Comment on Acer Aspire AS5349-2899 15.6-Inch Laptop (Gray) Reviews by J. Turner.
Great for the price,
Like Jared, I also picked this up at Micro Center. In my case, for only $249! As someone who remembers working on IBM XT personal computers, it is astounding to consider the power and performance that can now be had for a pittance.
I am an Apple user, but so far I have been reasonably well impressed with Windows 7. I downloaded Open Office (I absolutely detest the Microsoft “ribbon” interface) which runs great, and the machine streams movies well. BTW, apparently it is running a 64 bit version of Windows.
I did install 4 megs of additional memory at the suggestion of the sales guy – it cost about $20 – so I cannot swear the streaming would be quite as good with only 2 meg. I can also attest to the fact that you do indeed have to remove 20-something screws and take off the back of the case to install ram. Though the whole process still only took about 20 minutes.
The keyboard is a little weird, in that the keys are sort of like large Chiclets that kind of float over the body of the machine, which tells me it could get messy for users who eat while using their computers. This is the only weak spot I have noticed. It is also true that you have to burn your own recovery disks for Windows, but given the price, I can’t beef about that.
Overall, a very good machine for the price.
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