I OWN AN ACER LAPTOP

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I actually bought my laptop online and i loved it. I mainly use online for this site, Facebook, Twitter or checking my emails. The main reason i own a laptop is for the Internet and to look for jobs or play games. Before i had my own laptop i used the family computer. Unfortunately my model didn't come with a webcam but the newer models do i believe. If this laptop breaks then i will buy another one but until that time i have this one.

I bought an Acer Aspire 5740G-5309 for $700 about a year ago. It's the perfect bang-for-the-buck laptop and it even has a dedicated video card, which is insane for that price. It's served me well so far.

I'm glad for the info. I'm a computer ignoramus who will be picking out a laptop for my son after Christmas. Is it good for gaming? I can't afford one on my own, it will be a communal family gift.

Me too.
I have an Acer D250.
I use it as my secondary Linux machine.
I just love it.
Works really well on any challenge I throw at it.

I too have a D250. I find netbooks (basically mini-laptops) to be perfect for my laptop-type needs. I also have a Macintosh and PC desktop, but if I didn't, I'd want a more powerful, larger laptop-type computer than my netbook.

The netbook/laptop form has really come a long way recently, and the prices keep going down too. Desktops are not really necessary anymore unless you want a larger monitor (and you could plug your laptop into one you have at home if you want) or want the fastest system available, which is only really meaningful now for the latest games or for various professional uses (video editing, software development, other stuff).

OK, my son wants a laptop for Christmas/birthday and the family is going in together to get it. He likes to surf the web and play games and he gets frustrated (:wall:) when it's too slow. I'm not talking about high end games, just too much for my 7 year old refurbished clunker. Is an Acer good for what he needs?

You'll want to buy a laptop. For games, you want something with ATI/AMD or NVidia graphics - Intel won't cut it. I'd recommend at least 2 GB of memory. Any modern laptop should have enough hard drive space, but look for something with at least 160 GB of hard drive space. Depending on how game-y he is, if you're getting one with ATI/AMD graphics, get one with a 6000-series graphics processor for the best performance. As far as CPU, get Intel if you can. A dual core CPU will be sufficient for even the most modern games.

As far as general non-game use, any modern laptop will work nicely, so there's no worry there.

It is really nice how far computer technology has gone, even in the past five years. I agree for me as well, buying that Acer has been well worth the money. Netbooks are quite nice. Thinking about it now, the screen size (resolution, really) is the main reason I'd want to get a larger laptop-type system. Otherwise, the netbook form is perfect for me. Even so, the resolution is sufficient for one maximized app at a time. And I hadn't even thought of playing 2D games on it.. it can't really handle 3D but I'm sure it would work quite well for 2D. Nice