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Rating 3.3 out of 5 stars with 35 reviews

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57%would recommend to a friend

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Customers highly value the Aspire 3's price point, considering it an excellent value for the money. However, many customers express concerns regarding the laptop's performance, particularly for gaming and more demanding tasks. Several users found the system's capabilities to be underwhelming compared to older machines. The laptop's suitability depends heavily on the user's expectations and intended use.

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  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great!

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This computer is great for the money, it is a little slower than i wanted but gets the job done

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not a good gaming lap top

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My sons 10 yr old laptop played games better than this one.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from TeamAcer
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      Dear Rose,
      We are sorry to hear you are unhappy with the gaming performance of your Acer Aspire laptop. This is not the experience we want our customers to have and we want to work with you to see how we can help improve this experience. If you are located in the US or Canada, please fill out this form so that we can assist you:
      http://csapps.acer.com/prompt/?key=8196df480106d456d7bc1ac6d3843ed8dfb2cc3d
      We appreciate you taking the time to write this review.
      Regards,
      Acer America acer

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great quality laptop for beginners

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought for my 12 year old son, not top of the line but definitely not bottom either. He can do his school work, play games,videos ect. Programs run smoothly, fast, graphics are good.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Terrible Lag

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Started lagging right when i turned it on. Won't stop lagging. waste of money. Says its a gaming laptop. In my opinion this is false advertising since even when i try to download/play low res games, it still lags.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from TeamAcer
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      We are sorry to hear you are unhappy with the performance of your Acer Aspire 3 laptop. This is not the experience we want our customers to have and we would like to help you get this resolved. If you are located in the US or Canada, please fill out this form so that we can assist you: http://csapps.acer.com/prompt/?key=f5f99f826b5a69b244b9f9ea27f0db18e14aa1ed
      We appreciate you taking the time to write this review.
      Regards,
      Acer America acer

  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not for gaming

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I figured it was too cheap for a gaming laptop. I tried it anyway. I ended up returning it within a few days of trying. They should remove "gaming laptop" from their listing.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from TeamAcer
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      Dear Teresa,
      We are sorry you were unhappy with your Acer laptop. Although it is shown as a gaming laptop, we still recommend that the specs of the laptop you want will meet or exceed the requirements of the games you want to play. As this laptop did not meet those needs, we are glad to hear you were able to return it. If in the future you need assistance with an Acer product, feel free to contact support from the info posted at http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/service-contact
      We appreciate you taking the time to write this review.
      Best regards,
      Acer America acer

  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    slowest laptop ever

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I would never buy this product again, supposedly it’s a gaming laptop but it runs so slow it takes forever to play a turn based game

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from TeamAcer
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      Dear Grandpadennis,
      We are sorry to hear you are unhappy with the performance of your Acer Aspire 3 laptop, and we understand this is frustrating for you. This is not the experience we want our customers to have, and we want to work with you to see how we can help improve this experience. If you are located in the US or Canada, please fill out this form so that we can assist you:
      http://csapps.acer.com/prompt/?key=81320f7d92f48a42ba1ba642f51d6e534ab17d28

      We appreciate you taking the time to write this review.
      Regards,
      Acer America acer

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice computer for my Greatgranddaughter.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This seems to be a very nice computer and will allow my Great-granddaughter to play all her games.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Computer

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Good products but not what I was looking for i would buy it again if i need to

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for online school

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought for my son for online learning and it has been wonderful!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    good value for the price

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    everything worked great on the laptop. was exactly what i wanted

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love this laptop great price for a gaming system love it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not close to being a entry level gaming laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this for Christmas. Was actually looking forward to playing with it. Man was I extremely disappointed. Now I wasn’t expecting esports level gaming mind you but I was expecting better than 15 - 20 FPS when sitting town or hideout in game on the lowest settings and definitely expecting better than 1 - 5 when actually playing the games (diablo 3 and Path of Exile were the 2 I tried neither would be considered some cutting edge FPS shooter). Also kept getting BSOD’s after in game for more than a few minutes then try changing settings or alt tabbing. Dump logs pointed to graphics driver issues. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling adapter drivers nogo. Made sure to be using the most current drivers. Still getting horrible performance. Still getting bsod’s It may do fine for basic pc stuff like word documents or games like solitaire but certainly not for anything more system taxing than that and shouldn’t be advertised as such. I only hope there is enough time left to return this.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from TeamAcer
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      We are sorry to hear you are unhappy with the performance of your Acer Aspire 3 laptop. This is not the experience we want our customers to have and we want to work with you to see how we can help improve this experience. If you still have the laptop and are located in the US or Canada, please fill out this form so that we can assist you:
      http://csapps.acer.com/prompt/?key=7ae4aeeec7d5931406bb01ced463cc56e81b72ce
      We appreciate you taking the time to write this review.
      Regards,
      Acer America acer

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Happy

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Ordered this back in 2019, and now (2023) it’s still working just as good. I’m loving every bit of this laptop.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    NOT 4 Gamers, terrible lag even w/graphics lowered

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this for my youngest son and it was a horrible disappointment. I found another brand also at BestBuy for only $100 more 30 minutes after purchasing this online. BestBuy won't cancel the transaction after 30mins. I tried. I purchased a HP for my oldest son. I wish I'd bought both the same laptop. This laptop wouldn't even load YouTube videos, run Roblox on med. graphics let alone run his RPG games. It even took forever to factory reset when we took it to BestBuy today to refund it. Of course they wouldn't honor the same price we purchased the HP for as an exchanges so instead of $100 more for the better gaming laptop they wanted $250 more and I got the pleasure of having two associates under 25 chastise me about what I should have paid for a gaming computer. So I got a giftcard w the amount on it. Yippee. I doubt I'll be purchasing from Best Buy again after I use this card. This would have been fine for normal laptop use in home or office. It's false advertising listing it as a gaming laptop.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from TeamAcer
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      Dear KentuckyMom,
      We are sorry to hear this; we understand you returned the Acer product but we would have been happy to provide support for you, and see if we could help improve your experience. If in the future you need assistance with an Acer product, feel free to contact support from the info posted at http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/service-contact
      We appreciate you taking the time to write this review.
      Best regards,
      Acer America acer

  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    DO NOT BUY THIS LAPTOP IT IS CHEAP

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a below entry level PC. You cannot perform 2 functions simultaneously due to the terrible power and OS. I returned mine within first year and Acer reinstalled the Is and it still sucks. Do not waste your money on this PC. Do not try to spend less than $500 for a Pc as you will get what you pay for.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from TeamAcer
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      Dear Jules,
      We are sorry to hear you are unhappy with your Acer Aspire 3 laptop in some areas. This is not the experience we want our customers to have and we want to work with you to see how we can help improve this experience. If you are located in the US or Canada, please fill out this form so that we can assist you: http://csapps.acer.com/prompt/?key=93a59708ab2d352ff95c4c8396c1f716cfe8728a
      We appreciate you taking the time to write this review.
      Regards,
      Acer America acer

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