Well, the build quality is good.. I asked one of them, the said its due to the touch screen is unnecessary, thats why they didnt recommend there, but i think an additional touch screen wont hurt =).

If Acer release the exact same spec but without touchscreen, they could probably sell it by RM200-300 less 
That mean instead of a 128G, you could probably put in a 256G Plextor M5S with your money  

Yup, the red colour is not interesting to my eyes  Usually resellers would sell it at a lower price, try to bargain. I saw one reseller sell the v5-573pg at RM2680 

For me, HD screen is enough for my usage. Some more I always dim the display, so an IPS is, to me, is a waste of money 

The fans, I'm not sure. But I believe if you saw two vents at the back, then there should be two fans lorh. *purely my guessing only. Acer's website has an internal error, they no longer shows the v5 variants...perhaps a new model coming? hehehe. 

I also noticed the internal error and been speculating on new models coming Gonna wait until they update that page before I make my final decision.

I got a chance to try out the keyboard properly today... and boy, I must say the keyboard is really, REALLY shallow; the button depression is barely there --definitely something people will have to get used to it; shame it's like that though --everything else is great.

Well, the build quality is good.. I asked one of them, the said its due to the touch screen is unnecessary, thats why they didnt recommend there, but i think an additional touch screen wont hurt =).

so how much if i wanna extend to 3years warranty for this model?
this only one year warranty

If Acer release the exact same spec but without touchscreen, they could probably sell it by RM200-300 less  hmm.gif
That mean instead of a 128G, you could probably put in a 256G Plextor M5S with your money tongue.gif  icon_rolleyes.gif

Hi, i swapped my HDD for an SSD. The problem with the mPCIe slot right now is that acer support malaysia has no idea whether it will support sata or not. Anyone feeling rich to donate a mSATA ssd?? 

my guess is that it will support mSATA(i have seen other V5 series supporting it) but will the BIOS support it? and will the recovery installer support reformatting it with windows. maybe its possible to initialise it GPT via disk management first. Who knows, would love to try it out.
On my upgrade list is an 8gb ddr3l ram and mSATA SSD or wifi-AC mPCIE card.
im sure sooner or later ill buy a mSATA ssd. just that it may be quite a long while from now
as for how to prepare your pc to swap to SSD is pretty simple:

1. Get a usb storage device(usb flash drive, external hdd) that has more than 16GB of space and plug it in.
-note: this process will later remove everything on the device. so back it up if theres anything important

2. run "Acer Recovery Management" . Click "Create Factory Default Backup". Choose the correct drive and follow the simple instructions.
-note: after finishing the backup, you can choose to remove the "backup" partition in the stock HDD which will give extra space. Bout 16gb worth of space.

3. Turn off the lappy, unscrew all 17 screws underneath, and gently lift/pry it off.

4. carefully remove the HDD and swap in the SSD and put everything back together.
-note: there is a contact detection on the screws, so if u dont screw back the middle two screws, your pc wont power up.

5. plug in your recover device(if its not plugged in already). and turn on the lappy. It should boot directly to your recovery device.
-note: if not, go into bios(press F2 during "acer" logo) and disable "secure boot" under "boot" section. you may need to setup a bios password to be able to change it.

6. a blue screen with few options should appear, just choose your language, "troubleshoot" , and choose reset your PC.
-note: it is totally up to you to "repartition" the drive or not. I highly recommend a repartition and a full clean even tho it takes longer.

6a. Take a nap, have dinner, play with a cat.

7. when the freakishly long "Reset" finishes, it will restart your laptop. Then u may remove your recovery drive.
note: if you dont remove, it will go into recovery again, if that happens, just remove and restart your PC.
ps, i use "Pc" and "lappy" interchangeably hehe..

i own this model..a warning..do not update your nvidia driver or you'll be having the problem driver cant be installed..i updated mine using geforce experience and after that i found out that the nvidia driver missing..have to download the driver from acer website and do driver sweeping

Damn I just updated mine before I read your comment 

I wonder is it the driver still actually working and just a display issue?

So in reality this laptop has both intel driver and nvidia driver?

Btw how do you do driver sweeping?

found out mine missing after playing Grid 2..the metro screen lags and i noticed that the driver missing from programs and features in control panel..have to download driver sweeper to clean the nvidia driver..then i installed the version from acer website..but if yours is running fine then i guess it's just me then

How's the performance of this netbook on heavy/intensive games to you?

i own this model..a warning..do not update your nvidia driver or you'll be having the problem driver cant be installed..i updated mine using geforce experience and after that i found out that the nvidia driver missing..have to download the driver from acer website and do driver sweeping

I dont know but my battery only charged until 90%, is it normal or what? When i plugged in it says fully charged..

Mine running well after the update. 

good for you..its a mystery why my driver went missing..btw did you upgrade your hardware..ram/ssd for example? wanna upgrade mine to msata ssd but not sure if it supported