...and the quest for a new laptop goes on...

hackapelite · 05-12-2008, 08:13 AM

Well I've been thinking of getting a laptop for quite a while, but it seemed that they were all out of my budget, and I almost gave up all hope...until I came across Eee PCs. Nice-looking machines and decent specs, while they lack some basic features I almost fell in love... but today morning it happened that a Harvey Norman's brochure fell on my feet when I picked a newspaper from last weekend, and on the first page - ACER ASPIRE AS5315-201G08MI 2GHz celeron M, 1gb ram, 80gb HDD and Vista Home Basic (which I'd dump anyways...) only $498 after cashback! And I thought "Woot, nice machine for the price, though it's ugly as and looks identical to my mom's, but considering my budget I should STFU about that..." well, now there are a few questions I need to ask:

1. The CPU - I understood that it's a single-core Core2 w/only 1mb cache. Is this right? I'm not looking at an ancient, rotten NetBurst celeron or something like that am I?

2. What do you think of it? I'd really like to keep the budget below $500, and it's just below that, so it seems like the "perfect machine"... but if it's a *poop*box, I'll just forget aobut it.

...and that's it. Performance-wise it batters Eee... and costs only $50 more, so I thought it'd be a nice machine... if it's a piece of <cencored>, tell me, but otherwise all I want to hear is a reassuring "nice find, go for it!" because I really want a portable PC for school but have some trouble deciding what to put my money on

P.S. I just realised that about 70% of what I wrote was completely unnecessary, including this statement. Why am I even writing this, then? Pfft...must be one of those days...

I might come up some weird, new questions later on today.

Aziek · 05-12-2008, 08:23 AM

its not a c2d its a celeron m, it wont play games unless ur wanting to play the old doom and duke nukem games but its perfect for word, internet browsing, emails etc...
this machine aint breaking any records but if your not gaming than who cares
also ditch vista as this system will Fail id go with xp pro

hackapelite · 05-12-2008, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aziek

its not a c2d its a celeron m, it wont play games unless ur wanting to play the old doom and duke nukem games but its perfect for word, internet browsing, emails etc...
this machine aint breaking any records but if your not gaming than who cares

Yea but I was asking if it (the Celeron M in the rig) is/was based on the Core2 architecture, i didn't mention duos nowhere (I think...) and I do know that celerons are singlecores... and I think it'd play games way better than my current 866mhz P3 (I'll whack every person who starts giggling at my uber monster

). The machine will be used for lightweight gaming (mostly pre-2004 games, see my "buncha questions about Eee PCs" thread for examples if you're really that curious

), and I do believe that comp would run them just fine.

More reassuring, confidence-boosting comments, please

speedyink · 05-12-2008, 06:41 PM

What do you mean by $498 after cashback? Is there a mail in rebate or something? Also, where abouts are you located? If your in north america you could probably get a better deal than that.

For example, if you were in canada you can get pretty much the same thing with twice hard drive space for the same price.

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/produ...roduct=2510301

And that is from the source, you could probably find a better deal if you look elsewhere.

Otherwise, it's an alright computer capable of doing what you need it to do, so if there are no better deals where you are, then I'd say go for it.

Burn_all · 05-12-2008, 07:11 PM

if u where to fill out the questionair i posted i think ur laptop would be easier for u to discribe and us to pick

( i made it just for u )

Jhow · 05-12-2008, 11:39 PM

Keep looking, I've seen dual core systems out there for $500 with bigger hard drives and more features.

hackapelite · 05-12-2008, 11:44 PM

@speedyink - I'm in Australia. And yes, cashback=rebate. Can't find any better deals nowhere...

@Burn_all... huh?

Burn_all · 05-13-2008, 06:25 AM

@hackapelite
What Should I Buy FAQ (Please Read Before Posting)

hackapelite · 05-13-2008, 07:42 AM

Oh okay. So, budget is $500 AUD(Australian Dollars!), I might be able to put in another, say, $20 bucks or so but no more,unless they're offering some kinda cashback (no, wait, it's called rebate

). Must include shipping & such if need be (I'd really love to actually go to the shop where I'm buying from) for around $500 or under, there can't be too many options, so I'm not going to list any specs... but I do prefer performance/features over looks/battery life, and portability is not much of an issue, as long as it's a "laptop" or "notebook" of some kind, it's portable enough.

05-12-2008, 08:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
hackapelite VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Kangarooland Age: 18 Posts: 2,538	...and the quest for a new laptop goes on... Well I've been thinking of getting a laptop for quite a while, but it seemed that they were all out of my budget, and I almost gave up all hope...until I came across Eee PCs. Nice-looking machines and decent specs, while they lack some basic features I almost fell in love... but today morning it happened that a Harvey Norman's brochure fell on my feet when I picked a newspaper from last weekend, and on the first page - ACER ASPIRE AS5315-201G08MI 2GHz celeron M, 1gb ram, 80gb HDD and Vista Home Basic (which I'd dump anyways...) only $498 after cashback! And I thought "Woot, nice machine for the price, though it's ugly as and looks identical to my mom's, but considering my budget I should STFU about that..." well, now there are a few questions I need to ask: 1. The CPU - I understood that it's a single-core Core2 w/only 1mb cache. Is this right? I'm not looking at an ancient, rotten NetBurst celeron or something like that am I? 2. What do you think of it? I'd really like to keep the budget below $500, and it's just below that, so it seems like the "perfect machine"... but if it's a poopbox, I'll just forget aobut it. ...and that's it. Performance-wise it batters Eee... and costs only $50 more, so I thought it'd be a nice machine... if it's a piece of <cencored>, tell me, but otherwise all I want to hear is a reassuring "nice find, go for it!" because I really want a portable PC for school but have some trouble deciding what to put my money on P.S. I just realised that about 70% of what I wrote was completely unnecessary, including this statement. Why am I even writing this, then? Pfft...must be one of those days... I might come up some weird, new questions later on today. __________________ Teh Shiznizzel, yo! Runs Ubuntu Linux 9.04* (next up: Gentoo)* AMD Phenom 8450 X3 @2.1GHz ASRock AOD790GX/128M (SB750) ATI Radeon HD3300 IGP 128MB Shared memory 2x2GB AMICROE DDR2-800 6-6-6-18 500GB Samsung + 320GB Seagate Barracuda 380Watt CoolerMaster PSU LG "SuperMulti" DVD Writer Generic MIDI Tower I'm a VIP and thereore immune in teh interwebz!

