Acer Aspire Deals & Offers

Yeah. Used should’ve been £300 max. Given Intel is rumoured to announce i9 consumer chips next month a month’s wait is well worth for a better (then previous) spec laptop.

This model has been reviewed as being quite slow due to the HD in it and poor graphics also IIRC.

Acer Aspire 6 is £549 at Currys. Only £30 more for the newer model and brand new! Sorry, cold. currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-aspire-6-15-6-laptop-black-10174146-pdt.html

Oos.

Would expect a dedicated GPU at this point, especially since this is a refurb. Also, Acer has the worst customer experience I've ever experienced in my life. It took them over 5 weeks to replace a keyboard in the UK, compare that with Dell who did the same thing in 10 days (including shipping the laptop to Germany and receiving it)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-5-A515-51-512D-Laptop-15-6-i5-7200U-8GB-256GB-SSD-BullGuard-/401568816854?hash=item5d7f5dded6 Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-512D Laptop 15.6" Core i5-7200U 8GB 256GB SSD Windows 10 (New)£539

Seems a decent price - heat added.

Looks like someone has purchased the item :)

Someone snapped it up - bargain.

Link not working

Just need fhd :(

It's the same company that's selling your laptop deal on Tesco Direct, it comes from the same supplier

Just to let you know that Tesco Direct closes down tonight for good. If you want this then just go straight to the Box website. As far as the price goes, buy direct from Box and you can get it for £549.97. Personally, I think you are getting a lot for your money including a dedicated 2gb graphics card and 8gb of ddr4 ram. Stick in an ssd and off you go. I'm giving it some heat.

Just been on Newegg. I cant find it. Do you have a link?

£60 for warranty and alot of people complaining about this company selling repackaged, damaged or refurbished products. I personally only buy from established trusworth companies.

Newegg is an American retailer.

I have a brand new sealed box with warranty one of these to get rid of... (in red)

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Right hand side next to the red 'Get Deal' button. I'll add it to title to make it clearer.

I still don't see the code in the title

In the title - Enter PICK10 at checkout (the screen when your confirm payment - left bottom). This works on all Argos Ebay items at moment for 10% off

Has this expired? Voucher code DEAL is not working for me.

I used to have a 17" Dell XPS gaming laptop, the screen was very good at 1080p. Now, I would expect 2K at least. However, I would swap 2K screen for 1080p, more RAM & higher refresh rate.

The display resolution of this machine for a 17.3" laptop is terrible in my opinion...

Nope, white rhinos are.

Are laptops dying out?

Just put myself down for one. Hope it lives up to expectation! Thanks OP.

I have this machine with SSD and it is rapid for the light use I require it for. From start-up to having Chrome up and ready to go is 20 secs. I'm not sure what its like with the listed HDD but it may be worth finding one with SSD for rapid speed. Its definitely worth it.

So the one posted before with the 120 ssd is better?

Ordered thanks. Will be fine for daughter. :-)

Cant find it at all, link?

Hey, yes I gave that a try via their Live Chat. But their tech support rep wasn't particularly sympathetic (although did provide the part numbers I'd require). The rep basically ignored my complaint and didn't respond to my last message, so the conversation just trailed off..: Me: Installation of 2.5" HDD. No cable/caddy in the hdd bay! 50 minutes ago Dear customer, if no new message is sent for 10 minutes, your chat will be automatically disconnected. We thank you for your understanding. Gordon: Hi, my name is Gordon. 50 minutes ago Me: Hi Gordon. 50 minutes ago Gordon: Good day to you. Thank you for contacting Acer 50 minutes ago Me: Thanks. Did you see the subject? Is this a fault with the laptop/manufacturing process? 50 minutes ago Gordon: Are you doing an upgrade your unit unit ? 50 minutes ago Me: Yes, installation of a 2nd HDD in the HDD bay.. but no SATA connector is available in the bay. 50 minutes ago Gordon: Ok I see, you have to buy the connector separately 50 minutes ago Me: Seriously?? 50 minutes ago Gordon: Yes Sir seriously, it is because that specific you that not come up with a HDD its an optional storage 40 minutes ago Me: It's an optional storage sure, but pretty much every reputable laptop manufacturer would provide a SATA connector in the HDD bay! It's ridiculous that it's an additional purchase, and installing it will require complete disassembly of the laptop and access to the motherboard 40 minutes ago Gordon: Yes Sir, you will also need to buy HDD BRACKET 33.GP4N2.002 ,HDD CABLE 50.GP4N2.004 40 minutes ago Me: Were can those be purchased from? 40 minutes ago Gordon: the number you see there it is part numbers you can buy from the our spares department please call them on 0330581711 40 minutes ago Me: Bit of a joke isn't it? Think I'll be returning this laptop. Picked it up yesterday. The fact that Acer couldn't be bothered fitting a completely standard part in manufacturing is nonsense. 40 minutes ago Me: No response? 25 minutes ago Gordon: Sir, thats unit does not come with the hdd, the Harddrive is an optional storage and if you want to put it , you have to purchase the hdd cover and hdd connector 20 minutes ago Me: Yes, that's my point. Other manufacturers that sell SSD laptops provide an HDD expansion port. HDD expansion ports, by definition, contain an HDD *connector*.. For some reason, presumably cost-cutting, Acer have decided not to, to the detriment of customer experience, and system upgradability. 15 minutes ago You have been disconnected from the chat due to inactivity.

