Acer Aspire 5515

[Teacher Mark 53]

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

I'll give this Acer Aspire 4520 pretty high marks. I've drug it all over the Country with me. It's been exposed to extreme heat and cold and the constant beating anything takes that is stored in a Semi. There's another driver on this tour that has the same model. His dog knocked his off his desk the other day and it's still working. It was a hard enough impact to knock the space bar off.

The WC has been the only thing to give me a problem internally. It's funny because the integrated cam was a concern when I bought it. I'll never look for one with that specific feature again. When it did work the image quality was outstanding.

Edited February 3, 2009 by Joe Six-Pack

[Teacher Mark 53]

O.K. there may be 4 problems with the 4520. As I mentioned before the WC went out. I have disabled it and am using an external cam now. The picture sucks on the 4520 when it's dark. I figured it was the cam. WRONG. I just hooked it up to the 5515 and it works great. Anybody (LuckyStrike) have any idea why it would work so good with the new one and not the old one?

Edited February 3, 2009 by Joe Six-Pack

[Teacher Mark 53]

UPDATE:

The 5515 is a piece of #######. The 4520 still gets high marks though. I spilled Pepsi on the keyboard a few months ago and it's still working.

Edited June 14, 2009 by Mr. Saigon

[one...two...tree 2,762]

nm

Edited June 14, 2009 by Col. 'Bat' Guano

[Teacher Mark 53]

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!

I'd return it. You mean the battery pack, right? Those things never last. Fry's Electronics seems to have a lot of deals for computer accessories.

*Calls the airport to see how much a round trip ticket to the U.S. is going for.*

It's an old post Steven. I just wanted to let anyone who reads this in the future that the Acer 5515 is not a good deal. I guess the old adage that you get what you pay for applies.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

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!

I'd return it. You mean the battery pack, right? Those things never last. Fry's Electronics seems to have a lot of deals for computer accessories.

*Calls the airport to see how much a round trip ticket to the U.S. is going for.*

It's an old post Steven. I just wanted to let anyone who reads this in the future that the Acer 5515 is not a good deal. I guess the old adage that you get what you pay for applies.

I'm not fully awake...hehehe.

[bhajishah 4]

Chinese made piece craps wiat for the monitor to fall off heat up and butn you and the battery to burn short out within a yr. replacemnt parts same price. look forward to buying a new laptop every yr or two.

[SuperDuper! 230]

Chinese made piece craps wiat for the monitor to fall off heat up and butn you and the battery to burn short out within a yr. replacemnt parts same price. look forward to buying a new laptop every yr or two.

I hate to break the news to you, but the Acer is made by Asus, based in Taiwan, and Asus makes something called the Motherboard that is in whatever brand computer you are using now. Bust open your PC, and you will see the name Asus on your motherboard.

Personally, I like the Asus "Netbooks" , small underpowered laptops that are perfect for internet tasks, chatting, email, skype. You cant do video editing on them, but bump up the ram to 2 GB, and YouTube streams perfectly with a decent wifi signal. Traveling oversea with these 3 Lb cuties is so enjoyable. You get used to the 95% keyboard, and they are fun to use. For $320 bucks flat, you cant beat it as a secondary laptop. Runs rock solid on XP, or go with Linux and deny bill gates some extra cash. Cheers.

Dont wreck it till you check it, bro.

Edited June 14, 2009 by itzallgood

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Acer is #######...you are are better off buying a Dell, Compaq or HP

Edited June 14, 2009 by TävôLuDô

[SuperDuper! 230]

Acer is #######...you are are better off buying a Dell, Compaq or HP

U R a Mac freak. How can you say anything positive about a PC? Your Mac Membership card is hereby revoked!

U R wrong about the Acer Netbooks. They do well for the money. And ez to take in a carry on bag overseas. If lost or stolen, not a heartbreak either.

Do some more homework

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Oh. The obvious drawbacks I have spotted are:

1.) No modem.

2.) Only 2 USB ports.

Bleh, old thread, nm

Edited June 14, 2009 by Sofiyya

[bhajishah 4]

Oh ok Taiwan..lol

[Teacher Mark 53]

Acer is #######...you are are better off buying a Dell, Compaq or HP

The 4520 has taken a lickin' and kept on tickin'. I spilled freaking Pepsi on the thing! It refuses to die.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

sweet!

[aidan80 9]

That's not a bad deal at all on the Acer. I've personally never had any issues with Acer in the past, although I always recommend looking past the brand name and look towards the specifications!

I was poking around online for someone who wanted a basic laptop to do all the usual stuff and found this Compaq, it's recertified but if you don't mind a few finger prints or a nick/scratch then it's well worth checking out for only $380!

15.6" LCD

Dual Core Athlon 2.0 GHz

2GB RAM

250GB Hard Drive

Nvidia GeForce 8200m

DVD Burner..

NIC, WAN, 56k..etc

I've also been looking at a netbook for myself as stated they weigh nothing, keyboard size is close to the same depending on model and those with the 10" screen should be quite usable. I found (has a 8.9" screen) this Asus Eee PC for only $170+ $30 off if you use their eBillMe.. $150 for a netbook? The drawback is… it comes with a 4GB SSD with Linux on it, not a problem if you like Linux although if you have a spare license for windows lying around, XP should live on it happily! I didn't research other upgrade options but worst came to worst a fast USB drive could be attached for extra storage.

Edited June 15, 2009 by aidan80