How Do You Feel About This Laptop?

Bilge

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I am looking at buying this laptop for college, and this one seems like an excellent all around machine for my usage with a mid range GPU, great battery life, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H7WF21G/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00H7WF21G&linkCode=as2&tag=gameaholicorg-20&linkId=7LIVEV2FMLTMQMSJ


The only problem is that it is an Acer, a brand in which I have never heard great things.

What are your opinions on the Aspire line, as well as Acer in general?

I was looking at the HP Envy too, since it is around the same price, but the Envy has worse specs.

Thanks for the help, and if you have other suggestions for laptops to get, let me know!


1. What is your budget?
$800 - $1000

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15-16"

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1080p

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Leaning towards portability

5. How much battery life do you need?
5+ hours

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Medium, High on games a few years old

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Coding, HD video watching, light gaming

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500 gb+

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Amazon, any site with a better deal

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
4 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD ROM

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Any

13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
N/A
 

notherdude

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Acer has been around for ages, Chinese corporation. Their reputation has been kind of "low end but OK for the price" but it seems to be going up and some of their ultrabooks are highly regarded. They are a huge company. I don't know much beyond that. I wouldn't worry, they are probably fine.
 

Bilge

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I have been using Rescuecom for failure rate data, and it seems that HP fairs better than Acer, with Acer consistently being the worst. What is your opinion on that?
Also, any other computer suggestions?
 

Bilge

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Yea I had looked into the Y50, but it isn't what I want in a laptop right now.