Advent 5411

Decent laptop, has served me well for almost 5 years now

yea its a good laptop but doesnt come without its problems. i have had it now for about 3 years and its worked great ( most of the time ). Over the years things have slowly started to break down and its come to the time to buy a new one, the disk drive has broke so it wont read anything, the webcam broke years ago, the battery life is awful, the main button doesnt take long to break after using it alot. Altogether its lasted me well but i would have liked it to last me maybe a bit longer.

This laptop has amazing specs for only £350.

I ve had this laptop for nearly two years now and all I can say that it is absolutely fantastic in every way. The only thing I can fault it for is the battery life (i do have it plugged in all day at work , which prob caused the short life span) The specifications are incredible for the price 4gb ram,2ghz processor 15.4" widescreen and 320gb for '535. Needles to say moores law has not caught up on this yet. My laptop has survived numerous falls onto hard ground and still works perfectly. It is one of the few things I have ever bought that I am entirely happy with

its great for almost everything but a weakness is the graphics card and it is a integrated Intel GMA x3100 so its not the best for playing games but it can run most games with ease not the modern games like call of duty i would recommend this laptop to anyone

I have had the Advent 5411 for over 1 year now, and I have only had two minor problems. The touchpad used to have a mind of it's own, but that was fixed by turning it on and off again. It seems to have permanently fixed now though! The only other bad thing is it's AMAZING glossy lid. It gets a scratch every time you put it down. Other than that, I have had no problems, and it was amazing value for money! £350 for 4gb RAM, 320GB HDD, A core 2 duo, AND a very good disk drive! It even has very good media support, with the media buttons, AND it can support two FULL HD monitors with no problems. Battery is starting to go now, but I always have my charger, so it isnt that bad.

owned for a few years now,not for you if your gaming or going to mobile. but i only use at home and its a great bit of kit. quick resposive shortcut keys work cant knock it for home photos surfing ect.

I,m writing this on my 5411 and its a great laptop, its been abroad with me , works great.Its also my first laptop, I dont handle it with kid gloves and its very robust, my daughter got an emachine less than 4 weeks and the screen cracked after a little tap!

The overall use of the 5411 is easy, i have used mine every day for hours at a time and no problems at all. I would buy another 1 and could easily recommend it

Owned one for 15 months and have had no problems at all. Great Value for money. Excellent Laptop!!!

This laptop looks like a steal - an affordable price with pretty much everything you could need for basic day to day use. However, you will quickly find that there is no such thing as a "no strings attached" deal:

- It comes with Vista - some of the hardware operates using drivers that are only compatible with Vista so you can't install any other operating system (such as the much more reliable XP) on it.

- After extended use it becomes VERY hot - the touch pad becomes too hot to touch!

- [Possibly as a result] After a few weeks the touch pad started operating erratically (clicking every time a keyboard key is pressed and moving the cursor even when you are not touching the computer) - you cannot disable the mousepad on Vista hence this was a MAJOR issue.

- The screen is highly reflective so you can't use it at anything other than maximum brightness. This restricts battery life.

- The advent website provides no support at all!

Steer well clear.