Just taken delivery of my new Laptop

[johnnycboy]

As title says just received my new toy, ACER aspire 5742Z. Its a lovely peice of kit, all the whisltes and bells although I wont now how to use 99% of it. Thought it was a good buy at ?290 from argos refurb section, what do you guys think?

[wetdog]

i have a 5742 and its shit!!!!

mick.

[johnnycboy]

i have a 5742 and its shit!!!!

mick.

Fair comment. What would you say is shit about though?

[tigger001]

As title says just received my new toy, ACER aspire 5742Z. Its a lovely peice of kit, all the whisltes and bells although I wont now how to use 99% of it. Thought it was a good buy at ?290 from argos refurb section, what do you guys think?

Not all people use their Laptop or PC the same as each other
so if you are happy with what you have got then Well Done.

If in a couple of months you think you could have got a better one then thats known as Life's little faults.

Be Happy and enjoy.

[Jo-Jo]

is it this one ?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-a...34797-pdt.html

seems lik a pretty standard laptop to me no bells or whistles

[johnnycboy]

is it this one ?

ACER Aspire 5742Z Refurbished 15.6" Laptop - Red at cheap prices | PC World

seems lik a pretty standard laptop to me no bells or whistles

Yep thats the one, looks like argos ripped me off. still we live and learn.

I am happy with it though, as long as I can browse DK thats all I need it for.

[wetdog]

Fair comment. What would you say is shit about though?

general build quality, and the constant niggling little intermittant faults that show.

poor sound, dont like the keyboard, all these things only showed after a few weeks use.

mick.

[happy_highlander]

general build quality, and the constant niggling little intermittant faults that show.

poor sound, dont like the keyboard, all these things only showed after a few weeks use.

mick.

~~~~ sake mick, your cheery maybe if you didn't fill it full of dodgy programs it wouldn't complain so much

[cunny]

My advice. Format it. Be full shit u won't use. As per if any good? Depends on what you gonna use it for

[C64]

I am happy with it though, as long as I can browse DK thats all I need it for.

You could have bought a 2nd hand machine on eBay that would browse the Internet (and DK) for around ?60.

[lagerland]

Ive had a acer 7735z for around 2 and a half years now mate not missed a beat and it get well used everyday.I suppose its like anything you can get a good 1 or a bad 1.................

[pantomime horse]

having had an acer aspire one that lasted exactly 1 year and 2 days. yes 2 days out of warranty it fried itself.
and an acer fullsize lappy a couple of years ago that lost its sound, wifi and eventually screen went after about 18 months.
I wouldn't touch another acer ever
aftersales service is a joke
build quality is a joke

my advice would be get your money back and buy something else

[bolthead]

I bought my wife a 5715z a couple of years ago which she uses daily and is more than happy with.

[andy1weir]

ive got a toshiba m50- sumet , had it for goin on 7 years now, 1.73ghz 1 gb ram , 40gb hdd, still as quick as day i got it, does everything i need it too, and not 1 fault, well worth the 700 quid i paid for it.

[manxspud]

We have 2 desktops (home built) 1 netbook and 4 laptops in the house at present ... 1 of the lappys is a Aspire 5920G , its about 5yrs old and has stood the test of time

All the keys are still there and after the upgrade to windows 7 is still running pretty well. 1 area that it does stand out in is the the onboard sound and speakers which are better than most lappys i have come across. On the other side the screen was only average and never showed the colours as well as it should have done.

But it was in daily use until a few weeks ago and is about to be turned into a htpc as it does have a hdmi connection and bluray player. Although i had to have the blueray player changed twice as the 'Mcshita' that came with it never worked from the off ... so lived up to its name