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e-learning through mobil telephone platforms

I am an investigative psychologist who has been investigating memory processes for 22 years and have developed unique educational products. I would be interested in hearing from people, particularly in the mobile industry, who are able to sell visual IT products globally. I also have interactive videogame pilots which utilise this new and fast way of learning which is registered under the two categories of Science and Education at the London Patent Office.

Thursday 5 June 2008, 5:41 PM

What do people think of Acer laptops?

Posted by Lindsay Fraser

Can't resist posting my own experience of an Acer Aspire that's now in the dustbin. Cheap? 900 euros. Good? Within a month I started getting very painful static shocks off it that made the programs jump all over the place. Next came the keys dropping off. The space bar never worked properly anyway. Final pleasure? The motherboard irretrievably broke down. Aftersales and guarantee? I beg your pardon !! What aftersales? The shop refused to even take it back. Mr. Acer I will NEVER buy another piece of your rubbish again. Now I have a Japanese laptop and it works perfectly and it goes without saying that I have never received an electric shock off it. If Acer now want to flog "cheap" so-called laptops can I suggest they take a course in basic electronics first? You know "How to avoid electricuting the customer"
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dwr50

I'm currently using two Acer laptops and have not had any problems at all. Did you buy a refurbished one ?

Acer Aspire 5610z,Vista HP, No problems with Vista... so far, but I'm learning Linux, just in case.

Acer Aspire 5315-2153, $348 Walmart Special,Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Spring Edition. The fist Linux distro where everything worked, on this laptop, the first time !

Posted by dwr50 on Jun 5, 2008 11:54 PM

Lindsay Fraser

Hi, I am glad that your Acer is ok. No, I bought mine new, in its original box, from a shop in Colmenar Spain, near where I live. The irony is I asked for the most reliable laptop he had in the shop. The wretched thing just progressively fell to pieces in the way I described before, but regarding the electric shocks, the shopkeeper just said that was normal for an aluminium laptop body. He kept saying I should insulate it with rubber mats etc. but this made no difference at all. I continued to get electric shocks and when that happened, the documents and programs I was using, jumped all over the place. I went back several times but this shopkeeper refused point blank to serve the guarantee saying there was nothing abnormal. Then the keys started coming off. The space bar would not make the text move consistently. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it did not. Finally, a couple of months ago the motherboard broke down irretrievably and the cost of replacement was quoted at 400 euros. I gave up and bought another laptop, a Toshiba, which I am very happy with. But I don't think any computer should be put on the market that can produce electric shocks !!
Regards Lindsay Fraser

Posted by Lindsay Fraser on Jun 6, 2008 3:32 PM

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