Review of Acer Aspire AS5732Z-4598 NoteBook PC - Intel Pentium T4400 2.20GHz

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I have had this labtop for over 1 year and it has never let me down once, i am even writing the review for it on the labtop right now. It may be a little cheaply built at parts, but runs fast and works great. I have had no issues with the DVD player, USB ports, Audio/Head Phone slots or Ethernet cable slots at all. I use this labtop every day for daily things (school, work, ect) watching movies on it is great too! The screen is nice & Large, good for computer gaming too. I would recomend this computer for an average things, its not specific for any 1 purpose, which is why i love it. (It may be highly priced, so wait for it to go down a bit)

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I bought my Acer Aspire 5732z at Office Max for just under $400. Performance-wise, it's an awesome little computer that's quick and fairly easy to use. I don't do any video games that would require a fast processor, so I can't comment on that. The only issues I have with it is 1)the power cord falls out very easily and many times I thought it was plugged in only to have the computer flash a low-battery message or, if I'm on a hidden-object game, just shut off. 2)the touch pad is off center, which takes a little getting used to, and it's very sensitive, so I'll be typing along and the cursor will suddenly jump up several lines. These issues are just minor aggravations, so I still give the laptop 4 stars.

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this is a very nice computer for the price. i underestimated the ability it actually has. it is fast, reliable, and has not given me any problems. i dont do much hardcore gaming, but flight simulator X. it suits me fine at about 10 fps on average, even with a basic processor. i would reccomend this computer, although now i am moving on to a better computer for high school in the 1000 dollar area.

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If I could give it less than 1 star I would. This laptop is poorly designed and not worth the price listed here. For what its worth it when I bought it back in June was about 150 cheaper on newegg.com. The first issue I had was the video wouldn't work with my kvm, it was constantly flashing between video modes. The second issue and one that ultimately lead to its demise was the right mouse button built into the front surface. It's a smooth surface button built into the case and looks like it would be good to work with however due to poor design this one kept clicking on its own. The entire system was rendered useless because the right click was pretty much constantly 'clicking' on its own. I'd tap on it thinking it was stuck and it would be fine for about 5 mins, then it would start again. You cannot deactivate it in the bios or software either.

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I bought this to replace my netbook that I loved, but accidentally damaged a while back. My netbook mostly met my needs and I liked its small size.

With the advent of Windows 7, some of the advantages of a netbook were lost, in my mind, anyway, so I sought something that would run Windows 7 Home Premium with ease and had an optical drive for a project I was doing at the time, and more comfortable keyboard.

This Acer was a perfect fit for me. I'd prefer a smaller footprint, but form really does follow function and the trade-off is really worth it.

The unit, plus power cord and mouse fit very well into my briefcase, while leaving plenty of room for other stuff.

Business people may prefer the more efficient processors that are coming out now, but for a casual user like myself, this one has what it takes and more.

I docked one star, because even though it's perfect for me, there are more powerful and efficient laptops out there for the power users among us.

Review of Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200

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Fast, nice looking, relatively light, convenient buttons, good screen, clear text. The only concert is that I can here fan working.

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I cannot review this from a tech geek level but can say it is fast and easy to use. Love the lighted keyboard and all its other features. Glad I spent the money on it.

While it has Windows 8, which most people seem to hate, I don't mind it. No one likes change and all I did was look at some videos on how to navigate through it. Toshiba has one on their site and I also looked at a Windows 8 tutorial on YouTube. It is not as bad as people say, just have to take the time to learn how to use it.

Reviews of HP CC478A

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Nice HP Laptop. Beautifull color and design. Fast processor. Good storage capacity. And fast wifi connection and web surfing. Good when burning DVDS, Does the job. Love This HP. Good for office use, Students. Pretty loud speakers.Use it for designing. Really powerful computer. Definetly Recomend it to anybody. Happy, Very happy.

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HP Pavilion DV9334US 17" NOTEBOOK LAPTOP PC (Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 Review

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worked great for about 3 months then got slow and its not a virus I downloaded Macfee the top of the line online sucurity. In the past 3 months I renstaled vista still runs crappy I feel that 400 dollars is too much and if it was selling for 100 you could consider it (1 GB not 2 GB RAM)

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There is design flaw in this computer which causes the solder between the motherboard and graphics card to go bad. Like the others mine went bad in a year of moderate use. Had it repaired twice, once by HP, once by and independent company and has failed again shortly after both. I will no longer be buying HP products nor will I be able to recommend them to friends and family. This coming from someone who once avidly encouraged people to buy HP.

