Pros: Ease of use: This is basically plug and play. Windows 10 is actually pretty nice. Last PC had Windows 7 and I held off upgrading due to horror stories from friends with Windows 8. Boots up in 8 seconds! This thing is blazing.

Screen: Beautiful 1080p HD. I still use a gaming monitor but this screen is truly gorgeous. I can game in-between classes (and sometimes in class) and hardly notice a difference.

Size: Shockingly thin and lightweight. Fits in the laptop pocket of my backpack nice and snug. Case feels solid. It's plasticy, but a very smooth matte black. I think it looks really slick and feels pretty comfortable on the wrists. Don't really see how Acer fits all that hardware into this shell. You'd think there'd be heating issues, right? Wrong.

Heat: Even plugged into the charger and gaming on medium to high settings, the "CoolBoost" technology plastered all over the box must actually do a superior job of cooling. Some people mentioned the fans were noisy--I have no idea what their threshold for "noise" must be. This thing is silent to me. For the first few days, I thought the fans weren't running at all.

Hardware: Of course, for the price I'm not sure this hardware can be matched. Core i7 6th gen, 16gb DDR4, Dedicated 4GB NVIDIA Graphics card, 256 gb SSD and 1TB HD.

Ports: Some people said the ports were all on the same side--Not sure which laptop they're looking at. The V15 Nitro comes with an audio port, SD Card reader, and USB port on the left. While the right houses HDMI, two additional USB ports, an Ethernet port.

Keyboard: Feels pretty nice. Backlight is nice and can be quickly disabled by holding the function key + f9. Would be cool to change the colors but that's a little nitpicky. Keys are very responsive and pretty normally spaced for a 15.6 inch laptop.

Service: Price dropped $50 10 hours after my purchase. Chatted NewEgg and they gave me a giftcard for the difference. Plus their free Premiere service for students is a really nice bonus. Saved me $12 and the priority shipping was quick and laptop arrived in mint condition.

Cons: Clock issues: I had similar problems with another user about the clock not syncing correctly. Took a few tries but eventually I disabled the "auto-sync" feature and set the time myself. It still wound up 20 minutes ahead. One final manual reset and a week into use and the issue hasn't reappeared. Spent a very worrisome 10 minutes debugging the issue, but all seems good now.

Bloatware: Fair amount of bloatware. Takes maybe 30 minutes to uninstall everything

Other Thoughts: Would absolutely recommend to students/gamers. PC can handle large software. It's thin, light weight, and a beast. I don't believe there's a better budget gaming laptop on the market.

Pros: - very fast
- amazing hardware for the price
- looks great
- great monitor and keyboard

Cons: - Bluetooth driver crashed less then a week after purchase
- very difficult to open up and swap/check hardware
- absurd amount of bloatware
- touch pad takes a very long time to get used to
- keyboard is a fingerprint magnet
- relatively large for a 15.6'' laptop
- Windows 10 sucks

Other Thoughts: If you buy this product make sure to get the warranty as well

Pros: powerful package, plays ARK, LOL, WOW, and Dead Floor at decent frame rates.....when not overheating.

Cons: Customer pays for shipping back to ACER for repairs.
ACER does the bare minimum trouble shooting and returns the product prior to solving the issue.

Other Thoughts: Only down fall i had to this so far in the two months i owned it was i had to return in to acer for an overheating GPU/Fan issue. while playing ARK the comp heated up to the point where the frame rates went down to 1 FPS. I noticed the fans were not spinning/working. i contacted ACER who prompted me to send the laptop back to them for a diagnosis and repair. the shipping from NJ to them was 135 dollars and ACER does not pay for the shipping. Two weeks later i received my computer back with an invoice stating the computer was running as intended and the fans were functioning properly. Only "repair"that was done was an update to bios. Contacted ACER again to see if they performed a stress tested the GPU and fans using a benchmark software or anything as such and they replied there is nothing stating that was done on the service order. So now I'm waiting for the GPU to overheat again so i can open another ticket, spend another 135 dollars to send it back to them.

overall the comp has alot of nice hardware but i wish ACER would stand behind their product more and perform the proper tests to diagnosis the problems. Also the customer should not have to pay for shipping back on a warrantied item that has defects.



update 03/07/16 after posting this review i was contacted by a member of ACER and they are attempting to reimburse my shipping costs, they have also extended my warranty on the product. As for their customers service i can not say enough good things for this company, again time will tell if the product holds up.

Pros: - Nice design and relatively lightweight.
- Good performance - processor and SSD.

Cons: - Bloatware
- Black wrist rest is a fingerprint magnet.
- Trackpad is suboptimal - even when adjusted for maximum cursor speed it still takes several swipes to get across the screen.
- Video glitches - I get black flashes of the screen when playing World of Warcraft.

