Cheap Acer Aspire E1-571-6811 15.6-Inch Laptop (Glossy Black)

Customer Ratings:

This is an update to my review. I loved this item for the first few days but then the screen went black and I could not get it to come up for anything. I don't know if this is a problem with Acer or not but this happened on my older computer also which was an Acer. So now I have to delete everything on this so that I can return it. A huge pain in the rear. If it happens again I will have to buy a different model and will speak my mind about Acer. I also do not like the new Windows 8. It is diffiult to figure out where everything is but I'm sure after working with it for awhile it will become easier. Everything new is hard at first.

I just received this yesterday. It was so easy to set up and I am cruising around on it like crazy. My other computer constantly froze and shut down plus the screen didn't work so I had to have a monitor on the side so this one is amazing. I love having a number key on the side and also on the top. It does not get warm at all I love it.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

Bought this to replace my Mom's desktop computer. My only complaint is Windows 8. Not a fan of Windows to begin with but 8 is a real loser in my opinion and it is very different from the former versions of Windows so it was confusing. With some modifications, I was able to make the desktop similar enough to her old computer that she was comfortable with it.

As for the computer itself, it is wonderful. Plenty of processor and RAM for just about any need. Be aware that it does have the trackpad offset to the left due to having a full numbers keypad on the right. This makes typing a bit awkward for anyone who is used to having the trackpad centered. But since Mom had never used a laptop, she didn't know the difference. I was the one who struggled.

Best Deals for Acer Aspire E1-571-6811 15.6-Inch Laptop (Glossy Black)

I have purchased 4 Acers in the past 6 years. I have never had a problem other than one was damaged in transit, obviously no fault on Acers part. I still have all 4 and have never had a problem with any of them. I have had HPs/Dells in the past and none of those have ever survived longer than a year and half.

Honest reviews on Acer Aspire E1-571-6811 15.6-Inch Laptop (Glossy Black)

The Acer Aspire E1-571-6811 15.6-Inch Laptop is fairly light weight, loaded with Windows 8, and grants free access to the Acer iCloud.

Many of the other pre-loaded programs are interesting and convenient, e.g. the news feed. Some are a little confusing to figure out, e.g., the Camera (specifically where the folder is with the pics I've just taken. The folder is, of course, in the Pictures under Library, but the subfolders are by date, which can be a bit confusing when there are a lot of subfolders, and the dates all begin with the year, then the month, then the day).

The Right click sometimes doesn't respond when clicked initially, but may take a couple of pushes to respond. This bothers me greatly. But since I bought the computer online, I'm not about to send it away for diagnosing and repairs when it only gives me trouble intermittently.

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Acer Aspire E1-571-6811 15.6-Inch Laptop (Glossy Black)

The quality and speed is so much better than my old windows XP that I love it. Coming from XP, windows 8 has areas that I find very difficult. But, in time I hope I am able to master it.

Reviews of Acer Aspire 7551-7422 17.3" Quad Core 2.2GHz 4GB 500GB

Customer Ratings:

This laptop is absolutely amazing! I've actually come to love Acer laptops because they are reliable and affordable. I purchased this Acer Aspire 7551-7422 to upgrade from my Acer Aspire AS7736Z-4088. I also wrote a review on that one as well. This particular model is slightly different but similar in specs to the Acer AS7741G-6426 that has the 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5-480M dual-core processor which makes it more expensive. It also has a 640 GB SATA hard drive (5400 RPM)and this Acer model has 500 GB SATA hard drive with a 2.2GHz Quad Core processor (AMD Phenom II X4 N970).

I purchased this particular model at Walmart for $478.00 which I thought was a great deal. I have this exact model. It's black with a mesh like top so you don't have to worry about all those nasty little finger prints! This computer is blazing fast. It even takes less than 30 seconds to boot up. My previous Acer laptop made a little bit more noise compared to this model. This particular model is fairly quiet. You can barely hear it running. I especially love the bright 17.3 screen. It's absolutely beautiful! There is also a full numeric keypad and the keyboard has plenty of space. The keys are a nice size and have a spring like feel to them when pressed. The touchpad also has the multi-gesture feature where you can pinch and zoom ect. I don't particular like this feature. I bought a new wireless mouse to use with the laptop. I have never really liked the touchpad on a laptop. I prefer to use multi-gestures on my iPad. I also wanted to say that I was a bit surprised by how light the laptop is. I expected it to be much heavier. Acer did a really nice job with the build. It's a beautiful laptop at an affordable price. You are getting a lot for the price. If you are on a budget and don't want to spend the extra $100-$200 on Intel processor, I would definitely go with this option.

The only cons that I've noticed so far was that I only got just over 3 hours in battery life. There is also no Bluetooth which is a little disappointing. I got over it fairly quickly though. I don't use Bluetooth that often on my laptop. I also felt that the speakers were a little weak. If sound quality is very important to you then I would invest in some good quality speakers if you're going to go with this laptop. The sound quality isn't terrible but it could definitely be a lot better. Overall I'm happy with my purchase and feel like I got a lot of bang for my buck! I have included the technical specifications below in order to present them to you a little better.

-AMD Phenom II X4 Quad-Core N970 processor 2.2GHz

-2MB L2 Cache 4GB DDR3 SDRAM system memory (expandable to 8GB) Gives you the power to handle most power hungry applications and tons of multimedia work

-500GB SATA hard drive Store 333,000 photos, 142,000 songs or 263 hours of HD video and more

-8x SuperMulti DVD Double-Layer Drive Watch movies, and read and write CDs and DVDs in multiple formats

-10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet

-802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Connect to a broadband modem with wired Ethernet or wirelessly connect to a Wi-Fi signal or hotspot with the 802.11b/g/n connection built into your PC

-17.3" HD+ widescreen CineCrystal display

-ATI Radeon HD 4250 Graphics with 256MB of dedicated video memory and support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1

Additional Features:

-Built-in 1.3 megapixel HD webcam

-5-in-1 memory card reader

-3 x USB 2.0 ports

-1 x VGA port

1 x headphone/speaker/line-out jack

-1 x microphone-in jack

-1 x RJ-45 Ethernet port

-1 x line-in jack

-1 x HDMI port

-1 x DC-in jack

-6-cell lithium-ion battery, up to 3 hours battery life Software

-Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition

-Microsoft Office Starter 2010: Includes reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel, with advertising. PowerPoint or Outlook are NOT included.

-McAfee Internet Security Suite Trial

Backup and Restore options built into Windows allows you to create safety copies of your most important personal files, so you're always prepared for the worst

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

I use the laptop for everything, including my photography, post processing, and office work. It's quick and I haven't had any problems with it at all. The only reason I don't give it five stars is that the battery life is short. I can only work about 2 hours before I have to recharge it. I'm sure that has to do with the fact that it has a big screen and the display eats power. Still, I think they could have done better. I'm going to have to get an accessory battery charger for taking the laptop on photo shoots. I had hoped that wouldn't be necessary. Otherwise, this thing is screaming fast for my purposes. The keyboard is comfortable to use as well.

Best Deals for Acer Aspire 7551-7422 17.3" Quad Core 2.2GHz 4GB 500GB

PRO: AMD's FX Quad Core processor will definitely plow through your basic office tasks without hesitation. After a bit of adjustment, the keyboard works quite well under normal conditions, and the trackpad is better than most I've dealt with.

CON: Graphics is about average for student/home business use, unsuitable for gaming (no L3 cache, only 256 MB max memory, which is shared and set in the BIOS). 5400 RPM HDD is simply inappropriately slow for any use today. Out of the box you will spend hours doing security updates on Windows 7 (typical for anything out of Microsoft the last couple of decades), or you can spend about a half hour installing Ubuntu Linux and not have to deal with that mess, I did both do to the need of a few Linux programs I use regularly. There is no Bluetooth, something that I always thought to be standard on laptops the past few years (it created problems for me with several cameras that required it), but you can purchase the card separately and install it yourself if know how. Battery life is nowhere near half what was promised, from power-on to shutdown I got a maximum of 73 minutes (a lot was wasted in the boot-up process) under Windows 7 Pro, 98 minutes under Ubuntu Studio (Linux), far short of the 180 minutes promised, and this under very strict energy settings.