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Had the laptop less than a year, The graphic card broke after a few months. Not too happy with Hp.

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We had two of these computers. The one only lasted 1 year until the mother board burned out, and the second one only lasted 2.5 years because the graphic card broke. Not to reliable and built very cheaply.

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This model was my 2nd laptop. I never had any issues with it. I bought mine from Office Max for around

$720 with tax in 2005. The only problem I've had out of it is when I.....put a pen on the keyboard near the

screen and foolishly closed it without thinking; cracking the screen. I've taken it apart and depending on

price, I might replace it. I own a Toshiba Satelite and another HP dv6 series bought almost two years ago.

In total, I have owned three HP laptops.

To make laptops more affordable some parts are made with plastic or other materials which degrade when hot.

NO laptop fan will cool it efficiently and require laptop users to need a good laptop fan/cooler. There are ways

to circumvent the shortcomings in manufacturing when computer companies do this. I replaced the power jack/port

on the Toshiba with a sturdier model which cost $2.99 and about 2 hours labor myself.

NO DUCT TAPE INVOLVED.

It sucks that many people have had bad experiences with HP. Everyone has their own preferences and I for one

have had great ones with HP. This model is best for a desktop replacement WITH a good laptop cooler.

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Day 1: Wow, I really dislike this keyboard. I really wish I had paid more attention. I understand changing laptops means changing keyboards, and that brings a period of awkwardness, but this keyboard hurts.

1) The keyboard layout has been narrowed by removing the space from between key-groups, so I'm finding it impossible to locate the arrow keys and navigating the function keys without taking my eyes off the screen to look at the keyboard. Consider this: This 16:9 laptop is 1.2 inches wider than my old 16:10 machine, yet the keyboard is .75 inches narrower. [EDIT.3.2013 Using adhesive mini bump dots has made the keyboard navigable.]

2) The PageUp/Home and PageDown/End keys have been combined. PageUp and PageDown are the default functions. The Fn key must be pressed to access the secondary Home and End functions. I hate that this was done, but if it was truly necessary, I wish they had done it the opposite way, making Home and End the default functions. (Update: I was able to fix this well-enough by running KeyTweak.exe)

3) The Fn key must also be pressed to adjust the volume or mute. So it takes two hands when you need a quick volume adjustment/muting.

4) Most of the light emitted by the keyboard comes from under the keys. This is an issue because I almost exclusively use the laptop while sitting in a recliner. From that angle the bright light from under the keys way outshines the keypads. I'll have to find a way to increase the unit's tilt in my lap to make this problem go away.

5) The tactile bumps on the F, J, and 5 keys are nearly non-existent and I expect they will wear away soon.

6) So it occurs to me just now; Will I be able to replace worn F and J keys for this keyboard.

7) The Windows Start key is moved to the right side of the space bar. I understand why they did this, but with the particulars of Windows 8, some folks may have preferred it stayed on the left.

Day 2: Everything seems top notch. 2-boxing EQII at max quality has been all smooth goodness. Skyrim is beautiful, CODBO1 rocks. The sound quality is pretty impressive and the the fast boot from off the SSD is really sweet. The optical disc drive however is kinda on the slow side; but I have to say, it reads damaged DVDs like no other drive I've ever had. It might be that when it comes to optical drives, slow and steady wins the race. Also, the unit came with nearly no junk-ware, so purists won't have to spend much time striping it down to the essentials. Lastly, the Power button and LED indicating sleep-state both blink. Besides disliking blinking lights, this is just plain annoying when you set the unit to the side in a darkened room. I suppose this can be avoided by having the unit go into hibernate instead of sleep, but I chose to use a bit of electrical tape and a static-cling sticker; problem solved.

Week 2: The installed 128GB SSD is on the small side. Mine arrived from MSI with 43.5GB free space. I understand data goes on the 750GB HDD, and Windows' 'Library' concept makes that easy enough. But after installing some games and a bunch of applications it got down-right cramped. So I'm already migrating over to a 256GB SSD.

