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I got my notebook computer in August 2007 for my Birthday at Wal-Mart. This is my first notebook computer, but not first computer. At first I was scared about getting it, because when you buy something at a low price. Lot of time you end up getting what you pay for. I'm thankful I got it now. The sound is good on it, also the screen is nice. I like the speed on it.

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My Acer Aspire 3680 has no sound. I looked on the Internet to see if someone knew the solution. It seems everyone who ownes one of these has problems with the sound and no one knows how to fix it for sure. Some have had success by replacing the sound card (expensive). I'm not going to waste any more money on mine.

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I brought this Acer because a car accident put me in bed after a while. Previously I always enjoyed how you got more bang for your buck with a desktop. Anyway, since I wasn't planning for the purchase, I initially was looking for machines under $1000. But then I saw the Acer for about 1/2 that price. I was stuck on it because unlike many other machines in it's price range, it had 1GB of RAM installed; which I heard was a must for MS Vista. So I took the plunge.

Right away, I was impressed with the sleek look of this laptop. When closed, it is metallic silver with "Acer" placed demurely on the upper corner of the lid. Opening it up reveals a black keyboard placed close to the screen to afford enough room to rest your wrists. The display is gorgeous...clear and crisp. You have the standard laptop goodies...like a DVD burner, a multi-card reader, Ethernet port, USB ports. The only thing lacking was the Firewire port.

Acer's pre-installed software (Acer Arcade and the "Empowering Technology" app) are pretty handy. There is not as much "bloatware" as other machines have.

My main complaints with the machine are that the speakers are not good at all (listening through my iPod's headphones were a great improvement...so consider that!). Also, it has an odd "scroll square" thing between the touchpad buttons...I can't seem to get used to it. The 80GB hard drive is not the largest, but also Acer partitioned it into two (which seems odd...and prompts me to check my disk space, and I just got the machine!) And finally for volume control...you have to use the "Fn" key with some keyboard keys which can be tough in dim lighting where you can't read the blue decals on black so well.

Other than that, I am really pleased with this laptop. For under $500, you really can't do to much better. And most people would never know it cost that much by looking at it and seeing it's capabilities first hand.

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personaly i think this laptop is great for people who are just using it for chool work resumes you know college stuff. but i dont recomend this laptop for the people who love to play online games,music,and basicly people who stays on the internet 24/7 because the wireless capibility isnt all that great plus the vieo crd thats manually installed isnt going to match up with most online games these days.So thats it though overall i give this laptop a 3 out of 5

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I have had my Acer since 2008. It was given to me used from my sister. I use it a lot for video and sound recording. Other than replacing the small hard drive with a larger one and upgrading the memory, I have not had a bit of trouble with it. Bought a spare battery for it 2 years ago. Tough laptop as it has fell off the seat in the van many times when some NUT would pull out in front of me. Still workks GREAT!!!!