For business use, I can find no fault with this laptop, other than described above. Unfortunately, I purchased this laptop for entertainment, to keep my mind off the size of the needles being stuck into my spine. The slow hard drive, lack of L3 cache, and minimalist video memory combined to make playing any modern graphics-based games all but completely impossible. Without Bluetooth, I was also forced to work strictly offline with any video I captured, and the Acer could only communicate with my Blackberry via USB or WiFi. rather than the preferred (and to my mind much more secure) Bluetooth.

The only game I was able to get running was Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX), a simulator I've been playing with for decades in various incarnations. While FSX works just fine on my old Dell Studio 1737 (Pentium T3400), the Acer FX simply can't handle FSX due to the absence of any L3 cache at all, and the minimalist 256 MB vRAM didn't help matters. Best frame rate under FSX recommended settings was 5 fps, just under 20 fps if I set all the display settings to absolute minimums (not very realistic at that point, more like an old arcade game).

The upside I liked was the ability to upgrade the installed Win 7 Home Premium to the Professional version, something I needed in order to run certain XP based 32 bit programs I still need (no replacements for them yet), a feature that never worked right under Vista. I also installed the Ubuntu Studio version of Linux, which deals with my cameras (when connected via USB) far better than Windows (any version).

And, as usual for Microsoft, right out of the box I spent a long time doing "updates" on their latest software, mostly security issues that hackers were exploiting long before Windows 7 hit the marketplace here in the US.

All in all, however, this Acer cost me half in 2012 what I paid for my old Dell Studio 1737 in early 2009, so I think I got an okay deal on this one. Still, one must wonder what the good folks who built this thing were thinking when the hobbled the graphics so badly by omitting L3 and half the needed memory, especially in today's very graphics intensive computing environment.

This computer is only suitable for basic student/home office functions that do not involve heavy graphics or unusually complex mathematical functions (even some Zynga games on Facebook fail to work well, go figure). Those with such needs, or who are interested in a gaming laptop (which is what I was told I was getting) should consider another laptop and/or manufacturer. Otherwise, not bad for what I paid.

EDIT to add more information...

The laptop gets very hot (220+ F) when room temperature is above 74 and doing anything that is graphics intensive, likely owing to the under-powered graphics built in. The GPU is definitely the source of the heat buildup, and I strongly recommend downloading a utility program to shut the computer down if the heat exceeds 225 F (if you want the laptop to last very long). As most already know, GPU's cannot be replaced on laptops.

Honest reviews on Acer Aspire 7551-7422 17.3" Quad Core 2.2GHz 4GB 500GB

GREAT computer, I have no complaints, except for one: the speaker volume tends to be low. I had to buy an external speaker for watching some content on the computer. However,it is the best I have owned. Easy to use, and inexpensive!

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Acer Aspire 7551-7422 17.3" Quad Core 2.2GHz 4GB 500GB

This was the cheapest by far amongst the various options for a Phenom Quad core 2.2 GHz and 17" or bigger screen.

To give an idea: Frys was selling a refurbished laptop with Phenom with dual core for 150 dollars more and WalMart had the same one for around 80 dollars more.

The look and feel was great it looked and felt new. The downside was that the laptop came with a lot key drivers missing starting with the wireless and LAN drivers. though there was a page with the information that buyers might have to download LAN and wireless drivers it could have been more comprehensive. The ACER site has both Broadcom and Atheros as options for the same model and it was not clear as to which one needed to be downloaded.

What they did not mention in their FAQ was that both the screen/display drivers, card reader drivers and audio drivers were not the recommended drivers but default ones from Windows. The Acer program for the web cam still does not work though the web cam works in skype and msn. There is also no firewire port.

To be fair, Tech Turn the seller did have a help number to call but they work Monday to Friday and since I received it on Friday evening it was not much use to me.

Once I got all the drivers set up a solid three hours of trial and error and downloading and installing straightforward stuff though no need to be an expert it works well and I am satisfied enough with the price / value of money equation to happily give 4 stars. (it is a solid 17.3" LED screen with a great quad core chip). TechTurn also had amazing delivery I had super saver delivery in 4 days.

Overall looks like a great Amazon purchase fingers crossed it is two weeks old as I write this review.

Best Acer AS8943G-9319 18.4-Inch Laptop (Aluminum) Deals

Customer Ratings:

This review is not short. But I would have loved to have a review like this when I was deciding to buy this laptop.

First of all, way to go Amazon getting me the package in two days flat even using the super saver shipping. Acer has the laptop box that is inside a sturdier cardboard box, this is then wrapped by amazon in packing material and placed in an even larger box. Talk about building up suspense when you are opening the thing.

I'd been worried about some of the other reviews that I had read on the AS8943G series. I'd like to set the record straight on a few scores.

You will read quite a few reviews stating there are widespread connectivity issues with the wifi, and when you attempt to reset the connection, the computer locks up entirely. An early fix for that was to spend $30 on a new wifi card and it worked like a charm. This impacted the models with the broadcomm and Atheros cards. It was a driver issue. I would be willing to bet not a single unit actually shipped with a bad card, Acer just didn't have the driver issues sorted out before selling their laptop. (shame shame)

-Wireless

Mine shipped with the most current drivers and Bios found on the Acer website, and I haven't had a single dropped connection with 52 hours of up-time so far. Not only that, but I am getting excellent speeds. It feels like I've upgraded my internet service (I was using a wireless G card before)

-Monitor

Some have complained about the viewing angles on the monitor. I honestly think they are nuts. For a screen this size it is just fine. The screen is good for viewing by two people sitting on the couch. If you are looking down at a sharp angle, it is no good to watch, but if you are doing that, you obviously use your laptop in a way entirely different from what I do. Right out of the box, you get pretty good color reproduction, but it is a bit better if you take the time to calibrate it. The screen is perfect for watching movies in 1080P and very crisp and clear. no issues with brightness. It is a very good panel.

-Sound

The sound quality is just 'okay'. By that, I mean that it blows away any previous laptop speakers I've used, but I had pretty high expectations since it has a 5.1 sound system. You don't need to invest in any extra speakers to use with this. Even with low quality sources, you can make out dialogue. And though you don't get anything approaching true surround sound, the speaker setup is very competent at separating the highs and the lows, and it has made it a lot easier to make out what people are saying in a movie in scenes with a lot of background noise or music.

-Build Quality

This is the sturdiest non-mac laptop I have seen recently. Probably about three pounds of the 10 pound (yes 10 pounds!) weight of this laptop is the aluminum casing, deck, and keyboard. It is a joy to work on compared to some of the laptops I have had to mess around with. the memory slots and hard drive and wireless card are all easy to get to. It has one main panel that you remove to get to all three, and then a separate panel if you want to put in a second hard drive. And that brings me to the first of two gripes I have. The plastic cover for the second hard drive bay is not intended to be used with a hard drive in the bay (!!?!) I was aware of that prior to buying the laptop. So, if you intend to add a second hard drive, you have two options. Order the bay cover needed and wait for it, or mod the existing door to make it fit a hard drive. That can be done in about five minutes with careful use of a dremel tool. But I just have to scratch my head a little that they even bothered to make a hard drive bay cover that won't accommodate a hard drive.

Touchpad

The pad is very responsive, and the multi-touch works without fuss. It IS a fingerprint magnet. I assume the surface they used was dictated by the need for it to be transparent for the media browser. The media browser underlay is very cool, I still haven't gotten over turning it on from time to time just to look at it. I do wish they could have found a way to make it not take so may fingerprints since, you know, you touch it. All the time.

Keyboard

I like the aluminum keys and they have a very pleasant touch. The chicklet layout has made touch typing a good bit easier. The delete key is tiny. But that is fairly common now days. I do wish it was backlit, but I'm not sure I would sacrifice the extra heatsink effect you get from the all aluminum construction, and it will probably win on durability.

Heat Management

I expected this thing to be like a space heater with the i7 and the Radeon 5850 in there, but for the most part, it has run cool and run quiet. Running 3D Mark 2011 on it, there was slightly increased fan activity, but all surfaces stayed cool to slightly warm to the touch. The only thing I would describe as hot was the air coming out of the exhaust port. That is kind of the point though. The fan has never been loud enough yet for me to notice it, unless (like now) I am specifically listening for it.