Week 6: Over-all, a very solid machine. I like it alot, but if I had it to do over again, I would not buy it. It's the keyboard. Whether I'm healing the tank or re-naming files, wandering Freeport or navigating a spreadsheet, this keyboard has me taking my eyes off the screen all the time. So unless you just have to have it now, I recommend waiting till next summer. By then numerous manufactures will be offering up comparable configurations, most of them with more conventional keyboards. And by then, probably three to four hundred dollars less. [EDIT.3.2013 Using adhesive mini bump dots has made the keyboard navigable.]

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Great computer at a good price. I have had the computer for several months now and am very happy with it. It is thick and very well ventilated. I expect it to last well. No slimline notebook here. Keyboard looks great and has a ton of backlighting options.

The power cord plugs into the middle of the back of the computer, which I don't love, but wouldn't prevent me from buying it again.

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I'm an avid gamer, and try to keep my gaming laptops semi up to date. I'd say about every 3 years (sometimes that's pushing it) it's time to upgrade to new tech. It comes with a useable boot SSD, but if you want even better performance swap out the 750GB 7200 RPM HDD with another SSD and you're set to go. As soon as I verified everything was working properly, I replaced the stock 750GB with another 512 Crucial SSD and don't regret it a single bit. (Although, this does unfortunately void the warranty). And actually, while I'm on that subject why? A simple HDD upgrade or RAM upgrade shouldn't void anything in my opinion. These are easy, non system-threatening upgrades! Ok, other than that, I'm getting amazing performance on everything cranked to it's highest settings. Boot time is 6 seconds to Win 8. Still miss Win 7 but I'm making the best of it. If I had to do it all again I'd get this same model. The keyboard colors give it an extra "wow" factor, and make gaming in the dark so much easier. Getting tons of games reinstalled takes time, but it's great having a fresh system. Good stuff!

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Love this laptop. Played every game you can imagine on max settings with no hiccups. Speakers sound great. Display is bright and clear. Not going to find a better bang for the buck. Windows 8 is not my favorite but I'll get used to it. Highly recommended!

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First off, I would like to say this computer is great if you are sent one without any problems.

Hope to Jeebus you don't get one with problems. I was sent a broken computer, and let me tell you, I am being punished for it.

There is something wrong with the internal hardware, not sure what, but the scrolling ability on my computer would go haywire after just a few minutes of use, and would render the computer itself almost useless. For this reason, it was extremely difficult to type an e-mail to tech support, so I tried to call them instead.

If there's one thing you should know about MSI tech support, or customer service, is that one does not simply call MSI tech support, or costumer service. Because you will get no answer. No matter how many messages you leave, or that you call in the middle of work hours. The recording will talk at you, then promptly give you the figurative finger.

After cursing and raving at my broken new computer while trying to type e-mails with a cursor afflicted with tourette syndrome, I finally got a helpful reply with information to send my computer to the RMA department. This was two months later. I was so happy they they were finally going to fix it that I almost didn't get annoyed about the fact that I had to find my own shipping box to fit this behemoth computer, buy my own package materials, and pay for the shipping. But then I got annoyed. I live in Alaska.

The story doesn't end there. I get an e-mail today from the repair department with pictures of the package, and it looks like someone dropped it in a muddy puddle, then a velociraptor promptly stomped on it after chewing on it for a while. Despite the big red sticker stating "FRAGILE! HANDLE WITH CARE!!!1" plastered right on the front. Now, I know it's not their fault, but they want another 300 dollars out of me to repair the resulting -surprisinglysmall dent to the corner of the blasted machine. And for me to send them all my credit card info.

So, yeah, you can buy this computer if you want to take a gamble that you will never have to deal with MSI after the purchase. I read that customer service sucked in previous reviews before buying this computer, but I never thought I would have to deal with them. I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and slap myself in the face for wasting 1700+ dollars.

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This computer is fine...except for the audio. Yes, you read that correctly. Despite the fact that one of this computer's big features is Beats Audio, the volume on songs and videos has a mind of its own and fluctuates all the time. HP recently released a driver to fix the problem, which temporarily worked, but the volume fluctuation began to creep back into the audio about a week ago and is once again in full swing. According to the HP Support Forum, the company continues to work on finding a solution. Regardless of whether the problem gets permanently fixed, I find it totally unacceptable that a computer containing a feature geared towards audio went onto the market with such an awful audio flaw. It's downright irresponsible on HP's part and I am severely disappointed.

