- Intel Core i3-380M
- 4GB Memory 320GB HDD
- Intel HD Graphics
- 1366 x 768
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- DVD Super Multi
Computer great, Service horrible.
06/14/2011
This review is from: Acer Laptop Aspire Intel Core i3-380M 4GB Memory 320GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit AS5742-6814
Pros:
It is indeed fast, a great jump up from my last laptop, a single-core emachines 1.6ghz sempron. This laptop here won't play Crysis or hit the top of any benchmarks but if you want to dual-boot with linux or windows, it formats things quickly and doesn't afraid of anything. I love the brightness of the screen and the webcam, they seem to be of exceptional quality for this cheap a computer.
Cons:
The laptop does feel undeniably cheap though. The first one I got had a dead pixel, which Acer refused to service, luckily Newegg replaced at no charge. Love Newegg! I then sent my laptop to Acer to do the Windows Refund and since it came back I have had nothing but bad luck. It seems the casing has shifted when they sent it back and everything that snaps together feels just off. If I run my thumb up the front of the keyboard, it is not flush at all. The LEDs are bright, so that may be a plus for you but I had to dim them so I can use it at night or keep it on overnight with the lid closed. The CD drive doesn't feel 100% aligned when I push it in too fast but this may be regular with laptops, this is only my second.
Overall Review:
This is purely from my own experience, but if you get an Acer product, get the newegg support extra because acer is worthless. Not only would they not fix a dead pixel in the screen just because who knows, they borked a simple Windows Refund. I shipped my laptop to them, with the hard drive wiped and Linux already installed and working on it, not to mention a large piece of notebook paper on top of it explaining I already had linux, windows is GONE, just verify it. That is what the Acer Support Lv2 guy Charles said they would do. The tech wiped my hard drive, installed Windows back on to it from somewhere because I know I didn't have any windows there. No one can explain why this tech did what he did. So, now am I out the $8 in shipping for that, I had to wipe it again. Acer said they would pay for shipping back both ways to investigate a memory issue which caused only 2gb of my memory to show up, but that was an issues with their install. Long story short if you go Acer Also go newegg
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- Nicholas A.
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