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Title: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Vamps on 27 March 2013, 22:30:27
My laptop needs some surgery :( One of the IT guys from work is going to sort it........ :y :y

In the meantime got my old laptop out of the loft, left unloved for 15 months, up and running after a few updates etc........  :o :y :y Acer is 6 years old, HP was 15 months old...... :( :(
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: ozzycat on 27 March 2013, 22:35:13
never had any problems with both my acers 1 12months old the other is 8 years old been good laptops :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Kevin Wood on 27 March 2013, 22:52:14
Yep, got an Acer netbook here that's giving sterling service. Needs a fresh battery,mind, but I rarely use it away from mains.
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: albitz on 27 March 2013, 22:58:15
Ive had two Aspires expire in the last 10 days. :(
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Vamps on 27 March 2013, 23:03:25
Quote from: Albitz on 27 March 2013, 22:58:15
Ive had Aspires expire in the last 10 days. :(

Aspires or Aspirations?....... :D :D
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: albitz on 27 March 2013, 23:05:10
Forgot to type"two" for some reason. ??? :-[ ;D
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Vamps on 27 March 2013, 23:10:30
Quote from: Albitz on 27 March 2013, 23:05:10
Forgot to type"two" for some reason. ??? :-[ ;D

You reached that age as well eh........ :D :D
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: henryd on 27 March 2013, 23:27:05
Our Acer Aspire lappy looks like it's been run over by a truck but still works ok  :-\
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: doz on 28 March 2013, 02:03:30
I don't what it is with laptops. I seem to kill them. About every 15-18 months except for the one I use in the garage which is a real cheap one from Novatech which takes shit loads of abuse. PC world must hate me, I always take the extended warranty/accident damage. My last laptop must of gone back 4 times completely mullered and without a quibble they always fixed it. My current HP is doing well but is just starting to show signs of failing.
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: TheBoy on 28 March 2013, 09:53:23
My HP is doing well. Was Vista vintage, so guess 4 or 5 years old now. Had a new battery a year or 2 ago. Comes in the bath with me, as I'm sure most members know.

Not as impressive as my old tosh, that fell in the water on a few occasions, got dropped from a height (which broke hinges), and I gave to my mate when I bought the HP. He still uses it :o

Acer have some of the worse warranty returns in the business, percentage wise. Although given the target market, probably not surprising.
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Shackeng on 28 March 2013, 10:20:55
My Acer extensa had exactly the same problem as Vamps' HP. Eventually I had to buy discs from Acer for £60 to fix it. Apparently I could have bought them with the machine for £10, which of course the shop didn't mention at the time. >:( >:( >:( Lesson: Never buy a computer without seperate backup discs! :y
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Del Boy on 28 March 2013, 14:15:39
All Acers I've had have been rubbish, last a year roughly. Got a Dell which I got in 2008, and it's been very good.
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 28 March 2013, 18:33:08
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 27 March 2013, 22:52:14
Yep, got an Acer netbook here that's giving sterling service. Needs a fresh battery,mind, but I rarely use it away from mains.

Not sure how you treat the batteries Kev.......but i mullered two dell laptops batteries by leaving them on charge 24/7. The cheap Advent notebook i have now is probably 3 years old (had XP on it originally, now has doz7) I unplug it when not in use and purposely let the bat go flat every few months.....it still seems to hold it charge well and lasts as long as when i first bought it  :y
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: Omegatoy on 29 March 2013, 19:14:11
acer aspire 3630 ;D still going and is extreemely old and clunky but it still does what i need it to! which come to think of it isnt a lot :-X
Title: Re: Fired up the old Acer Aspire
Post by: D on 29 March 2013, 20:02:58
Have had 2 acer's in the past. Not the cheaper variants either. Both of them last about 12 - 18 months.

Hate the useless things!