Acer Laptop Aspire Intel Pentium dual-core T2370 (1.73GHz) 2GB Memory 160GB HDD Intel GMA X3100 14.1" Windows Vista Home Premium AS4715-4053

Pros: Fairly good specs. Runs Vista Home great. Includes a webcam and all of the external connections are on the sides. Bright screen, light weight. Comes with MS Works and a DVD Multi drive. Built in speakers are above average.

Cons: Processor only has 1MB cache... system slows down if you do any heavy processing. A lot of demo ware is pre installed

Overall Review: My parents wanted an inexpensive laptop for my sister. I wanted to get a Macbook, but it was too much money and my sister is the poster child for "non tech". I settled on the Aspire because it has good specs for the money and the design fits a college aged girl. There were other options that had better specs but they were housed in "business" laptop shells. This one includes a webcam, good speakers, and a dvd multi drive. All things I know she'd want. As long as you aren't expecting a power system this one is great for a student that just wants to surf the web, watch dvds, do homework, etc. It's light and the battery life is about 3 hours surfing the net in "balanced" mode. Unit seems solid but I got the extended warranty anyway.

Pros: This laptop provides a great "bang for the buck". It runs Vista very well and is capable of multi-tasking. I mainly use the machine for web-surfing, burning DVD's, and instant messaging. If you are looking for a great entry-level machine, this will make you very happy.

Cons: This laptop comes loaded with bloatware. You're going to need some free time to remove it all.

Overall Review: I've said it before and I will say it again, Newegg is awesome!. I love this laptop. I got a great deal on the machine and I got super cheap 3 day shipping as well. The laptop arrived sooner than I expected and was packed very well. Newegg, you never let me down!

Pros: The price and features. The laptop has performed very well and last night I applied Vista SP1 successfully. I bought this computer as a secondary/backup/alternate computer but it would work just fine as my primary machine.

Cons: The Acer empowering software seemed a little bloated and accessive. I have blocked or removed some of the unnecessary startup programs. There really weren't that many.

Overall Review: I live in LA and Newegg delivered the day after I ordered it. I had the machine up and running in very little time with no problems. Thank you Newegg for a great deal.

Pros: outstanding value for the price: - high quality components from known companies: intel 960-965 mobo chipset, 800mhz bus, atheros wifi, realteck HD audio, yukon gigabit ethernet, mitsushita DVD-RW, glossy bright screen - excellend built, matte plastics: no fingerprints, very sturdy, not heavy - 3hr battery life not bad at all. - All componets are supported in major LINUX distros out of the box, just have to compile the Webcam driver by hand - overall good body design, speakers are by the screen, no muffed sound - 65w power supply is very small and light. + - VGA webcam but excellent pic quality. Mic is clear too. - large HD & webcam + mic - doesn't get hot at the bottom, vent at the back.

Cons: - Vista (duh!) and loaded with junk .. arent they all.. - No dedicated volume controls, have to use Fn+ UP/Down keys. - Speakers are NOT loud - Power jack is on the right side :( although all the way at the screen ...

Overall Review: got this for my GF .. movie watching, web browsing, photoshop CS2 editing ... skype with her when I'm away. Can't beat the specs for the the $499 promotional price (i think it's $500 at walmart with lower specs) runs Redhat, Slackware, Suse etc.. out of the box. XP drivers are available from Acer Europe. Even though vista is usable after being optimized, I still find it very sluggish (isn't it always though) and the new atheros driver installed from latest MS update is 'dying' so have to reboot. XP is extremely fast on it. advantage of 960chipset is almost identical to 965, so it's possible to upgrade later on and flash the 960 chip to be compatible with better P socket chipsets. This baby will last for years, and later can be easily converted to a home theatre, car pc or home file server . ( lower power consumption, built in battery. Built in Atheros wifi card has excellent reception. Great for wardriving too :)

Pros: Wow, when I got this laptop, I didn't even bother to boot it with Windows Vista. Instead, I used a Fedora 8 Live CD to check out the laptop. Not surprising, this laptop booted and works absolutely perfectly. I had to add the atheros drivers for the wireless but other than that everything works without a hitch. I ordered this late on a Thursday night and received the machine on Monday morning. That's a fast turn around for anyone.

Cons: The only item not working yet for me is the built in web cam. Two reasons for this, I really don't have a need for this and therefore I haven't taken the time to look into it.

Pros: The Price! The Price! The Price! This is a remarkable laptop for the price.

Cons: Acer's stupid bloat-ware! That "e-power" nonsense really gets to me.

Overall Review: This has turned out to be an excellent tool for Skype. Easy to use around the house, decent web cam - decent sound and mic. I am told the picture looks clear from the other end. Now all I have to do is get my Mother in law to upgrade her old 486 (JK).

Pros: Good specs at low price. Reasonable speed, memory/HD sizes and nice little wide screen display. Good feel of keyboad. pretty quick tech support through email.

Cons: While connecting to an external display with PC operating on AC adapter, my display flashes with noises. This is pretty annoying especially dipaying pictures. They sent me anoth AC adapter, no change. Tried another external monitor, same noise. The larger the monitor, the worse the noise. Suspect the video chip/card causes the problem. Another noticeble drawback is the wireless connection range. I loose connection at a spot of my house only 40-50 feet away from my wireless router. My two other laptops had no problem at all. It is surprisingly heavy at this small size. Battery life is not as long as you expected for a small notebook.

Pros: Bright, clear display. Good battery life. Attractive. Great value.

Cons: Some "bloatware" from manufacturer. Crystal Eye webcam needs some tweaking to work with popular IM programs.

Overall Review: Overall was very happy with this purchase. I bought this laptop for my daughter to go off to college with. She loves it, and I have only one real criticism. We wanted to be able to do video chat with her using Windows Live Messenger. However, the installed Crystal Eye application appears to "take over" the camera so it can't be used with the messenger software. Had to remove Crystal Eye drivers and application, remove the device from Device Manager, reboot, and install drivers only from the Acer website.