good value for money (Acer Aspire 9303WSMi)

Name: Jamesth

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Product:	Acer Aspire 9303WSMi
Date:	10.09.07 (70 review reads)
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Advantages: has a real video card, not an integrated one, low price

Disadvantages: can play some 3d games but don't expect too much from a nvidia 7300

Acer Aspire 9303WSMi is part of the notebook category that can be defined as desktop replacement, this notebook has good quality for a medium/low price, I bought it in a store on a low cost deal, I can say it works fine, comes with windows vista premium ( i personally don't like vista but let's move on).

You can probably find different configuration with this notebook , mine has a geforce 7300, 1 gb memory, 120 giga HD (this are the part that generally are different in a notebook )

I can say I am pretty happy with this notebook, if you are searching for reasonable priced laptop that can: use office programs, play some games (not nextgen probably) the 7300 geforce is a low cost/low power consumption video card so many games will work especially at the lower settings, the notebook weigh around 4-5 KG and has everything you need to connect to the internet anywhere you go, a ethernet port 3 usb ports, is WI-FI 802.11b/g compatible and has a 56k port to connect to analogic telephone lines so basically has everything you need to use it everywhere you go.

The battery has got a 2 hours maximum power, and as I said this notebook is more of a desktop replacement to bring with you if you need it but not so comfortable to use it while you travel.

I installed ubuntu in it without to much hassle and works fine (the only problem I had was the audio that did not work on ubuntu, the real problem is that the notebook use, at least ubuntu thinks the 3d audio engine so you have to change the 3d surround instead of the normal audio (not that is such a big deal))

The notebook is oriented for the people that need a 17 inches monitor for office use to bring with them, and want a notebook that has a REAL video card inside, not the cheap, low cost, low consumption but really without any 3d functions integrated ones, aero(the 3d video engine of vista works fine, ad strangely fast) vista works fine but is a little slow.

The first installation require quite some time to get vista to work, I think it took me something around 20-30 minutes so be prepared to wait some time, but luckily is only to do it one time.

Summary: decent notebook for home use

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