Had 2 friends and a relative owning Acer notebook. Sure, they are cheap, but it is not reliable. First thing is the parts fails one after another, right after one year warranty period.
The first friend got a touch pad problem, so she went had to return to the factory for warranty, it took almost one month (can live with it without one month? forget it)
The second friend, had tons of problem booting up after a few months time. Resolved once, fine. Then right after warranty period, the LCD died. So? Laptop turns to desktop already.
My cousin, a weird unit. You can't have even have the bluetooth built in, until the warranty period over. He said adding the built in bluetooth will void the warranty. I was like huh? can't you get that when you bought it. Battery problem, once plugged in, the CPU load mysteriously goes to 100 percent. When battery taken out, goes back to normal. Still the battery warranty just over.
So, you want reliability? I would suggest u pay a little bit more for a better reliable machine instead. I've seen my other friends' Asus unit, the built quality is quite solid, stable. My only complain is the Fn Key layout in the Ctrl key position, and the warranty can be a slight pain as well.
I gues malaysia alot dummy who buy Acer until Acer become best in malaysia..