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Screen resolution is very good. The web camera has excellent image quality. Very nice appearance. The weight is appropriate to the size of the equipment. 4 hours duration battery is discrete.

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I bought this laptop to replace my old Dell and I love it! It boots in around 20-30 seconds and is really fast in High Performance mode. It can even run Starcraft 2 with no problems. For the people that say it's slow, have you looked to see what mode it's in? It has 4 operating modes. High Performance, Entertainment, Quiet Office, and Battery Saver mode. It comes with Battery Saver mode on default so make sure to change it. If your looking for a really good laptop for a fair price then this is the one to get.

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I have now had this laptop for almost three years and it is still holding up very well. By now the hardware is slightly outdated, but it still performs exceptionally. Over time the laptop has slowed down a little bit, but I have counteracted by upgrading the RAM prebuilt into the laptop. I still use it for mid-level computer games and for other day to day uses which it is very well suited to do. If you take of this laptop it will perform great for a long period of time and makes a great cheap device.

I only docked a star from it's rating because of the slow down over time and because the laptop is actually an ASUS K53U and not an A53U. I have no idea why Amazon has it listed as an A53U as you can find no details on the ASUS site about an A53U. Otherwise this is a great laptop!

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This review is not going to be extremely in-depth, because I bought this computer for my dad for Christmas and only used it for about 2 days to get everything set up on it. Side note: My personal computers are Macs, but I am not extremely biased on operating systems, and I think Windows did a good job with 7. That being said, here is my initial impression on the computer.

The shipment of the laptop was quick and free (thanks Amazon Prime)! Packaging was minimum, but definitely secured and padded the laptop, which is a bonus in my eyes.

Upon opening the packaging, the computer looked sleek. It seemed like it was made not as study as a MacBook Pro (my Mac side showing), but it also wasn't cheaply made. It's made with plastic, which allows for it to be lighter and hopefully more durable.

Windows 7 Home Premium came with it, which is a nice upgrade from the basic, but it came loaded with all the Asus add-ons and slowed down the performance greatly. On start-up, the computer was using about ~65-70% of the memory performance. There was A LOT of programs running that was bogging down the performance. The very first thing I did was install a fresh copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and wiped the hard drive of all the nasty programs. The Windows 7 disc didn't come with the computer, so it may help to have a friend that has a physical disc and you can just load your OEM Windows key that came with the computer (on the box).

Once a fresh Windows 7 was installed, the computer ran like a dream. It is mainly being used for web surfing and light office work. I haven't received a call with any problems with it, so it's holding up!

If you are looking for a high-performing laptop for gaming or other CPU-intensive tasks, this obviously isn't the best choice computer for you. But for daily web browsing, word processing and less demanding CPU/GPU tasks, I recommend this laptop!

I highly recommend installing a fresh Windows 7 as soon as you pull it out of the box, and of course use protection! Windows has free software that works great for personal computers. You can't go wrong.

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We purchased this to replace a Gateway laptop and I have to say so far this ASUS is an excellent little computer! Very easy to get this up and running and it loads pages quickly. The warranty that comes with the laptop is one of the best that I've seen. For the money you can't go wrong with this!

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I bought this (ASUS A53U-EH11) laptop from Amazon.com because I needed another laptop to carry with me when I went on a trip.

My other ASUS has been a very good product and is still in very good condition, but it has programs that I would not need on vacation, also it has plugins that makes it harded to make portable.

I am very satisfied with this product, and I got it at a very low price.

Thank you Amazon, Pops

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bought 2 of these last week. First thing i noticed when box was opened was the shiny mocha color which was very attractive. booted up and graphics was great. Performance after installing some programs was very fast. One problem was that the speakers were very soft for altec lansing. Tried everything to get them to boosts even went into the bios but it was locked on setting "4". So headphones or external speakers required for good listening. Pc is very good for the price and gonna purchase another one soon.

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I'm always wary when I read a product review that begins something like "I received my new (fill in name) yesterday and it's great!" A five star rating without a reasonable time to test things isn't something I put much trust in. So I have waited to review my HP HDX 16 laptop for two months of daily use. I'm very impressed with this HP, my first HP after three Dell laptops all of which were good performers.

Right out of the box I did have a problem with the Lightscribe DVD/CD. It was much noisier than I believed it should be and within a few days it first got intermittant, would play some times and not othertimes and in a couple of weeks it quit all together. A call to HP resulted in some things to try (refresh driver, reseat player etc) and when those failed an e-mail brought a prompt replacement and prepaid return shipping label. The replacement is quiet and works perfectly. Product support seems exceptional with HP, online support as well as telephone support with people who are not only patient but actually speak english! And they sound like it's their native language.

As to the HP HDX 16 it is certainly top of the line. Not cheap... but I think you get what you pay for. The screen is beautiful although highly reflective and you need to have a "quiet" background without any bright light behind you shining off the screen. DVDs look grand. When browsing the web if you have a page of print that is difficult to read because of size just hit crl + and enlarge to comfortable size. The built in Next-Gen Wireless is painless to setup and works fine. The 4GB memory runs Vista Ultimate (an optional upgrade with my machine but now I believe you will get Windows 7 for an OS) fast and trouble-free.

I bought the optional 9-cell battery and it runs about two hours of web surfing or e-mailing. I haven't tested the battery running a DVD movie. When I watch a movie I take the battery out (laptop is a lot lighter without the battery, weighs in about five pounds) and run off the power cord. The built in speakers are impressive for their size but when I watch a movie I use a

pair of Sony open ear headphones... very comfortable and they sound great. I watch opera so you know I'm fussy about the audio.

