Question 1

Is this last years model, or is this the laptop that is coming out sometime this month?

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This is the latest as of October 2014.
Performance is great so far, using it with solidworks and autodesk inventor (as a student) along with mild gaming.

Question 2

Every once in a while this machine will just shut itself off, no indication whatsoever of error beforehand, or after I reboot. The only thing I would say is that the bottom of the laptop gets quite warm so maybe it's an overheating issue? I'm getting it probably around once a day. Has anyone else seen this?

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I have not seen this, nor have I ever seen this happen in any laptop I have ever owned. Have you checked your Event Log for clues? I would start there....if the issue is, in fact, overheating, make sure that the fan is actually on (and turning and moving air) and that there are no obstructions on the grill under the unit. Never operate on a bed, your lap, or other loose fabrics.

Question 3

Can I get it with windows 7 instead of 8?

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Question 4

I'm a writer and publish small run zines regularly. In doing so, I'm a  heavy user of Adobe Creative Cloud Indesign and Photoshop. I also use premiere fairly often for digital film editing. I also use a few other design and publishing programs as well as of course microsoft office. My last computer was just not up to par and these programs ran at a glacial pace when they were not crashing. Theoretically a quadcore, hyperthreaded i7 and 16 gb memory should be able to handle my work very well. My question is this. Will this laptop be able to run Adobe Creative Cloud reasonably quickly and reliably? Ideally, I could be working in indesign and another CC program with a word processor as well as a media player and several tabs of google chrome at the same time without excessive lag. Does anyone use CC on this laptop? I'm not expecting it to be insanely fast, but I'd hope that with this much memory and processing power, that my computer could keep up with me. Any  particular insights you may have would be greatly appreciated.

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I have the CS6 Master Collection and use Illustrator and Photoshop simultaneously while also running a Linux VM in VirtualBox. I will also, at almost all times, be running Chrome with anywhere from 15-30 tabs including some kind of web based music/podcast application. Using Rainmeter, my memory usage hovers below 50% with all of that going. This laptop is an absolute dream.

I've been looking at many, many laptops over the last several months and finding this one is what made me finally make a purchase. I got this the first week of January, and the day it arrived I found that the spacebar was really hard to press. It needed to be pressed in the exact middle, and quite hard in order to register. I worked with it for a couple of hours hoping to "break it in" because everything else was perfect. I had seen quite a few negative remarks about the trackpad being less than stellar, so I was prepared with a wireless mouse. However, the trackpad isn't too bad, but that spacebar! I called Acer and opened an RMA request that very day and sent it to them immediately (the only cost to me was the bubble wrap I purchased to make sure it arrived safely). The very next week it was back at my door, working beautifully.

So really, I would absolutely recommend this laptop for anyone who wants the best of all worlds. I didn't have any desire for a touch screen, and the 1920 x 1080 display is perfect for me. Any more seemed like overkill and a battery drain. I'm a web developer and the keyboard is pretty great for a laptop. I have no issues typing my usual 85+ WPM. It's a little big for a 15.6" display, but I like the screen real estate and I still have no issues taking it places, and it's so thin for having such awesome specifications! I'm really happy with my choice, but would just caution those who buy this product to double check their spacebar and make sure it works well (and all other keys, for good measure). It doesn't seem like it's a widespread issue, but you never know.

Question 5

Does this laptop have an IPS display? On the specifications tab on the description, it says it has IPS... but the Acer website for this same model does not mention IPS at all, only for the 17.3" model.

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The display id is lgd0443.  I believe it is in fact an IPS display.  If you google the display ID you will get a bunch of German reviews of this notebook, but you can use google translate to read them well enough to get the gist.  The display was my biggest issue when I first got the laptop.  It is very sharp and bright, but it hurt my eyes, and there are some strange off angle effects, where the screen grays unevenly if you are off by a few degrees.  I have since bumped the gamma up to 1.4 and decreased the saturation by 5 (intel control panel), and switched the scaling to 150%, and I got f.lux to change the color temperature of the screen.  Now the display is looking very good to me.   I wont even go into the issues with windows and hi-res displays, because that will be common to all notebooks in this range.  Other than that, this is a beast of a laptop...big, fast, short battery...but super fast!

Question 6

This comes with the 64-bit version of Windows, right?