As soon as I got this I slapped a second 500 Gig hard drive in and swapped in 12 gigs of faster ram, so I can't say exactly what the base model benchmarks like, other than it booted up and loaded windows in a reasonable time and was responsive to my limited needs. The windows experience index comes in at 5.8 using the lowest score, which is the hard drive, and i think the others were 6+ range with one 7+. If you are looking to upgrade on this, I'd highly recommend swapping out the ram with something faster than the DDR 1066 that is in there. and get a faster hard drive. Those are the major bottlenecks. You might even look at swapping the current system disk for an SSD, and then using that one for storage. Though I will point out, there is no install disk shipped with this laptop.

Bottom line, this is an excellent laptop for the price (which apparently dropped by like $30 the day after I ordered it :) ) If I was giving it a 1-100 score, it would be about a 90. Losing points for that stupid hard drive bay cover and lack of USB 3 and no express card slot to add it later. This is a perfect laptop to buy and upgrade to something really excessive, and it is also a great laptop out of the box. Hopefully I don't drop this one and break it. You may have wondered why I had 12 gigs of ram and a 500 GB hard drive just laying around.... yeah.

Buy it. Though I would recommend you check out the whole 8943g line to see if there is one that has a configuration you prefer for the price.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

Ok, fist of all I would just like to praise amazon's customer support. About a month ago I had ordered a Toshiba Qosmio x505 laptop. After three weeks the fan for the video card failed and I could no longer use the laptop. By mistake I called Toshiba instead of Amazon and they had me send it in. About a week later I got a call and was told that they didn't have the part and it needed to be ordered. Of course they also told me that the part would not be in until January 7th, 2011.... Two months later!!! I called amazon and told them what happened. They let me send my toshiba back to them and exchange for something different. So I chose to spend a tiny bit more and get this one. The two laptops are almost identical in specs execpt for the video card and the style/finish of the laptop. I really like this one due to the brushed aluminum casing. If it's one thing I cannot stand, it's fingerprints all over my laptop. I have yet to see any problems with the wifi, like some other people have had. The capacitive screen/touchpad is pretty cool... not sure how much use it will get, but it's not why I bought the laptop.

Pro's:

-Core i7

-ATI 5850 2GB Video Card!!! (Runs Starcraft 2 great!)

-4GB Ram (2,2,0,0) There are 4 slots for ram! I can upgrade to 8 GB with two more 2GB sticks of RAM.

-Fingerprint reader.

-Beautiful screen. I was curious why they boasted 220 nit screen, until I saw it at full brightness... it's amazing.

-Aluminum casing

-The hinges on the screen... this may sound like an odd one but when you have a big screen like that and flimsy hinges that thing will sway up and down with just a little bump of the table. This one however has very solid hinges that keep your screen sturdy and in place.

Cons:

-No backlit keyboard... not too terrible but when you are using it for games at night it really can come in handy.

Best Deals for Acer AS8943G-9319 18.4-Inch Laptop (Aluminum)

Looks great, works great. Craftsmanship is very good. True, the fingerprint issue is an annoyance, but that is easily taken care of. The touch pad is very sensitive. Several times I've run my palm across it when typing and closed or changed what I was working on. As I much prefer to use a mouse anyway, I just lock it and that problem is solved.

So far it runs very cool. Haven't had the need to consider a proper laptop cooler yet. All I use is an Everki Chill Pill (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002X7QPMA/ref=oss_product) to elevate and allow better air flow. Air coming out the exhaust vent is warm, but certainly not what I would consider hot.

Best feature of this laptop, and what convinced me to purchase a laptop at all, let alone one so large, is the keyboard. It is as close to a full sized keyboard as you are likely to find on a laptop. The keys have a very nice feel to them, and the fact that they are raised is in my opinion a huge plus. The delete key is small and oddly placed, but I consider that a very reasonable price to pay for all the other advantages this keyboard provides. It is just like typing on a desktop keyboard, and since I purchased this as a supplement to my desktop while I am in school, I figured it made sense if it can keep me from having to retrain my fingers every time I switch between them.

This is of course a very large laptop, and finding a backpack into which it will fit is a real issue. I settled on the Swissgear Pegasus, which is probably the only Swissgear pack into which it will fit, and even then there are issues. If I put it in the laptop sleeve, it becomes nearly impossible to zip closed, and then the material is stretched to the point that I am afraid the zipper or the stitching will split. Even outside the sleeve, it is tight if you have it sitting on the first layer of padding. I have been pulling the end of that padding out of the way, and the pack then closes easily. This does of course kind of defeat the purpose of buying a pack specifically designed to carry a laptop. But because it is so well made and serves all of my other needs for it, I am hoping that with time the material will loosen up some and make the fit better. Toshiba does sell two bags specifically for 18.4 inch laptops, I just didn't feel they would meet my needs as well as this one.

Another issue is the Blu-ray player. It works fine, once you have the correct software to play Blu-ray discs. Apparently there is no support for WMP to do so, and the Video player ACER provides as part of it's bloatware won't play them. A potentially minor issue, but still somewhat of an annoyance.

Overall, I am very pleased with this laptop. The fact that it has room for a 2nd HDD and the RAM is expandable to 16GB is a huge plus. By far, this laptop will give you the most for your money, especially at the current price of $1,199.99. You really can't beat it. This brings me to one last issue, which once again is mostly just an annoyance. Every review I have seen which references a 2nd HDD, states that the 2nd HDD bay cover that comes with the laptop will not close completely with a 2nd drive installed. Unfortunately, this item is apparently not available from anyone in the US, including ACER. The same goes for the HDD bracket that you will need to buy, as ACER does not install one. There are several venues for purchasing them. The cheapest is Notebook Solutions. () They are shipping from outside the US, Canada I believe, so shipping costs are higher. One other is ipc-computer. () This is a German company, so shipping is higher still. The thing to be aware of is that there is conflicting info out there as to what the correct part number is. It is either Acer 42.PWC07.009, or Acer 42.PWC07.001. I believe it is the first. Neither site uses either number if you simply go to the site and start searching. Hopefully they have the parts labeled correctly. Both sites do provide space for comments. ipc in fact requires that you put the Manufacture's name, laptop model and model number there, or they will not ship the item. So if you are like me, you can include a note specifying why you want the part. Hopefully that will ensure you get what you thought you were paying for.

Honest reviews on Acer AS8943G-9319 18.4-Inch Laptop (Aluminum)

I contact tech support but no luck. The cover won't close for the second hdd. And they don't support this issue! I use the one that came with it(500Gb), but the cover won't close properly. The first one was replaced by a 64Gb SSD HDD. I have no idea why they advertise it that this laptop supports 2 hdds. I am running in with two right now, but the cover for the second one looks half open.

Also they have no idea what will be the max bus speed for the memory(default 1066). I want to upgrade to a higher speed. Also NO blutooth. What a shame. I asked them for a internal blutooth module but they don't support it. So the only way to go is USB blutooth dongle. The touch pad it's a fingerprint sucker. I don't think the keyboard is made from aluminum, just silver plastic. I hope in time will not become black in the most used areas.

Other than that the laptop it is awesome. Sounds it is impressive 5+1 speakers, amazing resolution and speed. Just want to let know other people about this issues if they plan installing second hdd. So one star minus.

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Acer AS8943G-9319 18.4-Inch Laptop (Aluminum)

I had a Dell Studio 1737 that went bad. I sold it on eBay and used the money to help pay for this Acer Aspire 8943g-9319. This laptop has met all of my expectations. There's only one thing that threw me off, and that was the fact that it does not come with an integrated Bluetooth card. This is a very minor issue as a Bluetooth USB dongle can be purchased for less than shipped. In fact I found a deal and bought a mini Bluetooth USB dongle for about . I started out using a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse from my prior laptop. They always seem to have problems with lag. It can't be used outside of windows. Which means if you have to boot into safe mode, BIOS, CD, etc., you have to use the keyboard on the laptop. To make a long story short, I purchased a Logitech MK710 keyboard/mouse combo. It works great (I can use it from the moment I turn on the computer) and the dongle is tiny. I play a few games, mostly Starcraft 2 and it works great thanks to the discrete 2g ATI video card. It's one of the few laptops that can handle 2 hard drives and 16GB RAM. It looks stylish and I especially like the brushed aluminum appearance. The keyboard works perfectly, no complaints. The screen is fantastic, bright, excellent color reproduction, and no dead pixels. The sound system is typical of any laptop in the sense that it does not come close to a home theater system. But, I must say that it does a great job at reproducing 5.1 surround sound as it has 6 speakers (left, center, right, surround left, surround right, and bass). If you play a dolby sample video or one of those THX splash videos, you can really hear the sound as it moves from speaker to speaker. Granted, you have to be right in front of the laptop to experience this. On the other hand, the bass, like i said, is typical of any other laptop which means it's adequate. There were some reviews that I read that stated the wireless card kept dropping its network connection. Not the case in this laptop. One last thing is the finger print reader, I love it! I can log into 90% of the Websites that I frequent and all I have to do is swipe my finger to gain access. Well done Acer!