The Norton Internet Security I got with my HP HDX works nicely in the background. I like it better than the Trend Micro I have on my desktop. I got one year of Norton with the laptop and have extended it to three years. The machine comes with a darn clever fingerprint reader that surprises me with its reliability. And you can't seem to fool it by scanning a wrong finger. You can also enter a password and get to the desktop if you don't like the reader.

Sitting on my lap the unit runs reasonably cool and it is very quiet. I can hear the fan blowing if I listen for it but it will not bother you at all. One option I would recommend that I skipped: the back-lighted keyboard. If you are trying to type in dim light the handsome black on silver keys can be difficult to see.

To sum up my impression: if this HP HDX is in your budget range you will not be disappointed.

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This computer has all the memory, graphics, audio, and processing speed for bulkier programs and general usage and media creation and presentations. It has not presented any major problems for the many months that we have had it.

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A great computer for the price but has a few minor annoying flaws.

Pros: powerful, elegant design,great price, unique design

cons: keyboard scratches the screen unless you put a cloth underneath the screen everytime you close it, the frame feels kind of cheap, if you lift the laptop from the bottom right corner with the two top corners still on the table, you can already see the frame slightly begin to bend

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I have had this laptop now for several months and can't be happier with it. The style is second to none. It is very similar to the new ultra books, not as thin, close but has everything I wanted and a DVD drive. Plenty of USB drives, has the new 3.0, has an HDMI, I5 and is super fast. The battery is built in and last for hours, I get at least 7.5 hours no problem. Also I really like the fact that this computer does not really get that hot. I have had laptops that just heat up, this one stays cool. The key is one of these new multi-function and works great. The screen looks fantastic as well, put a movie in looks great and the speakers are very good. Overall I am very happy with this computer

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This laptop itself is OK. I've had no major problems with the functionality. I do wish it had a different memory setup. It says you can get 6gb of memory in there, but you'd have to find a 6gb chip I think.

The major issue is the trackpad. It is actually so bad that I've wondered if mine is broken or something and might look at returning it. The buttons are integrated into the trackpad... so basically, there aren't any actual buttons. Pretty much the whole trackpad "clicks", and so it determines a right-click, a left-click and a nothing click based on where your fingers are on the pad. But, you often have multiple fingers on the touchpad, so a lot of clicks just don't register because it can't figure out what you're trying to do. Also, the buttons being part of the track pad means that if you don't already have your finger resting on the button area, and you move the cursor to where you want to click, and then try to click the button area, the cursor will often move as it registers you setting your hand on the button area as movement. Sure, it's not much, but it's enough that it will slide the cursor just off of links and stuff very very annoying.

For some other comments... just a few things to note:

The function buttons are reversed meaning the laptop options are there, and you have to hold the function key to make them the actual F1-12 buttons. This is handy as long as you don't use the F keys. I actually do use them sometimes, so I found this kind of annoying. I can't just hit alt-F4 to close windows anymore, for example.

There are no independent "Home" and "End" buttons. Again, you have to hold the function key. I find this annoying, but again, I get that not everybody uses those.

A last small design thing... The wrist-wrest isn't very big. If you're looking for a 14 inch laptop, this isn't really it... this is a 13 inch laptop with a 14 inch screen. Again, that might be what you want. But, know that this has the keyboard, and size of a 13 inch. My hands are bigger, and I find the wrist-wrest and keyboard to both be a little small.

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i ordered this but had to return as there was a problem with the BIOS. Amazon allowed me to return it for free and i ordered another.

The new one is working just fine and is amazingly convenient in size and extremely attractive.

Only problem is that the bluetooth doesnt work even though i uninstalled the driver and downloaded and installed it again. Hopefully it'll work sometime.

This laptop doesnt come with an external battery and i think that's a huge factor to consider to those who are wishing to buy it.

I've been a gateway user for 7yrs and i've never been let down.

It's small, attractive and sufficient. i5 processor,4 gb ram and usb3.0 are really good specs imo.

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I bought this laptop a few weeks ago for $550 and I can't believe how the price has gone considerably up to $700. Now, this $550 is worth every dime as you get 14" screen in a 13 inch body, widi, usb 3.0, dvd drive and i5! It certainly was the cheapest out there at that time so I just had to grab it. The build quality (except for the keyboard) is really great, brushed aluminum so it's not all cheap plastic. The bottom is plastic but the rest is brushed aluminum, so you can't go wrong with that. Also, battery is SUPER, it can last for 8 hours on a single charge. Oh, and the speaker is dolby... And the height is less than 1 inch and weigh less than 5 lbs!

These features are the ones you can only find in the ultraportable (portege, folio, u400). I also have a Folio 13 btw which is hands on the best ultraportable out there for the price of $850.

As to cons, I noticed flex on the keyboard especially on G and H which essentially tells how great is build quality. Nonetheless, there is no flex on the screen. I say this for those who considers Acer Timelinex that has a LOT of flex. I also would have preferred the tiles to be a different color than aluminum and the layout is not attractive. You have to see it for yourself to know what I am talking about.

Other than that, you can't go wrong with this. It's very fast, quick to boot from hibernate, if ever it goes down again to $550, don't think twice and get it.

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I love this laptop!!! I love the sleek look and I'm enjoying how user friendly it is. It was very easy to set up when I got it and have been on it practically every day. I've watched several movies on it already and have been listening to music as well. Sounds and looks great. I will be conducting a business very soon on my laptop and can't wait to get started.

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In had a user who's not supposed to lift heavy things, and was shlepping around a Dell Latitude that was ~7lbs or so, not counting the laughably large power supply, and it was not working out well. There is a Microsoft Store in the area, so I figured I could go there and see a variety of Ultrabooks from various makers and compare build quality. I got there and found that the Microsoft stores now only carry systems with Windows 8 (barf) and are all touchscreens (because of the Windows 8 requirement no doubt). I am amazed that there is nothing at all in the Microsoft Store that was even a little bit "business friendly." Being the only non-employee in the place, I was free to ask the idle employees about this development, and they agreed that it was dumb. They previously HAD been carrying Windows 7/non-touchscreen systems, but had to pull them. One fellow told me that the Asus Zenbook had the best build quality of those they carried. At that point I left and came to Amazon and bought one sight-unseen. Additionally, it was pre-loaded with Windows 8, so I had to make sure there were Windows 7 drivers available (there are), because no way am I asking anyone to live with that mess.

