When I told people I was going to buy an ACER there were lots of rolling eyes. "Dude get a proper computer.." is what I heard a lot. For the price it was hard to resist though so I took the plunge.
I was attracted to this laptop by the dedicated graphics card so I could play fs2004. I was watching other sites for the best deal but amazon had a brief sale on this computer so I jumped on it.
Overall I was very impressed with the capabilities of this machine. It starts up nice and quick (especially after you delete all the 'bloatware') and seems to run smoothly even if it is Vista. I don't think I would expect to play Crysis on this thing but Half Life 2 was great. Photoshop runs with no problems. Lots of slots for usb, firewire, etc.
If given another chance I would buy this again since you can't go wrong for the price. From what I've heard ACER's product support is abysmal so I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope for the best.
Pros...Excellent value, dedicated graphics, dual-core, good battery
Cons...No display driver for XP, twitchy touchpad, supposedly bad support, glossy case easily marred by fingerprints, glossy monitor (prefer flat)
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