Best HP ENVY DV7 17.3" Quad Core Laptop, 8GB DDR3 Memory, 750GB Hard Deals

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $799.99
Sale Price: $692.78
Today's Bonus: 13% Off

What a laptop!! I have no idea what that other guy was talking about with the slow responding issue. This laptop is extremely fast!! I am able to play all sorts of games like minecraft and call of duty on nice settings. I will recommend this to anyone who wants a multimedia laptop! I was really happy with my purchase but I wish they had a back-lit keyboard included, not that big of a deal though.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

I have the 15.6" version of this and its a great laptop for the price. The graphics card is integrated and runs on system RAM, meaning it will outperform many 1-2gb cards with dedicated RAM when the laptop demands more performance. The A10-4600m is a strong AMD CPU, able to compete with the comparablely priced Intel i3 & i5 CPUs. For gaming purposes, it will run almost all newer games at low-medium settings with antialiasing off. Older games 3+ years old all run at high-ultra settings, including games like Fallout 3/NV, Oblivion, Age of Empires 3, Bully, Company of Heroes, Lord of the Rings BFME2, and many others without issues. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a graphics intensive laptop for music and video editing, as well as gaming or just facebooking.

Best Deals for HP ENVY DV7 17.3" Quad Core Laptop, 8GB DDR3 Memory, 750GB Hard

I receive this laptop has a present. Its worked fine so far. No problems at all. It plays games like Minecraft, and even the original Halo combat evolved pretty well. If you are using it right, the battery could last for four hours, which is nice. Like I said in the title, it is a all around nice laptop.

Honest reviews on HP ENVY DV7 17.3" Quad Core Laptop, 8GB DDR3 Memory, 750GB Hard

I got this for family and for hobby Android software development. It seems to work great for both purposes. It all feels pretty snappy (certainly compared to the 10-year-old Pentium M that it's replacing, but also doesn't feel any more sluggish than my work i5-based laptop). For just plain web browsing, it's very decent (Browsermark 4530 with Chrome).

Development work:

It's fast enough to run the Kindle Fire HD emulator that I couldn't run on my old laptop. In hindsight for that purpose it would have been better to get an i5-based laptop so that I could use HAXM which needs the Intel variant of the virtualization extensions. Still, for Android emulation purposes I can run Bluestacks on it, and Bluestacks runs at a very nice speed (it must be using the AMD virtualization, as expected since they have a partnership with AMD).

Startup times for things like Eclipse are good, and build times are fine.

I installed Cygwin and, just in case I need a real Linux for something (I sometimes find a need to run something on a Linux machine), VirtualBox with Lubuntu in it. I haven't played much with VirtualBox/Lubuntu except to start Firefox and install Chromium in it, and it seems to work at an OK speed (Chromium gets 3851 Browsermark, with only one CPU core dedicated to VirtualBox), so the virtualization extensions on the A10 must be doing their job.

Fun:

Haven't really tried any games other than Minecraft and Trine, which work quite smoothly. Most of the non-phone games I play are old, sometimes very old (e.g., Infocom text adventures) so I don't foresee any difficulties.

Screen:

Nice and bright. I was concerned about the glossy screen--I've always had only matte screens, but it's generally fine. The colors were a bit muted until I ran the Windows color calibration (Windows+Q and type in "calibrate") after which they are *really* nice. Slightly higher resolution would be even nicer, but this is acceptable. Unfortunately, the calibration was being reset each time I logged in, but I fixed that by starting the task manager (ctrl-alt-delete, Task Manager), going to Startup, and right clicking on Catalyst to disable Catalyst. (I didn't really need Catalyst Control Center.)

Trackpad:

I do occasionally hit it with my palm and it moves the screen. A smaller trackpad would be better, as would one that's better placed. This one is so placed that for natural typing, almost half of the right hand would be over the trackpad. One can turn it off, though, if that's a problem, with a double tap on its upper left corner. (Which also turns on a nice trackpad-is-off light.) If this continues to be a problem, I'll have to see if there is some software or hardware solution.

Sound:

The sound is very good for a laptop. Laptop sound has always been too quiet for me but this one is loud enough for comfortable movie watching.

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for HP ENVY DV7 17.3" Quad Core Laptop, 8GB DDR3 Memory, 750GB Hard

I ordered it and received it as it is in the description, its exactly what I wanted thank you very much:D I'm super excited, its my first laptop.:D

Discount HP Spectre 14-3210nr 14-Inch Ultrabook (Black/Silver)

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $1,399.99
Sale Price: $854.54
Today's Bonus: 39% Off

I bought spectre 14 3010nr first and it turned out to be very very slow for a $1200 original price computer. I returned it and bought this model for about $100 more thinking that it will be fast enough as it does have better processor and graphics memory. Turns out it is snapping fast for a notebook as well it came with all the necessary softwares with less junk.

Why 3 stars? Because it has a defective screen. I read the reviews of 14-3010nr that there were problems with screen but I thought newer model will have that issue fixed. It works but sometimes the colors go dim and white color turns into light green. I am really disappointed from HP because when you buy a laptop on a premium price, you expect premium performance too. I think all the "premium price" you pay is for the software that it comes with (Adobe premiere elements, lojack 1 year subscription and Norton internet security for 2 years). But I would rather had got a fantastic laptop with none of these software, which I can substitute with ones of my choice.

Here are pros and cons in my POV:

Pros:

Awesome design>>> I really mean it.

Good processor >>> Don't compare it to desktop i5's or i3's but its good for daily uses

Intel HD 4000 >>>> This is only in pros if you compare it to previous model with graphics 3000; which had lags in playing hd videos.

Sound >>> don't expect to use it for party even though it has beats audio but the volume is very good for a laptop

Cons:

Screen >>> even though it has higher resolution then most of the laptops out there, screen problems are just not acceptable when they are carried from one model to another.

Ram >>> 4 gb is not enough especially when the Ram is also used for graphics purposes. Note: you can upgrade to 8 gb but its a very painful process.

NFC >>> Awesome idea on paper but no practical use. It only add $$ to price.

Camera >>> I am really sick of companies advertising

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

Buy Fujitsu Lifebook AH532 Notebook

Customer Ratings:

But I'm not impressed with Windows7. Would have given a 5 with XP. At least windows has a site for research for issues that does help. Also wasn't impressed with the packing it came in. Just the cardboard around the styraforam end caps. Maybe that is sufficient, it seems fine. Only had it a couple of months. Still trying to get control of my own computer away from microsoft. XP wasn't this obnoxious. I've almost dumped microsoft several times. I did buy this understanding that Linux would work. My last Fujitsu lasted over 10 years with daily use...all day all night sometimes, constant travel. Did have it on a cooler immediately, as is this one. Amazon is great, & vendors on time. Received case early. I love the full size keyboard & the separate number pad. So far it's wonderful, I'll update later if I can. If you use a wireless mouse...disable touchpad. It's a windows glitch. For the quality I've experienced in the past, you can't beat the price or the machine.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

Review of Razer Blade 14 Inch Gaming Laptop 256GB - Windows 8.1

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $1,999.00
Sale Price: $1,964.24
Today's Bonus: 2% Off

I'm a bit of a computer junkie, which means I'm constantly buying a "new shiny toy" and this is especially true with computers. Luckily enough I've always found my laptops super-on-sale so after using them a few months I'm able to sell them for profit to purchase a new one. Eventually this meant going from $500 laptops all the way to this bad boy. I've compiled some information regarding this laptop which may assist someone else:

Why did I buy this laptop?

-Incredibly thin and lightweight

-Battery life lasts a VERY long time

-8GB RAM is perfect Any more seems to be a waste for my needs

-256GB SSD is a great medium between cost and size. Of course a 512GB would be nice, but I have an external for media files anyway.

-HDMI Out Essential component that many "budget" computers lack (This is definitely not a budget computer)

-Three USB3.0 Ports I never use more than 2 at a time anyway, but I understand that some people will need more ports. Personally I prefer to use Bluetooth so there are no wires.

