Sapphire happens to be the name of my new laptop… Funny it may seem to baptize it, our family likes naming things… very much.. haha.. 
anyway.. I spent plenty of hours in deciding which laptop to choose… I have taken every pricelist at gilmore and SM north edsa when I was still in Manila… but this came to nothing when my parents decided to buy a laptop here, in baguio, in SM, at Octagon for 0% interest for 12 months… so my choices was put down to two. An Acer Aspire 4730z and an Asus X80… Both have similar specs except on the Hard Disk (160-Acer,120-Asus) but Asus x80 was P3,000 worth more than that of Acer (29k)… Both were good but I was so attracted by the scratch proof design of the X80. The price difference was not worth the design according to every member of my family…:( Which lead them choosing Acer Aspire… It’s not really a big deal… really.. no it’s not… haha.. well, she’s in her 2nd day with me and she seems fine to me…
The Good
- very nice camera…
- 160GB is sooo plenty…
- nice volume controls
- faster than Lappy (Acer Travelmate), well it should considering the processor upgrade…
-smaller and lighter…
The Bad
-Vista Starter only
- 2 usb ports only
- no bluetooth
So my Notebook dilemma have been solved sooner than expected. I think this was a better choice than taking an MSI VR340 or a NEO Vivid even if the specs were better. Now the real challenge is taking care of Sapphire… aja!
