ACER ASPIRE 3620

I have just gotten a hold on the Acer Aspire 3620, mainly becuase it has recetly been discontinued.

This laptop comes with an Intel Celeron M processor at 1.6GHz, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, 40GB HD, 14.1" WXGA Glossy monitor, built-in microphone, wireless A/B/G networking, bluetooth and a CDRW/DVD drive.

The battery lasts about three hours on minimum running specs that you can adjust in the provided Acer power management software.

I owned a Toshiba Satellite A10 previous to this and sold it off. I purchased an Acer Aspire T135 desktop PC (of which I have been very happy to own) and now to continue the legacy, as it were, I purchased the Acer Aspire 3620 notebook computer.

When I was looking for my notebook I was considering all makes (including Lenovo, HP, COMPAQ, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba, Sony, Averatec, and of course Acer) and was loking at the quality and thefeatures of each to see which was the best buy.

The Acer was the best choice. It was $50 cheaper than the other laptops that I was considering at a price of $699 with the same features.

For $50 more I could have purchased an COMPAQ with a DVD Burner and a 60GB hard drive but I couldn't get the trackpad to work on it no matter what I tried.

I also considered an HP but there are so many lights on the stupid HP notebook that I was concerned about battery life.

There was also an Averatec there as well. It was the discontinued model that they were selling and it had a mobile AMD Sempron chip in it. I was interested in it because It had the AMD chip in it as well as it looked just like and Apple iBook when it was closed.

I even considered getting a new MacBook. Unfortunately the price for the MacBook is just way out of my range.

Considering all of the features included in this laptop I was pretty much forced to go for the 3620. I would have preferred to buy an Acer notebook with a Pentium M with Centrino technology but you pay a premium of $200 for that Acer notebook. I am not a super traveller so I decided to stay away from that.

The 3620 also comes in a super small package. It is thinner than my Toshiba A10 was (and I can compare because my parents were the ones that purchased it off of me) as well as half the weight. The DDR2 RAM really boosts the performance as well. The 3620 only has a 4800 RPM hard drive but it is able to keep up with my much faster AMD Sempron 1.8GHZ desktop with two 7200 RPM hard drives.

I am happy with this purchase. Keep in mind this notebook is now discontinued so if you're looing for a good deal check out your nearest Future Shop (its on sale at Future Shop for $699)or another dealer that carries this specific notebook.

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