Acer Aspire V3-571G-9435 Notebook Intel Core i7 3610QM(2.30GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Pros: Worked wonderfully... for the first year.

Cons: A while back, I started to notice some keys coming loose. No big deal, they weren't ones that I routinely used.

Later, things started to be really laggy and the like, which ultimately resulted in my re-installation of Windows. Since then, it has been nowhere near the performance mark that it was at before then. Decidedly obnoxious, but still manageable.

Most recently, all of the USB ports have developed an annoying habit of calling my USB devices unrecognized. Headset, phone, mouse, etc. Nothing works consistently on this anymore.

One of my friends purchased the same laptop, on my recommendation (before things started to mess up). Hers died within the first 2 months of use, in a "could have burned down the house" sort of fashion.

Other Thoughts: I liked this laptop, I really did. But now I'm out $800, with just a year of use out of it.

Pros: Good Laptop for the money
Ivy Bridge I7
GT 640m
Overall Nice looking

Cons: Screen Resolution a bit low for this day and age

Other Thoughts: That was my only complaint, this was bought for a friend to do minor gaming and to last a long time. It exceeded expectations and runs very nicely as a desktop replacement/laptop. He uses it on a daily basis and it runs everything without any hiccups.

Pros: Fast, fast, fast! The track pad works very well, important if you don't use a mouse. Also the keyboard is responsive. Handles every game I throw at it.

Cons: Low screen res, weak speakers

Other Thoughts: Great price for a very powerful laptop!

Pros: Nice looking, superb performance and features for the money

Cons: Hard drive speed only 74MB/s, I consider that low for a modern device

Other Thoughts: It ships with the Acer backup utility, using which one can make a backup of the whole hard drive. But then there's a question, how to restore that backup? It was suggested to make a boot able CD, what I did and booted from it, but the app loaded from it does not see the external hard drive with the back up files at all.

Pros: works very well best laptop I ever had

Cons: I got it and after my 30 days were up I found out the disc drive didnt work I'm deffinitly getting rid of this somehow you cant do anything with a broke disc drive.

Other Thoughts: It's a good pc but if you get it try out everything and make sure it works before your 30 days runs up

Pros: i7
Bluetooth
Webcam and mic
Great range for wifi
6GB of ram to start is nice

Cons: Wished the FN and CTRL buttons were swapped.

Other Thoughts: Have owned this laptop for 2 months and it is still super great! Resolution is not bad for the price, I understand it is one of the reasons to keep the price low. I do light gaming FPS on it such as COD Mw3 on High settings easy as well as Diablo 3 on Highest setting.

Pros: -i7 Ivy CPU
-Kepler GT 640M (Medium - High)
-Design
-6GB Memories
-Affordable Price

Cons: -5400 RPM HDD
-Low resolution
-lacks fan/cooling system

Other Thoughts: This laptop is very recommended to buy.
$799 for i7 + fine dedicated graphic cards!

buy it!

Pros: This laptop does amazing when playing games and I have no trouble at all playing Battlefield 3 on high settings. It has a really nice keyboard and I love the ability to switch between integrated and dedicated graphics cards. The screen looks very nice and I don't notice the difference between this and a 1080 display. The real selling points that you won't find in other laptops in this price range are the Intel 3rd Gen. i7 processor and the Nvidia GT 640m graphics card.

Cons: The battery life isn't great, but what do you expect from a gaming laptop. I noticed a good amount of heat from the vent on the side but the keyboard hardly heats up at all. One thing I would change is the glossy finish. It gets smudged really easily. I don't mind too much, but I know some people are OCD about those things

Other Thoughts: I would recommend a fan or stand for gamers. I would also recommend

Pros: - Awesome gaming machine for the price
- Boots up in 10 seconds
- 3, maybe 4 hour battery life unplugged surfing the web, word etc.

Cons: - Does get pretty hot when playing games, a cooling station would be recommended
- Battery life is 35 mins unplugged under load(Gaming)

Other Thoughts: I wanted to get a laptop for gaming, without shelling out a ton of cash for an alienware, shipping was super fast had it booted up and running the next day. This puppy runs crysis 1, and 2 at ultra settings no sweat. pretty much shreds anything else I throw at it, some of the newer games might tax it a bit but not by much. Loving the intel core i7

Pros: Laptop is superb.. replaced my previous 17" acer (by the way, never buy a 17" laptop! bulky and not even worth it). That's why I looked no further than this lil beast.. once I swapped out the hdd with my ssd, boots up in ~10 seconds. Love this thing.. can't beat the specs for the price from any laptop. Also, speakers are surprisingly inpressive. Overall, highly recommend this laptop.

Cons: Have to remove acer warranty sticker in order to replace ssd and memory.. :-/