There are three things I was looking for specifically, and none were related to performance. The first is a decent hinge. Macbooks have this one nailedyou can lift the lid of a Macbook and the bottom doesn't lift up off the desk/your lap. That is, the hinge doesn't require more force to open than the weight of the bottom part. PC makers regularly fail on this point, but this Asus was pretty good. Not Macbook good, but better than most. The next is screen/lid integrity. When the laptop is open grab the top corners of the lid and push on and pull the other a little, in such a way that the screen is twisted (GENTLYdon't snap your screen and yell at me) I look for as little wobble as possible, and usually this is a deal-breaker too, but the Asus was better than most. The last item is a good touchpad. The Macbooks have some kind of glass surface that wears like nails, but most PC makers use something that feels like a shower curtain liner in short order. I don't know how the Asus will fare on this point, but the initial tactile experience was decent.

The Zenbook has two disksone 24GB SSD and one ~500GB SATA. They have a utility that is meant to use the 24GB SSD as a cache, and I struggled to decide how to handle the reloading. Did I want to recreate this shared arrangement or what? 24GB isn't quite enough to load Win 7, Office, and other sundry things a user needs, and given that the intended recipient is a remote worker, I decided to just load everything on the 500GB and ignore the small SSD. What? You now think I'm nuts? Okay, but here's my angleif I'd setup the sharing arrangement and something went sideways, what are the odds that I could support it well? In my mind, it's negligible. Beyond that, there is the matter of default disk formatting. The Windows 8 models (not sure about the others) have the disks formatted in GUID mode, not the conventional MBR formatting. Does it matter? Not a ton, but if you want to do whole disk encryption (as I do), Truecrypt won't fly. It needs MBR disks, as do most other encryption utilities. If you use Windows 7 Ultimate, you can use BitLocker, and that's what I did. Yes, that's a performance hit, but in this case the user who'll have it is not power hungry. In the configuration I'm describing, the performance is ordinary.

As for the dimensions/weight, it's a close approximation of a 13" Macbook Air. The screen is slightly different geometry, but you'll need to set it next to a Macbook Air to notice. In other respects, it's Air-like. The closed profile is about the same, the materials are similar, but the Zenbook feels a little bit heavier. Don't get me wrongmy lift-limited user is delighted with the change. It's around three pounds, and the power cord is a small block much like the Macbook Air one. It doesn't come with a USB to Ethernet adapter, which I thought was a rotten of Asus to exclude. Hell, even Apple gives you a Thuderbolt to Ethernet adapter when you buy a Macbook Air. As long as I keep comparing this to the Macbook Air, I'll mention that the battery life on the Zenbook is maybe a bit less, but certainly in league. In my usage, it would get close to 5 hours on a charge.

Verdict? If you really want Windows (over say Linux, Mac OS X, etc.) and don't want Apple hardware, this is a good choice. I suppose the cost is another significant factor. As of this writing, the Zenbook is $768 and a Macbook Air is $1200not twice as much, but close. My preference would have been to get the Macbook Air, and load Windows natively. I find the Air to be a better made item (and I'm betting the trackpad on the Zenbook won't stand the test of time well), but the user in this case didn't want any more changes than necessary, and I'm not upset by saving money. I didn't have time to try making a "hackbook" with this, and have no idea if OS X will run well on this model.

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First, don't let this review reflect amazon because they were great about shipping the product. I purchased an asus that broke and sent it for repairs. They fixed the initial problem after a 4 week turnaround time and sent it back broken with another problem. They then took another 3 weeks ( which I am still waiting on), refused to send me a loaner or speed up the process even though they broke the computer and worse the computer doesn't even run well. Think twice before purchasing an asus

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I was short with the ASUS 128 GB solid state hard drive. This has 24 GB solid state plus 500 GB regular hard drive and I have enough memory for my dropbox files. Size, weight, operation are no problem.

Reviews of ASUS K53E-A1 15.6-Inch Versatile Entertainment Laptop (Dark Brown)

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Those of us that build our own PC's know Asus as a top quality brand for hardware components. I purchased this laptop for work/light-duty everyday use. The new i3 processor is more then up to the task and I'm almost willing to bet it's probably a little bit faster and better processing power as my Core 2 Quad that I have in my desktop machine. The chicklet keyboard does take a little to get used to and the the fit and finish for the keyboard garnish could be better where it snaps into the chassis near the top of the computer. The speakers, for being altec lansing are a little lucklaster, but that may be to the fact that they are upwards firing speakers instead of being on-axis with your ears. For most average users to surf the web, check emails, etc., this is probably a good computer to go with to replace a bulky desktop unit and it is spec'ed up enough that one can have a longer service life with it without the hardware going obsolete.

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I'm not sure why I bought this laptop but I wish I never had. After owning this for 3 months, most of the keys stopped working on it. I sent it to Asus for warranty repair and got it back 6 weeks later and the spacebar barely works. Wouldn't you think they'd check it out after they replace the keyboard? It cost me $30 to ship this laptop and I refuse to pay another $30 again. I have to pound on the spacebar to get it to work. The spacebar of all keys. And a 6 week turnaround for repair? Never again will I buy an Asus product.

