Acer Travelmate 290LCi
I am using this laptop currently, right now I am even typing on it I have been using this laptop for around 6 months after it was bought for my by my boyfriend who bough it off his dad for just £50 it originally started life in a school as one of their many laptops ... Read review
This Replacement Laptop AC Power Adapter/Charger for your laptop enables you to operate ... more
your notebook or charge the battery from electrical power outlets. If you are running your computer on AC power with a battery installed, the adapter charges the battery (if needed) and maintains its charge. When the system is off, the AC adapter will charge the battery and then maintain its charge.
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(+) Bodi laptop 15.6-inch screen size was quite robust (-) Dell on this product has a tendency to become 'magnet' for fingerprints and within a short time th
Advantages: Lightweight, robust, quick Disadvantages: Battery life could be better, hard to get hold of
Acer Travelmate 290LCi
I am using this laptop currently, right now I am even typing on it I have been using this laptop for around 6 months after it was bought for my by my boyfriend who bough it off his dad for just £50 it originally started life in a school as one of their many laptops and when they updated them they were just dis-guarded. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it when I bought it and it was all wiped clean and ... ...so ever. As with all Acer laptops this model comes with 12months manufacturer's warranty.
I am giving it a 5 star excellent rating as it has been nothing but excellent for me except a few little things which are probably more to do with it being a second hand older well used laptop.
I have attached pictures below of my own laptop of this brand. Excuse the crumbs and dirt!! ... more
Acer Travelmate 290LCi
I am using this laptop currently, right now I am even typing on it I have been using this laptop for around 6 months after it was bought for my by my boyfriend who bough it off his dad for just £50 it originally started life in a school as one of their many laptops and when they updated them they were just dis-guarded. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it when I bought it and it was all wiped clean and ready to use by the time I got it. It came with Windows XP Professional already installed which is the standard operating system for this brand of laptop.
Since owning this laptop it has been brilliant I had not had a laptop before this and found it great for lying in bed till late on a night on the internet, it is only very light weighing around just 2.8kg so not very heavy at all. It has a 15" screen and is rather slim line so doesn't take up much space either. This also makes it easy to carry around and very portable so an ideal business laptop as well. It is really easy to use and the buttons are well spaced out they keyboard buttons are not to stiff or too soft. I had no instruction manual come with this as it was second hand so I can't comment on any instruction manual these may have come with but it certainly doesn't need one as it is so easy to work especially for those who are computer literate.
This laptop computer has a wireless connectivity built in so is ready to get connected to the internet without any problems. The processor is an Intel Centrino which optimised battery life and processor speed making this laptop very practical. It also has built in stereo speakers with a left and a right channel all though these are not brilliant and even when on full volume are not very loud or good quality but you can add better speakers via the inbuilt speaker port to improve the sound volume and quality. It also has a PCMCIA slot for expanding your hardware with devises such as mobile data cards. It also has an infrared port which allows you to wirelessly connect to wireless devices such as mobile phones and printers and also has USB 2.0 which allows peripherals to be connected by this popular standard at very high speeds.
The battery life lasts around 3 hours when being used constantly, however sometimes it does not last as long not sure why might be something to do with the power management setting I do feel the battery life could be improved as the manufacturer say it should last longer they are obviously being a little optimistic with their statistics. The charger that comes with it charges the laptop really quickly his standard charger worked really well and rarely became loose un-till the lovely puppy ate it! Unfortunately it is really hard to find a good replacement cable for this laptop and all the ones we have found that fit have been no where as good as the original one and keep coming loose and getting damaged.
It also has a DVD ROM/CD RW which allows it to play DVDs and record CDs quickly and easily with the correct software. There is also a TV out connector on the back which allows you to connect it to the TV so you can watch what ever is on the screen easily ideal for watching DVDs while you are away somewhere. It also has the fire wire feature for connecting digital video cameras so you can edit videos that you have taken.
