Re: Acer vs Dell Battery Life/Reliability


"Derek" <n-o-s-p-a-m-no@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "William Angus Coutts" wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone have experience of Acer laptops and specifically the Acer
> Aspire
>> 1654WLMI that is for sale in Comet at £729. I am torn between this
> machine
>> and a Dell Inspiron 6000. They are roughly the same price with same
>> spec.
>> Although Acer is slightly better.
>>
>> Battery life is important so which one would last longer - I can find no
>> information on the net for this model - product spec says 90 hours! which
> I
>> think may be wrong!
>>
>> Also how does screen quality and machine reliability compare between the
>> Acer and the Dell.
>>
>> Any advice appreciated, thanks.
>
>
> Can't comment about the Acer, but I have the Dell Inspiron 6000 and its
> fantastic. Yes 90 hours is obviously wrong. My Dell does around 5 hours
> max per charge with the higher capacity battery (purchased as an extra at
> the time of sale) and with the screen at half brightness. I went for the
> middle resolution of screen 1600, and the wifi and bluetooth options. Its
> a
> really nice system. Well made, solid, and everything feels nice and works
> well together. One thing that really pleases me, is the lack of a fan
> kicking in and out all the time (like many modren laptops do) The Dell
> does
> not do this, instead they opted for a much much quieter slower fan which
> runs all the time (its almost silent, and can only be heard if you get
> real
> close to the fan vents). I think the Dell has been designed well for
> effective cooling. It doesn't get very hot underneath either (which is
> not
> the case for many other modern laptops)
>
> If you have any further questions about the Dell, please post.
>
> Cheers
> Derek
>
>
>
>
>
Hi Derek,

Thanks for reply. Can you tell me how much RAM you have in the laptop. The
model I am looking at comes with 512, as opposed to the Acer's 1024. If you
have 512MB how does it cope with any intensive tasks you do? Also what is
the CPU speed? The model I am looking at is1.8GHz

The Acer has better specs (2GHz, and 1024MB) in this regard for a similar
priced Inspiron 6000. But that may be negated if it is not as reliable or
got poorer battery life.

Regards, A


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