Advent 9517 Laptop Review
January 13, 2008
Advent 9517 Laptop only £479.99 + free delivery
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Specification:
This fantastic value laptop is a great alternative to your desktop PC with a 17″ widescreen display and enough power and memory to fulfill your enterntaiment needs. This laptop features Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium, is wireless enabled and has a large 2GB of memory. The massive 160 GB of Hard drive provides ample storage for your CD collection and photos.
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250
- (1.50 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB Cache)
- Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium
- 2 GB Memory
- 160 GB Hard drive
- 17″ Widescreen Display
- Integrated Webcam
- Wireless Enabled
- DVD ReWriter MultiDrive
- Silver Colour
That’s an amazing price for a 17 inch laptop with that spec, I paid £999 for my laptop with a lower about 13 months ago!
My Advent 9517 arrived on Thursday and I am so impressed, I don’t know how I lived without it! It is so quick and the screen is massive compared to my old model. I looked at other alternatives including a HP that was similar spec (smaller hard drive + less ram) which was actually more expensive. I am happy to say I have made the right choice! I only paid 480 quid for this amazing machine - great!
What is the webcam like on the advent 9715? I have seen other brands with webcams on and they appear a little dull. Any help would be appreciated.
The webcam is great and is really easy to use, it integrates easily/automatically with applications such as messenger. The webcam is nice and bright too, so you should not suffer a dull picture! Hope this helps
Richard - just bought a 9517 but can’t find any way of operating the integral webcam. Would appreciate help there - thanx!
Hi Tony, It depends on which program you are trying to use the webcam in? If it is being used in msn messenger then all you need to do is click on the webcam icon within messenger (if this still does not work try pressing ctrl and f10 together). I hope this helps
I take this laptop has an integrated graphics system? Can you tell me which one?
Cheers
I bought an Advent 9517 although quick and clear I am disappointed that it does not have an integrated mic. I went back to PC world as i was assured that it did have one so they gave me a plug in as compensation (wow) if anyone knows different please let me know
I have also found that there is no integrated mic although im no computer genius I thought this would be a given and something I havent even checked for. Gonna take mine to back to PC world an get a free mic as well
There is an integrated mic that works in messenger but I can not find software to get the mic to work independently or in any other programs. I would suggest running windows update to get the latest software for the laptop (this is one of the first things you should do any way) and also go to the advent site to update drivers as required.
Why is there no info on the graphics card??!!
Guys , did you have any luck setting up the cam to work on MSN ? I still cant get the integrated cam to work …
My webcam works in MSN messenger but what do you have to do to get the webcam to work normally? Im a computer numpty by the way.
Cheers guys
Anyone know if you can add firewire or a pcmcia card to it?
J - There is a pcmcia slot, so firewire can slot straight in
With regard to the webcam working in messenger, just click on the webcam button in messenger and it should start working. If not make sure you have the latest drivers by running windows update
bought an advent 9517 a few weeks ago, not too bad for the price really, given that we wanted a laptop more for email management and music playing, however has anyone else experienced the annoying levels during playback where any track playing seems to fade in and out of its own accord?????
Oh yeah any who decided to put the speaker out jack point on the front - this is a minor bug though - just have to arrange your left a little better when typing.
Plus looking at the reviews i should be going back to the store to claim my free mic!!!!
other than that its not bad for a 1st laptop and price does reflect this, but agree the large keyboard is a bonus.
here is something very fishy about theADVENT 9517
NO INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
WEB-CAM WONT WORK
CONSIDERABLE PRICE CHANGES
COULD THERE BE SOME ”CONTRABAND” ITEMS ON THE MARKET
OR SO CALLED RECONDITIONED WITH PRODUCTION FAULTS
ITS WORTH A CHECK SERIAL NO WITH CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TO SEE IF MINE FELL OFF THE BACK OF A RICKSHAW
My mic has never worked
do i have to install something for it to do so?
have just bought an advent and guess what - cant get webcam to work either…… any ideas how to use it for Skype - i can see them but they cant see me and no option to click on a camera..
Thanks