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I bought this from a local retailer and got the extended warranty. Sure glad I got the warranty because it has issues. It toggles from plug to unplug all the time without touching the cord. It has been back in for replacement of the plug-in part, which worked about 2 weeks and now it is doing the same thing. This past weekend the power cord overheated and the insulation melted off the cord. I smelled it burning and reached down to unplug it and got a little jolt (shock).

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This was never my first choice of laptop. I would never buy it again but I am having issues deciding on what to replace it with because it still runs. The USB ports barely recognize anything. The mouse pad spontaneously forgot how to do multi-touch. And the on keyboard volume control no longer works. Another issue I have encountered is that the memory is split between a C and D drive. This is highly inconvenient being that the computer does not recognize that it still has space to save things (it thinks that it is full when there is another 250GB in the D drive that was there when purchased) My brother has the same laptop and has had the same problems.

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I'm keeping this short and simple.

I got my laptop on Monday morning. It blue screened that evening. I did nothing out of the ordinary. I just worked on a project on Excel that was due the following morning. Lost it, as the computer would not start back up.

Got the second one Wednesday, and it froze 10 minutes after being turned on. Two bad computers in a row. Sorry, I'm in school, and I need my computer to work for longer than a day.

ASUS will need to do a lot to convince me to buy from them again.

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ill be concise and simple.

Machine can run every pc game in 2011 smoothly on recommended settings. With regards to 2012, max out the ram (16gb) I believe and it should do 90% of all current games. This thing is a monster for the price.

AMD a8 is a 3rd generation processor. It is meant to compete with the intel i5; though many say its not as fast, a minute difference at best, realize one thing both are coupled with a videocard. AMD's is far superior; simply put amd is for gamers.

Style wise, the pictures aren't great on the website so it feels like a gamble. If you want a good idea, youtube it, you should get this single video where in it the guy has random dumb images appear as he unpacks his laptop, this is it. Too lazy to do that, then imagine the red gateway laptop with the amd a6, just black with a metallic gray keyboard.

The sound is pretty good, and the image quality is amazing, better than my lcd desktop monitor.

With regards to the battery, it says it maxes out at 5 hours, But that's probably on a dark screen playing solitare. For movie watching or surfing on powersaver it should be around 3.5-4 hours.

Material wise, its a solid laptop, its really solid plastic, with a metallic keyboard background to prevent things from intruding inside. I find it way better than the quality of my old dell.

Style wise I love it, it has a geometric pattern on the black portion and the lid closed looks like other nv's when closed.

If you still want more review on the laptop, look at the Acer Aspire V3-551-8469 15.6-Inch Laptop. It has 32 reviews, and is from what I find the exact same laptop, just acer branded, and 25$ more. Realize Acer bought Gateway in 2007, and gateway is a branch of it. I looked at the various pics and specs, even the touchpad is positioned like this model.

Honestly if you want a solid sturdy laptop, to play games, watch movies and surf the web this laptop is a wet dream for the price of %420.

Happy shopping :P

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runs great. new games play perfectly with no lag. i recommend this laptop to anyone who is looking for a good laptop at a great price

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It was $400. Considering that price, I love this laptop!

It's had a few hiccups, but nothing that makes me angry about the purchase.

The speakers are garbage. I think the sound card is too even with decent headphones, it still sounds cruddy.

It loves to attract dust. Whatever.

The most notable thing is that (and I think this is a software issue) It keeps telling me that my folders are not usable. I have to go back to "users > select > documents/pictures/etc" to save and retrieve. That's annoying. Really annoying.

All in all... it's a decent purchase. It never has refused to follow a command or refused to run anything. Sometimes it thinks for a second too long, but again: AMD... Gateway... $400!

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I have been using this laptop for 1-2 month now on daily basis, got it right before school started.

my upgrades:

4GB RAM

460 7200RPM Harddrive

50GB SSD

core i5 2nd gen turbo boost

Nvidia Geforce 630 1GB

I try to take care of by turning it off every 1-2 days, and use high security. The laptop still turns on and off quickly. I have had several updates, and right now it seems I am not guaranteed to have the laptop to upgrade to windows 8.

Pro: small, light weight, quiet, and doesn't get heat up. It has a beautiful smooth look to it. Has a pretty loud speaker.

Cons: I guess it's pretty expected from customization. A lot of the common features easily crash. I can barely look at pictures with this laptop.

The Nvidia Geforce 420M 1GB doesn't seem to do anything more compare to my old Toshiba with no dedicated graphics card.

What annoys me the most is the keyboard. the mouse is constantly interfering with what I type. Even now, whenever my hand hoovers over the mouse pad, the typing tool gets navigated to a different location, so I have to keep putting it back to where I am typing (if you have to write a lot, this keypad will annoy the heck out of you). I am in pharmacy school, and it requires fast note taking in class, it is really annoying when the mouse goes all over the places which I have to make the mouse to come back to the right place and miss many important things professors talk about. One trick I now use is to just turn off the mouse pad, however that still causes inconvenience.

Another thing that bother's me is the up and down arrow key. The two of them are the size of 1 key, and it's ridiculously hard to get use to (which I still haven't). The sound bottom doesn't work sometimes no matter how you try to press the volume up/down, though I can live with that.

The laptop doesn't fold that far flat, so when I try to play bass, I'd have to bent down a lot to see the screen.

The battery life has decreased significantly it seems since the time of purchase. Even though I try to use the battery life whenever I can and fully charge it before unplugging. It has froze on my once, which I am not so happy about considered it is only 1 month old.

6-22-2013 update:

The battery completely died on me in less than a year, it shows that it has 0% and does not charge. So I performed a diagnosis on "HP Support Assistant" for the battery and got an error code. Then I made a call to 800-HP invent (or 800-474-6836), fortunately the laptop is still under warranty, I was able to get a free battery ($120 worth) to be shipped to me soon.