-Serves as a good desktop replacement

Below are some questions people often ask me about it:

1)How hot does it get?

-It feels pretty hot when I play certain games like Crysis 3 on max settings; however, I checked the CPU core temperature only to realize it was actually cooler than my previous laptop had been. I believe this may be due to the bezel being made out of metal which can more easily transfer heat than plastic.

2)Can it play games?

-This is always my favorite question because it's a gaming laptop and people love to ask if it can play games. In short the answer is yes. So far I have run into no problems playing games except with radial flora shadows on Battlefield 3 and motion blur in Crysis 3. Both of these settings need to not be on extreme or the FPS take a hit.

3)How is the battery life?

-Great! Best out of any laptop I've ever had. I'm sure this is directly correlated with the new Intel Haswell processor that is inside since Intel's big selling point with this generation was lower power consumption. While playing games I generally can get about 5-6hours on battery and doing low power tasks such as browsing the internet and typing a paper I get about double the battery life. It's hard to get an exact number, but with my screen brightness all the way down and battery saving options enabled I was able to get a good 14 hours off one charge. Sure screen is a little harder to use with the brightness so low, but eventually your eyes adjust and it's fine.

4)Are there any weird "quirks?"

-When I first purchased it I noticed the internet was a bit spotting. I avoided using the built in NIC card by using a USB Wireless Adapter that I used on my desktop, but what's the point of having a good laptop if the internet doesn't work well on the go? So I did some research and realized my Killer drivers were out of date. (Of course--it's always a drivers issue!) After fixing that I haven't really had any problems at all with the internet.

5)How long does the laptop take to turn on?

-People ask me this all the time because my last laptop had a dual-raid SSD so it could boot in about 7 seconds. This laptop (thankfully) can boot in about the same time. I haven't really timed it, but if I push the on button then grab my laptop mouse--the computer is on and at my desktop before I've put the mouse case back in my bag. Any faster would really be a waste considering the work it would take could go into improving something else.

6)What did the Windows Experience Index place the laptop at?

-The base score is a 6.9 and here's the breakdown:

o Processor: 7.8

o Memory: 7.8

o Graphics: 6.9

o Gaming Graphics: 6.9

o Primary Hard disk: 8.1

7)Did it come with any bloatware?

-It depends what you consider bloat. There were no programs such as Norton's Anti-Virus installed; however, there was some of the Razer software such as Razer Comms and Razer Synapse 2.0 installed. I use these programs so it wasn't a big deal for me, but I could see where someone else might not want them.

8)How is the screen quality?

-When I was looking to purchase the laptop I definitely considered it a downside; however, since the screen is smaller it doesn't really make much of a difference at all. Coming from a 1080p screen on my last laptop I don't really notice the difference at all. Of course there will always be people who claim they can see the difference, but speaking per inch a 17.3 inch screen with 1080p resolution is 127.34PPI, a 15.6 inch screen with 1080p resolution is 141.21PPI, a 15.4 inch screen with 1080p resolution is 143.05PPI, and a 14 inch screen with 1600x900 resolution is 131.13PPI. With that being said--I'm satisfied with the screen. Sometimes I feel like people are chasing pixels they can't see. . .

I think that sums up my review. If you have any questions please leave a comment and I will reply to it as soon as I can.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

The 2013 Razer Blade 14 is a fantastic laptop. It's lightweight, well put together, and packs a TON of power in a small package. They've chosen to provide a premium experience at a premium price. This is truly the laptop I've been waiting for. For the past 10 years I've exclusively purchased Apple MacBooks (or PowerBooks for you old school people) and run Boot Camp to sneak some gaming in. So this is from the perspective of someone who loves a well built aluminum machine.

The battery life easily matches what only ultra low voltage laptops can deliver, except the Razer has an NVIDIA GTX 765m GPU that lets you enable high or max settings in all the current games. I have had run-time vary between 4-7 hours browsing/doing work, or about 2.5-3 hours when gaming. This thing is a beast. I bet you're thinking, "Dang, you really like this thing." And you'd be right, but with some reservations.

Most of the reviews overlook an issue or two. The screen, webcam, and occasionally defective power adapter. Fortunately, their customer service sent me new power adapters until I received one that didn't make loud clicking noises. I'll break everything down below:

Display This is a tough one. If you see people complaining that this doesn't have a 1080p screen, they are wrong to criticize it. 1600x900 is an excellent choice at 14" and is the appropriate resolution for the GTX 765m graphics card to power. Viewing angles on the other hand are pretty atrocious. It is difficult to find the "right" angle and the screen washes out if you move your head at all.

That said, I understand why Razer chose a TN panel; we can't have slow response times when gaming, but the color gamut and contrast is about a 3 on a scale 1 to 10. It makes dark scenes in games difficult to see and webpages with grey text hard to read. There is one positive aspect of the screen though The extreme brightness and matte finish allow you to use this computer in well lit environments, even outside.

Webcam The webcam is a pain point for me. When you have any type of florescent bulbs, or poor lighting at all the camera responds in an extremely terrible way. It attempts to adjust for the light and starts FLASHING green. It is absolutely useless, but I suppose you don't buy this laptop for Skype/Google Hangouts. I want to be clear, my laptop is not defective. All Razer Blade 14s exhibit this bad behavior and I even received a response from the company stating this. Unfortunately for Razer, I have quite a few devices, and NONE of them flicker/flash like this. Check out this short video for an example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP74XeviTy8

Performance This is where the Blade 14 truly shines. The new Haswell i7, NVIDIA GTX 765m? So. Damn. Fast. It runs all my games at high or ultra settings. It is simply mind blowing to be using a laptop this small and thin with this kind of ridiculous performance. I don't even need to dedicate a large section to this, you won't find a faster laptop at this size and quality.

Build Quality Speaking of quality. If you've owned a MacBook Pro, or handled a new Retina model then you know how this computer feels. Solid, dense, well built, no flex. Just add fingerprints and that is how this computer feels/looks.

Aesthetics This computer stands out and it is striking to be using a Windows 8 machine with this form factor. Combined with the sweet Razer green lighting, you have something truly unique and people will stop to comment on it.

Heat There is no getting around this, the Razer gets hot... in all the right places. The palm rest and bottom cover of the computer get a bit warm, but they are totally in line with what I expect (and very similar to the MacBook Pro 15" Retina). Now if you place your finger near the power button you're going to get burnt. It is well over 100 degrees there, but what do you expect when they shove over 100 watts of pure performance in such a small package? Just get a Squaretrade warranty ;)

Noise At idle, and just browsing this thing is dead silent. During gaming the fans obviously kick in, but it isn't that loud at all. It is much much quieter than my friend's GS70 Stealth.

Trackpad Probably the first Windows trackpad that I've truly enjoyed using. If you consider the MacBook trackpad a 10 (and they are), then this is a solid 8. With just two finger scrolling and edge gestures enabled it isn't necessary to plug an external mouse in for day to day usage. I also find the real buttons a pleasure to use, though a bit small to press. It doesn't earn a 10 because it can misread on occasion when scrolling/tapping.

So overall, I have to give this computer 4 out of 5 stars. The Razer Blade is their first shot at a 14 inch notebook and they have almost nailed it. It is a beautiful, thin, high performing machine that I will definitely be keeping. It has a few flaws like the screen and webcam, but if you're willing to make a few trade-offs you gain an incredible amount of graphics horsepower to game on the go. And that's what this computer is built for. Gaming.

Best Deals for Razer Blade 14 Inch Gaming Laptop 256GB - Windows 8.1

I love this laptop. I am selling my pimped out Origin EON15 S now that I've received this one.

I go to college and I have big gaps in between classes so I wanted a laptop that I could bring with me to school, but still play games in between classes. This laptop weighs nothing (take into consideration I'm coming from the Origin) and on top of that, the brick is soo small. I hated bringing my Origin to school because the fans were loud and it just looks ridiculous when you place it on your desk to use microsoft word. I have a desktop at my house so there was no point in having a desktop-replacement-style laptop.

The battery on this thing is insane. It lasts longer than my old 15" Mid 2010 Macbook Pro which I always thought was really good. I get through 2 back to back classes and still have battery to spare. I've never seen a notification telling me that the battery was low.

