worth $500?

also is it worth it???? for $500.

Acer Aspire 3050 1066 Laptop Computer

AMD Powered Mobility. The Acer Aspire 3050 1066 Laptop Computer comes with an AMD Sempron 3500+ processor running at 1.8GHz and featuring 512KB of L2 cache. Surf the web or just edit photos on the 14.1-inch WXGA CrystalBrite display. This 5.8-pound laptop features 1GB of DDR2 memory -- enough to crunch the toughest applications. The Acer Aspire 3050 1066 Laptop Computer has an 80GB hard drive to store your music, media and more. Watch your favorite DVDs on an 8x DVD-Super Multi double layer optical drive. With an RJ-45 connection and Wireless LAN, you'll stay connected. There's a 5-in-1 Flash card reader, for interfacing with your portable digital devices, 3 USB ports, Windows Vista Home Basic Operating system, and more. Stay productive. Stay Connected. With the Acer Aspire 3050 1066 Laptop Computer.

Having at least 1 GB of RAM is sufficient enough to run vista.

Personally for ~$100-300 more you can get a much better laptop. Somewhere in the $600-800 price range is the sweet spot for budget laptops.

But the laptop you described will be good enough for daily tasks and stuff.hacker_xyzzy

[QUOTE="hacker_xyzzy"]Having at least 1 GB of RAM is sufficient enough to run vista.

Personally for ~$100-300 more you can get a much better laptop. Somewhere in the $600-800 price range is the sweet spot for budget laptops.

But the laptop you described will be good enough for daily tasks and stuff.Indestructible2

It would be for gaming mostly, Im looking for somewhat "cheap" laptop, Thats what Im asking the girlfriend to get me so I dont want her to spend too much.hows3r

I love how these people try and sell a rig with vista on it with less than 2gig of ram i dont get it...its not a bad craptop thoagallo