Acer DVD-ROM drive

Advantages: It is functional
Disadvantages: To many problems

...): 512 MB Screen Size: 15 inches Primary Drive: DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Features: 10/100 LAN Card USB, Firewire Operating System WiFi Enabled Modem The DVD rom drive is very good and fast and great for recording onto disc's but I have found that over time the processer seem's to be really struggling to keep up with more than two tasks at a time. The hard drive is plenty for me to store my information but for a lot of people you would need to upgrade this to a much larger size. Overall I would not recommend this laptop really as if it wasn't for the insurance I took out it would have only lasted a year and when it comes to getting parts from Acer the insurance company had real problems. As for Acer customer service well I must say it is non-exsistant I had trouble getting it in under warranty and had to complain... Read review

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Advantages: Built in camera and wifi enabled
Disadvantages: Not the lightest laptop available

...and 1gb memory and excellent built in wifi abilities which make this acer perfect for both bussiness and personal use and really easy for anybody to use as the computer automatically conects to the web with little or no effort. ANTI VIRUS As this computer is internet ready and wi-fi capable it comes with 6 months free norton anti virus protection as standard which is a great idea as it means you dont need to worry about installing anti virus programmes before you go online, you can just get stuck in and start discovering what your new computer can really do. FEATURES The acer 9300 features an inbuilt dvd rom with a dual layer burner 17 inch CrystalBrite-tm tft which is perfect for viewing your favourite dvds on or for bussiness use it is perfect for video conferencing via the inbuilt camera. It has an AMD Turion MK36 Processor. 5... Read review

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Advantages: Bright and clear screen, Spacious keyboard, which is fast and resposnsive, convenient and clear (sometimes drags on some laptops) mouse pad, Comes with Windows xp, Very fast with a 2.6GHZ Processor, and 512MB!! Of RAM, DVD Rom is better than my DVD Playe
Disadvantages: Delicate (but which laptops arent?), Quite heavy @ around 9 pounds (nearing a stone), Only comes in the same old same old colour of metallic grey

...------------------------- The cd drive is a CD-RW/DVD ROM. This therefore means that it can read cd's (obviously), write cd's, and re-write cds on rewritable disks. More importantly it can however play DVDs. Its Read speed is: 8x if playing a DVD, and 24x if CD Its Write speed is: 24x and its re-write speed is: 8x Modem ------------------------- Nothing to write home about. The modem on this laptop is a standard Fax/modem, ITU V.90. If you don’t know what v.90 is, its a more reliable connection, initially an upgrade from the previous 56k (meaning it can carry out the conversion of analogue signals in to digital signals, and vice versa, much quicker) Pretty much standard I think... Battery ------------------------- Has a very good battery life, of about 8 hours. It is also of the lithium Ion variation, in an attempt to make the laptop lighter... Read review

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