Advantages: cheap, good quality laptop with decent features, upgradable.
Disadvantages: no bluetooth. memory will need upgrading if moving on to Windows Vista

...it to struggle with only 512mb memory so i upgraded it to 2 gig and it performs very well with 256mb alocated to the shared graphics Technical specifications Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Processor & chipset AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile processor with up to 2 x512KB L2 cache, AMD PowerNow!™ Technology and HyperTransport™ Technology support ATI Mobility RADEON® Xpress 1100 series chipset Memory 512mb DDR2 memory 2 x 256mb, upgradeable to 4 GB using dual soDIMM modules (dual-channel support) HDD 120gig ATA/100 hard disc drive Storage DVD-Super Multi Drive Display 15.4" WXGA high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, 16 ms response time, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing on dual displays via... Read review

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Advantages: dream machine-perfect specs
Disadvantages: slightly mad touchpad, some may not like looks

...INTRO I purchased the Acer Aspire 5520G laptop from Tesco Direct for the cost of £499, about 3 months ago. I purchased the laptop as my third laptop after two very unsuccessful Gateway Laptops earlier in 2007. These two laptops were both around £100 cheaper and as it was nearly a year ago neither of them was as high a spec as this one, which is currently around the highest spec laptop I have seen under £700, even though it cost much less than that! The first thing that I should mention is that my laptop is a slightly different version and although it is an Acer Aspire 5520, it is the Acer Aspire 5520G version which has some slightly different features such as a slightly faster processor and a bigger hard drive than the standard 5520. OPERATING SYSTEM The Acer Aspire 5520G runs Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium as an operating... Read review

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Advantages: Price
Disadvantages: Still waiting to see

...My parents have been looking for a computer for sometime and asked me to keep and eye open for anything I thought might be suitable. Now I think you need to know that my parents are in their 60's and neither one has even handled a mouse or turned on a computer until the day this machine was delivered. I was lucky enough to find that Acer were having a clearance of some of their floor stock - I spied the system on eBay where it had been listed by the auction agents for Acer. I managed to get the system for 365 pounds (a pound a day for a year!) The system Specs are as follows: Specifications: Acer Aspire 6371R Intel Celeron 533 MHz 64 MB PC-100 SDRAM, 128 KB cache 1.44 MB FDD, 10.0 GB Ultra DMA/33 S.M.A.R.T. HDD Internal 56K V.90 full duplex PnP fax/modem Integrated UMA 8 MB SIS620 VGA graphics accelerator, Software MPEG...