Are you going to make a direct complaint to Acer, you should,

Unfortunately you can't upgrade storage easily on this model, which is a bit of a joke. Acer couldn't be bothered fitting a SATA connector nor HDD caddy in the HDD expansion bay.. so you need to first purchase the parts from Acer UK Spares (HDD BRACKET 33.GP4N2.002 ,HDD CABLE 50.GP4N2.004), disassemble the laptop and install to the motherboard. A bit of chat about it here : https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/542133#Comment_542133 and instructions for fitting the SATA cable to the motherboard here :https://uk.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/53260 I'll be returning mine on principle and won't be purchasing any Acer products in the future. (annoyed)

Ok thanks.

No, it's for a birthday present mid-july, so I'll leave it at the store as long as possible if that would extend the return period.

Anyone who bought this laptop and started using it please update on the performance, thanks!

Im an old guy and use an old Dell Inspiron 9400 17" 2gb RAM 300gb HDD, and find it great for what I use it for. I also have an I7 15" which I very rarely use as I prefer the bigger screen. . I'd like to buy this as a replacement for the Dell, will this be as good or better? or is it a waste of money.

Upgrade to SSD, replace windows with Ubuntu and it will be ok for me. ;)

I had one of these and the hinges snapped damaging the casing after about 8 weeks. Took it to a computer store and they said the amount it would cost to repair, it's cheaper to get a new one

I have been googling and can't find out if this has a soldered on CPU. If it doesn't and the CPU is upgradable this looks a great buy. Edit...it appears to have bga CPU or soldered on.

Unfortunately you can't upgrade storage easily on this model (or the other Acer Aspire 5 deal) , which is a bit of a joke. Acer couldn't be bothered fitting a SATA connector nor HDD caddy in the HDD expansion bay.. so you need to first purchase the parts from Acer UK Spares (HDD BRACKET 33.GP4N2.002 ,HDD CABLE 50.GP4N2.004), disassemble the laptop and install to the motherboard. A bit of chat about it here : community.acer.com/en/…133and instructions for fitting the SATA cable to the motherboard here :uk.answers.acer.com/app…260 I'll be returning mine on principle and won't be purchasing any Acer products in the future. (annoyed)

They most certainly used another screens 7y ago. So, don't just assume that screen is good, but check!

currently on an Acer aspire (i5) which I have owned for 7 years. Screen is perfect although I could do with a proper Acer battery to replace my generic one

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information about the screens on these Acer aspire 5’s. The one everyone says is dire is the TN panel which from what I can see the mx150 variant doesn’t come with, Tesco list this as having the ips display whereas all other aspire 5’s they have doesn’t make mention of it. notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-5-A515-51G-7200U-MX150-FHD-Laptop-Review.240090.0.html As noted here the ips variant is actually decent ,if anyone actually has this model from Tesco’s it would be good to get confirmation it does actually come with that ips panel?

Good deal. Much better than the MSI someone posted last week.

This is better than the usual 32GB laptops, that people will have problems with future windows updates.

Couple of vids showing the SSD expansion capabilities.