Pro's:
Great price
Touch
i-7 with 4MB of cache!! (new haswell processor generation = better batery life)
8GB DDR3 Ram
2GB Dedicated Graphics
Solid Battery Life
SSD for quick boot time
Number pad (a must)
Good touch pad (distinctive click when using right or left click)
Con's:
I have actually gotten my battery to last me over 7 hours before
Windows 8 takes a little getting use to, but with the touch screen I'm glad I have it over Windows 7
Other Thought's:
Would have liked a 4th USB port
Power button could be more accessible and obvious
Final Verdict Amazing hardware for the price. You would easily spend over 1500 for a comparable Sony. At this price and with this hardware you cant afford not to buy it.
*******UPDATE******
I have had this laptop for a few weeks now and have been using it regularly. one thing I have noticed as i have had it longer is that since the resolution wont go up to 1080x1920 when you open excell spreadsheets you have to zoom out of 100% to see the full document. Can be a bit annoying at times. Other that that I am still loving this computer and happy I got it. No buyer's remorse here!
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When I started looking for a new laptop, I didn't find this using the normal search. It took some time, but I was amazed to see the specifications for only 899$.Now the prices are 999 but it's still a product that can be chosen over laptops that cost double.
I have it for over a month now and I have no major complains. Windows 8 took a little until I set it up to work like W7.
Pro:
The touch screen is awesome!
Backlight keyboard was a pleasant surprise. When is on battery it activates only when you hit a key.
It's light and looks cool.
Cons:
I would have loved a VGA output for a second display. I plan to use it for presentations; therefore I have to change my video projector.
The battery doesn't really works as advertised. I would say that lasts for 3 hours tops with WiFi on and using the GeForce video card for all applications.
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May just be me, but I notice zero activity from the SSD using the Windows Resource Monitor and Task Manager. Intel RST is installed and apparently needs SATA to be in RAID mode in BIOS to work. Acer however ships these laptops with SATA in AHCI with no RAID drivers available Which means if you change it, the existing copy of Windows will not boot and if you try to reinstall, Windows Installation will not see any drives.I've been trying for two full days now to get support from Acer but their only advice is for me to bring the laptop in where they'll charge me $50 to reload the OS. A brand new machine, unused and they want to charge me for support cause "software isn't covered by their warranty". Never mind that this seems to be a config issue right out of the box, it's "software" and they want to charge to fix it.
At the moment from my POV, it sure looks like Acer rushed out a poorly planned product with a redundant SSD and software that doesn't support it.
Update.
1. Acer service tech tells me now, over the phone, that I have to bring my laptop in and pay for them to reload the OS. They will not tell me what they use to enable the SSD cache, if not with the installed Intel RST, and also state that if I tried to enable that cache myself, their engineers could at their discretion void my warranty. I asked him to send me that reply via the open service ticket cause I want it in writing and it has been 3 days now with no response.
2. I went to an IT mall nearby yesterday to check and found that none of the Aspire V7 laptops showed any SSD activity so it's not a config issue on my machine, it's the way Acer ships these laptops. The SSD we pay for seems redundant.
All I can say is, avoid ACER!!!
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Just received it a few days ago and these are the things that personally I like & dislike about:Like:
Thin & somewhat lightweight compared to my Lenovo Z560
Comfortable (keys are well placed & keystrokes are light) back-lit chiclet keyboard w/ 10-key
Comes w/ 8 gig of ram already installed
Card reader
Fairly long battery life (6 1/2-hrs according to manufacturer. Haven't test it out yet)
i7 processor
Dedicated video card
Touchscreen
Dislike:
Obligatory Windows 8 hatery (not Asus' fault though. But I do wish they offer an option to downgrade to Win7 or provide compatible drivers on their website for users who wish to downgrade themselves)
Touch-pad. Finger gestures are great but I can never find a proper area to scroll left to right or up and down. Wish they would make textured touch-pad so my fingers can find more traction & tactile scroll lines so I can scroll by touch & not worry about my finger placement on the pad. Another thing I'd like to mention is that the left + right click buttons takes more effort to engage and wish they would make them separate & not part of the touch-pad.
Card reader location. PITA to find by touch & you'll need to wedge your fingernail to pull the dust cover off (it does not pop out by push) or rotate the laptop to find it. Wish they would make the slot facing the user instead, not on the side.
Power button. What were they thinking?! Another "need-to-find-it-by-feel-because-it's-hidden-on-the-left-side-of-the-laptop" & to make it more difficult, it's camouflaged in black like the rest of laptop's bottom portion. Again, what were they thinking?!
I/O ports on the backside of the laptop. Yes, if you want to use USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 x 2 are on either sides), wired LAN, HDMI ports, you'll have to rotate the laptop around.
Caps & Num lock notification lights. There aren't any, not even on the screen. So for lazy people like me, I won't know if they're on or off.
Integrated battery. When your battery runs dry, you're assed out unless you can find an electrical outlet or a portable power bank that can power laptops.
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