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.

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

Easycom: No it doesn't feature a firewire connection

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.

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

Easycom: Yes.

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

Easycom: This laptop comes with 3 USB ports.

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

Easycom: 4GB.

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.

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

Easycom: There is not Bluetooth built into this laptop.

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

Easycom: Yes it does feature an Ethernet connection.

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

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

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

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

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

Easycom: Yes.

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.

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.

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

Easycom: Yes

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!

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.

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.

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.