acer Aspire Premium Laptop computer | 15.6″ FHD Show | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (Beats i7-1250U) | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | Lengthy Battery Life | Glossy Design | Ethernet Port | Home windows 11 Professional | w/WOWPC Bundle

A Decent Machine For the Price
*Update*For a fair and complete representation, I should comment on a couple of the things I mentioned in my review.First, I mentioned not being able to register the serial number or the SNID with Acer. When I asked the seller about this, they indicated that they would be responsible for any warranty service for the year’s warranty term. I did not ask about buying extended coverage such as Acer Care. Second, the bundled items that the product description mentioned. There was a card with a QR code on it,which asked me to ask for the bundled item. I did this, and then when I didn’t receive any sort of email confirmation (only a web confirmation page), I asked the seller to confirm the request, which they did. I just received the bundle item today. The bundled item was a 500GB USB hard drive. Not a SSD certainly, but a free 500GB hard drive is a free 500GB hard drive. It’s a Toshiba drive in a sturdy alumimium enclosure, retail shrink wrapped, and USB-A and USB-C connection, whichever you might need. Still quite happy with this machine and with the value received, especially with the $150 off coupon. The original review is below.I bought this because I needed a Windows machine. My needs aren’t particularly demanding: I’m not a gamer, and I don’t edit video or anything like that. I don’t absolutely have to have the latest processor. I’ve been a Mac user exclusively for several years, but I find some things that the PC just does better in my use case. And anything I have that runs Windows without emulation is over 10 years old, and very slow. I had a couple requirements; as I say, my needs aren’t terribly demanding, but I wanted something that would run fairly quick (booting in shorter than 2-3 minutes, for example), at least 512GB drive, USB-A and USB-C. Ethernet would be a nice to have. At least 16GB RAM. And, philosophically, I wanted some upgradability, not having RAM or SSD soldered in. This one checks all of those boxes. I don’t much care about ghraphics performance or that the keyboard is not backlit, I’m totally blind and don’t need no stinkin’ lights. :-)So with all that, I spent the extra $40 to get 32GB of RAM instead of 16. Setup was standard Windows setup. Narrator worked great for setting it up and I had absolutely no snags there. No need to track down anyone with working eyeballs. It boots pretty fast, and one really important and unexpected feature, it appears that this has a straight up Windows install without a bunch of bloatware. I was able to install my Office 2021 without any trouble, and I got a different screen reader installed too. The keyboard feels pretty good with a reasonable tactile feel. Keys are full sized, not shrunken at all, with good travel. Build quality seems to be good as well, and while not the lightest thing ever, it isn’t too heavy either. Of course, I grew up with machines that weighed quite a bit more. In case anyone is wondering, the power adapter is old school, barrel plug for the side of the machine, not USB-C. That may matter to some of y’all, not to me though.Shipping was fast and the box was well packed. Very pleased so far, even though it’s only been a day.I only have two gripes. The speakers aren’t great. Oh, they’re loud enough, but audio fidelity is somewhat limited. Somewhat tinny, lots of highs. Also, there’s something a bit odd. The SNID that came up in acer’s serial number finder, as someone else mentioned, got returned on Acer’s site as “We are unable to locate…” as someone else mentioned in their review. Also, according to my wife (who has working eyeballs), there are two serial numbers and two SNID’s on separate stickers on the bottom of the computer. One set did match what the software gave me, at least, but none of them worked to register the product with Acer. I do plan to call Acer and ask them about how to handle this, and I have a note in to WowPC asking about it. I also asked aabout the WowPC bundle thing, which appears to be some sort of 500GB external drive. Not sure when that will come, but I’m not too bothered about it. Nice extra if it comes. I will say also that the phone number for customer service listed on the vendor page just rang…not even voicemail when I called. That’s perhaps a little bit disturbing. Hopefully they answer online queries more efficiently.Over all, I’m satisfied with this machine and think it will serve well.

Buyer beware-Hard drive died and SNID doesn’t exist
We bought this July 16, 2024. Today is October 4, 2024. The hard drive stopped working yesterday. It was sitting on a desk, open as it was being used for work and it shut off on it’s own. When we tried to turn it on again it couldn’t find the hard drive. Now Acer says the SNID doesn’t exist in their system.Without that, the warranty is non-existent. Think twice before purchasing.

Picked up 2 to replace aging laptops
I needed a laptop that would run Blender well, and my wife needed one that would run her apps for her soaping business and shirt design business without random pauses and degraded performance. We bought 2 of these and they are working awesome. Mine replaced an 8 year old Acer Aspire 13, and my wife’s replace a couple year older Acer. You will want to be aware that these laptops are not supported by Acer USA, but by an authorized subsidiary out of India, but to be honest, I’ve never had to contact a manufacturer for support.

Me gusto un poco descuidada la caja en la que venia pero estaba bien la laptop completa.