Replacement laptop (insurance) toshiba offered.

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Due to a recent 'incident' involving liquid and my trusty 'arl acer laptop, it has been written off by my insurance company. Now I was hoping it would be an Acer that was offered but apparently my insurance company think that Acers aftercare is crap so won't supply them (6 years and I never needed to use aftercare but heyhum).

Anyhow the replacement on offer is a Toshiba SAt c660-14x given that my other was 5-6 years old it must be better ?

Now I'm not in a position to chuck extra at it for an upgrade so it's this or a cash settlement (£339 after the excess) and tbh the cash would end up spent elsewhere and I would be on the netbook forever and a day. So the question is to all you tech savvy lids, which I am not, despite LCAB seeming to think I am, is this any good IN COMPARISON to my 'arl one ?

specs of both posted below...

Satellite-C660-14X

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit (pre-installed, Toshiba-HDD recovery)
- Intel® Pentium® Processor T4500
- DVD-SuperMulti +-R (Double Layer)
- 2048 MB DDR3 RAM (800MHz)
- 39.6cm (15.6") TruBrite® HD (1366 x 768) High Brightness display with LED backlight with 16:9 aspect ratio



THE 'ARL ONE
Acer_Aspire_1363WLMi

AMD Sempron 3000+ Processor
512MB DDR SDRAM - Low cost double memory Offer - call for details
60GB Hard Drive
DVDRW± Drive – to read DVDs and CDs and write CDs and DVD+ and DVD-
Widescreen 15.4" XGA TFT Screen
NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX Go5200 64 MB dedicated graphics
Integrated wireless LAN (802.11g) - Call for advice on Wireless networking
Microsoft Windows XP Home, Cyberlink Power-DVD and NTI CD-Maker Pre Loaded


I suggested a sawdust option but they said it's done before any other things are tried.
 


Alienware are supposed to be pretty good.

i bought a Dell before I mac'ed out and it was really good. Cost about $700aud. 4g ram, 2.5 something something processor, 250g hard drive.
 
Toshiba
Processor is faster
More installed memory
Better DVD drive

All means an allround quicker/ better performance...Any idea what size harddrive on the Toshiba??

Oh and do you mean blue screen...that can happen on any laptop / comp to be fair
 
Rugby Toffee said:
Toshiba
Processor is faster
More installed memory
Better DVD drive

All means an allround quicker/ better performance...Any idea what size harddrive on the Toshiba??

Oh and do you mean blue screen...that can happen on any laptop / comp to be fair
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System memory standard : 2,048 MB
maximum expandability : 4,096 MB
technology : DDR3 RAM (800 MHz)
Hard disk capacity : 320 GB
drive rotation : 5,400 rpm
 

Google the laptop and read the reviews if any...but IMO seems a decent one.

Ahhh the pimping took a hit in the cold weather to be fair..
 
The toshiba beats the Acer hands down... It's not top of the line like but it's alot better then the acer.

It's like comparing a PS3 to a PS2.

edit. Also 620 notes for the acer is daylight robbery.
 
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zero said:
The toshiba beats the Acer hands down... It's not top of the line like but it's alot better then the acer.

It's like comparing a PS3 to a PS2.

edit. Also 620 notes for the acer is daylight robbery.
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thats an 'arl price mate as they aren't available any more, I paid that all them years ago though, but there is another link on the same site that was £489, at the time it was good price and a flagship model.
 

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