The thing that had me most reluctant to buying this was that I thought the screen was going to suck, but this is not the case. The screen is really good. Not crappy or just "ok" like many of the reviews say. The viewing angles bother me more than I thought they would have, but that's just because I can't sit still in class so I'm always adjusting the screen. Games look sharp and crisp and the color looks great as well.

In terms of performance, the blade does everything I want from it. I mostly play League of Legends, which isn't a graphics intensive game, so I don't really push the computer. I recently installed Dishonored and Fable: Lost Chapters and it runs both of those really well. I average 90 fps on max everything, windowed-borderless in League of Legends. I could get 140 fps on my Origin, but I can fit 3 blades inside that laptop haha.

Things that could be better:

The laptop doesn't sit flush/flat on desks. It has a slight wobble that is pretty annoying.

A magnetic charger would have been cool. I'm always paranoid that someone is going to trip over my cable and send it flying (who cares about the injured person).

My Origin laptop had a key that turned off the trackpad which is really cool when I use a mouse (all the time) so my palm doesn't mess around with the trackpad at the same time the mouse is. You might be able to change this with razer synapse 2.0, but I haven't checked yet.

I hate the fact that they stick the windows key on the bottom of the laptop and the intel sticker on the top of the inside of the laptop. I tried taking off those types of sticker before with little luck and this only seems worse because the finish of the laptop is matte. The intel sticker is also slightly crooked which makes my eye twitch.

tl;dr The Razer Blade is amazing as an actually portable laptop that you carry around with you everywhere. It isn't a desktop replacement, but it can do 99% of what I need it to do.

Honest reviews on Razer Blade 14 Inch Gaming Laptop 256GB - Windows 8.1

Let me begin by saying that I've owned Alienware laptops including the M14x, M15x, M17x and M18x among other laptops not so highly rated, and while thr M18x and the M14x hold a special place in my heart, the Razer Blade has completely redefined the Gaming Laptop or even the Laptop concept with this new laptop.

For starters, the laptop is truly an engineering marvel to say the least, it's barely over half an inch thick and weighs 4 pounds, that alone is a worthy to mention, however what makes the Razer Blade something special is how much power it packs under the hood, it's simply an unbelievable achievement.

By know, you know this thing has a Haswell Processor i7 4702HQ, and a full fledged Nvidia 765GTX 2 GB, we're talking the latest mobile technologies for both CPU and GPU! And sure enough, there are more powerful configurations out there, but none come anywhere near the size and weight of the Razer Blade. To have all this power means that one can not only do their every day work on it, but for the first time, be able to carry a Laptop under the arm that can play ANY game out there today at High/Ultra settings, that's gaming with no compromises on the go.... For the first time EVER, I find myself actually taking my laptop with me to even short trips.

I would even take it a step further and say that so far, I have not even used my 4770k/780GTX desktop that much, the Blade has pretty much become my every day computer.

Some of the negatives you'll hear are to be taking lightly... for instance the resolution is 1600x900, many claim they wish it had a 1080p display, however it's the actual resolution that enables the Blade to play all these games with maxed settings, when you put these specs on a 1080p display, you automatically lose between 20-30% performance in gaming.

I will say that the 14" TN LED display could be better, no doubt, I'm not in love with the viewing angles or the color depth, but because of what the Blade does and for how long the battery lasts (6+ hours browsing/office and 2-3 hours gaming)it's not too hard to forgive the screen quality, in all fairness as bad as it is, it works just fine.

The build quality is also the best I've seen in any laptop, it goes above Alienware and even Apple, presenting a top notch looking device with the best Keyboard/Trackpad on the market.

There are two minor details that I found.. 1) One of the Laptops had a clicking noise inside, as if a fan was hitting a piece of plastic, lasted for a few seconds but it was consistent. The Web camera is sub-par, in all fairness, the screen is good compared to the webcam.....

Because of the clicking noise, I did call Amazon customer service and they were incredible, they shipped a new Razer overnight at their expense and arranged a pick-up for the replacement at my place... in short I had to do nothing at all to get the exchange in my hands, just a simple call.

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Razer Blade 14 Inch Gaming Laptop 256GB - Windows 8.1

Razer ran a promotion on twitter a month ago, the #RazerB2S (back to school giveaway). I won, so here is my review. . .

Lets start with appearance. The design is very simple, no weird angles or bevels, just a clean smooth design with rounded corners. The finish is a beautiful matte black, so it looks great and doesn't take finger prints. While some have complained about the green Razer logo, I think it looks striking, especially since it glows when the screen is on.

Next up is the physical build quality which is superb. It feels sturdy, and will not bend/flex (well, the screen will, but anything that thin would). The keys feel solid, and there are two long rubberized feet on the bottom (running most of the length of the front and back). The charging brick and cord are solid (and wonderfully small and light), and the connection feels very good. Many charging ports feel as if they would break under a tiny stress, this one feels like I could dangle the computer from it without damage (note: I'm not going to try it, you probably shouldn't either). Of course that can be a disadvantage if you are apt to trip on the cord, as that could pull the laptop onto the floor. A magnetic solution (similar to a Macbook) may have been an over all more robust solution, but for a standard charging cable, it feels great.

Now, onto the system. Boot time is unbelievable, you can go from cold to fully operational in seconds, which is partially thanks to Razers hardware optimizations, and partially thanks to Windows 8's vastly improved boot times. The OS is pretty much stock Windows 8, the Razer website says that it has no bloatware, which is *true* to some extent. But there are a few programs installed that aren't stock Windows.

Razer Synapse 2.0: I'll give this a pass, since this is a Razer gaming machine, and synapse allows for customizing keyboard hotkeys, and for adjusting the key backlight. However I was disappointed that I could not use the FN key (which controls secondary functions on the F1-12 row) to give keys (even F-row) secondary functions. In fact you don't seem to be able to be able to program hot keys that use modifiers at all. All in all I think AHK will remain my key-mapping solution. It dose make disabling the caps lock key easy though.

Qualcomm Atheros Killer Network Manager: I'm not sure what it's for honestly, it appears to track network (and system) performance, but not in a really useful way. I don't know what the point is, and it keeps bugging me to run speed tests and can't seem to remember that I selected "don't show this message again". It just doesn't seem useful, especially with a memory footprint of up to 100MB (that I have noticed). I don't know how to classify this as anything but bloatware.

Intel/Nvidia stuff: There are settings managers for the Intel graphics and for the SSD, and for Nvidia graphics. All are poorly designed, but are probably necessary for optimal performance.

Razer Comms: Unlike Synapse this has nothing to do with my hardware, it's just a chat/messenger application. . . For a system I don't use, or have any reason to use. Skype works perfectly fine. . . So what's the point? Gotta call it bloat.

Aside from that it's just Windows 8.

Now as too the performance. The Nvidia graphics card kicks in automatically when the intel graphics can't handle the load, so you may see low FPS for a second, that a major spike when it switches over. You will know that the Nvida is on because of a very low hum from the fans that will kick in (though the noise increases as it heats up) as soon as it swaps. I can easily record Minecraft at 1080p and 60 FPS (higher actually, if I don't lock the FPS) with all the settings maxed out. And the SSD is able to write fast enough to not kill the performance. The downside is that at 256GB a 60 FPS raw HD video will fill up the drive rather fast. Unfortunately it gets HOT, really hot. It can become uncomfortable to play games since your hands are resting on the machine, and the keyboard is almost too hot to touch at times. This is unfortunate, but not really avoidable in a laptop that's this small.

The keyboard and trackpad are not the worst, nor are they the best. The keys are a bit on the harder side to press, but they feel clicky rather than mushy. Unfortunately due to the size they are small low-profile keys (which can be annoying to type with) and it lacks a numerical keypad (which is normal for a 14" laptop, it would be hard to fit, but it's missed). Aside from the physical aspect, I have noticed that the back light can be a bit uneven. My Windows key is very bright, and the F11 and F12 keys are rather dim, the back light is a much appreciated feature, but it could have been implemented better. And my last beef with the keyboard? The font choice, it just looks kinda wonky, but I guess that's just personal preference. The trackpad is a synaptics touch pad, with very nice satisfying clicky buttons. it's a fairly large touch pad, with all the multitouch and gestures you would expect, and all the features that normally come with a synaptics device. I think I prefer the (also synaptics) touch pad on my old computer, that was smaller, and had a textured surface. The pad isn't bad, but unfortunately not the best and simply not very game friendly. But what track pad is?

