Acer Aspire 5633 Laptop

Well the company I work for were daft enough to give me a bonus this year and even better they managed to back themselves in to a silly corner and had to pay out double the amount they wanted to. I'm positive many larger companies base the targets they want for bonuses not to reward the good work as such, but to only cost them so much. They want a carrot to tempt you, not a whole veg garden.

Anyway... back to the laptop, cause they had to give me more than they wanted I decided to buy a laptop so I hunted high and low and finally ended up with an Acer Aspire 5633. Specs as follows: -

• Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz
• 1GB ram
• 120GB 5400rpm HD
• GeForce Go 7300 with 128MB
• DVD writer
• 15.4" screen (1280 x 800)
• Integrated 1.3M webcam, wireless, ethernet, modem, bells, whistles and trombones!!

At £565 delivered it the most bang for my buck I could find, even cheaper than a dell.

Have to say... this is a great little bit of kit, just let down by the supplier in one respect and one respect only. Packaging. They took the Acer box and packed it in the solid container know as a plastic bag. The Acer box was not much bigger than a VCR, this should have arrived in another box especially if you are going to let initial citylink deliver it.

The box was damaged and if the strike had been 1 inch to the right, the laptop would surely not work.

I think I may be upgrading the Acer warranty... just in case.