Acer Aspire 18.4" Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit LX.ADT0X.216

Pros: Very big screen, fingerprint reader works great, 500 gig hdd is nice for a laptop, plus it has a spot for a second drive to be installed, DDR3 ram is nice as well. The only game I've tried on it so far is Call of Duty: World at War, and it handles that very nicely imo. The 9600M GT video card seems to hold its own in gaming and what not. I also liked the available ports (HDMI, eSATA, and plenty of USB ports).

Cons: The Cinedash controls to the left of the keyboard only work with WMP, so that's kind of annoying because that was a big selling point for me, honestly. Also, the laptop didn't come with any of the discs for installation, and it cost $19.95 to get them from Acer, that made me a little upset, too, seeing as how I paid for the stinking thing, I should have the discs provided along with it. Also, along with that, most of their support seemed to be outsourced to people with Indian accents, but I eventually got to somebody that sounded pretty American.

It came loaded with a bunch of bloatware on it, plus the hard drive was partitioned into two 250 gigs, that was annoying as well.

Overall Review: All around, I'm very pleased with the machine, even though I've only had it for about a week.

Pros: This thing is superfast, has a beautiful display, and great sound.

Cons: The worst part of this machine is that the keyboard doesn't register all your strokes (someone else mentioned this as well). This is incredibly annoying as it misses at least 2-3 letters per sentence. 2nd, the finger print reader is in the middle of the two mouse buttons. You can disable it so it doesn't automatically interrupt whatever you're working on but it makes it real hard to operate both mouse buttons with 1 hand. If you're planning on gaming you basically have to use a external mouse. Third, the mouse buttons require a lot of pressure to register a click.

Overall Review: Overall, for the price the preformance is great but useability sucks. I'm going to pay the restocking fee (15%) and return this.