Acer Aspire 1690WLMi

I myself own one of these laptops; I am absolutely pleased with the purchase. The purchase was made last Christmas, when this laptop contained some of the most up-to-date technology easily rivalling laptops at twice the price for raw power. I am able to use it for computer gaming of the latest games at some of the highest graphics settings; a recent purchase was Rome:Total War and there are no problems running at full graphics capability available at all. Most of the power for the video gaming is stored in a wonderful yet understated little Graphics Card- the ATI X700, with a 64MB cache ... more

The Acer Aspire 1690 has an all round great set of features. The 15.4in screen makes viewing DVD's and such like a pleasure. A lot of Laptops have somewhat hindered screens - with backlights breaking, low visibility in sunlight and so on; however this laptop seems to avoid all such imperfections. The built in wireless technology makes this already highly portable laptop even more so. The button on the front allows one to easily turn the wi-fi on or off, and searching for wireless networks is easy. The size of the laptop is also ideal… thin yet not too small in width, so you get a nice area of ... more