Hardware Bargains

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DrJohnZoidberg said:
Stupid drive is split somehow in to two partitions which are showing as separate devices. Not a big issue, but would much rather like to have the option to partition it as a single 3TB if I want.
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If you're talking about the Verbatim (mine arrived this morning), there is a formatting / partitioning tool pre-loaded on the drive. Use that to repartition to 3TB if you want.
 
dryburn.macbook said:
I used to be a Technician at Mustek and the head of Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer repair Acer had the least problems and Toshiba had the most. Lenovo wasn't too bad.
I learned that you have to go for the one with the longest warranty because without one you rather buy a new laptop(well in some cases)
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Fair enough.

My experience was different - dealing with Acer was nothing but a pain and hassle - custom RAM, units had to be sent to Jhb for anything to be done, endless followups - meh, once bitten and all that.
 
AfricanTech said:
Fair enough.

My experience was different - dealing with Acer was nothing but a pain and hassle - custom RAM, units had to be sent to Jhb for anything to be done, endless followups - meh, once bitten and all that.
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yea i can understand fully

DrJohnZoidberg said:
Mine was delivered a few minutes ago:

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where did you order from?? i have R1200 for a 3tb which i need!! my 2tb needs to be replaced!!
 
AfricanTech said:
Fair enough.

My experience was different - dealing with Acer was nothing but a pain and hassle - custom RAM, units had to be sent to Jhb for anything to be done, endless followups - meh, once bitten and all that.
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I will never touch a acer product in my life again really bad service when it comes to returns and repairs
 
Lenovo used to offer an extended warranty from 1 - 3 yrs and if you took it, they would cover both water damage and screen damage even if the screen got cracked because you punched it out of frustration :-)
 
I see in the latest Incredible Connection pamphlet, 2.5' 1TB Verbatim USB3 drives going for R699.99.
 
AfricanTech said:
Fair enough.

My experience was different - dealing with Acer was nothing but a pain and hassle - custom RAM, units had to be sent to Jhb for anything to be done, endless followups - meh, once bitten and all that.
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Just to give a fair representation, I'd like to point out that my company's sold many Acer machines to various clients (maybe 100 or more). As long as you take the extended warranty (which you should with any hardware, especially laptops) - absolutely no hassles. Plus the Acer one is onsite and very reasonably priced. The few times we needed hardware swapped out they were there the next day - sorted the problem and that was that. Smooth.

So you may have been once bitten, but we've been dealing with them for years. We don't mainly sell them cos we want to, we mainly sell them cos they're usually the best value for money with support.
(No, I don't work for them or get any kickbacks or discounts for selling their hardware. Just always gotten good service from their products)
 
mebe we should open a new fred for hardware bargains now......
 
K3NS31 said:
Just to give a fair representation, I'd like to point out that my company's sold many Acer machines to various clients (maybe 100 or more). As long as you take the extended warranty (which you should with any hardware, especially laptops) - absolutely no hassles. Plus the Acer one is onsite and very reasonably priced. The few times we needed hardware swapped out they were there the next day - sorted the problem and that was that. Smooth.

So you may have been once bitten, but we've been dealing with them for years. We don't mainly sell them cos we want to, we mainly sell them cos they're usually the best value for money with support.
(No, I don't work for them or get any kickbacks or discounts for selling their hardware. Just always gotten good service from their products)
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just recommended that acer @ 3999 for the parents. has free onsite warranty for 3 years. and your experience makes me glad. no hassles FTW!
 
AfricanTech said:
But, but, but then how do we help people avoid dud bargains?

(No aspersions on Acer, evidently they now offer great service with great quality)
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the discussion was around the mentioned bargain. not off topic as far as im concerned. if someone has experience about said product then thats great feedback for potential buyers. cant have a feedback thread around every bargain. as you were people.
 
erm, I was obviously mistakenly thinking the purpose of this thread was to advertise good deals..... better than one can get elsewhere.... and not the technical intricacies of each deal... whatever.... carry on
 
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