Now about the screen. . . This has to be the most annoying feature the screen is not full HD, and the anti-glare finish makes anything white look grainy. I would really have liked a 1920x1080 screen, especially for recording games, which requires that you have a 1080 screen to record in 1080.

Then there are a few things it completely lacks. First, the optical drive, it has none. I like my BD drive, so the loss is annoying, but well worth the trade off for size and weight. Second is a wired network adapter. An Ethernet port probably wouldn't even fit, but man did I wish I had one when my wireless router was on the fritz.

But my favorite parts? First is the battery: It lasts for hours (when not gaming) even with the brightness turned all the way up. Now if you do start gaming (or utilize the Nvida card) the battery is just not going to last, and you can't expect it too that card is optimized for performance, which requires far more power. The other amazing feature? The weight. It's so amazingly light and thin, and yet packs all the power you would expect from a gaming machine. And it isn't just the most powerful laptop in the size class, but a pretty high level gaming machine in it's own right.

Summary:

Pro:

Wight

Thickness

Battery

Performance

Design

Boot time

Charger

Supports 5Ghz Wi-Fi networks

USB 3

SSD

Con:

Screen resolution

Heat

key size

Back light uneven

No optical drive

No Ethernet

All in all this is an amazing machine, it has its flaws, but I think we need a new tech spec: Performance per ounce, cause this machine would be at the top of the charts.

Discount 12.5" Intel 320G 4G

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $1,347.57
Sale Price: $579.99
Today's Bonus: 57% Off

This is a fantastic Machine with 8hrs battery time. The only remark I have is that it is relatively thick compared to its competitors.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

I am forced to use this computer for work. For my personal laptop, I have a Thinkpad T520 (15.6" screen). I think you can tell how this review is going to go...

In short, I loathe this computer. A significant part of my animosity stems from two things: 1) lots of other employees received thinkpads; 2) HP elitebooks receive universally good reviews. Enough to make me think something fishy is going on...(or these corporate drones really are more gullible than people give them credit) And so, dear readers, it is up to Mavericks(TM) such as myself to reveal the truth---these so-called "ultra portable" business notebooks suck.

Apparently, HP's idea of "ultra portability" means shrinking down the screen and the keyboard until it's practically unusable (missing keys!), while maintaining bulk. This thing is bloody thick for such a tiny computer. Some versions---mine included, I discovered to my unending dismay---don't even have an optical drive. I think it has 2 USB drives, located (unergonomically!) in the back, right next to where the giant battery juts awkwardly out.

Furthermore, you'd think the promise of "ultra portability" would include silence. Wrong. This laptop is loud, whirring and groaning in protest if I dare to run more than 3 applications simultaneously. I mean, what do you expect corporate drones to do with a business laptop? Surf the internet in a text-based browser??

And the one thing that's really bothered me: how much other reviewers heap praise on this piece of crap for being "fast," having great specs! But if you look at the specs, you'll see that they're merely decent. Nothing to write home about. Until you look at the accompanying price, and then the absurdity hits you! WTF, how do these people get away with charging so much money for this tiny mediocre piece of hardware?? I mean, have we descended to the abysmal ranks of Apple fanbois??

Other things that annoy me: stupid touchpad. I don't know what's wrong with it. The two-finger gestures or whatever is horribly broken. It's slow compared to my mouse. Computer is heavy for its size. Loaded with HP crapware (although I suppose that's to be expected with any laptop these days). Wifi button: I don't know if it's JUST ME, but I've had the immense displeasure of using two of these things within the past few months, and the wireless button on BOTH machines have crapped out on me. Unhappy coincidence??

tl;dr

If you're looking for a good business laptop, look elsewhere!! Don't believe the insulting, hyperbolic praise this product has received on other sites. You can find better hardware for a better price. Also, the promise of "ultra portability" is an egregious lie.

Best Deals for 12.5" Intel 320G 4G

This is a piece of junk. I can;t imagine how HP can still make laptop like this and manage to sell, in 2012. You can almost say there as been zero innovation in this laptop since 2002 or so. I didn't buy this, got as my work computer from office. I am now forced to write the review give how bad is this laptop. In less than 2 months the battery is almost falling off!!. I have an extended battery and the battery lock is so poorly done and quality is so flimsy. Also, the laptop is really fat, unlike what you can see in the pictures. The Compaq laptop I got in 2001 was thinner than this and this was supposed to be HP's business class travel friendly laptop. What a shame to HP's design. Do yourself a favor by not buying this junk.

Acer 15.6" Intel Celeron 925 2.3 GHz 250 GB Notebook | AS5336-2460 Reviews

Customer Ratings:

my sister bought this laptop 3 years ago, its never been in the shop or has had a problem.

i just wanted this computer to have the credit it deserves, my sister is a heavy user in the youtube, music,netflix, and internet isle. i think there is a lot of laptops that could not withstand the environment this laptop has had to deal with. although the hard drive is at its limit and the ram is between low and average it has all performed like a charm.

my family abuses computers so i am very shocked that this one has held ground.

since amazon hasn't put good description i will clarify that.

RAM-3GB

PROCESSOR-INTEL CELERON 2.3 GHZ

OS-WINDOWS 7 PREMIUM

BATTERY-6-CELL LI-ION

HARD DRIVE-250GB

BACKLIT KEYBOARDNO

ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

This laptop is good, if all you are going to do consists of word processing and accessing one webpage at a time. It feels drastically underpowered, as task manager shows that the CPU is maxed out when loading Firefox. Oh well, it will do for a time, then I'll plunk down the extra dough and get a dual core

Best Deals for Acer 15.6" Intel Celeron 925 2.3 GHz 250 GB Notebook | AS5336-2460

Bought the Acer Aspire 5336 after having a Compaq Desktop and a 19" HP Laptop. The Acer exceds my expectations! I love everything about this laptop! In my opinion, it performs better than the previous 2 brand name computers that I had. The 19' laptop was heavy, slow, big & clunky! The 15.6" screen size is perfect & it's light enough to bring to all the wi-fi hot spots. It is very fast and doesn't drop the connection. I will purchase an Acer in the future.

Reviews of Dell Inspiron 15 i15RV-9762BLK 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black Matte

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $524.99
Sale Price: $459.98
Today's Bonus: 12% Off

This is a basic, inexpensive laptop that works fine for everyday tasks (email, web browsing, etc.). This model is made for Dell by Compal, and it's fairly compact and portable: about an inch thick and around 5 pounds. It's not a rugged laptop (all plastic), so I wouldn't recommend it for road warriors. It's a reasonable trade-off of features vs. price. In order to reduce the cost, this is a no-frills laptop, but still has enough power for most home users. Unlike the Dell Switch models, this laptop does not have a removable top lid/cover. The diamond pattern "obsidian black" finish reduces the visibility of fingerprints. The power button isn't illuminated, but there are indicators on the front left edge.

Pros:

6GB of DIMM memory

USB 3.0 ports

HDMI output to connect to an HDTV

low fan noise, vents are on the side/rear (not on the bottom of the case)

numeric keypad to the right of the keyboard

built-in memory card reader

Cons:

mediocre TN screen has low contrast ratio, dim in bright light

4 cell battery (provides less life when unplugged than 6 cell batteries)

tiny built-in speakers (limited bass)

no LEDs on the ethernet NIC (for link/data)

webcam resolution is noisy/grainy in low light

integrated HD 4000 graphics (adequate but low performance)

Metro UI for Windows 8

I won't bash Win8 here but note that Dell also offers a touch-screen model, which might be a better choice if you intend to run Windows 8. This is a decent basic laptop for non-gamers. The integrated graphics is fine for web browsing or viewing a movie, but don't expect high 3D frame rates for fast paced games. Since the body/case is plastic, you can flex/deform the lid/screen and DVD tray without much pressure. With a bit of care, this laptop should work reliably for home computing users.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

The camera has good resolution and a good processing speed and the volume is much better than my previous laptop by a different mfg. Also, it's much lighter than I expected.

It took me some time to get used to Win 8. I found a good book for Windows 8: Windows 8 Made Easy on Amazon.com.

I would say it's a really good computer at its price point.

Best Deals for Dell Inspiron 15 i15RV-9762BLK 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black Matte

This is just a great notebook...lots of storage, fast, reliable. Not as wild about Windows 8, but that has nothing to do with Dell. I really have no complaints at all about this notebook.