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It's my son's laptop and he said yes, it does come with it :)

Question 7

I know the specifications of the laptop say that it has an 8X Double Layer DVD drive but multiple images of the laptop (and many videos) show that it has a BluRay drive. Is this just a mistype or what?

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This 15.6" laptop does not have a disc drive of any kind. The 17" version has a disc drive but not positive if it is Bluray or DVD

Question 8

Is the operating system downloaded/installed on the 256GB SSD and working off of it instead of the 1TB HDD?

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Yes the OS is installed on the 256 GB SSD which is also the default installation location for new programs you add. This makes everything run fast and the computer boots like lightning. If you wish to conserve space on the SSD, then you should install new programs to the 1TB HDD.

Question 9

How well does this thing handle Autodesk Maya/3DSMax? How many seconds does it take to fully start the program on this laptop?

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I've run Autodesk Maya 2015 on my unit and it seems to run fine.  Haven't pushed it too hard - ssd drive makes the startup times fast (as long as you install maya on that drive).  I'd guess that it takes less that 10 seconds to launch Maya.

Question 10

I would like to know more about the screen, keyboard, and trackpad  since these seem to be the things people don't like about this laptop.  I am trying to decide between this and ASUS ROG GL551 series GL551JM-EH74... but for some reason I am hesitant to go with the Acer.  How has everyone's eperience been with these things?  Thanks for any replies and info!

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I was facing the same problem and have considerated for a week...Now I've decided to have this Acer V15. Reasons: 1.V15 has IPS screen which is good for photo-editing for me, GL551 not. 2.V15 has NGFF slot, which allows you to replace the SSD with a PCI-E one, GL551 not. 3.I've watched a V15 disassembly video. The cooling system has two Anti-dust fan, which looks cool. But I cannot find a GL551 disassembly video, and from the expression I can see only one cooling fin, so maybe only one fan. 4.V15 looks like a laptop of this generation, slim and light, without DVD-ROM. GL551 just looks like my 3.5 year-old dell...5.V15 maybe really has a spacebar problem. I'm not really care cus I usually use an external Cheery keyboard.6.All the interfaces are on the same side, which I think is somehow an advantage cus if you connect the V15 with many external devices on your desktop, at least the left side remains clear!

Brand	Acer
Series	Aspire V15 Nitro Black Edition
Model	VN7-591G-74SK
Part Number	NX.MQLAA.004

Operating System	Windows 8.1
CPU	Intel Core i7-4710HQ 2.5 GHz
Screen	15.6"
Memory	16 GB DDR3
Storage	1 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD
Graphics Card	NVIDIA Geforce GTX 860M
Video Memory	2 GB GDDR5
Communication	Gigabit LAN and WLAN
Dimensions (W x D x H)	15.34" x 10.14" x 0.86"-0.94"
Weight	5.29 lbs.

CPU Type	Intel Core i7 4th Gen
Processor Name	Intel Core i7-4710HQ
Number of Cores	Quad-core Processor
CPU L3 Cache	6 MB

Screen Size	15.6"
Touchscreen	Non-Touch Screen
Wide Screen Support	Yes
Resolution	1920 x 1080
Panel	IPS
Display Features	In-plane Switching (IPS) Technology

GPU/VPU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Video Memory	2GB
Graphic Type	Dedicated Card

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Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Black Edition - 15.6" - Intel Core i7-4710HQ - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Windows 8.1 (NX.MQLAA.004 )

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Memory	16GB
Memory Spec	8 GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total)	2
Max Memory Supported	16 GB

LAN	10/100/1000Mbps
WLAN	802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN with Acer Nplify, featuring MIMO technology (Dual-Band 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.0

USB	3 x USB 3.0
HDMI	1 x HDMI
Audio Ports	1 x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack

Audio	High Definition Audio Support Built-in Digital Microphone
Speaker	Four Built-in Stereo Speakers

Touchpad	Precision Touchpad (supporting Windows 8 Modern Touchpad gestures)
Keyboard	Dedicated Numeric Keypad
Backlit Keyboard	Backlit
Webcam	HD Webcam (1280 x 720)
Card Reader	Secure Digital (SD) card reader

Battery	3-cell Li-ion Battery (4605 mAh)
Battery Life	Up to 4 hour(s)

General
Style	Thin and Light
Type	Gaming
Usage	Consumer

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