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I was still using an HP dv1170us (vintage 2005) which is still working fine, but it's dated. I wanted a replacement, so I bought its cousin, the HP dv6-7020 figuring it's close enough of a cousin to my old workhorse that I'd just settle into it like a favorite shirt.

A lot of my favorite features are still there. I like being able to turn off the touchpad (it's a double-tap in the upper left corner) when I'm using a trackball, and I like being able to cut the wi-fi off with a button press when I'm watching movies or listen to music (this is, after all, an entertainment laptop) and save some battery life. An improvement is no ports on the back of the laptop. That's a serious plus in a tight space like a library or on a plane when you can't have stuff sticking out of the back of the laptop and have it up against anything like a wall or seat.

Some features I liked are gone. Instant Play is history, no more turning on the laptop to just use as DVD player hardware and double the battery life like my old laptop could do. However, the battery life is improved enough that it's about a wash. I really liked the actual latch to keep the lid shut too, but that's gone on the DV6-7020.

Some features I like are added, for example the HDMI output for a projector or HDTV, the fingerprint scanner for security and the built in webcam, none of which the old entertainment laptop had.

The laptop feels a bit big after the 14" notebook I've been used to, and the difference seems like a lot more than 1.6" going from a 14-inch notebook to a 15.6-inch laptop. I didn't think the added size would make much difference, but it's definitely noticed. It's okay, but this is as big as I'd go with a laptop. Anything bigger is overkill and sort of ruins the goal of portable devices (which is to be portable, of course).

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My new laptop arrived today via UPS. I opened the box and had it set up in 5-10 minutes. It is awesome!!! Setting up all my user preferences now. Got on-line in 5 minutes. Got my hotmail & gmail up and running in 10 minutes. Sounds great, looks great. Really happy with it so far. If I run into any problems, I will adjust my rating, otherwise it is perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I love it!!!!!!!!! Screen is really big 15" and the keyboard is just right. Love the separate number key pad. Typing is a breeze and keys are all logical and feels great. I would highly recommend this model and brand to anyone! Really love it!

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I recieved this item yesterday and i found nothing is working even the processor. Its completely dead. i just wasted my time calling the HP support team. I just returned this item to amazon. I didnt expect this kind of item from Amazon. They didnt even tested the basic things for the laptop. Beaware of HP laptops, dont expect that everything from HP will work. The customer service can help you only when your machine UP.Unlike Dell, HP will not be giving any door service and you have to ship the new item back to HP for service which is even more horrible.

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Purchased HP DV6 7020 US new in the winter of 2012. Barely used it. By June, 2013,the screen would go black and stay black, and the laptop suffered from repeated "unexpected shutdowns". Went round and round with HP tech support in India for hours on end as they tried and failed to resolve the problems remotely. Sent it to the HP repair center in Texas to be fixed. They did the same thing that phone support had done return to factory setting, update bios, reinstall OS. Same problems within hours of getting it back from HP. Finally, I got approval from the HP repair center to send it back to HP to repair but then, they never sent me the mailing label and did not return repeat phone messages (to the HP repair facility in Texas). So, I wrote a letter to HP corporate consumer affairs in Palo Alto. This must have gotten someone's attention, because I got a phone call and an e-mail from a case manager with their Escalation Team. The case manager was quite helpful and orchestrated the repair that I had been promised. So, I shipped it back to HP in Texas yet again for another go at repair. This time, they replaced the MOBO. Got it back and...the battery would not charge but there was no indication from the monitoring system that there was a charging fault. Output of charger tests as good with a VOM, so the battery is just not charging. I suspect it has something to do with the new mother board that HP installed. Upshot: back to HP for another fix. The laptop has spent more time in transit and in the hands of HP than with me for a couple of months. When it works, it is actually a fine computer with good specifications and some helpful HP user interface software. But, it has proven to be quite unreliable. I have owned computers for over 20 years and have never seen a product with so many reliability issues. But, I'm stuck with it now.

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I purchased the Lenovo SL410 after my trusty, 5 year old Dell finally died and I must say, I am extremely impressed.