Honest reviews on Dell Inspiron 15 i15RV-9762BLK 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black Matte

The laptop itself is great, what I dislike a little about are two things:

1) They touch pad buttons feel a little plasticky and have a loud click when pressed. But that is a small issue/

2) There is clicking sound in the CD-rom and no it's not the disc spinning, sounds almost like a failing hard-drive although it seems to be working fine.

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Dell Inspiron 15 i15RV-9762BLK 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black Matte

love this machine, nice big screen and easy to use keyboard and mouse pad good port access. luv it buy it

Hp Pavilion Dv7 Dv7t Quad Edition, 2nd Generation Intel(r) Core(tm) Reviews

Customer Ratings:

Today (10/26/2011) is the second day I have owned and used the HP Pavilion DV7-6163us laptop, but I can tell you it is a Great Laptop for the money. Just a couple of items I found out after turning on the laptop: a) Very easy to configure / setup and register with HP in fact I thought I had overlooked a step because it was so fast and easy to setup. b) Very pleasantly surprised when on my laptop I began the setup of my Canon printer PIXMA MG5220 with WiFi and the laptop configured a wireless connection which was easy and without connecting any wires (obviously).

The speed and picture quality on the laptop is amazing. The laptop is a little on the big and heavy side when comparing to many others but this is a non-issue when you realize the features you are getting. I have not been able to confirm how long the 10hr-battery-life really is, but even some of the reviews give it over 7hr of heavy use.

My wife didn't want me to get a laptop even with our virus-ridden desktop sitting there without movement or usability. Now that I showed her how she can easily surf the net, print her reports, and look at and print pictures from a CD, she has now indicted that she really likes the new laptop. I hope I don't have to purchase another one even with the great price of $699 at Staples on a special sale.

I will submit an update if I find fault in this Great HP Laptop.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

Don't plan on the nice little fingerprint reader and webcam working for more than a couple weeks. Have not been happy with it at all and now I have to mess with ATTEMPTING to get hp to look at it. For the price this thing sucks!

Reviews of Dell Latitude E6530 469-3155 15 LED Notebook Intel Core i7-3520M

Customer Ratings:

Hello All. I rarely write reviews, which I feel bad about as I have benefited from many of the reviews here on Amazon.

After my recent experience with Dell, I feel compelled to warn buyers about a very serious design flaw, which I am told is common to all the current latitudes.

There is no bios display on the external monitor when my E6530 is plugged into the laptops VGA port or the docking station's dvi ports. You do not see anything on the external monitor until Windows starts up and loads the nvidia driver. What this means is that, should you set up a bios password for the startup or HDD, the screen to enter it during startup will not show up on the external monitor. The only way to see it is to disable optimus, and use the docking station's vga port or display port. Also, it will not show up if using HDMI either.

Again it will not show up on the external monitor if you are using the laptop vga port or the dvi ports of the docking station. If you have the laptop in the Dell docking station in a Dell monitor stand using the DVI ports you will never see the password screen. So you have to wait and guess when it is ready and then blindly enter the password. If it does not work, or if there is a windows start up problem you will have to pull the laptop off of the docking station and boot it independently to determine the issue. I have never seen a laptop ever have this flaw.

I pursued this through technical support which replaced my mother board twice and then landed me in the Customer Resolution Department. The tech support was very good. In the end I was told this was "working as intended". Since I was past my 30 days to return, there is nothing they could do for me. When I asked if I could get a discount on a monitor that has a display port, I was told they would call my account team. So I am relegated to using the old vga technology.

Consider how this limitation will affect you and your business. Security is critical these days. I will be looking into Lenovo or HP systems. I suggest you do the same before buying a latitude from Dell.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

I bought this laptop for my parents for a Mother's/Father's Day gift for their business. They absolutely love it! Perfect for a business. It came earlier than I expected and as a bonus the seller installed Microsoft Office and bought a 3 year Warranty on the laptop! Thank you so much!The laptop itself is a little heavy yet is sturdy and durable because of it, which is necessary in my family. It runs very smooth and my parents have gotten many compliments in the short time they have had it!

Best Asus R500A-RH51 15.6 Notebook - Black Deals

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $579.00
Sale Price: $508.00
Today's Bonus: 12% Off

I had this laptop for about 5 days now and here's my thoughts...

Pros:

*The laptop looks beautiful and has a nice solid build to it.

*The keyboard is easy to use and it's just one of those keyboards that's fun to type on, kind of like the Apple brand keyboards.

*The touchpad is big and responsive to my movements.

*The webcam is the quality that you can expect from a webcam. It's not high quality but it doesn't have big pixels everywhere.

*The screen is big and shows images pretty clearly. Although it doesn't shows images in a fantastically clear and crisp way I have to remind myself that it's under $500.

*The same goes for the speakers. I can hear sound pretty clearly but not in an amazingly clear way.

*This computer wakes up from sleep in seconds. It also starts back on after being shut down in a very short amount of time and it restarts very quickly as long as there are no updates that are needed.

*An SD slot is included which I really enjoy.

*To be honest Windows 8 is kind of fun to work with so don't let the Windows 8 thing sway you from buying this laptop. There are plenty of videos on Youtube where you can learn how to operate Windows 8.

Cons:

*The mic doesn't pick up on sound as much as I would like it to. I don't know if it's a particularly low quality mic because I don't have any other mics to compare it with, but I'm pretty sure it is just of low quality. However it's not an issue large enough to give this laptop 4 stars.

*It's not a particularly fast laptop. Opening the apps on Windows 8 does take about 15 or so seconds to load. But again this computer is not too slow to the point where I drop the rating to 4 stars. It's about as much as you can expect from a laptop with 4GB and I don't mind...yet

*The IceCool thing that's supposed to keep the palm rest cool doesn't work well all the time. Right now it's about room temperature.

*I also don't like the swipe gesture they included on the touchpad. Whenever you swipe your finger from the left side of the touchpad towards the center then it switches to a different app. I find that extremely inconvenient and I don't know what idiot decided that it was an uncommon gesture

So yeah I'm still sticking to 5 stars. It's my first laptop and I love it. Having to use a touchpad didn't bother me (a person who always used a mouse). I hope I can post an update later on but that will be determined in the battle between productiveness and laziness. You can also check out my video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X8SUKNqGPI if you want to see the physical aspects of it.

------UPDATE AUGUST 21, 2013------

The good:

*The laptop is still fast when I'm web-browsing

*When I went on a road trip, I never had problems connecting to wifi

*The computer still turns on and wakes up really quickly

The bad:

*The touch gestures installed on the laptop (gestures on the mousepad that allows you to scroll shrink pages and switch apps) do not always work. Actually, most of the time it doesn't work, so I feel like that is a lot of time and effort lost

*I noticed that the webcam does not capture motion well, so a video made with this webcam will have very blurry movements and little sound

*When I'm typing on Microsoft word, my hands frequently accidentally touch the mousepad so that the I'll suddenly begin typing where my mouse pointer is. This annoys me so much D:<

*Although I did receive a notification on the start menu that the laptop needed to shut down in order to upgrade, I did not expect that it will shut down all of a sudden without something popping up on the screen that I was using to tell me

BUT, I gotta say, it's still my baby and I love it. Windows 8 has revealed to me a lot of its flaws, but I'm still happy with my purchase.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

Wow, received in three days. Purchased for my two high school kids who easily and quickly learned Windows 8 operation. Fast boot up and great resolution. More than enough power and memory for internet searching, playing/streaming videos and music and doing homework. Should easily take my kids through high school without an upgrade for 3-4 years, if not longer. Will probably get a third laptop: this one's for me.

Best Deals for Asus R500A-RH51 15.6 Notebook - Black

I turned to this laptop after Amazon could not deliver on my earlier ASUS choice. I am no techie, so will not go into the specs. All I can say is that I paid 20% less for more memory, and an I5 chip than I did two years ago for an I3

chip. Doubled the memory for $35 well worth it. Unless you have specific requirements that dictate spending more,

I don't know why the average everyday user would need any more than this fine laptop. And the ASUS brand is tops

for quality and reliability. This is my fourth ASUS now and you can count me a happy customer.

Honest reviews on Asus R500A-RH51 15.6 Notebook - Black

This product shipped super fast and has been a great investment all around! Windows 8 is amazing the numerical keypad is very useful as well. I recommend this laptop to all!