Comments on: Get a refurbished Acer laptop for $299.99

The Acer Aspire AS5515 is now priced as low as a Netbook, but offers a full-size screen and keyboard, a DVD drive, and Windows Vista Home Basic. (Never said it was perfect.)

[isaacb7]

Hey Rick,

Thanks for all the great deals! What do you think of this Dell HD monitor for only $150?

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=320-7339

[isaacb7]

To clarify, its a 23'' widescreen with 1080p. I haven't seen anything similar at that price.

[rickbroida]

I think I *almost* posted that deal this morning, but I've done so many monitors lately...

[ywkhgqo]

rick, woot.com is having a wootoff currently!

[bobbybob3680]

im sorry to say this, but acer computers SUCK. you can forget customer service, theyre ********. they alwaays have motherboard problems, and are pretty much made of ****

[timothy632]

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-1545/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-1545&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~linux_2~~

[jungleboogiemonster]

A few years ago I bought a celeron aspire for $299 and although it only lasted about 3 years before the screen hinge broke i still feel like I got a good deal. That comes out to $100/year, which isn't bad considering a $800 laptop probably wouldn't last 8 years.

[timothy632]

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-1545/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-1545&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~linux_2~~

Much better!

[timothy632]

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-1545/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-1545&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~linux_2~~

[Nychocolips]

Ah. This is Rick's original post! I was actually looking at that.

[iceman721]

I purchased a Acer for my daughter about a yr ago for her 15th birthday. She has used it for a yr now without too many issues (other than the occasional software gaffe of her own doing to which I hear, "Daaad I need you to FIX my computer! LOL). The hardware is just fine. I think her computer was a dual core Intel with 2gb fo Ram and I paid 400.00 for it. This is $300 with 3gb of Ram and the AMD 64 processor. I wouldn't hesitate to jump on this. It probably will run even better with a copy of Windows 7 installed on it.