I really like the style of this laptop it is greyish black in colour with black keypad with white keys, the buttons on the top and around the mouse pad are a stylish silver. This laptop does get hot really easily probably due to the air intake being on the bottom of the computer not a very practical place for it to be really. So you have to make sure air can get to it.
I have recently managed to fill this laptop up i do however have a 10 mega pixel camera i regually upload pictures from so these probably do take up a lot of space but i feel this laptop does has room for improvement on memory/space.
Prices second hand for this laptop will vary massively I doubt you will see many sold for £50 I have looked for information on how much they are sold for but can't find any so I am guessing they are also hard to get hold of I would imagine a second hand laptop computer of this brand would be worth around £150.00
I have found this laptop very reliable occasionally the mouse will have an off day and not work very well but saying that I have spilt numerous things over it and it has not done any major harm. I have also dropped it off the bed and stuff before and it has proved to be very robust. It is used a lot and doesn't show any effects of wear what so ever. As with all Acer laptops this model comes with 12months manufacturer's warranty.
I am giving it a 5 star excellent rating as it has been nothing but excellent for me except a few little things which are probably more to do with it being a second hand older well used laptop.
I have attached pictures below of my own laptop of this brand. Excuse the crumbs and dirt!!
Advantages: Good for a teen or light user Disadvantages: Faults galore, and not very advanced.
...so I got a new acer keyboard for the model. This too had problems. 5 replaced keyboards all had an intermittent problem where a few of the keys would become unresponsive for a while. These keys for me were the G, H, @ and backspace. This happened around once or twice a week, and these keys would refuse to respond for up to 1 hour at a time. The problem could happen for me straight after bootup, or at a random time during use. Not fun! The screen ... ...and experts (including on dedicated acer forums) stated that this and some of the other problems are common faults with this model. A friend of mine bought this laptop new from comet a few years ago. She had the problems with the charger socket and the flicker. The laptop was replaced twice before she had it exchanged for a HP. Finally, and the most annoying problem is that the disk drive sometimes refused point blank to read random disks. It would ...
Tracy107 24.12.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Acer TravelMate 290LCi
Advantages: Price and simplicity. Disadvantages: Speed, capacity, weight, and power.
...market.
Having used the Acer series, especially this one, for a wide range of applications, I can safely say that unless all you ever want to do is word process, it is worth getting a better machine. I found that this computer is at its best when used as a networked machine, typing out word documents and then saving remotely at the end of the session - bear in mind that you will need to set aside a good few minutes to do so.
Its wireless capabilities ... ...Anecdotal evidence suggests that the Acer Travelmate works well with Linux, either as a full install or on a partition. This will not, sadly, help any wireless matters, as getting wireless to work on any Linux system can prove to be a tearful experience for those unwilling to learn to code.
In essence, this is a good, cheap word processor and wired internet browser. Don't expect anything more advanced from it. I bought an HP laptop around the same ...
edwiseman 05.08.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Acer TravelMate 290LCi
Advantages: Big screen and nice design Disadvantages: sound system too soft
simple and nice laptop. quite fast and easy to carry around. have big space for storage files. but there is disadvantages about this laptop which is the volume is too soft even you have put on the higest volume. wireless provided, so there is no problem carrying around and can work anywhere you like. i think it will be more suitable for those who needs to travel around always since it has wireless system. there is no problem using it in the plane ... ...too. since it has big storage space, student can download songs or movies whenever they like. it will be nice to watch dvd or vcd because the screen is big enough.
well, it is Intel® CentrinoTM mobile technology,ie. Intel® Pentium® M processor at 1.7GHz, 14.1" XGA TFT LCD [so,it will be quite a big screen], has MPEG-2/DVD hardware assisted capability [not only can watch DVD but also VCD]. basically, it has 20 GB storage but can be upgraded. there ...
kelly04 09.05.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Acer TravelMate 290LCi
The TravelMate 290 series is designed to mobilize budget-conscious outbound professional users, whether self employed or from small, medium and large corporations with a slim, light and modular Centrino powered work tool that features exceptional, energy-efficient independence and opens the door to ample mobile performance combined with flexible and complete communication facilities.