9-14-2013 update:

After 1 year of normal use in professional school (without those gaming or photoshop stuff), this lap top is getting extremely annoying. Not only it turns on or wakes up from hibernate mode with constant beep sound every time, it also has a sticky key on the down bottom, making me unable to read any of my documents! My last HP from 8 years ago was so good to me, but this terrible experience have made me never want to chose HP again.

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My old toshiba protege(r830) died and I recieved my money back from squaretrade.

I had a hp ultrabook envy4 but it wasn't user upgradeable. I returned it and I recieved this inside.

This is my 1st HP laptop and so far the quality is great.

1) Upgradeable to 16gb ram(User Serviceable). This is great for virtual machine testing.

2) User serviceable bays for battery and hard drive.

3) Fast processor and speedy performance.

4) Great screen and the webcam works well.

5) Nice keyboard with good feedback.

Cons:

1) Heavy. at 4.78 lbs. My toshiba was 3.8lbs

2) I wish I didn't have the dvd drive which adds to the weight.

3) Touchpad always gets dirty really easy.

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I bought this computer for my college classes, and it has exceeded my expectations. Powers on and off quickly, the sound and video quality are great, there's lots of space for my college assignments and programs, and the graphics card is good enough to run the games I enjoy with ease. The battery life fluctuates between 5 and 7 hours, but that's a small complaint. All things considered,I am thoroughly satisfied with the product, and will definitely buy another HP computer in the future.

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Purchased this little computer at the end of December 2012 for a fantastic price at Amazon. Smooth transaction and speedy delivery. Had it charging up and using it straight from the box. No issues, very quiet and stays extremely cool even if on for long periods of time. Not heavy, weighs exactly 5 pounds on the bathroom scale. I had a small Acer netbook prior to this and my Envy is just as portable and quite attractive as well. It does come with a CD burner which was not listed in the product details. Needed to call Amazon to confirm this. The keys feel fine to me, as there was one review that stated the opposite. It is fast, the screen displays bright and clear graphics. Windows 8 takes a while to get used to but I like it so far, especially the "app" format. All kinds of ports (3 USB) and card reader. Holds a charge for a very long time. Been off the charger all day and still has 7+ hours on it. I searched for a long time to find a lightweight computer with a decent speed and memory that could be my workhorse, as I am using this mainly for business. This little gem has it all! Totally satisfied!!

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I purchased a dm4 customized from HP's website, with an Intel Core i3-2350 and 6 GB of RAM, a little over a year ago. As a student on a budget and someone whose last HP computer lasted five years with no issues, it was basically my six-hundred dollar answer to the looming shiny drop-shadow of the Macbook. The beats audio took me a little while to get used to--it sounded kind of off at first--but once it became familiar, I had no issues with it. You can turn beats on and off if you want to (fn + b), and the speakers' sound without it is very tinny and not nearly as good, so that helps endear it to you too. I also have a light-up keyboard, which I thought would be a novelty, but is actually incredibly useful and worth the $25. It makes typing in the dark so, so much easier. My only complaint is it's a straight on-off function, with no changeable degrees of brightness. One point for the Mac.

In order to avoid rambling, I think I'll break this up:

Build: Compared to my last monolith of a computer, the dm4 Pavilion is light and portable, although it doesn't feel as sturdy as some of the other computers out there. This is mostly because, despite the good-looking brushed metal on the back and body, it's more or less lined with plastic, and kind of crunchy to open and close. I would never describe this as a computer I wasn't afraid of breaking. Actually, just a couple days after I got it, I bumped the edge of it into something, and there's now a permanent dent in the silver plastic lining. Very attractive. But it's held together after a year of use and having a couple liquids spilled on it, so it gets points there. It's pretty solid overall.

Speaking of the brushed metal, I can tell you that after a couple months of steady use, it starts wearing to a lighter color where your hands rest. I don't mind this, but it's pretty visible. And one of the things I reliably do not like about HP computers is the finish they use on the backs; this thing holds fingerprints like a menace. If you care about appearance like I do, you'll be cleaning it a lot. And, again, the plastic of the top part gets scratched up and looks flimsy next to the metal itself.

And this may just be my computer, but one thing I've always had issues with is the CD tray. It pops open a lot when you don't want it to just because of how you're holding the computer, and mine is really hard to close again. It gets caught on itself, almost, and I have gotten really annoyed with it before.

Oh, and lately the fan will catch on something and start buzzing really loudly. And I've had the battery randomly pop out once or twice for no reason.

Okay, in short, I am very fond of my computer, but its construction feels a little on the cheap and careless side.

Keyboard: This is my first computer with chicklet keys, and I like them a lot. I find them really easy to type on, and I love how they don't hold dirt the way an older keyboard would. There are F-keys to control the volume of your speakers and brightness of the screen, which is nice, except mine stop working sometimes. Especially the audio controls--it will bring up the "I'm changing the volume!" wheel, but it won't actually do anything until I open up the volume control in the bottom right corner and do it myself.

I personally really like the touchpad, and find it appropriately responsive. I like the slightly rough texture it has, and it almost always picks up on my finger flicks to scroll, enlarge something, etc. The buttons have a pretty loud click when you hit them, but that's about it. I like that they're separate from the touchpad itself, and I like that they're even and in a place that's easy to use and intuitive under my hands.

Screen/Lighting: Now, I'm not a graphics kid, so I'll have little to say about the color quality and pixel quality other than it's good enough for me. I can say for sure that it isn't as vibrant and beautiful as the colors on a Mac, but it serves. Having easily adjustable brightness is always nice, because I tend to have my screen a lot darker than most people. And my screen has survived getting stepped on by a full-grown Great Dane and didn't crack or break, so kudos to it there.

