Seems reasonable for the price and then a complete bargain for the camera alone:

Front-Facing Camera Resolution 1280MP:laughing:

It's already in Europe so no duties or taxes due. That's one benefit an "out" vote could ruin!

Pretty good for a mobile Dev machine. Stick a bit more RAM in, upgrade Windows to 10, curse because Windows 10 upgrade is hanging, go away and make a cup of tea, watch a couple of episodes of Breaking Bad, come back to the same 'Windows is preparing for install' screen, go postal and stamp on the Laptop, smile to yourself and feel content about £99.99 well spent.

The CAPSLOCK KEY?

You're welcome.

Thank you Dave. You're a star x

Looks like it, yes. Its just a dummy drive which slides out and I presume you use the fascia from it and attach it to the front of the new drive. Not sure of model but this listing on a well know auction site looks like it would fit.
I believe you can also buy a second hard-drive caddy that will slot into it, but dont know which one, sorry. Maybe this one?
I've ordered an external usb3 drive which plays blu-rays and burns DVD's and CD's for around £21 from the same auction site. Easier for me to plug in or out when needed rather than permanently keeping the extra weight inside. I can leave it behind if not planning to use it to save weight and it spinning up occasionaly and using power. Can also use on other devices.
Hope that helps. :smiley:

Hi davej1710,

Can a DVD/CD drive be added to this?

You're welcome. Glad it helped.

Good man, great reply. I agree with the SSD to cost not being worth it, with my 8gb that will be it for me.

Upgraded the ram yesterday to 1866mhz 8gb. Says in some system settings its only 1333mhz but ignore it. Now showing as using upto 2gb for video and the rest is split between system with around 4-5gb free.
Had to remove around 17 screws off the back, then prise off the back with a little force. Memory slot right there, so no removal of motherboard etc, so its not the same as the video of the 511 thank goodness.
Not noticed a massive improvement, but shouldnt expect to unless opening several apps at once. Noticed the HD is 100% for a while after boot up so swapping to an SSD might help improve further, but for the cost, probably not justified.
If you expect speed, you probably wouldnt have bought this laptop anyway.

I agree but this video should help us: Acer ram install
Has anyone already upgraded the ram & does it make a massive improvement?

The laptop is up to £109 now is this still good deal looking to replace my Asus K55A which has seen better days

It shows as £109.99 here though and seems to be since 2 days...

Ha! Agreed, I stopped using their links ages ago! Mods who moderate like the Gestapo

Also would like to know about adding dvd drive, bezel?

Does this come with a dvd drive? If not can one be added?

​there are some atom CPUs would eat this celeron...

Missed it now 109.99

Sure, I agree with you that the 2GB RAM and HDD will be the bottle neck even before the Celeron CPU.

But they can be upgraded.

I am just thinking this Celeron + 8GB RAM + SSD, Celeron is the bottle neck now. In this situation, will the Celeron be powerful enough. From what I see, it is very weak.

I go with i3's myself, but I ordered a laptop at work with one of these in and it's perfectly fine for day to day tasks. The hard drive and/or memory is going to be the bottleneck.

Shows up as £109.99?

Is this any good please? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-FLEX-10-1-inch-Intel-Celeron-2-16-Ghz-4GB-320GB-Touchscreen-Laptop-Black-/361428432926

Laptop and 8gb ram upgrade purchased. Can't go wrong for the price

Was considering getting this but all these comments are putting me off and definitely don't fancy posting back to Poland. Needed a spare laptop to install Kali Linux OS rather than using the virtual player but i will pass on this one.

Hi, is this capable of watching the 4k context on youtube please? My Lenovo stick appears to struggle. Thanks

FYI you quoted the wrong person. It's probably best if you're going to be Mr. Big, that you actually look good in the process.

Thanks will purchase on for my mum.

Seems reasonable for the price and then a complete bargain for the camera alone:

Front-Facing Camera Resolution 1280MP:laughing:

DO NOT GET THIS LAPTOP I GOT THE NEWER VERSION DOESNT WORK

This is an Atom processor, with the Silvermont architecture. Intel started using "celeron" to cover random CPU. Its confusing as ****
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvermont
"Silvermont is a microarchitecture for low-power Atom, Celeron and Pentium branded processors"

you'll find these CPU cores in a range of chips, baytrail, moorefield ... RTFW

very good deal

​That really shouldn't stop anyone from voting out!

just ordered another product from Luzerntech. will see when/how it arrives and comment...

Got one to replace the mother in laws XP laptop. Thanks op

Can't go wrong for a hundred.

Which processor is better Atom or Celeron?

If I needed a new laptop i'd be all over this.

The previous refurbished I bought was an Medion A4 1200 for £150 a couple of years ago and if it's anything like that (bloatware, third party apps) then you'll want spend some time trimming it and setting it up to run on as little resources as possible. As long as you're under no illusion of what you can do then IMO it's perfectly fine for everyday tasks. Browsing web, skyping, youtube, email, watching the odd film. Even manage to encode some home movies once but took ages.

