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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
3.0 stars
"Comes out of the box with a Trojan virus"
Pros: Its a good unit, but Acer has poor support, and their web site is not updated. Often impossible to find drivers, software updates, firmware for anything.
Vista has been improved from a year ago, faster, numeric keyboard on a small notebook is unique.Cons: This unit comes with bloatware, such as Acer Gamezone (Oberon Media) that has a Trojan Horse - Trojan.Zlob.
Acer needs better QA and testing before shipping.
Contacting Acer support is often frustrating at best, unresponsive at worst.Summary: Hardware itself seems ok. Buyer should be cap... read more
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
Pros: Price. You cannot beat the price with the features provided.
Size. Small enough to be portable, but powerful enough to handle everyday computing needs.
Ease of use. Setup was breeze. Vista runs fine on this machine.Cons: Weird size for a computer screen. With the 16:9 ratio you get less square inches than a 15.4 inch at a 16:10 ratio, and it looks a bit squat. Extra scrolling needed to view web pages or documents as compared to mainstream laptops.
Summary: My wife's HP zv5340 (4yrs old) had a motherbo... read more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
Pros: great backup desk top
Cons: none for 399 could not expect more
Summary: best buy wanted 245 for a warrenty WHY read more
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3.0 stars
Pros: Had this one for almost a year. Still working good. I have reformatted several times trying different operating systems. Now I am running WIndows 7 with no problems. Overall a good laptop.
Cons: The Windows Vista that was on this one was slow. I took it off and put Ultimate, then xp, and now 7. Xp was good but had some bug issues.
Summary: Good for everyday use. No real hard gaming. P... read more
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2.0 stars
Pros: -Number pad on a laptop keyboard is pretty spiffy.
-Decent enough HD sizeCons: -Flimsy lid
-Touch pad is oversensitive
-Ridiculously severe heating issues; it may just be me, but this thing heats up so badly that it's incredibly rare for the CPU temp to go below 70C. Near impossible to do anything on it, it overheats too easilySummary: I bought this laptop from Best Buy because it... read more
