Places that sell Acer notebooks

Does anyone know any good retailers, or online retailers in Canada (Toronto area) that sell Acer notebooks, at a great price. I want to get the Aspire 1681 but it seems to be sold out at most places I go.

 

Checkout Tigerdirect.ca .. Just ordered my 1662 on thursday [ ][ ]

 

Hey Sugar_150,

Rather than looking at the 1681 (low battery runtime), why not look at the 4501WLMi? This unit is spec'd pretty much exactly the same as the 2012WLMI & 1681 series, but is rated to run 5hrs (8 cell battery). I think price is about the same $2199 for this unit. They sell at CompuSmart. There's a location in downtown Toronto & another in Scarborough. A few differences I noticed, $250 more, 40GB HDD, 8 cell battery, XP Pro. Do you think it's worth the extra $250 to get a system that will run longer (without buying extra batteries) and has XP Pro as a standard feature?

http://www.compusmart.com/product.asp?CatalogID=0&SupplierPartID=328075&CurrentSegment=Computers%7CNotebooks

-Vb-

 

What's the difference between XP Pro and Home, I'm a student so i don't know if i really need XP Pro, What are the extra features. As well I'm gonna be pluged in most of the time, so i don't know if i need the extra battery. Plus i can get he Aspire 1681 for $1863.85 from grey tech (sold out). And the lowest price of the 4501 i've seen is $2040.50, but i'm trying to get a notebook that is just a little over $2000(max $200 over)Canadian with tax. So unless I can find it cheaper, i'm gonna have to stick with the 1681, unless you can come up with a better unit.








<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Venombite

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>What are the extra features?<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'></font id='quote'></blockquote id='quote'>

Features available only in Windows XP Professional

> Peer to peer networking for up to 10 simaltaneous users (Windows XP
Home only supports five simaltaneous users)
> Server-based networking using domain authentication and support for
Active Directory
> Remote Desktop allows you to work from vertually anywhere and
access files, applications and network services from almost any
computer
> Encrypted File System (EFS) helps protect sensitive data, even if
your computer is stolen
> Support for dual processors
> Access Control restricts access to files and folders
> Enhanced software restriction policy allows adminstrators to
identify software and control its ability to execute
> Group Policies allow administrators to organize users into logical
groups and assign settings (security, appearance, management options)
> Offline Files and Folders and Synchronization Manager allow users
to work on documents while disconnected from the network. Offline
folders can be encrypted for protection. Document changes are
replicated back to the network
> System Preparation tool helps administrators clone configurations
and applications for deployment to multiple machines
> Remote OS installation allows Windows XP Professional to be
installed across the network
> Multilingual support allows users to create, read, and edit
documents in many languages using the English language version of
Windows XP Professional
> WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) provides standard
infrastructure for monitoring and managing systems

 

Suger_150,

As Noikz listed off, XP Pro mainly has additional Networking and Security features that XP Home doesn't. If this will be used to log into a university network, you may want to get pro. I've read on this site that using XP Home may cause problems or may not log into a school network.

If you're gonna be connected all the time and don't plan on meing mobile much, then the 1681 would be a good unit to consider. Since the specs of the 1681 vs 4501 is mainly the battery, HDD & OS, everything else is the same (spec wise).

You can try getting the unit from the US and then ship/bring it over. I think a user got the 4501WLMi for $1300US, which is approx $1690CDN (30% exchange rate). I think if you were to add the taxes (15% in Ontario), you'd still be under $2000CDN, but I'm not sure if/how much duties will be added.

-Vb-

 

I've changed my mind, and I'm now looking at getting the 4501 instead, cause i like the security features on XP pro, also I found it for a great deal and it will only be about $134 differnce, and i think it's worth it for $2218 with tax.




<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Venombite