Before Win10 you could disable updates and defender but now be prepare to take a toilet break when updates randomly kicks in.
No need to spend anymore if it's the basics you're after.

Which processor is better Atom or Celeron?

Is the N2840 and 2GB RAM not going to struggle on even day to day tasks, even chrome?

N2840 is weak at the bottom range of CPU as bad as A4, it may only be stronger than Atom. It has less than 2/3 of power of my 7 years old retired duo core.

I am not a CPU person. I think i3, A8, stronger Celeron or Pentium are enough for day to day task. But this N2840 (as well as N2830) is one of the weakest Celeron still on sale.

I do think the laptop will struggle even with day-to-day tasks sometimes if not all the time.

You would be much better to pay £200/190 for a refurbished i3 or similar, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD with 12 months warranty.

who is the warranty with? Acer?

I doubt you'd get a half decent machine any bigger than 15" screen for that price, so not much in it. Have you thought of hooking the 11" laptop to a bigger monitor like a 24+" (assuming the resolution and connections on the 11" will support that)?
Not ideal, I know, but for that budget might be an option.
Try ebuyer or similar. Often have daily deals on monitors of that sort of size.

anyone recommend one with touchscreen?

Good find OP. I've had a good experience, prob luck with my last laptop which was refurbished grade A and looked brand new so I'm taking a punt with this.

I've notice another listing but this time grade C for the same price.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-E5-411-C5Z7-14-Laptop-2GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-Intel-Celeron-Blue-Grade-C-/401080698648?hash=item5d6245c718&_sid=2048038

May the best man get the 'AS NEW' one.

thx op, just bought one.

for those who bought 2, what special price did you get them for?

I'm sure its legit and stuff but theres some strange addresses going on. It states the item is located in Germany, the business seller information states Dublin but has a return address in Poland!

thx op, just bought one.

for those who bought 2, what special price did you get them for?

Weight?

I've zero idea about laptops but would this fit the bill if looking for a cheap one to use iTunes, internet browse and watch the odd dodgy football stream?

physically bigger. got a 11'' laptop at the moment. just want a larger screen for the kids so they don't end up squinting trying to use the laptop. will only be used for browsing, Microsoft Office, iplayer/kodi/youtube etc. not for gaming. so doesn't need to be super powerful but nothing that's going to drag.

budget of £150...I know, a right impossible task :laughing:

Do you think this would be good for a year 7 student for a few years? main purpose homework, Web based games, watching footy on bt sport, sky , YouTube etc?

nice laptop but anyone come across one with a bigger screen?

would only take a couple of images to fill the hard drive though!

Pretty good for a mobile Dev machine. Stick a bit more RAM in, upgrade Windows to 10, curse because Windows 10 upgrade is hanging, go away and make a cup of tea, watch a couple of episodes of Breaking Bad, come back to the same 'Windows is preparing for install' screen, go postal and stamp on the Laptop, smile to yourself and feel content about £99.99 well spent.

I've seen this company selling the Asus X205TA grade A, for less than £80. Never more than 2 or 3 at a time so never been worth posting but they pop up now and again so worth keeping your eye out.

Great, thanks for the info! Pain to replace as I've always had laptops with a simple one screw cover to replace, but for the price, worth a go.

Anyone know where to get suitable 8gb RAM upgrade module from, please?
Not being lazy, just cant find out specs of the correct memory type. Dont want to add £30 to the bill to find out its the wrong type. Any help appreciated, thanks.

Just noticed thay also do a Grade B version yet its £18 more??.
Do you think they've made a mistake and we'll end up with grade B , not A, but with the added cost of sending back to Poland for a refund?

Arghh, I am very tempted to get one of these purely for Console streaming, you can upgrade the memory, HDD and Network card..

Put 8GB, an SSD and a Decent AC Wireless card.. question is the screen quality?

Luzerntech are geographically difficult to pinpoint as they're all over Europe.
The location of this item says its in Germany, 3-4 day delivery. The returns should be shipped back to Poland, but the contact address is in Dublin, Ireland. They have contact numbers for UK, Ireland & EU though.
They're a legit and reliable company though so dont let that put you off.
Any guesses if this comes with EU or UK plugs?
Any duty/ taxes due on it this end or already paid?
Is the RAM upgradeable or at its max?

specs seem a bit naff to me. i know its 99 quid but its second hand.

Stick an 8GB module in this for about £40 and its a decent basic laptop for the price

Only one ram slot on this and supports 8GB, should be around £30.

Yeah, they are saying it's best to upgrade from the 2GB, upwards :smiley:

Good reviews on Tesco but suggest upgrading the 2GB Ram to speed things up a bit.

I have this great laptop paid lot more than that though but mine is 2 years old now heat added :smile:

Looks very good.