Quote from GiantDog:
Acer? Did you say Acer? Why in the world would you use Acer? Yuk.![]()
Quote from Anaconda:
I don't know if they are as good anymore, but the model I had 3 years ago was a great deal. I was able to tinker with it a lot as well and I like the self recovery that is installed into the harddrive itself.
I'm when they were breaking into the market, they built much better computers for the price. Not sure what they are offering now, but they got some good deals on low-end laptops.

Quote from xednise:
I don't need the helmet but I make enough trading that I don't need to waste time with a $300 throw together box either. I'm guessing your trading expertise doesn't match your computer skills.

Quote from Landis82:
I just received ( and set-up ) a new Inspiron 530s ( the slimline model ) for a family member who purchased it out of the Dell January catalog for only $349.00
Intel Dual-core E5200, 2.5Ghz with 2mb of L2 cache, 800 FSB, and 3 Gigs of DDR-2 800MHz RAM, DVD read/write, media card reader, Windows Vista Home Premium, 320 GB HD, speakers, keyboard, mouse, added an ATI Radeon HD3450 with 256 mb for DVI and HDMI. 1-year warranty.
Very slim design.
Pretty sweet!