I am useless with computers and mine has just broken. The one I had was fine for what I wanted so need one that’s as good or better. Thanks
My one is the acer, the toshiba is on offer at Curry’s
ACER:
* Acer Aspire Gemstone Design
* 15.4″ Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD
* Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic
* Processor: AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core QL60
* Memory: 3GB RAM (2*2048MB configuration)
* Hard Drive: 250GB SATA HDD
* Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
* Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti, CD/DVD reader/writer for all types of CD/DVD discs
* Connectivity: Wireless LAN BG
* Audio: Two built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers
* Webcam: Integrated 0.3Mp Acer Crystal Eye webcam
* I/O Interfaces: 3 * USB Ports, 5-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
* Software: Acer Empowering Technology
* Manufacturer Part Number: LX.AUA0Y.001
TOSHIBA:
Processor Intel Core i3-370M (2.4GHz, 3 MB L3 cache)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
RAM 4GB DDR3 expandable to 8GB.
Graphics card Intel HD Graphics
Screen type TruBrite high brightness LED backlit
Screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 15.6″
Screen features LED backlit
Hard drive 640GB SATA 5400rpm
Optical disk drive DVD Super Multi Dual layer
Memory card reader 2-in-1 (SD and MMC)
USB 2 x USB 2.0 ports
Modem/Ethernet Ethernet RJ45
WiFi WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Video interface 1 x VGA
Audio interface 3.5mm microphone in
3.5mm headphone out
Webcam 0.3mp
Keyboard & Mouse Full size keyboard with numeric keypad
Multi-touch touchpad
Battery Li-ion 6 cells
Battery life up to 5 hours
Accessories included AC power adapter
Quick start guide
Software included Toshiba Disc Creator
Toshiba User Manual
Supervisor Password Utility
Toshiba Assist
Chicony Camera Assistant Software
Toshiba Face Recognition
Toshiba Value Added Package (Toshiba Power Saver, Toshiba Zooming Utility, Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool, Toshiba Flash Cards, Toshiba Components Common Driver, Toshiba Accessibility, Toshiba Button Support)
McAfee® Internet Security (includes free Internet updates for 30 days)
WildTangent Games Console
Toshiba Photo Service
Toshiba Recovery Media Creator
Nero 9 Essentials
Nero BackItUp & Burn Autobackup Essentials
Skype
Bing Toolbar and Bing Search
Windows Live Essentials
This PC includes limited functionality versions of Microsoft ® Word and Excel with advertising. Purchase Microsoft ® Office 2010 to activate a full-featured suite preloaded on this PC.
Connectivity Doctor
ConfigFree™
Toshiba utilities and drivers
Size 380.5 x 254 x 28/35.6 mm
Weight 2.54kg
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You didn’t miss a thing , the toshbia has a better processor than your old acer, but the amd 3200 graphic card is better than the intel hd graphics card as far as graphics, , the toshiba has more storage space, and windows 7 , more ram and expandable to 8gb, like all the extra features the toshiba has , the toshiba is not good for gaming , but movies , web surfing,videos, etc. try looking around for another toshiba with a intel second generation i3 or i5 processor and a good ati or nvidia dedicated graphic card, but again not into gaming this is the laptop for you.
Having had both I would never have them again
Personally I would get a Samsung..
On offer at ASDA, at less than 300 quid
Yes the Toshiba is a better laptop than the Acer. One with the Intel i5 very good or i7 best processor and a dedicated graphics card would even be much better than the integrated graphics card chip set of the two you listed and paired with the new Intel second generation i5 or i7 processor would be the best. Look here to compare Toshiba models, spec’s, prices, features, order direct save and get free upgrades. http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/home…