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4.5 stars
"GREAT laptop but be careful"
Pros: Perfect size, loaded with goodies
Cons: not the most rugged laptops
Summary: The company i work for bought 2 of these models for 2 landscaping managers. These managers would take them out in the field and because the computer is so small and frail looking i was at first scared that they wouldnt last. employee number one took very good care of her laptop and to this day the thing runs flawlessly. employee number two however didnt seem to care for it as much. within a year the CD just stopped working. then i believe he dropped it and the LCD cracked. today the CPU fan stopped working.
The computers are about 2 years old now and what i draw from my experience is that its a very nice little computer but you have to be careful because it isnt the most rugged laptop.
I noticed something else... the computer that belonged to employee number 2 changed hands a few times. it belonged to 3 different employees and even with a cracked screen none of them wanted to give it up. even when replaced by a brand new dell laptop they were reluctant to part with it. it seemed to provoke a strange sense of loyalty.
The lptop is packed with goodies off the shelf though. it came with windows xp pro, 512mb of ram, 1.6mhz processor, a dvd burner, a secure didital reader, wireless lan, and a 60 gb harddrive...
i was so impressed by the loyalty and the goodies i bought a refurbished model for under 600 dollars...so far it is working flawlessly...
so overall i would say its a great laptop but be careful with it....it can break
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I have found my Averatec to be rather durable. It has been dropped (many times), had blueberry preserves spilled on the keyboard (the shift key sticks a little now), has a large Maine **** cat sleep on it (frequently)and there's more. I take it on all my business trips - and when I power it up - it stays on for days until I have to go of town again. Most of my computers have been laptops. I own 3 others and this one is the one I like to travel with. It may have it's quirks but for me it has been taken the most abuse and keeps on going.
