Acer DVD-ROM drive

Advantages: Fast and efficient
Disadvantages: Memory upgrades limited.

...that, I must admit when listening to audio tracks through headphones, the sound quality is very good. Storage >>>>>>> The hard drive fitted has a 120 GB capacity which although not massive I find adequate. The size of the hard drive is reflected in the purchase price, however these are now a relatively cheap upgrade if more capacity is required. As a comparison to my old Dell, I do find that the drive read and write speeds are quite fast. This is especially noticeable when fragmenting the drive as the time taken is far less. Optical Drive >>>>>>>>>>> Surprisingly for the price, the laptop is fitted with a DVD writer. I have seen a lot of laptops within this price bracket, particularly Acer and Dell that still fit DVD Rom multi drives as standard. With the ROM drives, although you can record to CD, it is not possible to write to DVD... Read review

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

...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 in 1 memory card... Read review

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Advantages: Good wifi
Disadvantages: Terrible dvd/cd burner which will fail after a few uses. Fan will fail too

...The Acer Travelmate series, particularly the 36xx range (ie 36829 with M processor is probably the worst computer on the market. After less than 10 DVD burns, the DVD burner failed. After around 2 months the cd/dvd drive stoped working completely (reading as well as writing disks). After 18 months (today) the fan is making horrible noises, and will need to be replaced. The battery life is less than 2 hours. Furthermore, and this is very important, customer support from ACER itself is zero. I ordered a 'rescue disk' by phone (none was included in the package), priced at 50 euros. It was sent recorded delivery, cash on delivery. It never arrived because they did not bother to send it. A terrible computer. A terrible company.... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap for the specification, looks good
Disadvantages: Keyboard feels cheap and speakers not very powerful.

...Remember this is a budget computer at a budget price. This is a good computer for general use although it will need a graphic card upgrade to play newer games. The keyboard feels cheap although adequate, but the speakers are not very good. All the accessories do colour match the system. For the price the computer is well specified. It starts with an AMD Sempron 2800+ processor, 256MB DDR SDRAM, 40GD Hard Disk drive, DVD ROM Drive and a 56k Modem. There is also a built in card reader supporting the following card formats: CompactFlash Card type I, CompactFlash Card type II, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SmartMedia Card. The computer also has a modem, on board sound and graphics. There are 6 Hi-Speed USB ports, PS2 keyboard and mouse ports, Ethernet 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX network port, Parallel printer port, 9 pin... Read review

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