Warm? Acer Aspire 15.6" Budget Laptop - $349.98 @Staples in store special order

[Paladin3]

http://www.staples.com/Acer-Aspire-A...product_923938

AMD Dual-Core C-50 (1.0Ghz) processor
3GB DDR3 RAM
320GB SATA
8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
15.6" Widescreen CineCrystal LED
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery
802.11b/g/n
ATI Radeon HD 6250 Graphics with 256MB of dedicated system memory
2-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
3 USB slots
15" (W) x 9.96" (D) x .98"/1.33" (H)
5.74lbs
1 year warranty
1 HDMI Port
Full-size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
1.3 Megapixel HD Webcam (1280 x 1024 resolution)

Not a bad price considering the specs, except for the AMD C-50 1.0ghz processor, which is the only thing keeping me from going to get one right now.

Anyone pick one of these up, or have experience with that processor?

 

[gorcorps]

Everything seems good but I've never heard of or seen that processor before. Dual core, but only at 1Ghz? Still probably fine. Also it's just got a DVD reader, not a burner. Still seems solid for the price.

 

[Kaido]

1.0Ghz ahahahahahahahahahahaha that made my day :biggrin:

 

[jjmIII]

...or a triple core @2.1 for $50 more

 

[jae]

That tri-core isn't bad.. just don't trust acer..

 

[Zap]

This is an AMD Bobcat/Zacate core. They are also available at 1.6GHz with slightly better IGP for a few bucks more. The 1GHz version would have Atom-like performance - bit less in single threaded stuff, bit more in multithreaded stuff, and with better graphics. The 1.6GHz version is sufficiently better than a dual core Atom to be usable for pretty much anything except for recent games.