Acer - Aspire 11.6" Laptop - Intel Celeron - 2GB Memory - 320GB Hard Drive - Cool Silver

Acer E111 is a great little laptop 11.6 in. Has a great setup, installation and configuration program making it easy and functional to start using it right away. Has nice features and after cleaning up some programs that I don't use it performs well. Good for a starter or travel laptop.

This laptop is running the latest generation Intel Celeron CPU (codenamed Bay Trail-M) which was recently announced in Feb of 2014. This CPU has a very low maximum power consumption (only 7.5W, geared mainly for tablets) which allows this product to be designed without any kind of cooling fan and ensures it will run quiet during use (will only hear the hard drive). While the absence of a fan is nice, the downside is that the processor lacks the horsepower of the higher end mobile Intel processors. This, combined with the fact that the laptop only has 2GB of RAM (and quite difficult to user upgrade), means that this laptop is best suited to use with a limited number of applications simultaneously (say 1-3) to avoid overtaxing the CPU or exhausting the limited memory on the system. Additionally, the unit only comes with a non-removable 3-cell Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) 2640 mAh battery which is smaller in capacity than the step up Aspire models from Acer. This was most likely done as a cost saving measure but means that this model won't be capable of seeing the 7-8+ hour battery life that is possible on other compact laptops. On a positive note, the laptop does come with the latest (at time of writing) Windows 8.1 which is quite nice and ensures access to the latest security fixes and applications that are available on the Windows OS. If your budget is tight or if you only plan to use this laptop on a limited basis, say for writing up reports/homework, the odd Facebook session or infrequent travel, this laptop may just do the trick.

I got this laptop on sale at Best Buy for $179. At that price, its competitor is probably a Chromebook. If you want to duplicate the Chromebook's functionality, download Chrome and add Chrome applications. However, this laptop will also allow you to work when you are not connected to the Internet. I downloaded WPS Office (free) and have now good Spreadsheet, Document and Presentation software. Thunderbird is a great email client, particularly if you have Gmail account. You can also download apps from the Windows store. Bottom line: 1. All the function of Chromebook (with Chrome browser) 2. Can be used when offline 3. Can also use apps from the Windows store. Other pluses: 1. The laptop is light (2.8 lbs). 2. 11.6 inch screen size works well 3. The trackpad is very good. I'm used to using a mouse, but like this trackpad. 5. Good battery life (5 hours). It will do this if you don't try to run peripherals (USB Drive, Mouse, etc.) while on battery power. The only downside is memory. You will want to be careful not to run too many background applications. I would suggest only one cloud service in addition to One Drive. If you use Chrome, limit the number of Chrome windows which are part of your default profile (Chrome starts a background task for each one and each task takes memory and processor). While I prefer Chrome, I chose to use Opera instead on this laptop because Opera doesn't start the background tasks until you start the browser. Great laptop for the price!

This laptop is very portable and easy to carry around. It's flexibility and color are its attraction. The easy assessment of the wide range of Internet based contents makes the built in wireless LAN an envy. This Acer Asper is a beauty to behold and very innovative

For the money, this is a nice little portable laptop. The performance of this inexpensive little laptop is just fine for your basics of web browsing, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and email. Video is smooth and the speakers actually don't sound too bad compared to what I have experienced with other laptops. I appreciate a matte screen for productivity in various lighting conditions. I switched out the included hard drive for a SSD which was actually pretty painless and the performance of the laptop was considerably improved. I just created a factory backup on a USB drive using the included Acer Recovery Management software, swapped out the hard-drives, and re-installed the factory backup from a USB drive. The process was actually pretty quick since I used a USB3.0 drive. I really did not like windows 8 when it first came out but now am growing to actually like the advantages of cloud integration and quick boot times. The o/s does have a bit of a split personality since it switches between desktop and the metro modes though. I am actually starting to like the metro interface. Using the metro explorer renders websites in a refreshed metro design style which I think looks much better than the 'desktop' renderings. This is my second 'mobile' pc which I use to access files from the cloud when I don't want to haul my main 17" laptop around. With the cloud integration this laptop is essentially a little clone of my main laptop, but much more portable. If I loose this laptop or it gets damaged, I am not out a lot of money so it is a great portable unit.

I am a Geek Squad Agent and I bought this purely to play around with. Overall it is a great computer for internet browsing and light document creation. This computer is not to be used for photo or video editing. After using this computer I have a few recommendations for optimal speed and usability. 1. Remove all the bloatware software that comes preinstalled. 2. Remove McAfee, and replace it with Webroot as it runs smoother. 3. Run all the windows updates. 4. This computer will support up to 8 GB of RAM, so I recommend taking it into your local Geek Squad to have the RAM upgraded. The RAM slot is positioned under the motherboard so I seriously don't advise doing this at home. 5. For the utmost speed and reliability, you can upgrade to a solid state drive as well. I would also recommend getting this performed at your local Geek Squad. Overall, this is a great computer at a great price for the non-power user. This computer including all the upgrades will still be in a price range that is hard to beat. Agent Elvis Out.

I first used my existing MS account w/Aspire E-11 ... soon as went into the user desktop, the touchpad became erratic. Cursor would jump and shift, and stop altogether, requiring a restart just to move it before would stop again. (and even though I checked "do not sync" Microsoft synced my desktop which has an electronic drawing pad) SO....after uninstalling and reinstalling drivers 10 times with no result, did a factory reset, and instead of using my existing MS account--I created a new account. Now it all works fine. And you can bet that also tried toggling every mouse and touchpad setting available. Returning the reverse scroll setting to off seemed to help some, but was still not responding correctly. Can only concluded that the account sync is adding settings that do not exist on the Acer Aspire E-11 laptop. Which means problems noted across the internet with the touchpad are not the fault of the manufacturer. MS should step up and take responsibility. As for wasting a day of my time? Eh.....I'll add it to the bill. Goes unsaid that the bogware degree on this unit is alarming. Some from Asian companies and ones I've never heard of. Scariest of those is one that is a remote desktop manager. Everything you uninstall is still left on the firewall exception list, btw-- so be sure to shut those back doors. McAfee is of course a resource hog and reason why so many have performance issues. Windows utilizes defender, or there are other lightweight security managers out there.

First time with an acer product. I use a hp desktop at work, i have a nice toshiba laptop at home and a kindle fire hdx. I purchased this item solely for taking notes,email use, internet use, and word (documents spreadsheets etc). This laptop mini functions in a practical way and it's definitely a bang for your buck. Im not jamming it with tons of apps or saving everything on the hard drive which both have the tendency to slow the computer down..im a grad student and I only use it while in school. So the speed and processing for me is like warm porridge..just right.. If you need it for these reasons it's a great laptop..if you need it for intense gamming, apps, programming then you might want something that has faster processing and more space on the hard drive. This product was made for simplicity not complexity and for that reason alone ill give it a 5. Ill also give it a 5 because im not expecting it to be more than what it is..good luck in your search hopefully this helps.