Laptop choice

[CathJ]

Yes, another laptop question But it's not a wide open one, it's a choice between two with similar specs and pricing:

The Lenovo G530;
or the Acer Extensa 5645.

I had wanted the Lenovo, now I'm tending towards the Acer; but whereas I read really good reviews of the Lenovo, I can't really find any reviews of the Acer. Any thoughts?

 

[Drake2007]

Lenovo has a better build quality.

 

[blaaislaai]

When I bought my laptop 2 years ago I had the choice between Acer and Lenovo.

I bought the Acer because Lenovo was an unknown brand that time.

Acer has better support from what I have heard, they will collect the laptop from your house and repair it at their centre, all for free. Thats IF you ever experience problems.

 

[cerebus]

Lenovo = IBM. I've recommended that particular model several times, heard nothing but good reviews. At the R7k mark I don't think there is anything to match it. Acer build quality isn't terrible but it doesn't compare to IBM.

 

[nihilist]

Sorry, I'm pedantic

Lenovo is not IBM, IBM sold their PC devision to Lenovo. The engineers and designers have also moved to Lenovo. My Thinkpad T61 is after the Lenovo switch-over and the build quality is still stunning, my friend's extremely happy with his T500.

Though the G series is not a Thinkpad, it's still better imo than an Acer.

IBM still do Lenovo support, and I've had utterly amazing service from IBM.

One big plus with Lenovo, they do allow you to add/upgrade the RAM and hard drive but please confirm this as I'm not sure if it's for their other models, but it is with their Thinkpads.

 

[CathJ]

Cool, it looks like my first instincts were right, then The advantages of the Acer is that the CPU supports VT, it's a collect and repair warranty (vs drop-off and collect) and it has a multitouch touchpad; it also supports 802.11n and bluetooth, but that's not terribly important to me. And I don't like the way the touchpad is offset to the left, I suspect that will really get annoying quite fast.

The Lenovo has a dialup modem (useful for faxes), and a better built-in camera. But more important to me is the build quality, and the noise factor - apparently the Lenovo is a very quiet (and cool) running laptop.