Acer Aspire M5800-U5802A

Pros: Speed, great design with USB and headset inputs on the top, very quiet. Multitasking a
a breeze with almost no loss in performance even with memory intensive programs running. Tons of USB inputs. Connections for 7:1 stereo. Graphics card great.

Cons: Wireless network card was weak and would only connect at 24 Mbps. I switched to my Linksys USB and connected at 130 Mbps. Don't like button design to open cd drives, as they seem a little weak. I will probably use Nero to open and close.

Summary: Transferring files from a portable HD through USB was like lightning. Very expandable for internal components, except PCI. (2 of the three slots are occupied by a modem (who uses one of these anymore?) and a wireless network card. Abundance of USB inputs. Alot of computer for the money. Memory enclosed is outstanding. I had purchased a gateway SX2800 but was disappointed as it seemed to hang frequently.

Updated on Aug 21, 2009

Included NTI burning progam weak and would not burn MP3's to a standard cd format. Would burn them to an MP3 CD only.