For the price ($625), I have yet to see any others come close. In fact, this definitily seems like a much more expensive machine than it is. The design, although boring and old looking at first, has really grown on me and I have come to appreciate the simple beauty of it. No fancy case or buttons, just simple and easy to use features that always work instantly one pressed or used.

The trackpad is great and it even has the scroll feature on the right side, which is extremely useful when browsing the web. The keyboard is also of great size and response and is even spill proof! Really, it has drains which will drain any spilled liquid on the keyboard. I love this feature, since I replaced the keyboard on my old Dell TWICE for this reason.

Windows 7 has been great. I never owned a Vista, but did work on a few and it was awful. The Windows 7 that is installed in the SL410 has been wonderful. It is basically Vista with all the bugs worked out!

The number 1 thing about this laptop is the SCREEN! Not sure if its standard, bu the one i have has the glossy HD screen and it is unreal. HD video on this is bar none! Similar to the the screens on a Mac. Great!

A close 2nd favorite thing on this is the build-in Wi-Fi. WOW! My signal strenth is always powerful no matter where in my house. My sister has a Dell Mini Netbook, which she paid $550 for less than a year ago, and she cant get any wifi from her room. With the Lenovo, I have full signal strenth from my room which is much furhter from the wifi point in our house! Unreal.

I purchased this as a work travel/home laptop so I didnt need all the fancy media packages that HP and those other brands offer, but this thing has rocked for media. I am an avid photographer and this thing has no problem working with my DSLR, Flip Videos and other gadgets i have. I also use with my iPhone and iPod and have yet to experience issues or delay.

I did my research before purchasing and nothing in this same price point can compare.

I strongly reccomend this to anyone looking for a fast, reliable and efficient machine for work or play.

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My HP died, found out that the HP DV2000 which I had was defective, problems with the motherboard would show up after 2-3 years of use. HP was aware of the problem and would fix it for me for $400 + shipping (my warrenty was up). Decided it was better to get a new laptop. Never again an HP! The Geek at Best Buy told me this was the laptop he bought, made by IBM and very dependable. He did not steer me wrong as far as I could tell. It takes a little getting used to Windows 7, I had Vista previously and XP on a desktop. But everything with this machine was easy, set up to internet, program installation etc. And it is fast!! Yes it is slow to start but that is Windows 7, Vista was slow also. Have the same stuff on this computer as my old HP and I still have tons of space on the hard drive. So far I am very happy. The think pad tools icon also is a help. I trust computer geeks when it comes to this sort of thing, he did not try to get me to buy a $1200.00 machine, this was half the price and it feels great.

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I have only used the SL-410 for about two weeks, so my experience is, admittedly, limited with this product.

Overall I would rate this a 4-star laptop, excellent for moderate business productivity. The screen is sharp, glossy, but so much that it catches glare coming from florescent lights, or through office windows. The keyboard buttons are large and I find typing fairly simple and easy. The mouse interface has both the "nub" (my own word) which is a characteristic red finger sensor that used to be common on most of the major brands but only remains on Lenovo laptops, and the trackpad, which does hiccup sometimes, so your cursor can jump around unintentionally if you don't use small gestures. I have no problem with either of these really.

Initially, when you boot up the computer you will encounter the telltale bloatware present on every new PC these days. My first boot up took nearly twenty minutes (18m:45s) and until I disabled all of the completely unnecessary programs running the performance was quite pathetically slow for a Core 2 Duo processor. However, I used the MSCONFIG utility (type MSCONFIG in the search bar of the start menu) to disable all of the bloatware on startup and when I rebooted the computer was a far more reasonable 3 minutes.

It was when I went to backup the system disks on the Lenovo partition that I ran into my first problem. I ordered the Dual Layer DVD rom specifically for a project that requires a lot of data backup, so when the system hanged after I put in the DVD-DL, I was distressed to discover that my laptop was configured with the CD-RW combo drive, despite the invoice and order information containing the part # of a DL drive. Lenovo's post-sales number (1.866.428.4465) gave me someone with imperfect English who told me to call technical support. I called the number from the invoice--and to make a long story short, I have been bounced back to post-sales and I am waiting to find out if I need to ship the whole computer back or if they can just send my a new drive. Since I don't think that Lenovo's DVD drives are modular the way that Dell and HP drives are, I think I must ship it all back. As it turns out, this is a good thing, as I have since discovered that my RAM isn't the 1066mhz DDR2 that I ordered, but 800mhz DDR2, which isn't really that much of a performance decrease, but still, I should have received what I paid for.

