Acer Aspire 5515

[Teacher Mark 53]

I bought one yesterday and it appears to be a heck of a deal for $348. If anyone needs a basic laptop this appears to be a good choice. I went to 2 different Wal Marts in California and both had them. It doesn't appear to be available online. The only reason I bought it was because I thought mine had died. Turns out it was just the power pack. Now I'm struggling with whether I should return it!

# CPU : AMD Athlon 2650e (1.60 GHz) * This concerned me. It's not dual core, but it doesn't appear to matter for my use.

# LCD : 15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite display

# MEMORY : 3 GB DDR2 RAM

# HDD : 160 GB

# ODD : DVD Super Multi Double Layer

# MODEM : NONE

# LAN : 10/100 Base T

# WIRELESS LAN : 802.11 b/g WLAN

# SOFTLOAD : Windows Vista Home Basic

Edited February 2, 2009 by Joe Six-Pack

[Nagishkaw 510]

Thanks for the info. My husband has been looking around for a good priced laptop.

[Yoink 7]

was that after a rebate?

[JODO 2]

Thanks for the info. My husband has been looking around for a good priced laptop.

Oh I think his tastes are a little more upmarket than that.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Thanks for the info. My husband has been looking around for a good priced laptop.

No problem. I have a Acer Aspire 4520 that is 14 months old and the only things that have went wrong are the integrated webcam, the power pack and Vista issues. I use this thing about 3 times the normal rate though. I saw a post online that said some Wal Marts are charging $380.

was that after a rebate?

No. $378 out the door (California needs money). They offered a 2 year warrant for $60. You have the option of purchasing that later if you choose. You also have 15 days to return it if you choose.

Edited February 2, 2009 by Joe Six-Pack

[Teacher Mark 53]

Oh. The obvious drawbacks I have spotted are:

1.) No modem.

2.) Only 2 USB ports.

[Jasman0717 9]

Wow

[Nagishkaw 510]

Oh. The obvious drawbacks I have spotted are:

1.) No modem.

2.) Only 2 USB ports.

I don't think my husband will like that, but I will pass this info on to him tonite, for sure.

[rclouse 0]

Oh. The obvious drawbacks I have spotted are:

1.) No modem.

2.) Only 2 USB ports.

3. # SOFTLOAD : Windows Vista Home Basic

I've got an Aspire that's almost three years old. Works fine for email and light gaming.

Main thing I'd look for performance-wise in a laptop nowadays is RAM and HD. That one has plenty of both. Do you really need NVidia overclocked graphics on a laptop?

[Teacher Mark 53]

3. # SOFTLOAD : Windows Vista Home Basic

Oh yeah.

There are some people online complaining about XP not working right with this computer.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Do you really need NVidia overclocked graphics on a laptop?

Perhaps.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I bought one yesterday and it appears to be a heck of a deal for $348. If anyone needs a basic laptop this appears to be a good choice. I went to 2 different Wal Marts in California and both had them. It doesn't appear to be available online. The only reason I bought it was because I thought mine had died. Turns out it was just the power pack. Now I'm struggling with whether I should return it!

# CPU : AMD Athlon 2650e (1.60 GHz) * This concerned me. It's not dual core, but it doesn't appear to matter for my use.

# LCD : 15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite display

# MEMORY : 3 GB DDR2 RAM

# HDD : 160 GB

# ODD : DVD Super Multi Double Layer

# MODEM : NONE

# LAN : 10/100 Base T

# WIRELESS LAN : 802.11 b/g WLAN

# SOFTLOAD : Windows Vista Home Basic

That looks like a good deal.

[Marilyn. 340]

I bought my Acer Aspire desktop computer about a year and half ago from Walmart for like 5 to 600 bucks...

it came with the flat screen monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers...

and the dreaded Vista ....

I haven't really had any problems with is so far...

we are looking to get my hubby a new computer in a few months.. is has issues..

he wants to get a laptop but I am not sure if we should or not

[trinket 30]

We are hoping to buy this gateway one . Hopefully either this weekend or the next, I think its a good deal but any input from all you computer geeks is helpful.

[Teacher Mark 53]

We are hoping to buy this gateway one . Hopefully either this weekend or the next, I think its a good deal but any input from all you computer geeks is helpful.

I had a "computer guy" tell me that Gateway sucked and to avoid them.