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Acer Aspire AS9300-5005 Notebook (1.6GHz Turion 64 X2, 1GB DDR2, 120GB, DVDA?RW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium, 17" LCD)

68

Fair

  • Pros
  • Great built-in Webcam
  • Strong battery life
  • Cons
  • Only 1GB of memory hurts performance
  • Dissapointing built-in speakers

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