Other Thoughts: I bought this laptop specifically to play WoW, a game that is not exactly the biggest user of GPU power. But when I play, at random intervals the screen flickers to black and then goes back to normal. Sometimes I can play for several minutes without a flash, then a few in quick succession, then none for another while. There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to it. I've tried updating to the latest drivers for both the Nvidia card and the Intel graphics, BIOS is up to date, Windows 10 is up to date, I've used the Nvidia control panel to force World of Warcraft to use the Nvidia GPU - nothing seems to fix the black flashes. No problems are listed in the Windows system event log, either. Doesn't seem to be temperature related, either, since it sometimes happens just as I'm starting the game, other times when I've been playing for a while.

I've seen reports of other brand laptops with the same combination of graphics having similar problems which were fixed with BIOS updates, but there's no way of knowing if Acer will release a fixed BIOS before the return window on my purchase closes, so back to Newegg the laptop will go.

Pros: This laptop has great specs for the money. I especially like having both an SSD and a 1TB hard drive. Memory is good at 16GB of DDR4, and the 4GB GTX960M is better than similar recent laptops I have seen with higher prices. So far it has run every game my son has tried with solid performance.

I also like that it is compact--small enough to use as a regular laptop, not just a gaming beast! The IPS HD screen is bright and well saturated with good off-axis viewing. I have not tried it yet, but it is cool that it has a USB C 3.1 port that is also a full speed Thunderbolt 3 port.

Cons: Not many really. There was a modest amount of bloatware, which was easily uninstalled without needing to reinstall Windows. It makes some occasional fan noise, but that is rare and not intrusive.

Other Thoughts: Overall a very good machine for the money. It feels up-to-date with a Skylake quad I7, ddr4 memory and all the latest ports. It is a nicely-made regular laptop that also can handle real gaming rather than some noisy, hot, garish and overpriced Alienware or its ilk.

Pros: - Excellent, subtle design for a gaming laptop.
- Speedy start up (though expected for a laptop with an SSD)
- Great screen

Cons: - Trackpad stopped working properly after 1 day. It behaved as if I had one finger down at all times.
- Graphics card was broken; black flashes seen in many games. Driver updates did not help.

Other Thoughts: I purchased this laptop after seeing the great reviews. It might just be my luck, but I got an awful, defective product. I will never trust acer again. One defect could be bad luck, but two is stretching it.

Pros: Much needed upgrade. The M.2 SSD is well worth the extra $$$. I was debating about a cheaper unit, or a cheaper version of the V 15. The feature set on this was unmatched for the price range. Saved a little while it was on sale, but a great value either way. The stats speak for themselves, this thing SCREAMS!

Cons: Trackpad. Not enough to take off an egg. It is rather noisy and kinda wiggles when you use it. It is large though and does support gestures. Just clicking it is not as solid of a feel as I like.

Other Thoughts: Purchased the Logitech G602 to compliment this. Who needs the trackpad anyway. While I do not game on this machine, heavy office work and the occasional video or presentation, makes this thing shine. The battery life is much better that what I expected, if you are not needing the video card use power saving mode. With any kind of conscience power management, this thing lasts hours. With everything on it running full tilt, you get a little less than an hour. If you are doing that, find a plug. It is a portable powerhouse.

Pros: 9 second Boot time, blazing fast, love the rubberized coating - this PC has no real flaws. Very thin profile and weight seems light when you pick it up. Does not get hot and comfortable in lap. I honestly enjoy using this PC.

Cons: Only problem I found is that this PC is power hungry and you need to adjust power saving accordingly. If you need the performance than adjust for that - maybe an hour or so at full rate. Even with power saving I only get about 2.5 hours. The HD 1080P is awesome but I wish this was a 4K.

Other Thoughts: I would defiantly recommend this PC!!

Pros: The specs for this laptop for the price are amazing, boot-up <10, fast i7, 16gb DDR4 RAM, the list goes on and on. Newegg price and service cannot be beat, love you guys!

Cons: One word "Bloatware". For as much bloatware that was installed on this device it should have been advertiser paid. Also the track pad is awful, the push slide feeling is not something I care to get use to, luckily the base drivers allow you to deactivate the track pad automatically once a mouse it attached.

Other Thoughts: Although I am not a fan of Windows 10, once the laptop was activated on Microsoft servers, I promptly reinstalled the OS without a hitch. No bloatware, hidden recover partition, ads, etc. gone! Do yourself a favor, take the time to backup the system and start with a fresh install. Windows 10 has all the drivers necessary to get you going.

Pros: Latest Core i7, SSD, nVidia GTX 960m, 16 GB ram

Cons: Touch pad is not the best so plan on using a mouse, the 1 TB HDD is 5400 rpm

Other Thoughts: As many others I did a lot of research and this beat any comparable laptops by $200 or more at that time. I use a chill plate and mouse and have had no issues. It boots and shuts down fast and has handled any game I've thrown at it with stellar performance!!!