05-12-2008, 08:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aziek Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Australia Age: 19 Posts: 211	its not a c2d its a celeron m, it wont play games unless ur wanting to play the old doom and duke nukem games but its perfect for word, internet browsing, emails etc... this machine aint breaking any records but if your not gaming than who cares also ditch vista as this system will Fail id go with xp pro __________________ Silverstone TJ09 Intel Q6600 @ 3.15ghz Ultima-90 HSF Gigabyte GA-DS4-X38 8GB (4x2GB) Patriot Extreme ddr2 800mhz CL4 Saphire HD4870 Seagate 7200.11 500Gb 32Mb SATA II Zalman ZM750-HP 750w --------------- benchmarks done with a 8800gt 13779 3DMarks \| CpuMark 2.1 11332.5 \| P5367 3DMark Vantage

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speedyink Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Isl, BC Age: 22 Posts: 3,031	What do you mean by $498 after cashback? Is there a mail in rebate or something? Also, where abouts are you located? If your in north america you could probably get a better deal than that. For example, if you were in canada you can get pretty much the same thing with twice hard drive space for the same price. http://www.thesource.ca/estore/produ...roduct=2510301 And that is from the source, you could probably find a better deal if you look elsewhere. Otherwise, it's an alright computer capable of doing what you need it to do, so if there are no better deals where you are, then I'd say go for it. __________________ Acer AM5100/Acer 6920G/Asus EEE 900HA AMD Phenom X4 9500 2.2GHZ/C2D T8300 @ 2.4ghz/Atom 1.6ghz 8GB DDR2 RAM/4GB DDR2 Ram/2GB DDR2 1TB HDD/320GB HDD/250 GB 512mb GeForce 8800GTS/512mb Geforce 9500M GS/Intel GMA 950 32" Viewsonic 1360x768/16" 1920x1080/8.9" 1024x600 Win 7 Ultimate all round My Deviantart

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05-12-2008, 11:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
hackapelite VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Kangarooland Age: 18 Posts: 2,538	@speedyink - I'm in Australia. And yes, cashback=rebate. Can't find any better deals nowhere... @Burn_all... huh? __________________ Teh Shiznizzel, yo! Runs Ubuntu Linux 9.04* (next up: Gentoo)* AMD Phenom 8450 X3 @2.1GHz ASRock AOD790GX/128M (SB750) ATI Radeon HD3300 IGP 128MB Shared memory 2x2GB AMICROE DDR2-800 6-6-6-18 500GB Samsung + 320GB Seagate Barracuda 380Watt CoolerMaster PSU LG "SuperMulti" DVD Writer Generic MIDI Tower I'm a VIP and thereore immune in teh interwebz!

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Burn_all Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Niagara Falls Posts: 108	@hackapelite What Should I Buy FAQ (Please Read Before Posting) __________________ The Rigg: Q6600 2.4GHz , GeForce 8800GTS 512MB CORSAIR 4GB , 500 GB HD x2 ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP ,OCZ GameXStream 700W NZXT Apollo Black case The Laptop: ASUS M51 Series M51Sn-X2 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T8300(2.40GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA ,4GB Memory DDR2 667 250GB HDD 5400rpm ,GeForce 9500M GS

05-13-2008, 07:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
hackapelite VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Kangarooland Age: 18 Posts: 2,538	Oh okay. So, budget is $500 AUD(Australian Dollars!), I might be able to put in another, say, $20 bucks or so but no more,unless they're offering some kinda cashback (no, wait, it's called rebate ). Must include shipping & such if need be (I'd really love to actually go to the shop where I'm buying from) for around $500 or under, there can't be too many options, so I'm not going to list any specs... but I do prefer performance/features over looks/battery life, and portability is not much of an issue, as long as it's a "laptop" or "notebook" of some kind, it's portable enough. __________________ Teh Shiznizzel, yo! Runs Ubuntu Linux 9.04* (next up: Gentoo)* AMD Phenom 8450 X3 @2.1GHz ASRock AOD790GX/128M (SB750) ATI Radeon HD3300 IGP 128MB Shared memory 2x2GB AMICROE DDR2-800 6-6-6-18 500GB Samsung + 320GB Seagate Barracuda 380Watt CoolerMaster PSU LG "SuperMulti" DVD Writer Generic MIDI Tower I'm a VIP and thereore immune in teh interwebz!

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