18-May-2007 Neil: does this have blue tooth enabeled

Easycom: There is not Bluetooth built into this laptop.

21-Sep-2007 Archie: is this suitable for gaming?

Easycom: It will be fine for most games, but it's not the best graphics card you could get.

23-Sep-2007 spidermanbcv: on the photos, it shows a 1.3 mega pixel camera but on the specifications, it says 0.3. which one is it??? also, how long does the battery last???

Easycom: It is a 0.3 Megapixel Camera on this one.

26-Oct-2007 josh: also how many usb sockets does it have all together

Easycom: This laptop comes with 3 USB ports.

26-Oct-2007 Corbin: Does it have a built in microphone

Easycom: Yes.

4-Nov-2007 DIGI: Whas the total amount of ram it can take 2gig 4gig?

Easycom: 4GB.

1-Jan-2008 charlie: hi, would i be able to play games such as half life on this laptop and is it possible to upgrade the graphics card on this model thanks

Easycom: You could play half life, but the graphics are not upgradable.

2-Jan-2008 Tina: Does it have a CD/DVD writer?

Easycom: Yes.

13-Jan-2008 Tony: How many USB ports are there? Can it play HD DVDs? What is teh cost of the low cost double memory upgrade?

Easycom: It has 3 USB Ports. And it cannot play HD DVDs. PLease call for memory upgrades.

15-Feb-2008 PhotonGenerator: Claims it's running Windows Vista on an Intel Core Duo - is the processor 32-bit or 64-bit?

Easycom: Its 64 bit.

17-Feb-2008 glynn: does it come with a vista cd

Easycom: Yes

10-Mar-2008 Censu: Does the motherboard support dual channel memory ? Is the CPU upgradable ? Can you confirm that the hardisk interface on the motherboard is SATA and not PATA.

Easycom: It is a SATA interface and supports Dual Channel RAM, the CPU is not upgradable though.

10-Apr-2008 Nat: I have recently had an acer aspire 1800 series and want to replace it is this similar?

Easycom: Yes, these laptops are similar but the Aspire 9423WSMi is an improvement in all areas - The CPU may look slower but it's a dual-core so it can do more at slower speeds - which gives better performance whilst saving battery power as less heat is generated.

5-May-2008 Dave: Can you please tell me what is the best bluetooth device to get for this computer, so i can connect to other bluetooth devices like my phone and printer thanks

Easycom: I recommend the VEHO USB Bluetooth adapter, product code VB-3881

19-May-2008 Roger: Is the 9423WSM1 a discontinued model hence the large price reduction?

Easycom: It's not discontinued yet!

7-Aug-2008 Lee Buckle: would this laptop be able to handle World Of Warcraft? as this is the only game i currently play and im looking to be a bit more mobile around the house using my wireless router? and can you recommend a gfx upgrade for this so i dont suffer and FPS issues during lots of ingame action? or would the integrated graphics be enough?

Easycom: You cant upgrade the graphics on a laptop unfortunately, as it's soldered onto the mainboard instead of having removable cards like a desktop PC. I would recommend a going for something with a GeForce 7600 or higher.

9-Aug-2008 Roy: Does this product have a VGA and/or DVI connectors. If these are not availble on this model have you another model that provides these connectors.

Easycom: This laptop has a VGA output

8-Sep-2008 iain: Can this laptop be used with a wireless broadband conection

Easycom: Yes, all our laptops can.

23-Nov-2007 Bullyboy: On the official Acer webite it shows this model having a 1.3 megapixel cam but your saying it is a 0.3 ?

Easycom: It does have a 1.3 megapixel camera.

3-Dec-2007 Paul 2: Will the Geforce 7300 be suitable to play Call of Duty 2? Thank you.

Easycom: Should be fine for this title.

2-Dec-2007 Paul: Would the GeForce Go 7300 on the 9423 wsmi be able to cope with games such as Call of Duty 2? Thank you.

Easycom: Should be fine for Call of Duty 2

30-Sep-2007 Sam: Does this laptop have an ethernet connection for internet access?

Easycom: Yes it does feature an Ethernet connection.

22-Oct-2007 Hector: does this laptop have a firewire connection?

Easycom: No it doesn't feature a firewire connection

25-Oct-2007 josh: could this handle age of empires

Easycom: Yes it will, but im presuming you mean age of empires 3.

26-Oct-2007 josh: thanks yes i did mean age of empires 3 does this have a vga socket

Easycom: Yes it does feature a VGA socket.

22-Nov-2007 Fearghal: Which card is better Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7300 128MB Dedicated increased with Turbo Cache) or NVidia GeForce Go7300 128MB. Thanks

Easycom: Turbocache is taken from system memory and uses this as graphics memory therefore giving an increase in the overall memory capacity.

25-Oct-2007 Noodle Noggin: How comprehensive is the warranty and is it only £49 to upgrade to 3 years?

Easycom: The warranty is a manufacturers warranty and can be upgraded to 3 years look under the essential extras tab for more details

3-Nov-2007 Yoko: Is it possible to choose the 'buy now pay in November 2008' option when ordering online? Because when I proceed to check out I'm afraid to confirm as there is no pay plan choice option...

Easycom: You have to purchase an accesory to apply for any finance options.

1-Nov-2007 Pamela W: I currently have XP on my Sony laptop, and I wonder if my games (such as old fashioned Snooker and Scrabble) will work if I make the change to Vista.

Easycom: Some will some won't depending on compatibility.

3-Nov-2007 Yoko: Is it possible to choose the 'buy now pay in November 2008' option when ordering online? Because when I proceed to check out I'm afraid to confirm as there is no pay plan choice option...

Easycom: You have to purchase an accesory to apply for any finance options.

8-Nov-2007 Mai: Hi, is it possible to install older versions of microsoft software on this vista laptop or do I need to purchase the up to date versions?

Easycom: No older versions are completely compatible.

8-Nov-2007 kim: Hi, I was wondering if you deliver this laptop to India and if yes then what are the extra charges and how long would the delivery take?Many Thanks!!

Easycom: Apologies we do not deliver to India.

8-Nov-2007 Samba: Can you have confirm whether Vista is ok to use now if not so, is it possible to provide Windows XP Professional Downgrade. I'm intereseted to take Vista but I'm jsut wondered this verison is reay verison to use and confirmed by Microsft.

Easycom: Vista now works fine. There is also due a service pack out which will fix all the bugs you have been hearing about.

9-Nov-2007 kalewski: How do you increase the ram and how much does it cost??

Easycom: Please call Sales for Memory Upgrade options.