uwaybie said:How does the AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6 GHz Processor stack up against the intel chips? Seems like a very basic unit.Crazy, I can't even find benchmarks for this particular processor, and I certainly didn't get any search results for it in the PassMark list. I'd guess that this is a pretty scary-slow processor given that the machine is so basic - but still probably adequate for light use, e.g. wordprocessing, websurfing, email.

yong98031 said:CompUSA is selling a basic Acer notebook now.
http://www.CompUSA.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp...

Thats a used one.
For same net money buy from TigerDirect

yesidonoitall said:Similar eMachine right now at Tiger$349.xx + $1.99 s/h
minus $52.50 bing Cash Back.

Nothing is similar at Tiger Direct. These people are crooks and cheats. They may have refurbished with problems for this price. STAY AWAY from them and their new company COMP USA. If it has a rebate...you will never see it.

FirebirdGA said:yesidonoitall said:Similar eMachine right now at Tiger$349.xx + $1.99 s/h
minus $52.50 bing Cash Back.

Nothing is similar at Tiger Direct. These people are crooks and cheats. They may have refurbished with problems for this price. STAY AWAY from them and their new company COMP USA. If it has a rebate...you will never see it.

They are new, while yes, it is not an Acer.
What diff does it make who owns what.

This is very similar to the $300 emachines that are on sale at Microcenter or OD earlier. The differences are the screen size (15.6" vs. 14.1" in the emachine), and card reader and no web cam. Don't be fool by the "AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6 GHz," it is the same slow 2650e which is single core, and 65nm. Chipset is the old 690v, so don't expect to do anything graphics intensive on it (barely good enough for windows aero (irrelevent) and 720p video playback).

uwaybie said:How does the AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6 GHz Processor stack up against the intel chips? Seems like a very basic unit.

It's $299, what the heck do you expect???

digitglobe said:This is very similar to the $300 emachines that are on sale at Microcenter or OD earlier. The differences are the screen size (15.6" vs. 14.1" in the emachine), and card reader and no web cam. Don't be fool by the "AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6 GHz," it is the same slow 2650e which is single core, and 65nm. Chipset is the old 690v, so don't expect to do anything graphics intensive on it (barely good enough for windows aero (irrelevent) and 720p video playback).

Thanks you answered my question. I just assumed it was dual core but was not sure. OK, so now I know it is single core.

Still a very good deal IMHO. I bet it will play movies just fine . . . . . . just not modern games. Gamers have to pay more than this for the machine they need. Most everyone else will do great with this laptop.

microwiz said:uwaybie said:How does the AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6 GHz Processor stack up against the intel chips? Seems like a very basic unit.Crazy, I can't even find benchmarks for this particular processor, and I certainly didn't get any search results for it in the PassMark list. I'd guess that this is a pretty scary-slow processor given that the machine is so basic - but still probably adequate for light use, e.g. wordprocessing, websurfing, email.
I suspected as much. Makes me wonder if this is even a good deal (not that I'm looking for a hot deal).

uwaybie said:Should have said this but I'll say it now. I'd like to find something under $400 with a dual core but I guess that's wishful thinking!

You can get a dual core for 400 at best buy anytime, which makes this deal warm at best.

Junk laptop, low specs. Agreed warm at best. Low end. Get a netbook, better performance. Or buy one from Tiger with Bing CashBack with better specs for lower price or same price.