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thekitchendesigner

3rd August 2006, 21:10

After spotting an ad in the sun, i raced to Tesco's to check it out.

This laptop:

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/572_336483.html?cm_ven=Pricerunner&cm_cat=Feed&cm_pla=Laptops&cm_ite=336483_ACER_TM2414WLMI

Acer (fantastic laptops, i'm on one now), good spec, £299!

I have just bought one (yes i know its 10pm) but it looks gorge and is such a steal. Bonus if you've got a clubcard too!

Dont think the offer is on for too long so go get it!

Dave Hybrid

3rd August 2006, 21:14

Blimey! That is very cheap.

Good find! :cool:

Jayne

3rd August 2006, 21:18

Thanks Mark, think i'll shop at Tesco tomorrow.

Jayne

thekitchendesigner

3rd August 2006, 21:22

At the rate they were going (2 others were sold a few mins before mine!) they wont last 5 mins!

I feel so pleased as i was just about to spend £399 on an almost identical Acer laptop!

Jayne

3rd August 2006, 21:27

You should have bought them all up quick and flogged them all on ebay for a profit...lol

Jayne

thekitchendesigner

3rd August 2006, 21:37

You should have bought them all up quick and flogged them all on ebay for a profit...lol

Jayne

Dont tempt me Jayne!

Jayne

3rd August 2006, 21:40

Go on, the big supermarkets make enough millions, it's like giving back to the small people...lol

Jayne

thekitchendesigner

3rd August 2006, 21:46

I have an amendment to make, it was actually my wife who spotted the advert not me therefore she is the bargain hunter. Nor did i remember to use my clubcard.

I have been getting earache so feel this post will now get me back in the good books.

End of amendment.

bwglaw

3rd August 2006, 21:48

I would buy it and resell it on Ebay. ACER are c**p in my opinion. I prefer DELL or SONY

DuaneJackson

3rd August 2006, 21:51

You should have bought them all up quick and flogged them all on ebay for a profit

Go on, the big supermarkets make enough millions, it's like giving back to the small people...lol

I'm goiing to post that quote on wikipedia under "twisted logic" !

thekitchendesigner

3rd August 2006, 21:52

Have to disagree Mr J Man! I've had an Acer laptop for 3 years, its left on for the best part of 12 hours a day, heavily used with high spec CAD software and i've never (touching wood) had a problem.

for the price also, they're good value. :-)

Joyous

3rd August 2006, 22:06

Nor did i remember to use my clubcard.

As I recall you've got 14 days to take your receipt to customer services and they'll put the points on your clubcard.

You can pick up some real bargains there in terms of office equipment. I originally bought my printer from Costco. On the way home I stopped at Tesco and saw the same printer on sale at half price. Needless to say I bought the printer from Tesco and then rushed back to Costco to return their one. The woman at the refund desk though I was insane retuning something that I'd bought less than an hour ago.

Regards

Joy

bwglaw

3rd August 2006, 22:08

Mark - you will be buying kitchens from Tesco's soon...?! ;)

Jayne

3rd August 2006, 22:16

As long as they work ok, it doesn't bother me what make of computer they are. You may as well have a cheap one, they go out of fashion that quick, you'll need a new one in a couple of years...lol

And what's wrong with my logic Duane, I made sense to me...lol

Jayne

Carl-CSNM

3rd August 2006, 22:48

thekitchendesigner

4th August 2006, 07:06

Might do. Have checked with them so should be ok. It will be the only thing running on the laptop so wont have any other applications to get in the way.

If needs be i have 256MB that i had to take out of my current acer to upgrade it, so can always pop that in to up it to 512MB

Mark - you will be buying kitchens from Tesco's soon...?!

I've been waiting for the day when tescos do this (i'm sure it will come as they sell pretty much anything!). Maybe i could have a display of my own kitchens in the store and get leads from there! :D

manchesterhypnosis

4th August 2006, 07:15

Oh dear, you were half way to a mac. You should have saved your money an got a "real" computer. (Its now time to sit back, watch the flames, and roast some saussages on the fire - hehe)

Dave Hybrid

4th August 2006, 09:24

Might do. Have checked with them so should be ok. It will be the only thing running on the laptop so wont have any other applications to get in the way.

If needs be i have 256MB that i had to take out of my current acer to upgrade it, so can always pop that in to up it to 512MB

Windows XP requires 128mb to run, add a CAD program and I'd expect you to need that extra 256mb pretty quickly.

CG Effect

4th August 2006, 16:10

Wait till we all have to use Windows Vista it will need at least 512Mb just to run that and an extra 1.5Gb to build 3D in.