Performance: When I first got this computer, it was hella fast, especially compared to my old one. And, even now, it opens things pretty quickly and pretty reliably. It's starting to get slow after reboots, but I think this is inevitable. I have Adobe Photoshop 7.0, and I will say that my computer usually freezes for a moment or two while opening it, which it didn't do in the beginning. Still, it's serving me very well thus far.

I know I don't have a fantastic graphics card and shouldn't be too uppity about what my computer can and can't do in terms of video games, but I've found it frustratingly slow at some fairly low-demand games. It lags hard on Minecraft unless I'm on the HP Recommended power plan and have my rendering set to Short in the game. I guess the recommendation here is be sure you know what you want to do with this computer, and make sure you can do it based on what you put in and what kind of graphics card you're willing to buy. Mine gets a little laggy on bad days if I have too many things open at once.

The battery life has been really good to me so far on this thing, to the point where, over winter break at my parents' house, I could come downstairs with it fully charged in the morning and not have to go plug it in until around five or six at night. Lately, I think it's finally puttering out a little. If I leave and take it for a 9 AM class, on lowest brightness settings and power saver battery mode, it's dying out on me by about 2 PM. But hey, I think it's done pretty well for how long I've had it!

Gimmicks: No matter what they say about the webcam, it's not very good. Highly pixelated, weird lighting, stupid added effects, take a long time to load, the whole nine yards. I mean, it can take a picture or record a video, and if you want it to Skype with it can hold its own, but it's by no means fantastic, especially in low light. The sound when you record isn't bad, at least; it's pretty human.

HP in general has a really bad habit of filling your computer with dumb things you do not need, and this one is no exception. On start-up it automatically gives you HP Assistant, a bunch of windows of stuff, and other things that don't do much for me but take up space, and a while ago I did a major re-haul and uninstalled a ton of what HP started me with. I haven't missed any of it. If you know what you're doing with computers, you'll probably want to do the same. I've also never, ever had a reason to use QuickWeb, although the idea behind it is nice, I guess.

Overall: My computer serves me well, and I'm very attached to it. My daily computer needs mostly consist of word processing, internet browsing, gaming, and painting/designing, and the Pavilion dm4 has held up on all of these counts. If you don't want a super intensive monster computer that can do everything, I still think this guy is a good choice. Just remember it comes a little cheap for a reason and may be flimsier than you want it to be.

Buy Toshiba Satellite C875D-S7330 17.3-Inch Laptop (Satin Black Trax)

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I did lots of research before purchasing a laptop. I settled on this one because it seemed to be the most bang for the buck. I have had no problems with it, and I've had it for about 3 months now. In fact, I do everything on it. I love it! The screen is huge. It's not super light, but that was to be expected. It has a great battery life, and I've had no problems with opening multiple webpages as one user said.

The reason this didn't get 5 stars from me is because of the keyboard. It seems really cheap and plasticky. In fact, I can actually see the entire keyboard moving up and down when I'm typing really fast. Doesn't hinder performance, just seems cheap. Other than that, this thing is fantastic! I do recommend it!

Oh, also, Windows 8 is amazing. I'm sure that people who don't like it are those same people who complain everytime Facebook makes a change to their timeline... people who don't like change. It has all the features Windows 7 has, just enhanced. Give it some time and you'll get used to it.

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Runs efficiently and supports games. Includes Windows 8. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a reasonably priced gaming laptop.

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I bought this laptop to game and surf the web. Its very fast and I like that it is a bigger laptop. It comes with windows 8 which I kindav hate : \ but besides that I really like the laptop

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***Edit*** Ok the computer worked fine for about a month and a half. I never got used to windows 8. If I wanted a tablet I would have bought one. So out of nowhere I try turning my laptop on and it says automatic repair. Ive seen this on windows 7 before so I thought no big deal. Except it tried to repair and failed so it restarted and did a loop of that. I tried to go into safe mode but windows 8 took out the easy feature to do so. You have a split second to press the button to get into safe mode and I never could. I called Toshiba to get them to repair it and they wanted to charge me for shipping and to back up my harddrive. It was only 2 months old and I couldn't get anybody there to work with me. Instead I took it to a computer repair place and got it backed up and amazon was awesome and let me return it for a full refund.

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Big fan of Toshiba. Had a computer crap out lately so I bought this one. I love mat surfaces for computers, but not on the touch pad. It feels a little repulsive to move the cursor. Also not a fan of windows 8. It was made for tablets and I didn't buy a tablet. Does not look like on a 17 inch laptop.

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I've had this lap top for about 4 months now. At first I hated it because of Windows 8 but once i figured it out I decided I could live with it although I still hate it. So, here I am 4 months later and I have a lap top that is getting slower by the day! Internet explorer is so slow that I feel like I'm 13 again and using dial up to surf the web! The computer is slow in everything it does, from research I've done that seems to be a pretty common thing with windows 8. The touch pad is really sucky. It's rough and textured and to be honest..it made my finger sore for the first couple of weeks I used the computer! So, I guess, if you can get past the slowness, and the sucky touch pad you will be okay. Me personally? I just bought a new computer (with windows 7) and it'll be here next week. Anyone wanna buy a used Toshiba? Ha! Ha!

Reviews of Samsung Series 9 900X3B-A02 13.3-Inch Laptop (Mineral Ash Black)

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This laptop is extremely lightweight and boots up so amazingly fast.

I love the backlit keyboard and I love that I don't have to bang on it to get my letters to go. I love the fast processor and that I really have no issues doing all the things I generally spend my day doing (nothing too intensive...haven't tried intense gaming on this) The screen is matted instead of shiny, which I am a fan of.

But as another person mentioned....the battery life...yikes. I've had this for about a year now...

I can probably go...3-4 hours on battery. But heaven help me if I am trying to google hangout...cuz that zaps it even faster.

