Advent 7081 Review

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Advent 7081
3.9 stars
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meicyoung's Review of Advent 7081 Laptop

17th Dec 2005

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Screen Quality
    4 stars
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
  • Time Laptop Owned
    Less than a Week
  • Battery Life
    5 stars
Good Points

Light, well built laptop. Great features for price and good design. 4 USB ports placed around the body (e.g. my USB mouse comes out of the right-hand-side one, and my DSL modem comes out of the left-hand-side), plus DVD-re-writer, integrated graphics, and built in microphone.


Bad Points

The screen size is only 1024x768. Advent is not as much of an established brand, so take out a protection plan with the retailer. The silver plastic casing could scratch easily.


General Comments

When my last laptop burst into flames (OK - well actually a small one caused by an electrical short circuit that burnt a hole in my motherboard) I didn't want to spend too much on getting it replaced. Fortunately it was Christmas and all the retailers were flogging cheap laptops to an unwitting public. Except I was pleasantly surprised to find that the £399 Advent 7081 serves all my post-uni young web designer/journalist needs.

Installations are a doddle with extra memory (I've got upwards of 480MB) and the DVD RW drive is an excellent surprise. The keyboard is a little badly designed but I can get used to it, and the buttons look solid but like they came off a 1980's Vauxhall Astra. Gorgeous silver finish and nifty blue LED's make this a very sexy laptop! It's light, nimble, and it doesn't moan when the heatsink has to run when I accidentally cover the vents. It plays (older) games like a dream - if there are any Red Alert 2 fans out there - you're sorted. Other successful games that can run on it include Scrabble 2003, Grand Prix 3 and Spider Solitaire. :)

It is good for those who don't want to spend much but still like quality computing. Get down there and get one now!!!

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