1) Screen size is very usable
2) Backlit keyboard is very handy when sitting on the couch in low light... I love this feature.
3) Battery life is 5+ hours, plenty for my needs.
4) Laptop feels thin and light. Its not an ultrabook light but it has a good weight and feel.
5) Sleep and wake times are very fast.
6) Has been very reliable.
7) It comes with a DVD drive. Many laptops are omitting DVD drives these days.
8) The primary surfaces are aluminum. Though the back appears to be a foe aluminum actually made from plastic.
9) Although the laptop hard drive is 90% full, the thing still runs like a champ.
Windows 8 on a touch screen laptop is quite nice. On a non-touchscreen laptop it is quite crippled. If you buy a new computer, make sure it has a touch screen. Otherwise, you'll find a program that uses touch and quickly wish you had the capability.
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Got this for my wife whose old laptop died. The combination of Windows 8 and a very quick touch sensitive screen sent her into computer heaven. Add the sexy, super thin look, backlit keys and very fast processor and she was very happy.Best Deals for Acer M5-481PT-6488 14-Inch Ultrabook (1.70 GHz Core i5, 6GB DDR3
Where do I even begin...I have never reviewed anything on Amazon, but I hate this computer so much that I broke that streak so I could come here and bash it. First I thought the color looked a little washed out, so I thought I would calibrate the display. HUGE mistake. All I ended up doing was tweaking the saturation ever so slightly...and it completely broke my touchscreen. The drivers are just gone. They are apparently unavailable for standalone download and can't be found anywhere. I can't even count how many factory restores I did trying to get the stupid touchscreen back, and it did come back...once...for about an hour, until I rebooted it. Acer customer service is almost completely useless and their phone maze to talk to someone is horrendous. I made a mistake with the serial number and instead of letting me repeat it, it hung up on me. When I finally got someone he was completely useless and I was so frustrated and tired of dealing with it that I didn't even try to talk them into letting me send it back. Plus I needed it for school. I figured I'd just live without the touchscreen...so fine, it's kind of pointless anyway. The touchscreen interface was fine when it was working for the first few days and was pretty responsive. The touchpad is pretty crappy, though I have to admit I'm used to a MacBook trackpad which works flawlessly. This thing is mediocre at best. It's not incredibly sensitive (unless you happen to have even the slightest bit of contact with it from another part of your hand, which is common because it is so large, and then it will just completely ignore anything you try to do until you realize you're touching it elsewhere. On top of all this, it's got the stupidest location for a power button I've ever seen. It's on the front edge of the computer and not only is it in a location that makes it easy to bump accidentally, but it's the easiest button to push. Ever. Brush it and the computer turns off. It boots back up where you left off, but good god is that annoying. I pretty much want to throw this computer out the window every other day. I'll probably sell it in a month or two at a loss just to not have to deal with it. Only pros are battery life is pretty ok (~5 hours, maybe 6?) and it boots pretty quickly thanks to the SSD. That's it, though. I hate this computer.tl:dr -
don't change your display settings or you'll lose your touchscreen drivers
display looks washed out (colors)
crappy trackpad
power button placement/ease of pushing means you'll accidentally turn it off
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I got this laptop refurb from and amazon marketplace seller. It arrive on time and in mint condition. I love the touch screen. At first it was an adjustment because I went from windows vista to windows 8 but the new system is really fun with the touch screen. After a week it was hard to go back to my old Toshiba to transfer files. Essentially, it's awesome and I love it. It makes me glad I didn't waste $1000+ on a MacBook.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Acer M5-481PT-6488 14-Inch Ultrabook (1.70 GHz Core i5, 6GB DDR3
I thought it was a good idea to buy this refurbished computer thinking the reseller would have replaced parts, updated drivers/firmware etc and fixed it better than before (and I would save a $100). But as soon as I got it and installed chrome and a couple of known and stable programs I began to get 'blue screen of death' failures every 10 minutes (which means the computer shuts down in the middle of your work to reboot... and you loose everything). I spent several hours trying to fix these problems but in the end realized that this computer was very likely returned for the same reason that I'm returning it now. Either this reseller did nothing but wipe the hard drive clean and put it back out on the market or a brand new Acer M5-481PT has the same issues (and this unsuspecting reseller is helpless to fix anything). Either way, this has been a colossal waste of my time and I would stay very far away from thinking it's a good idea to put your money into this product.UPDATE: I contacted the reseller, they assured me they just get these refurbished items directly from Asus and my situation is rare. So they are promising to exchange it with a newer model...at no charge. My wife recycled the box so I thought I was screwed but they're taking it back anyway. I was shocked at this kind of service. If you still want a refurb I highly recommend going with bestdigitalbuy. I have to say that I love the Windows 8 + touchscreen + normal keyboard. IMO this computer combines the best features of a tablet and laptop and the form factor is quite sexy.
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