The advantages and disadvantages of ACER notebooks!

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This post has been edited by aori: Mar 6 2006, 07:08 PM

Acer not bad .... last time my sis's acer HD got bad sector ... send in to factory to change ... took bout 3 days but service fees is quite ex.... i guess all lappie service is ex kua

advantages:
1.value for $$ (THE RM U PAY IS WORT THE SPEC)
2.service good(good service replaced my 40gb hdd to a 80gb one FOC but i've seen better eg,toshiba)
3.good response from their technical staff( they called me 2 times over a period of 3 monthd to check up on my notebook lol
4.lots of palce selling them unlike dell u can c b4 u buy
5.they usually employ chun gals at the pc fair hehehe

disadvantages:
1.some models kind of flimsy
2.batt kind of suck i guess most notebooks r like tat
3.service center in subag uep quite far
4.no delivery like dell hehe

added to nicvoo disadvantages point:
- some model battery design position is sux, when u take out the battery the laptop will not balance, as one of the 4 legs is mounted on the battery

btw the service centre is actually quite convenient, as long as high point service centre, it'll be ok... klcc has one high point centre there

their main service center is at uep subang send klcc o watever they jus dump it there till sumone sends it over to subang. u'll need towait around 3-5 days more if u send to to other palces other then subang if u send straight to subang 3-5 days gau dim

batt prob true but lots of laptops r like tat sum put it at the armrest area till when using it will b extremely hot. hopefully the desings r improving as we speak

Pros: Good spec., cheap.

Cons: Keyboard is weak and cheap also and it give way too early.

Not bad overall, never suffer from any stability problem even for pro-long usage(i mean 8hours/day) and generally very powerfull with their ATI Xxxx series graphic chipset.
Worthwhile to get and can dump the unit in 1 year time after that just get their newer release, hehehe.

mine is good, except the notebook feels cheap not tough like toshiba, fujitsu...

Not so solid like the big names : toshiba,fujitsu,IBM

so overall, is acer laptops worth buying?
is it lasting?
very interested in getting their Core Duo series =)

Its actually up to u as the quality is not as solid and good as those big names.

Acer user ere.. So far so good. I don't care much about solidness quality coz I ain't gonna use it at construction site. As long as it serve the purpose, then it's good for me. Got money to burn, get the expensive ones as they give better specs.

i bought a secondhand acer and use it till today ... although right now it wasnt that mobile anymore (can refer to http://myfreebsdlife.blogspot.com of what i've done to it)

i believe acer brand name is still a good brand name (it is). compared to others like m-life etc.

i cant comment much since i only have a secondhanded acer, and it's an old model. but knowing that it could survive the things that i've done to it ... well i believe acer is good.

Everyone has their own opinion.

*hehe,but im actually also interested in their core duo as they give RM200 student rebate*

hehe,but very very worried about the solidness as i travel a lot.

This post has been edited by Tainted: Mar 7 2006, 06:07 PM