Page 1 of NETTO (NOT LIDL) Getting In ON `The Comuter Selling Thang`

From Jan 2nd

Acer 17" TFT Monitor @ £189
Acer Aspire PC (512mb RAM, 200gb hard drive, DVD Re-writer,128mb nvidia Graphics, 6 in 1 card reader, 56k modem, keybpard, mouse and speakers, XP Home and Works ?479

Not the nicest looking beast form the picture on the leaflet, and the spec is very limited-no mention of whether it`s onboard graphics and sound or not, or even what it`s audio capability is (the speakers look awful and cheap (£2.99 at a computer fair jobbies)

Also Labtec Webcam $9.99 Labtec wireless keyboard £14.99, newtech 128mb mp3 player £24.99

This item was edited on Sunday, 19th December 2004, 00:08

Which processor is it, does it say?

Does the monitor have a DVI connector? or a response time 25ms 16 ms etc?

Aldi and Lidl seem to be copying each other now and even Netto seem to be getting in on the act, like someone said on here if the can shift x thousand units as a 1 week special good for them. I`ve had no problems with my Aldi PC

This item was edited on Friday, 17th December 2004, 19:13

Why exactly should these items appeal to comuters?

I`d have thought some of the satnav kit would have been a bigger draw.

First post after months of perusing this place. Saw the A word (Acer) and just had to vent.

My advice is don`t touch anything made by Acer with a bargepole, no matter how cheap their goods or how long the bargepole is. I bought a 17 inch monitor from them In Feb this year. By July it had packed up. It then got sent to their Depot in Plymouth for fixing. Except they didn`t fix it. Nor did they know what was wrong with it. Every time I rang up them told me a new part was on order. I gave them a month before I got annoyed with hearing nothing and still not having my monitor. For every call to their support line I had to endure 14 minutes of Jean Michel Jarre, to then be told by some random idiot (they have plenty of random idiots there) that a part was still on order.

It finally took over 2 months to get a monitor back. I managed to blag an upgrade to a 19 inch, which was ok of them but I`d rather have not had the hassle in the first place. If this one goes wrong I will just boot it out into the road in front of the next 16 wheeler to go by and get myself a decent monitor.

Remember, the word Bin is in Bargain. (and Arga).

`Diane, I`m holding in my hand a box of small chocolate bunnies.`

This acer deal at Lidl is very interesting.
I have for past two years insisted on acer, 7 laptops, 17 F1 desktops, not a blip. Rattled banged and abused but all rock solid.
Them TFT monitors had around 6 for over 6 months brill. Looks like will be upgrading the rest of the TFT`s for new year....

Thanks to the original poster

Sorry, I boobed, it`s NETTO this offer is on at, not Lidl!!!

This item was edited on Sunday, 19th December 2004, 00:08