Anyway, I reduced my rating by 2 stars to account for each of these misconfigured items, and if my Lenovo return process goes well I will post a comment amending my review rating.

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I was big IBM laptops fan since X31. But SL410 is last drop. I can't stand it any more.

My sound card messed up in less than 6 moth. I had to restore whole laptop to its factory defaults twice in less than a year. To be exact 9 month.

Despite having good spec, performance is just more than disappointing.

Sorry my French, but I'll never buy Lenovo crap any more.

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I purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad SL410 that came

with Windows 7 Professional (64 bit) installed on it.

It was easy to upgrade the RAM (Memory) from 2GB to 8GB for $50.

The connection Ports, Support, Features and speed of this laptop

was impressive. Highly recommend this laptop.

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Hi, I have purchased this computer few days ago and now I'm working with it. It's pretty fast with a good performance. I comfortable with the look and feel and absolutely recommend this product.

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I have had it less than a week. I have to confess I am a Gateway fan, there are not many of us left. Last year I bought a Samsung on one of Amazon's daily specials, hate it. It is so slow in opening a browser and once open it continues to be slow, hate it! So this would be my 7th Gateway between desktops and laptops in the last 20 years. When I purchased this one for an older Gateway that is fading I was concerned about 2 things the speed and well Gateway, being it was sold or merged and basically has few offerings anymore. I know nothing about processors and tried to read up on them a little and tried to compare them with other laptop offerings, but frankly I didn't know what I was doing, I just took a chance. It flies, even Explorer seems faster (not a typo) so that part has worked out. One thing I have always liked about Gateway is the touchpad pointing device. In shopping at stores I noticed most laptops now don't let you scroll with the one finger on the right side. This is just a conditioning thing, I have always liked it and this laptop has it and the option of using the 2 finger in the center of the touchpad. It has Windows 8, more cumbersome but not a problem. I didn't give it a 5 simply because I haven't had it long enough. I have to tell you it is very confusing buying a computer that's why I went with Gateway. I bought a ASUS a few years ago and didn't like him so I took a chance with one of my old reliable's.

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I bought this laptop at Best Buy in May of 2010. It worked fine until June of 2011 when it started running very slow and then last week I started getting a Windows alert that "SMART failure predicted on hard disk and to replace hard disk asap!" This was when I realized that no recovery disks came with the computer so I created my own. Then we bought a new hard disk installed it and tried to install recovery disks. Still not sure what the problem is but the recovery disk did not restore completely so now I have to order recovery disks from Sony. You would think having to spend $850 for a laptop that it would last longer than 1 year????????

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This laptop has been pretty good to me, use it with 32-bit Fedora and Windows 7. Computer feels very stable and fast, overall very happy with it and would recommend. Only a couple small gripes:

-Headphone plug on front so plugging in speakers runs a cord around the front

-Static shock sometimes on space near trackpad, very annoying

-USB ports don't have nice feel to them, but they work

Very good screen quality, no driver or hardware issues as of yet. Happy with purchase (got from eLayaway.com).

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I've had this laptop for about 8 months and I find myself doing maintenance on it every other day it seems. Didn't experienced these problems with Apple, Dell or Toshiba.

*Have issues with the optical drive from time to time.

*Hard drive has become somewhat noisy which makes me believe it doesn't have much time left.

*Can't let it go to sleep or hibernate without it crashing.

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I bought mine in 2010, and at first it looked pretty good. But as time went by, it started getting slower and slower, with occasional freezing (at the point where I needed to press & hold power button in order to reboot). And I have not installed *any* games whatsoever, nor CAD / heavy rendering software. I've always just used it to surf the web and run torrent client software. It does not have bluetooth, which I kind of miss. It comes with Vaio's "web button", which I never used because it basically sucks. You always end up willing to use other applications when powering on your computer.

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I'm going to start by saying I use this computer for school, sometimes for gaming, and just for general use.

