perform better than a single-core atom

11/12/2009 10:23:21 AM

fineFINE!

I'd still say spend a bit more and get something nicer. That's 6+ pounds of technology from several years ago.

11/12/2009 11:02:37 AM

I went to best buy to pick up a TV yesterday, and some dude bought 4 of these and was picking them up.

11/12/2009 11:14:42 AM

Quote :

"4.) Windows 7 (no netbook around $250 will have this)"

Actually pretty much all netbooks will come with Win7.

11/12/2009 12:14:31 PM

^ keyword is "will." that's not true just yet.

11/12/2009 12:22:28 PM

l2link: http://j.mp/2tW1iI

11/12/2009 12:25:24 PM

Quote :

"Actually pretty much all netbooks will come with Win7."

Quote :

"keyword is "will." that's not true just yet."

additionally, it's the price range that's the killer...the only netbooks around $250 now (and for a while still, at least) will be the low-end machines and leftover winxp units...not saying you CAN'T put win7 on there, but they won't come with a license (i'm talking about right now, at the $250 price)

11/12/2009 12:44:50 PM

Quote :

"1.) it has the 4500MHD graphics (so you can play HD content) 2.) gigabit ethernet (i don't know that i've seen any netbooks with this, but i might have missed it) 3.) DVD burner (netbooks don't have this at all) 4.) Windows 7 (no netbook around $250 will have this)"

you forgot to mention much larger screen size and a full size keyboard.

netbooks are cool and all, but they can't take over as the primary computer for most people

11/12/2009 12:52:28 PM

It has wireless G and draft-N too... that's a pretty good deal... wonder how the CELERON handles anything of value though....

11/12/2009 1:48:06 PM

^^ good point

^ the celeron will suck donkey balls...it's anemic and only a single core, but it will be fine for word processing, media viewing, and intarweb browsing...for only $250, that's to be expected

11/12/2009 1:59:06 PM

for all it does, it seems like a pretty nice deal.

11/12/2009 2:11:26 PM

would this be a candidate for hackintosh?

11/12/2009 5:59:16 PM

don't get acer. their support sucks.

11/13/2009 4:46:36 PM