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    Your thoughts please! Acer Aspire 5253... Thx:)

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by irisheyes4u, Apr 13, 2011.

  1. irisheyes4u

    irisheyes4u Newbie

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    Hi :)
    Thinking to purchase Acer Aspire 5253-BZ661.
    I just do basic computing. Costco has it on sale for $399. I like their return policy and 2 yr warranty.
    So what do you think... deal/ or no deal! :confused:
     
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    Full-English Notebook Deity

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    what are the specs
     
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    irisheyes4u Newbie

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    AMD Dual-Core Processor
    4GB : 500GB Hard Drive
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    It's not just any AMD processor- if I'm not mistaken it's the new Fusion AMD E-350 1.6 GHz.
    I like this notebook- may not be really fast but then again it's not meant to be. It's cool and quiet and offers very good battery run-time.

    Drawbacks as I see them- mono speaker (!) and performance.

    If you do care about battery time it's very good- if you don't care about it at all you may be better with some low budget Intel solution. E-350 is faster than Atom but not nearly as fast as the next thing from Intel.
     
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    Sxooter Notebook Virtuoso

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    The big advantage of the E350 CPU/GPU combo is that it can play back nearly any kind of video with hardware GPU acceleration that uses very little power and leaves the CPU to do other work.
     
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