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    Acer aspire 4520 - time to get a new laptop?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by brighter, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. brighter

    brighter Newbie

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    I bought this laptop in December 2007, 2.0 ghz amd turion 64x2 but for some reason with only 512mb RAM. It was super cheap and I was told that it would not last more than 2 years or so. Mine is still going strong (or as strong as it ever was). It has unbelievably never crashed but has hung quite a few times when I've been multitasking. It is no slower than it ever was (i.e. it was always quite slow!). There's very little change in the machine's performance from when I first bought it.

    Have I been lucky? Anyone else have any experience with this laptop? I'm curious to know how long the laptop survived for others so I know what to expect in the future....
     
    brighter, Mar 7, 2011
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  2. Substance_D

    Substance_D Newbie

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    In my experience lower spec'd machines always last longer than the more serious desktop replacements. No idea why.
     
    Substance_D, Mar 7, 2011
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  3. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    Upgrade the Ram would be enough 512MB is too little for Windows OS.
    At least a 2GB.
     
    weinter, Mar 8, 2011
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