It does tend to overheat pretty quickly considering the body is totally metal. So be careful with that. If you're going to stick it into a case...I'd actually shut it down (the boot up time is so fast, that really...it's not worth "hibernating it") I've had it before where I thought it went to sleep...but it was still going and was burning to the touch by the time I realized and yanked it out of my case.

The trackpad is awful and has started to develop...discolorations where I use it the most, so I've switched over to a mouse.

There's a USB 2.0 (left side)and a USB 3.0(right side)...which is ok considering how insanely thin this is. I would say...it definitely rivals Macbook air in thinness.

It does come with an adapter for LAN use which is nice...and some reviews on other sites mentioned issues with wi-fi...but I actually have not experienced any.

The headphone jack and microphone jack are one on the same, so you don't get two 35mm for each. Not a major deal for me since there's a built in mic...

If you can get this for pretty cheap...it's a good supplemental computer, but just know that there are drawbacks.

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Good performance, Love the screen, color and built. downside: touch pad, battery and only two USB ports very close to headphones and power cord.

Discount Sony VAIO Z Series VPCZ134GX/B Notebook PC

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The Vaio Z is an impressive computer in a three-pound package. It's great for travel purposes and can do basically anything a full-sized computer can do. The battery lasts for hours, so you don't have an excuse for not working on the airplane. It does have one drawback, however - it puts out more hot exhaust than a 1968 GTO. It can get uncomfortable if you are using it as an actual "laptop." Even worse, the computer will shut itself off if it overheats, which can be a real problem during a meeting or long work session. I had to buy a cooling stand. I got one with a single blower that sits right under the Vaio's air intake. That solved the problem, although the cooling stand takes up space in the carrying case and so takes away from the extreme portability of the computer. Can't have everything, I guess.

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The laptop worked fine for one month, then the screen showed black blames in the left side, the problem disappear for two months. I asked for warranty and SONY cover it only in USA, I traveled to Ecuador and there was not warranty there, now the screen has two black shadows. Finally I had problems with SSD disk and tried to use the recovery system and it came with a problem and when the system is being restored on the 70% it show an error.

With all this problems I will sell it as bargain on ebay and will never buy another sony laptop. The quality of the components is bad even in Japanese models as this. NOTE: MADE IN JAPAN!!!!!

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The Amazon vendor iMount who sold this to me did not tell me that this was a 2010 model. Note this is a 3 YEAR OLD computer. I had to download hundreds of updates to get Windows 7 updated. It also came with 70 gb of the hard drive already filled up. With what I have no idea since they claimed it was new.

I am now stuck with this laptop as they refuse to take it back without a 50% restocking fee.

The "pinch" function does not seem to be working on the touch pad, which I am addicted to from my previous Sony Vaio.

Bad points: This Vaio Z laptop runs "hot". I have only had it on for a couple of hours and it is so hot that I cannot actually have it on my lap. Also, it seems to be an old style. It looks very old fashioned.

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This is a perfect notebook for everyone, for everyday use. It's stylish. Run fast with Solid State Drive.

I use it every time. It is extremely reliable (Made in Japan). Doesn't make any sound when running.

I love it!!!!

Discount Lenovo ThinkPad Twist 12.5-Inch Convertible 2-in-1 Touchscreen

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Got this about a week ago and overall I'm pretty satisfied.

Pros:

-lightning fast startup/shutdown time.

-Solidly built. Don't let the twisting aspect worry you. Does not feel flimsy at all.

-Does everything I need a near perfect complement to my desktop computer.

-Speakers are LOUD!

Cons:

-Screen rotation upon switching from tablet to laptop can be a little buggy.

-Tablet form needs a little work Some functions when using desktop mode don't work as well as they should i.e. scrolling. Windows 8 apps do work spectacularly in this mode though.

-Trackpad is not the greatest in my opinion, but still not bad.

Overall, the positives of this laptop/tablet combo far outweigh its minor bugs/faults.

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Update Day 14.

I have purchased Anker Astro Pro External Battery pack. It is light enough and has enough "juice" to be a permanent travel companion with Twist. I will test it out in my trip to South Africa in 4 weeks time. It should prove handy during the flight from Amsterdam to Johannesburg. Twist is now my favourite e-reader.

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Update

I had to do fresh installation for another reason.

This time I just disabled autorotation in the device manager.

To get better battery life I disables a few other features.

Incredibly simple solution.

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I have had mine for one week. Having worked out the bugs with a new 120 gig ssd and a fresh installation I love the computer.

Reading customer reviews I was prepared for short battery life. However I did find the autorotation behaviour disturbing.

I found this registry hack from Windows 8 forum to LOCK AUTOROTATION and it works!

OPTION 4

How to Lock or Unlock Screen AutoRotation in Windows 8 and Windows RT

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My school bought these for the teachers. I've had it for two weeks. The screen will not turn on after being in sleep/hibernate/shut down. Eventually it will come on after 3-4 forced shut downs using the power button. It already needs to be sent back for repairs.

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I bought this couple weeks ago and it's a wonderful machine. Proceeded to upgrade the 4 gig of memory to 8 or 16 and found of that the memory and soldered in and therefore not upgradable at all. Taking it back to the store. Would have loved to have kept it if the memory was upgradable. If you are content to run one application at a time this may be the machine for you otherwise take a pass.

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This year I bought a lenovo computer using your services and it came with the hard drive damage. I had to fix it twice in less than a year. The international waranty I paid doesn't work, they take more than a month to fix it and they make you do everything. My experience with lenovo have been terrible, it's not a quality device.

