Acer Laptop Aspire 5 Thin and Light Laptop A515-44-R4M5 AMD Ryzen 5 4000 Series 4500U (2.30 GHz) 8 GB Memory 512 GB SSD AMD Radeon Graphics 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Pros: good price multitasks well lightweight has empty bay for extra 2.5" SSD/HDD - uses included bracket and ribbon cable to sata adapter easy to open and access RAM, M.2 or extra drive bay runs esports games pretty well APU runs eevee opengl rendering pretty good

Cons: Keyboard is a little mushy but not too bad chassis flex is noticeable but not terrible depending on when it was manufactured, you might need to upgrade the bios in order to keep keyboard backlight from auto dimming. screen is a little dim. Plenty bright for indoor but outside on a bright day the screen seems dim

Overall Review: I think this Acer laptop is a good balance between power, performance and durability for its price point. The CPU is pretty much all the vast majority of people would ever need in a laptop. The integrated GPU/APU performs well. Plays 4K 60 hz YT videos just fine although the screen is only 1080p. I think it's a good buy.

Pros: Fast, clear display, multitasks well, handles light gaming well. Light, thin, and with good battery life. Has a num-pad! Keyboard actually feels pretty nice.

Cons: Function keys didn't work out of the box, and still work strangely. Small thin barrel plug for charging appears very fragile, would have preferred usb-c or at least a more robust plug. Would also prefer designated mouse buttons, but the touchpad feels and works nice.

Overall Review: Absolutely a great value. Fast, responsive and doesn't run too hot. Light and thin for great portability. Some minor flaws in an otherwise brilliant package.

Pros: Snappy, thin frame, light, included 2.5" HDD bracket for 2nd hard drive, USB-C port, 2 x USB 3.0, 1Gb Ethernet port.

Cons: Runs hot, vents through bottom of case and Ryzen 5 4500U runs warm. 4GB soldered on MB. Windows 10 Home, not Pro.

Overall Review: In spite of other reviews complaining about the low-res 1366x768 screen, didn't bother me. Older eyes appreciated the lower DPI ;-) Replaced the replaceable 4GB stick with 16G giving 20G overall, added a 2nd spinning disk for dumping data and reducing write load on included WD 512G M2 SSD. 6-core Ryzen 5 4500U and snappy, didn't test 3D performance. Nice laptop, would buy again.

Pros: Not to expensive Great components Easy to setup and use

Cons: Battery life is not what I expected

Overall Review: Great little cost effective laptop my my kids to do their school work on. Wish the battery lasted a bit longer but for the price it's not unbearable.

Cons: No keyboard led. Bummer.

Overall Review: Would recomend. Exelent price. Very fast boot. One week of use

Pros: This thing rocks.

Cons: Can we do something about the screen resolution? It barely meets the definition of "High Definition", but it's sorely lacking in this one aspect.

Overall Review: Would buy again. Would prefer higher resolution.

Pros: Ryzen 5 4500u Frame is firm keyboard is firm USB-c 2 USB 3.0 1 USB1.0 Bluetooth 5

Cons: Screen is very soft with low resolution

Overall Review: The computer its self seems all quite well built. You get a Ryzen 4500U, keyboard and frame are firm. BUT the screen is really low quality. The resolution is lower, which it states in the description, so not worried about that. But the color is so soft. I will be upgrading as soon as I can figure out the model number. Due to this I do not recommend this computer. Get a model with a better screen.

Overall Review: Even with memory upgrades, your dedicated video ram is always 512MB. 4GB of Ram is soldered onto the motherboard. No dual-channel memory options. Limited to 20GB total, with a 16GB Memory upgrade, unless you pay for 32GB upgrade, leaving you with a 24GB total (waste of money). Acer Support are not helpful (I've made multiple calls). No backlit keyboard. I highly recommend you do extensive research before you buy a laptop (just don't buy this one). My mistake will save you from making one.