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Acer Aspire 5580-6432
LockedI am looking for a notebook and was wondering what people thought of Acer in general, as well as this model specifically. It has an Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 with 2GB of 533Mhz DDR2, 120GB 5400 RPM harddrive, 224MB shared video RAM, and weighs 5.3lbs. Looking at the display model in the store, the screen seems to have annoying glare, but hopefully one could get used to it. The price is the best I’ve been able to find for those specs, at $899.
I’m pretty much stuck with that price range, so my only options are to take this or cut specs to go with another brand. What would you recommend I do?
Also, the battery life is 2.5 – 3 hours. Is this about what I should expect or could I do a lot better, even in this price range?
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My final decision is between the notebook mentioned above and an Acer 5050-3242 with a price of $599. It has an AMD Turion 64 MK-36 2.0Ghz with 1GB RAM and a 100GB HDD. Would the 1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo perform better than the 2.0Ghz AMD Turion 64? Is it worth the $300 to get the Core 2 Duo and the extra 1GB of RAM?