Acer Aspire V5-571-6806 15.6 Deals

By David Perton "David" (Coral Springs, FL United States) -
This review is from: Acer Aspire V5-571-6806 15.6" LAPTOP(Core i5-3317U,6GB RAM,750GB HDD, Windows 8, 802.11a/g/n,webcam) Silver (Personal Computers)
I have found this computer to be excellent. However, when I purchased it despite the horror stories about windows 8. The system is slow, cumbersome and skips from one window to the other. I have contacted Microsoft and Acer. Neither of them wants to help me go back to windows 7 which was an excellent operating system. The problem is that I am 74 and the $114 to purchase windows 7 is costly. My recommendation is to stat with Windows7.

 By Ariana Rivadeneira "Wari" (Guayaquil, Guayas Ecuador) -
This review is from: Acer Aspire V5-571-6806 15.6" LAPTOP(Core i5-3317U,6GB RAM,750GB HDD, Windows 8, 802.11a/g/n,webcam) Silver (Personal Computers)
Haven't test it completely but so far, and for basic jobs..it's awesome!! Perfect if you don't have a high budget and you're a looking for a mid-basic laptop.

What I now can write as pros are:
- Lightweight and thin
- Awesome sound
- Average webcam resolution....like 1.3 mpx if I'm not wrong but it works.
- Soft keyboard
- Turbo boost it's amazing! you'll have your laptop up in less than 4 secs. Even when having many apps open for more than a week and using it everyday.
- Great processor so far. While having many normal apps working at the same time, the system haven't crashed.
- Screen resolution amazing.

What's not so good by now:
- No key Locks light, you have to depend on software warnings when caps are on/off. But this only affects when u're entering a password.
- Mousepad. Even I think this is a common issue, it does get touched when you're writing and more if you're concentrated. But you can always deactivate it (fn+7).
- All usb ports are on the left side. So, beware if you're planning to buy or if you have a short wired mouse. Everything goes to the left.
- This is not a cons for me but if you do a lot of presentations using a projector by vga, be sure to take the adapter with you all the time (cable with vga and rj-45 ports is included).
- When closing the lid and not turning off the laptop, you have to deactivate the mouse pad; if not, it drives crazy and starts opening apps and clicking anywhere it can. (UPDATED 21/08/2013).

Read on many reviews that this laptop has issues with it's wifi card, which I haven't had yet.
For the ones that are afraid or had trouble with windows 8.. easy, downgrade to windows 7 or use any linux distribution, so you won't get lost.
If you need more specs (not to many here), go to: http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.M1JAA.011

Will update (hope I don't forget), when I test this laptop better.

By Salander Lover (Fullerton, CA) -
This review is from: Acer Aspire V5-571-6806 15.6" LAPTOP(Core i5-3317U,6GB RAM,750GB HDD, Windows 8, 802.11a/g/n,webcam) Silver (Personal Computers)
Great laptop at the price. User friendly, thin & light but capable. Zero issues so far. Still learning Windows 8 but desktop mode lets me use old methods in meantime.