Cheap Acer AS5738Z-4111 15.6-Inch Blue Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium)

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After making a lot of comparisons between the various laptops being offered since Windows 7 was released I found the Acer 4111 to be an outstanding buy at $479.99 through Amazon. It has so many nice features, 4 gigs of memory, 4 USB slots, a built in modem, 2.1 gig CPU and I could go on and on. It is a long list of features. I have only had it for 4 days and am impressed with it in so many ways. So far I am pleased with Windows 7. It seems pretty solid and it does have some nice touches to it. A word of caution on this model is that it does not come with backup DVD's. You will need at least 4 blank DVD disks and the built in backup program works very smoothly.

One irritant I ran into was a very annoying Macaffe (trial version) pop-up window every few minutes. I solved that by deleting the program. As the Acer comes with a 320 gig hard drive you will find that you have only about 260 gigs free. There is a lot of junk on the hard drive that could come off to free up more space.

I recommend this Acer and gave it 5 stars. I also am very well pleased with Amazon.

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At first, I really liked this Acer. Great display, Win 7 runs well, everything loads quickly, startup is fast. The keyboard felt a little flimsy, but I figured it was me. Yet, instead of my typing improving as I got used to it (I'm a pretty good typist) more and more errors appeared: many missed letters, r letters coming in double, just like another user reported. In less than three weeks of use, the key for Q became stuck, and i had to flip up the flimsy little cover to get at the actual mechanism; eventually that hinged cover came off. I spent a lot of time setting this macchine up, and to think that I will have to get rid of anything personal, like quickbooks and tax info so that I can get it fixed -well, let's just say I'm NOT happy!! Never mind lost productivity because I'll have to go back to my old, slow-as-molasses XP laptop. I gave it three stars because everything else is great.

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I got this last week and am generally pleased. The display is great--large and very sharp. Everything works very quickly, and there weren't too many junky programs preloaded.

HOWEVER, they keyboard is really terrible. It fails to recognize about 1 in 10 letters I type. Then, sometimes, it doubles letters. It is very, very frustrating to type on this thing. I would not recommend it if you have lots of typing to do!

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I've been itching to review this laptop ever since I bought it.

I was one of the people who bought it on Amazon even before the release date. I was in need of a new laptop and was looking practically all over the internet for good deals on laptops. I almost picked a not so good laptop before I checked my email and found Amazon's message about new laptops available with windows 7.

I checked at all the computers by ACER (yes, I specifically wanted an acer because I haven't ever had problems with the Acer computers I've used). I found this computer, read all the specs, and oh you know it.. I jumped on it! Was so eager to receive it that I paid for 2 day shipping.

AT 479.99, this was a great deal, so i didn't at all mind paying the extra bucks for fast delivery. Amazon, true to their reputation, delivered this faster than I expected.

I opened my laptop's box, and it was love at first sight. Turned it on, got on the internet, and started typing, and... that was when the problem started.

The keyboard seemed nothing short of annoying! I am a pretty fast 'typer', and having to repeat practically everything i typed really got on my nerves.

I immediately knew I had to call Acer, after all, this came with a one year warranty (thanks to God). The Acer customer service tried all they could to help me 'fix' this keyboard issue (like most reviewers on here have already mentioned), but all to no avail. I was eventually told to send in the laptop for repair.

I had to spend additional bucks to send in my laptop to the Acer office in Texas. I wasn't getting mad though, cos apart from the typing issue, I had already fallen in love with everything about the laptop... and windows 7 was just so lovely (Well done Windows. Don't worry about what that Modern-day, hip dressing dude says about you..lol)

Anyhoo, I now have my laptop back, and the keyboard is working PERFECTLY! I think if I found this laptop at the current price Amazon is selling it, I'd close my eyes and still buy it. It's worth every penny (Then again, If you think about it... original price + 2 day shipping + gas price to staples to ship it back to acer + shipping fee kinda all equals this current price). And worry not if your keyboard is misbehaving, Just send it in back to ACER.

I know I've said enough already, but I just wanna add, the huge screen is a big plus when watching movies, videos, etc.

The numerical pad is a bonus. I thought it would hinder my typing, and take up unnecessary space, but it is not.

The Webcam is Awesome.. so clear and works good with skype! The microphone is loud too, and speakers work great..

The mouse pad was slightly getting on my nerves, but all that resolved when i disabled the extra gestures, by clicking on Mouse from control panel. I also removed the plastic cover on the mouse pad (the one with the multi-gesture touch pad picture on it), and all these changes helped.

Ok. That's about it.. :-)

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I ordered this laptop the day Windows 7 was released, and so far I am quite happy with it. Maxed out RAM (4 GB), Super-sized hard drive, dual-core Pentium (this is Intel's NEW line of Pentium CPUs), nice display.... Video is integrated but it's plenty good for watching DVDs, online video, web surfing, photos, etc. Windows 7 runs fast and slick on this bad boy.

Now, here is what ANNOYS me:

1. The keyboard blows. Acer has tried to imitate the new, flat-style keys (like Apple, Sony), but they seem to have it all wrong. The key placement is funny and I find the keys to be flat, crowded, indistinct, and difficult to get used to. The result is more typos. The keyboard probably won't be a deal-breaker unless you're planning to do lots of typing, or write a novel. Since this is a wide laptop, they've included a numeric keypad. I could do without that, but others will find it handy.

2. The track pad. The good: it has a button which allows you to easily disable it. The bad: If it isn't disabled, your hands will constantly brush against it as you type....hence even more typing errors. I disabled much of the multi-gesture functionality and that helped quite a bit. (Another tip: Get a good wireless mouse (such as the Logitech V450 Cordless Nano Laser) to use with this.)

3. The hard drive makes a distinct CLICK sound when it parks the heads. At least, I *think* this is what is happening. I'm curious if others have this same clicking sound? Write comments! If it's the hard drive "click of death" I'd like to RMA it with Acer...if not, I can probably ignore it as it's only once in a while that it happens.

Other than that... Excellent value for the money. It's on the large side. Make sure you buy the right-sized case.