It seemed like a good computer when I first got it, thought I would try the Intel Core series. The processor was bad. My single core AMD Athlon in my PC is better than this. Not impressed at all. The hard drive? went through 4 of them while it was under the 1 year warranty. After the warranty was up, I purchased an SSD to replace the bad hard drive. I discovered when taking out the old hard drive that sony put in some used P.O.S. hard drive with a repair sticker having someone else's name on it. That really p*ssed me off. It ran good after putting the SSD in, but after about 2 years it would start to blue screen randomly. Not sure what was causing that.. I reinstalled Windows 7, and shortly after that, the screen stopped working. Also, throughout the years, the paint started wearing off everywhere. The computer looks terrible right now. Thats when I gave up and bought an HP EliteBook 6930P. So far, I'm impressed. Great, fast laptop, gets great battery life, incredibly fast, amazing graphics, and one of the most durable laptops I have ever used.

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I have had this laptop for at least two years and it is still going strong. Would do it all over again. Got what I expected, when I expected. What more can you ask. Would buy from them again without any hesitation.

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Reviews of Acer AS5733Z-4851 15.6" Notebook (Dual-Core, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HD

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This laptop has made it through 2 years of college for me, which is not a light task I am known for abusing electronics. I have left this laptop in direct sunlight for long periods of time, Plus in frigid cold winters of Michigan it survived. Its been thrown around in my book bag etc... but through all of these demands it remains in tact and fast as ever. The screen has true HD graphics with a remarkable refresh rate for a personal computer. I strongly recommend this laptop, as it has proven to me that Acer is a future brand name for PC'S.

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This last two years I've had this laptop have exceeded my expectations but I'm not surprised, I have a good past with Acer computers. I have a desktop as well. I have noticed its gotten slower but probably from my own use. I use this daily and it's almost always on. 75% of the time plugged in. I can still unplug it and get 2 1/2-3 hours of use on battery saver mode (always been this way). It can handle a lot at once but it's not a high end gaming laptop. I can play Sims 3, with no mods, on moderate settings. It plays older games flawlessly though and runs photoshop very well. The only thing I hate is the keyboard. Junk gets under the keys and its hard to clean, which is why I gave it 4 stars. I'm a busy mom to a toddler and three hairy cats so it doesn't take long for stuff to gunk up my keys. Overall I'm happy with my choice to get it. I'm writing this review from it now =]

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IT IS AN EXCELLENT LAP TOP. I HAVE IT FOR 2 YEARS.

CONS: BATTERY CHARGE , SHOULD LAST LONGER.

ELECTRIC , WIRE PLUGS , SHOULD BE MORE EFFICIENTLY COSTRUCTED. (I AM SORPRISED ABOUT THIS FROM ACER.)

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Using it right now to post this review. I've had it for about 2 weeks. It's quick, the screen is huge and it functions perfectly. No complaints and it was shipped promptly. Thanks!

Reviews of eMachines EMD528-2496 Laptop Computer with Windows 7

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This laptop was on sale at Bestbuy for $200 plus tax. While this laptop is the lowest end laptop that you are going to get and they do cut corners, it does have some good features. I am surprised that this laptop has webcam, sd card reader and HDMI.

The feel of 'cheapness' is apparent by the construction of the laptop, but keyboard and trackpad is okay. This laptop also has only 1 speaker and this speaker doesn't produce a very loud sound. This laptop only has a 4 cell battery and the battery life lasts about 2 hours. The matte screen doesn't have a good viewing angle.

The laptop has 1 2gb ddr3 memory which should be enough for your needs, but you can upgrade it to as much as 8gb of ram as this laptop supports 4gb sodimms. Be warned though, this laptop doesn't have a memory 'panel' as you have to remove 24 screws on the back panel if you want to upgrade. The celeron 925 cpu is about 2 generations behind the current lot of cpu. The good news is that this laptop supports .45 micron core2duo and pentium cpus which is available in ebay for cheap. I brought the intel pentium t4200 for less than $10. Upgrading the cpu does give the laptop acceptable performance.

