Great Deal (Acer Travelmate 505 series)

Member Name: Tubbyman

Product:	Acer Travelmate 505 series
Date:	27/02/01 (511 review reads)
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Advantages: Great Hardware Package

Disadvantages: Slow internet connection whilst on ac power, some problems with startup screen

I bought my ACER travelmate 508T in the after christmas sales at Currys, getting a buy one pay next december offer. It runs like a dream. With a P350 processor even my demanding score writing program (SIbelius) runs smoothly and the sound card adds a polish to my laptop that friends' laptops can't compete with. It came with a funky tiepin microphone that records incredibly clearly and has nearly five gigabytes of memory as well as 32 M Ram.

The only drawback is my internet connection. It has a 56k modem which struggles to connect at 44k and drops to 9K when I am using the ac adaptor, this is rather annoying as I have to make sure my battery is fully charged before connecting.

I got a five year warranty, theft for the first year and splash warranty for the whole five years so now I don't have to worry about my investment fizzling away (my girlfriend has to be very protective of hers as she got no such cover).

The graphics are great and the colour is clear although it came with a few frustrating setup features and could have been more generous in the software package department.

All in all though, it's much better than my old bulky desktop, and quite a reasonable price. I was wary about the touchpad at first but I have grown to like it more than the old mouse system, which was always sticking on my old PC.

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