Why Not Acer Laptops?

[mafhh]

Hi everyone,

I might have posted this in the wrong place, in that case im sorry and i ask it to be moved to the appropriate place.

I've understood that Acer offers laptops with incredibly cheap prices, yet many ppl say that Acer is a bad idea. Why? So much great hardware and so cheap?! Why is Acer a bad idea from the laptop perspective itself and NOT things like costumer service etc.

Thanks

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

Hi mafhh

Ive used Acer laptops for 11 years now and never really had any issues with them.I think its more personal preference.
If I have had an issue like a dead HD last year it was still under warranty and they had the notebook picked up, replaced the HD and back to me in 3 days. As for the price I think you get what you pay for. Im sure there are better names with better hardware out there but will cost you more. I suppose it depends on what you want to use it for.Anyway its +1 for Acer here. Just my opinion.

Danny

 

[SlasherIT]

I've seen some Acer laptops my friends have and they look pretty good and durable to the price. If you find one you like, just grab it . Although I prefer Asus, also great price but have superior build quality and their products break down the least compared to other manufacturers.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Most of the time people complain about Acer cause they choose the bottom of the barrel line

No real battery life or CPU power

If used correctly like all products it would produce and yeild decent results

I would just look around for that decent cpu ram and cooling -but cooling will always be a issue but some have decent cooling

Also if you could avoid spending below 300.00 would also yeild better results

most top lines or decent Lappys will atleast cost you 500.00 out the gate just my two cents though

 

[SlasherIT]

Lol I spent 1500 bucks on my laptop... I regret this now (got it Christmas 2009). I should have gotten a gaming desktop and an average laptop (no dedicated GPU or really powerful CPU).

 

[Solarstarshines]

well a good laptop doesnt have to be 1500

just decent with a resonable price but then again when isnt anything over priced ?

 

[Coke Robot]

I don't like acer since they and their sub-companies they've bought out are definitely on the lower end, bargain scale of the PC world. The newer models don't seem to be incredibly cheap looking, but from some models I've had to unfortunately work on, their build quality suggests there's some corner cutting. I saw one where the heat sink was way larger for what should be on a processor of that spec and it had little airflow. Generally, you stick a heatsink that can disperse heat appropriately with proper airflow.

Also, their batteries I've seen are balls! But then again, I can't say now since they might have gotten their poop in a group and now have better standards.

I'd recommend going for an HP, especially the Pavilions, they have really nice overall build qualities. Or Asus, the same reason as HP. But remember, you get what you pay for....

 

[pparks1]

Having owned an Acer (wife's laptop), I can say that the machine itself was fine. The only issues I had were
1). No phone support, had to do everything via email
2). Had to ship to Texas to fix a screen which went bad.

 

[SlasherIT]

I prefer email to phone support, dunno why really.

 

[Barman58]

Of the several Hundred Acer laptops I've bought over the years I have not had any major issues. This is quite something as these were used in the main for industrial programming and general site terminals so tended to receive a less than gentle life.

Several so called ruggedized units bought on the insistence of clients, did not fair as well, though this may have been a consequence of them being designed for a rough life and thus treated accordingly.

My personal AspireOne netbook is working well after 18 months of hard use, despite the presence of several gouges in the casing illustrating that It has not been cosseted

 

[pparks1]

I prefer email to phone support, dunno why really.

Depends upon the issue. When it takes me most of 2 weeks to describe a problem and send back and forth pictures and follows ups and such...the email support was a real PITA. This could have been fixed very quickly with a phone call.

 

[mafhh]

Thanks All !

But basically i dont care about costumer service and i dont want a laptop for gaming. I dont know why i still cant trust Acer in my heart :-?

So, for like around 400-500 dollars what would be the good laptop (or best if possible) i could get?

 

[mafhh]

okay, Thanks everyone for helping. So i kept searching on the net, and now im thinking about Toshiba Satellite L655. Ill still keep researching though! LOL.

 

[whs]

Toshiba is a good choice. I have seen Acers that were ok. But at the end of the day you get what you pay for. My best experience is with Sony - but a bit more expensive. My others are HP, Gateway and Dell. Gateway used to be excellent, but now they are part of Acer and my experience with the last one from mid 2010 was not so good.

 

[Coke Robot]

The Toshiba Satellites from what I've heard, they have stellar battery life, but that might be with certain models though.

HP, Toshiba, Dell? and ASUS would be manufacturers to consider since they're the better choices.

 

[FisseDanny]

Acer is a good intermediate computer for basic things, but if you need good reliability I would get a Lenovo ThinkPad.

 

[Otase]

Very Bad Heatsink on Aspire 7750g,
cheap build quality with very bad thermal design
wich can lead to overheat easily in a room of 30C Ambient temp,
good example of bad heatsink with litle space wich brings hot air from half heatsink
due to being an inclined heatsink:
http://i49.tinypic.com/n62akw.jpg

Since this this is a doomed product made to overheat easily
here is some mods on it to acess external cooling of coolermaster storm sf19:

http://i50.tinypic.com/6z1wdi.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/a45rat.jpg

Theres also cheap thermal paste inside wich acer loves to use on their laptops,
and so far the worst thermal design for such hardware.
Acer calling it a gaming laptop is a true joke that everyone should know seriously...

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

You couldn't pay me to take anything from Acer. The first Acer Aspire One netbook lasted 14 months, two months out of warrany. The second one lasted four months. Both had problems with key bounce. Even though the second one was still under warranty when it took a dump, I was so disgusted with Acer by then I binned the stupid thing. I replaced it with an Asus netbook and it lasted two years. It was going strong but the wires going to the screen were going bad and I didn't feel it was worth the money to fix; I was ready for an upgrade anyway. I replaced it with a Lenovo G570.

I got an Acer desktop not long after getting the first netbook and it has been a piece of s...junk. When it runs, it runs fair (it has an occasional compatibility issue with some software and hardware), but it has gone through two harddrives and both memory sticks. The Acer mouse was worthless (too flimsy; I kept palm clicking it). The Acer keyboard was awkward and a bit tempermental. The mouse and keyboard that came with my previous desktop, a seven year old Gateway ('tis a pity they merged with "eeek-machine" and closed their stores), worked much better. I can't add a second HDD to it, even though there is room for it, because the PSU is marginal.