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My girlfriend is looking for a laptop with windows vista. She only plans to use it for word processing, music and internet. It needs to run those programs very quickly. I found her this (just want a second opinion basically): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115451
For those of you who don't want to open the link, here are the specs:
Model
Brand Acer
Series Aspire
Model AS5520-5891
Part# LX.AJ80X.415
General
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 1.9G
Screen 15.4" WXGA
Memory Size 3GB DDR2
Hard Disk 160GB
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
Video Memory shared memory
Communication Modem, Gigabit LAN and WLAN
Card slot 1 x ExpressCard/54 slot
Dimensions 14.4" x 10.8" x 1.3-1.7"
Weight 6.06 lbs.
CPU
CPU Type AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2
CPU Speed TK-57(1.90GHz)
CPU L2 Cache 2 x 256KB
Display
Screen Size 15.4"
Wide Screen Support Yes
LCD Features Acer CrystalBrite Technology
Display Type Wide XGA
Resolution 1280 x 800
Operating Systems
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Graphics
GPU/VPU NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
Video Memory up to 896 MB of shared system memory using Turbo Cache technology (up to 640 MB of shared system memory)
Graphic Type Integrated Card
Hard Drive
HDD 160GB
HD RPM 5400rpm
HD Interface SATA
Memory
Memory Slots 2 x DIMM
Memory Speed DDR2 667
Memory 3GB
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD Super Multi
Optical Drive Interface Integrated
Optical Drive Spec 8x Super Multi DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Supp ort
Communications
Modem V.92 56K
LAN 10/100/1000Mbps
WLAN 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
Ports
Card Slot 1 x ExpressCard/54 slot
USB 4
IEEE 1394 1
Video Port 1 x VGA, 1 x S-Video TV-out
Other port CIR (consumer infrared)
Audio Ports headphones/speakers/line-out with SPDIF support
microphone
line-in
Audio
Audio High Definition Audio support, Dolby Digital Liv e
Speaker Internal Speakers
Input Device
Touchpad Yes
Keyboard Standard
Supplemental Drive
Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader for optional MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO or xD-Picture Card
Webcam Yes
Power
AC Adapter 65-watt AC adapter
Battery 6-cell lithium ion
Physical spec
Dimensions 14.4" x 10.8" x 1.3-1.7"
Weight 6.06 lbs.
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts 1 year limited
Labor 1 year limited
Is there anything else sub $750 (this is the ABSOLUTE maximum) that would perform the basics better? I couldn't seem to find any.
For those of you who don't want to open the link, here are the specs:
Model
Brand Acer
Series Aspire
Model AS5520-5891
Part# LX.AJ80X.415
General
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 1.9G
Screen 15.4" WXGA
Memory Size 3GB DDR2
Hard Disk 160GB
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
Video Memory shared memory
Communication Modem, Gigabit LAN and WLAN
Card slot 1 x ExpressCard/54 slot
Dimensions 14.4" x 10.8" x 1.3-1.7"
Weight 6.06 lbs.
CPU
CPU Type AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2
CPU Speed TK-57(1.90GHz)
CPU L2 Cache 2 x 256KB
Display
Screen Size 15.4"
Wide Screen Support Yes
LCD Features Acer CrystalBrite Technology
Display Type Wide XGA
Resolution 1280 x 800
Operating Systems
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Graphics
GPU/VPU NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
Video Memory up to 896 MB of shared system memory using Turbo Cache technology (up to 640 MB of shared system memory)
Graphic Type Integrated Card
Hard Drive
HDD 160GB
HD RPM 5400rpm
HD Interface SATA
Memory
Memory Slots 2 x DIMM
Memory Speed DDR2 667
Memory 3GB
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD Super Multi
Optical Drive Interface Integrated
Optical Drive Spec 8x Super Multi DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Supp ort
Communications
Modem V.92 56K
LAN 10/100/1000Mbps
WLAN 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
Ports
Card Slot 1 x ExpressCard/54 slot
USB 4
IEEE 1394 1
Video Port 1 x VGA, 1 x S-Video TV-out
Other port CIR (consumer infrared)
Audio Ports headphones/speakers/line-out with SPDIF support
microphone
line-in
Audio
Audio High Definition Audio support, Dolby Digital Liv e
Speaker Internal Speakers
Input Device
Touchpad Yes
Keyboard Standard
Supplemental Drive
Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader for optional MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO or xD-Picture Card
Webcam Yes
Power
AC Adapter 65-watt AC adapter
Battery 6-cell lithium ion
Physical spec
Dimensions 14.4" x 10.8" x 1.3-1.7"
Weight 6.06 lbs.
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts 1 year limited
Labor 1 year limited
Is there anything else sub $750 (this is the ABSOLUTE maximum) that would perform the basics better? I couldn't seem to find any.
