Acer - Aspire E 15 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 4GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Obsidian black

What impressed me is that this "value" level laptop has the I-5 turbo processor and the newer DDR-4 ram. I increased ram putting 16gb in second slot and purchased a solid state drive for it. Windows 10 boots up in less than 10 seconds. Now it is a "Great" value level laptop. My only criticism is the graphics; it seems like I can never get the contrast - brightness balances nice and clear like I like.

I was looking for a good computer to use photoshop and video editing. Needed a laptop for work and I mostly use it for photos and videos I take with my drone. It was critical that it had a good processor and video card. This computer has the i5 Intel core and that is one of the best for someone who primarily deals with photo and videos. Plenty of storage and ram but a little on the slow side. I have been pleased for the most part and other than the lack of speed it's been amazing for the low price. Everything else in its class was twice as much. Maybe that's why it's slow but I will take the trade off any day of the week.mif your looking for a computer that can deal with anything photo or video related , then this is one of the best deals out there.

Pros: -Good battery life -Light weight -Nice screen and classy back design -Fast enough, adequate storage (for a grad student) -Price ($350 before taxes) Cons: -Trackpad glitchy (often have to click on right 1/4 inch of pad to right click) -Adaptive brightness is annoying and is still active after turning it off (when on a dark/black screen it blinks several times until the screen is dimmer, vice versa for a light/white screen) -Sound comes from bottom, muffling it badly on your lap/ table -Keyboard feels/sounds hollow -Delete button and arrow keys are poorly positioned and small -Very poor quality camera Overall, 3 stars. Would recommend to a friend on a tight budget who doesn't mind glitches; but wouldn't have purchased if I could afford better quality.

I got this laptop just looking at its specs . It seemed to be a good bet for the deal 370$ . It has good sound , display , customizable ddr4 memory . Also it has almost all connectors *on earth* you don't need to carry any cords to mix and match i/p's or o/p's . Has a good processor . I am using ubuntu on it so it has a pretty good speed with the default config . The only problem I have noticed till now is when I connect it with a bluetooth speaker the wifi doesn't work properly . I don't know if it is the problem with my speaker BT radio or with the one in the laptop . Except that it is a good one for the price .

This product was a tale of two experiences. I was looking for an upgrade from my Samsung netbook that's now several years old--maybe 6 or 7? It's on XP and doesn't have the horsepower to support W10. I put an SSD into it, which helped, but that Atom processor just can't handle much work any more. The first of these Acer Aspires that I took home would not boot up at all. After several tries, it eventually could not even find the HDD so I took it back to best buy within about 3 hours. We started the second one in the store, and it got to being ready to start Windows, so I took it home and finished the installation without incident. With the stock configuration, this machine is only marginally satisfactory. The 4GB of RAM is not enough and the thing was dog slow doing even simple tasks. Task manager said that 100% of the disk capability was being used. Good news is that another 4GB of RAM is only about $25 so I added that and saw immediate improvement. Clearly, the next upgrade will be an SSD, but I may wait until the 1TB version of a bit lower in price. But with that upgrade this laptop will be pretty darn good. The last thing that is worth mentioning is the battery life. Initially, it sucked--maybe 2 hours. However, after cycling it all the way to shutoff a few times, which recalibrated it, I now get about 5-6 his, which for my purposes is fine. Bottom line is that this machine is not a heavy gaming computational machine out of the box, but it CAN be future progress a little bit, which for me is important.

I wanted to get a laptop as a supplement to our desk-top computer so I wouldn't have to always go upstairs to check mail, etc. I don't need the super-best, most current product out there; just something that's reliable. I am extremely pleased with my 2-yr old ACER desktop so I went with them for this purchase too...and there have been NO surprises. It is fast, it is sleek, the keyboard has a very responsive 'feel' to it as does the mouse-pad. Best Buy store matched their online price for me and I got this for a very good price. This model may be in the process of being replaced for a newer version so it would be good to hunt for this while they are still available but regardless, I would definitely recommend the ACER brand for reliability.

System has decent specs for the cost. Did come loaded with a bunch of trial garbage from Wild Tanget and others, trial antivirus, and trial Office. After removing those and running standard cleaning software to scrub the registry (CC Cleaner, Spybot), system runs as expected. Not the best quality construction. Monitor greyed out a couple times and I nearly returned it. Seems to take longer than normal to boot for the specs of the system, but that may just be a "Windows 10" thing .. Microsoft was never known for making things run efficient/well and every retail vendor / supply chain dogs systems down with their own bloat. A clean install of "just Windows" may fix boot and login times. Would be a good laptop for running Linux due to the hardware. Due to system size, may be a little large for a hs kid or someone without a laptop sleeve built into their backpack. Doesn't feel particularly heavy compared to a standard "office model" Dell or other brand though, but no where near as nice as a Mac. Could really do without all the pre-loaded junk though, or there should be simple one-click method for both removing it all and either immediately creating a clean restore DVD (with option to skip the bloated junk) or doing a clean install without the "free" extras.

I make this purchase based on price. It has satisfied my needs. Not a gamer or streamer so I didn't need or want the fastest tool in town. Simple word processing, spreadsheets, email and light internet surfing is handled with easy. More disk storage than the average user will ever use. My only complaint would be the placement of the power on/off switch. Poor location in my opinion. Acer placed it were every laptop I've owned has the delete key. For the price, you'll be satisfied .