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I got this laptop on special from Best Buy for $199. I looked online and I found that the processor is a standard socket P CPU so found a T6400 CPU on ebay for $15 and I also got 4 GB of DDR3 RAM on Newegg for $14 and replaced the Celeron CPU and the 2 gb of ram, so now I have a really nice and fast dual core laptop for a total investment of $228 (plus tax). MUCH better than a stupid netbook which are selling for $250 and up and they dont have the bigger screen, usually come with 1-2 gb of ram and a slower processor (even slower than the celeron processor that came with this). My only complaint is that the laptop feels cheap (well, it actually is cheap)the plastic they used for the casing feels really thin and breakable so I wouldn't give this laptop to a kid.

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This laptop is a great deal. I got it for my Wife after her Netbook bit the dust and she absolutely loves it. It started up fast, not a ton of pre installed junk with the exception of Norton Trial, but I quickly uninstalled it and put on MSE. Windows 7 is nice and over all the computer is quick and perfect for your average user (Skype, Youtube, MSN and Whatnot) I read a lot of reviews that people felt the plastic seemed cheap, but I disagree. I think it's actually quite nice. Plus the unit overall is far cooler and lighter than my Gateway that is the same size. I kinda want one for myself now, hehe.

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For my needs this laptop is fine. I just use it for online shopping and web browsing. However, after only a few days of using it several of the keys on the keyboard started acting up. Sometimes they would work sometimes they wouldn't. I called customer support and they had me send it in for repair. Apparently when they received it the keys worked for them so they just sent it back saying it was working.

Of course it was not fixed, so I started having the same issues with the keys not working periodically. Again I called customer service and they had me resend it to them and told me they would replace the keyboard. I just got it back and for now it is working properly, so I am finally able to use it.

I do have a HP laptop that is about 3 years old that I only paid $300 for that I think has a better feel to it than this one, so I probably would not buy this brand again due to the fact that is does feel cheaply made and I'm afraid it won't last. For the price though it does what I need it to and it is nice to have an extra laptop for the family to use.

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I really like my laptop. It just sucks that it arrived and only 1 of the speakers worked, they did give me a $20 credit for that. The computer did arrive quickly.

Cheap Acer Aspire V5-571-6893 15.6-Inch Laptop (Midnight Black)

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Bought this as a Christmas present for my teenage brother and was very happy to find out that it supports World of Warcraft excellently. Graphics are crisp and there is no lagging. Windows 8 login screen is different from usual computer systems, but that's just personal preference. Great system for the cost! Acer has always had quality systems.

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It's been many years since I bought a new laptop and it was time to update my life with more power, new Windows 8 and an HDMI port for TV connecting. This computer gives me plenty of juice to do what I want and plenty to spare. I'm not a gamer, but I do watch movies online and run an astrological program, do some bookkeeping and surf the web. I went from a 14" Toshiba Satellite running Vista Windows to this ACER, and I can feel the energy just bursting from the seams. It's both exhilarating and scary at the same time.

The first computer I ever bought was an ACER and they've become more stylish and more technologically brilliant through the decades; they make an effective, capable, dynamic machine with all the bells and whistles. I'm a budget shopper so I always want to get as much bang for my buck as I can. I feel I really hit the jackpot with this one.

Windows 8 is something I'm looking forward to learning as I like to keep my brain cells fired up and functioning well. Since this is a jump from Vista Windows, I found some wonderful tutorials on YouTube which have helped me to curb the fear and make me feel competent in delving into this new frontier. If you feel you may need some extra tips on working with Windows 8, I highly recommend the videos by JAGTutorials. After watching these instructions, I felt much more confident and less apprehensive as this guy does a great job of teaching us. All in all, I can't imagine a better computer and can highly recommend this to anyone looking to upgrade their lifestyle.

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I give it a 4 out of 5 due to the software. I simply cannot stand Windows 8. I might be to old fashioned or whatever, but I like the old scree more than the new tiles they have. Other than that, this computer is everything it says it is. Light weight, sleek and stylish, a very nice package over all. I would recommend this to anyone, just without Win8.

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Arrived on time and in perfect condition. It took a little while to get used to Windows 8 and there are a lot of apps that are installed that I will never use, but everything thing works fine. The speakers aren't that great but I have ones from my old pc that I use when I'm watching a movie or listening to music. I love the color, slightly sparkly. Overall a good purchase.

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This laptop has everything I need and is lightweight enough for easy travel. I was a little worried about all of the complaints on Windows 8 ~ it's really not that bad. This laptop has everything you need for a great price!