Pros: The computer appears to be working pretty flawlessly. This is not why I am reviewing this product.

Cons: The VGA out from the motherboard WILL NOT work on account of the graphics card being installed. I've had two of these systems give me this problem. You will have to use the DVI from the graphics card. Also, the DVD drive on both units was unplugged from the power supply.

Pros: Fast at multitasking. Great price. 4GB of RAM 750 GB hard drive Quiet except when the fans speed up and burning a disc. It then makes a lot of noise.

Cons: DVD drive is noisy when burning a disc. No on-site warranty coverage. Must ship unit to Texas for service. Basically no written documentation in the box. The very bright blue power-on light is annoying in a dark room. It flashes in hybernation mode. Included speakers are mostly worthless - very poor sound quality. No HDMI connector on the video card

Overall Review: When I received this computer it powered on, but that's all. There was no video signal being output. I spent 8 days with Acer phone support (which is worthless although they do speak english) and online support (which was actually pretty good, but slow) When I finally learned that the onboard vga connection is disabled by the video card, which only has 2 dvi connections, I removed the card. Then the onboard vga worked. I then reinstalled the video card and everything has worked perfectly since. You must have a DVI connector to use the video card and therefore the PC too. Here's a little info not included with the PC. Motherboard is a G33T-AM, DVD drive is a DH-16ATS (Lite-On?),Power supply is a PS-6301-08A - 300W (ATI recommends 400W for their Radeon HD 2600 HD card, but no problems yet with the lesser PS. Hard Drive is a Western Digital WD7500AAKS, ACER keyboardKU-0355- it is good. Mouse M-UVACR1 - works fine. I would recommend the this PC.

Pros: We're getting to a point where out-of-the box, <$1K PCs are suitable for what was once the realm of home-built boxes and specialty machines. This is one such unit. Its high RAM count is perfect for editing massively multi-layer images in Photoshop or creating long animations in Flash. The ATI video card can handle almost any video game effects you throw at it, from antialiasing to reflective textures to bloom to motion blurs. As for Vista itself, this model comes with Home Premium, the one with all the bells and whistles that Microsoft foolishly thinks make it worth buying, and it all runs perfectly smoothly. It's probably a resource hog, but there's enough resources on this bad boy to slop a whole penfull. And this sounds weird, but I really liked the keyboard that it came with. The keys are softer than most I've used. I feel like I'm making fewer typing mistakes due to missing and hitting in between keys.

Cons: For those hoping for a dual-boot Vista/XP setup, you'll be disappointed to know that you probably can't install XP on this. The setup CD crashed every time for me so I gave up. Which is a shame because Vista does not like some programs made before 2007, including several games. So check online to make sure all your software is Vista compatible or has a patch available first! (On a related note, Ubuntu Linux 7.1 doesn't recognize some of the hardware and thus cannot enable the Vista-like Beryl desktop effects.) I found the USB speakers to be a little underpowered and flat sounding. They have no bass boost, although the audio chip does. The odd positioning of the front ports prevents users from using the top of the PC to put stuff on. Also the front panel's buttons are all on the right-front corner of the unit, making access tricky if you keep your CPU to the right of the monitor.

Overall Review: Keyboard features buttons for media player controls, Web, Email, and Search, as well as the very handy Sleep, but no custom assignable ones. Speakers are USB powered so you could theoretically power the whole system without a power strip. And of course, monitor sold separately. The video card features dual DVI output and claims to be "HD", so you're free to go nuts with monitor setup without additional video hardware. (Be advised that you need a DVI-capable monitor or a converter to use this computer; the VGA output on the back is useless due to there being no driver for the onboard video.) Comes bundled with a CD/DVD burning program, a backup utility, a 60-day trial of Office 2007, and a 90-day trial of Norton System Protection. There is the typical accoutrement of worthless bundled programs that have vague purpose, but they are easy enough to uninstall. All in all a good performer; any issues I had with it were either minor or OS-related.

Pros: I bought 5 of these to use as training machines. All 5 ran flawlessly. One unit had an unplugged CDRom drive, but that was it. Extremely quiet, which was great for a classroom.

Cons: None really. I did not need the ATI graphics card or the modem so I pulled them out. I am kinda glad I did, as the room was a little warm, and I suspect the ATI card would generate even more heat.

Overall Review: I can't tell you about the OS load, as I put CentOS 4.6 and VMware Server on them. But 4.6 loaded fine, and the machine handled 3 W2K3 and 3 4.6 guests with no problems.

Pros: Installation of the Acer was almost a non-existant task. The Intel Core2 Quad (4 CPUs on one chip!!) and 4 Gigs of DDR along with the Radeon HD2600 make things happen quickly. Worth the price of admission. Upgrade to Vista Ultimate went smoothly and easily. VU and this machine together make an unbeatable combination.

Cons: Printed manual is non-existant at any source. All of the ACER "Help and Support" seems aimed at a first-time PC owner. Althought Acer provides the eData, eRecovery, and ePerformance Management utilities, plus;I still miss a hardware-oriented tech sheet covering my computer.

Overall Review: Price recently reduced by NewEgg(my preferred supplier for years), so its an even better buy than I got.

Pros: The quad core processor is a beast and the overall value is incredible.

Cons: The system arrived with a bad video card. Rather than send the whole machine to acer and dealing with their nonsense, I ended up buying a $36 nvidia card which works fine but isn't what I had expected with this system.

Overall Review: As much as I love newegg, I wouldn't recommend buying a complete system from them - the hassle of dealing with a manufacturer is prohibitive.

Pros: Great configuration-comes with all the basic needs including a dual DVI video card. Core 2 Quad core is great. Case seems sturdy, and looks nice also. Survived shipping without additional packaging-just in orginal retail box

Cons: Item arrived without any meaningful documentaion-just a vague Get started sheet, warranty, and two half sheets-on of whcih states iniital install takes approx 30 minutes. Encountered issues with first 3 boot ups-only HD light would blink-due to lack of manual with trouble shooting tips and 1.5 hours of time called Acer Tech Support-quick response for 9:30pm. On fourth try PC booted up-? stuck HD from shipping. Works great s1nce then (1 day)

Overall Review: Lack of documentation unacceptable- This is a retail product, not a barebones setup. Absolutely no available information (even on-line at Acer site) regarding components, BIOs settings, MB connections, speaker connections etc.--NewEgg however was great as always.

Pros: This is a really good computer, very large hard drive and haven't noticed any slowness in processing speed. Loaded it with Windows Server 2008 and it works like a champ!

Cons: The first one i ordered got lost in shipping, but newegg was very helpful in sending out a new one right away (on a new order) and refunding the first order.