Hello:
Clinton Goveas wrote:
Binulal Narayanan wrote:
The Acer guy (I hate to mention the name) told me that the 1362 had a bad design (problem?), and hence the weight .
The sales guy at Acer Point (Lokhandwala) denied this. :P
Hmmm. Call Acer. Not any dealers - they hardly know anything abt the system other than how to sell it :) ( And I don't think Acer is gonna talk abt anymore ;)
And now the best part of it- the price. All the Acer Retailers ask for 35000 to 36500; And this is the same price at which they sold most of the 1362's. But I got it for 33800 from Fdisk India P.L. -reseller - ( 30000 for laptop + 2500 for carrying charges, freight and carry bag + 1300 as 4% VAT.) They didn't charge any octroi. Good people. I think it was a fair deal for both of us.
Made an enquiry, and found they are still offering it at this price. There will be a wait period. I spoke to Renuka. Ph: (022)56661525
Acer Point (Lokhandwala) has ready pieces, and offered me a "comparable" discount with home delivery. Credit cards would be charged 2% extra. Can't say the amount as I promised the sales guy I wouldn't spread the word. ;) I spoke to Vikram. Ph: (022)26344196
Well well Acer Point, Lokhandwala called me just two days ago quoting the same with the same price of 36.5K
I'll struggling to get Linux installed. Suse 9.2 has got APCI problems, but is really cool otherwise. Fedora is cool, but doesn't have 1024x768 Rez. Now planning to try RH9. Sis site has got the drivers for linux-2.4 only . Time to open another post ;)