Thoughts on This Laptop? Acer Aspire 5 15.6-Inch i7-1165G7 $900

sleepyman on 26/12/2022 - 09:19
Last edited 26/12/2022 - 10:49 by 1 other user

$900 at Harvey Norman

This seems decent. But want to double check with my OzBargain peeps to make sure I'm not doing anything silly.

Essentials:

Needs Numpad
Would love decent Battery life (although i can deal with a few hours)

Any thoughts

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  Look Up on 26/12/2022 - 09:47

  What are you using the laptop for? Does it need to be light and portable?

  These 2 are the current best deals

  HP Pavilion Plus 14 i5-1240P, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, 14" 2.2K Laptop $815 + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ Officeworks, HN (OOS), DM (OOS)
  Acer Aspire 7 i5-1240P, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, GTX1650 4GB, 15.6" 144Hz $899 + Delivery ($0 C&C/In Store) @ Harvey Norman

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    sleepyman on 26/12/2022 - 09:51

    So, I need a numpad for work and battery life is important to me.

    So it cancels your two suggestions out.

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      altomic on 26/12/2022 - 11:00

      One of the two suggestions and a Usb num pad ?

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  Look Up on 26/12/2022 - 10:07

  OK so your actual requirements:

  1. Numpad
  2. Battery life
  3. Good screen for work

  Point 2 can be worked around with a battery bank + laptop that supports USB-C charging. You will also get better more runtime with a Ryzen CPU

  Good luck with the search

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    sleepyman on 26/12/2022 - 10:22

    more just numpad. which i will edit my post. battery would be useful. but not essential. i.e. if you can drop a few hundred for the price i can deal with a worse battery life.

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  AndyC1 on 26/12/2022 - 10:13

  What's the price at other places?

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    sleepyman on 26/12/2022 - 10:24

    more expensive from what I've seen.

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  BLAIL on 26/12/2022 - 11:23

  I trust these guys when it comes to refurbished stuff, why not just get this instead? if you're connecting to an external monitor then this should be fine for your needs

  https://www.australiancomputertraders.com.au/hp-probook-650-…

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  Sinnerator on 27/12/2022 - 08:27

  Acer Aspire is bottom of the barrel quality, make sure you give a keyboard a good test before buying one otherwise you may smash it out of frustration with all the issed keysrokes. I wn a aer wift and it' ad.