Acer 5534 WOW !!! $348

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In store only and apologize if this was already on here, as apparently they have been selling them at Walmart since Nov 1 per slickdeals. Anyhew,... click link and scroll down to see the specs. I just stumbled on this as I was looking around waiting for an oil change.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=13045213

PROS:
Win 7
15.6" (1366x768)
4GB
250GB
X2 Dual core @ 1.2
DVD burner
ATI 3200 graphics
Wireless N
5.3 lbs and super slim

CONS:
No webcam
Acer Brand
I don't think it's got bluetooth
Only 3 USB
No HDMI connector, just VGA
2.5 hour 6 cell battery

I just spent 2 hours uninstalling bloat & installing office and programs. Was under $370 OTD (Walmart). Very nice laptop and very (surprisingly so) responsive w/Win 7 Pro 64-bit. If looking for 4GB, full display size, decent hard drive size, and dual core, can't go wrong at this price. In store YMMV but plenty at my store in MO.
 
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whats wrong with Acer brand? They are actually one of the best.

the worse will be Lenovo...
 
shansoft said:
whats wrong with Acer brand? They are actually one of the best.

the worse will be Lenovo...
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Acer is not one of the best. They sell a shit ton of laptops (they are number one in the world I believe), but that is because they tap into the huge budget market. They have some decent models and hit some fantastic price points like this one, but overall cannot be called one of the best. ASUS is much better, maybe who you are thinking of.

Lenovo on the other hand IS one of the best, their laptops are tons better in quality and design.
 
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Grentz said:
Are you retarded or a troll?

Acer is not one of the best. They sell a shit ton of laptops (they are number one in the world I believe), but that is because they tap into the huge budget market. They have some decent models and hit some fantastic price points like this one, but overall cannot be called one of the best. ASUS is much better, maybe who you are thinking of.

Lenovo on the other hand IS one of the best, their laptops are tons better in quality and design.
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Yes I am talking about Acer, they do have shit tons of laptops, but at the same time they got tons of good quality one. Depend on how you look at it.

Lenovo on the other hand IS one of the worse, their laptops are not tons of better quality. And design is just way worse than any other model in market. The only thing that is making it shine is probably the IBM tag on it, but that just a tag and nothing else relate to it.

I have own several Lenovo laptop (Currently using ThinkPad X200), and no, they are pretty crappy compare to all other brand out there. Their design is just old classic. And material use is just cheap. If you ever truly own one u should know what I am talking about.
If you just want to do name calling or personal attack because someone on the forum who disagree with you, I am suggesting you take a look into the mirror first before you start the next one.
 
I've owned Acer and Lenovo products. Lenovo is much nicer. The "old classic" design you speak of is very durable, they have the best hinges for laptop screens, and have been known to take all kinds of abuse.

To each his own, but YOU are in the minority on this one. Thinkpads are one of the only laptops I'd buy.
 
shansoft said:
Yes I am talking about Acer, they do have shit tons of laptops, but at the same time they got tons of good quality one. Depend on how you look at it.

Lenovo on the other hand IS one of the worse, their laptops are not tons of better quality. And design is just way worse than any other model in market. The only thing that is making it shine is probably the IBM tag on it, but that just a tag and nothing else relate to it.

I have own several Lenovo laptop (Currently using ThinkPad X200), and no, they are pretty crappy compare to all other brand out there. Their design is just old classic. And material use is just cheap. If you ever truly own one u should know what I am talking about.
If you just want to do name calling or personal attack because someone on the forum who disagree with you, I am suggesting you take a look into the mirror first before you start the next one.
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I do own one, and have used many many many more of them. I also have used tons of Acers, HPs, Dells, ASUS, Twinhead, Panasonic, Toshiba, Gateway, and many other brands and seen how they hold up in the hands of consumers.

I am telling you right now that Acer is no where close to Lenovo's build quality. The designs might not suite your aesthetic fancy as much (I happen to dig the simplicity), but it is pretty clear anywhere you go that Lenovo's are some of the best laptops out there as far as quality. You also are hilarious in saying the materials are cheap on the Lenovo...the Acer uses straight cheap plastic all around...Lenovo uses roll cages, higher end plastics, and very good high end hinges. Considering Acer does not even make a semi-ruggedized notebook (like the Thinkpads are) it is even more proof of the difference. They put a lot of effort into the design vs. just spitting out notebooks. They also have some of the most innovative features for business use and put a TON of effort into ergonomics and pleasing the consumer. Take a look at their design blog to see just how in depth it goes:
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/


Dont take my word for it, look on any reputable notebook site and read some reviews. I suggest you start at www.notebookreview.com

Acer has some decent laptops, great for the price too, but there are better brands out there overall. You can have your opinion, I can have mine, but I think your arguments are hilarious personally.

I apologize for the name calling and received an infraction for it, but common.
 
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shansoft said:
Yes I am talking about Acer, they do have shit tons of laptops, but at the same time they got tons of good quality one. Depend on how you look at it.

Lenovo on the other hand IS one of the worse, their laptops are not tons of better quality. And design is just way worse than any other model in market. The only thing that is making it shine is probably the IBM tag on it, but that just a tag and nothing else relate to it.

I have own several Lenovo laptop (Currently using ThinkPad X200), and no, they are pretty crappy compare to all other brand out there. Their design is just old classic. And material use is just cheap. If you ever truly own one u should know what I am talking about.
If you just want to do name calling or personal attack because someone on the forum who disagree with you, I am suggesting you take a look into the mirror first before you start the next one.
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Are you a disgruntled former employee of Lenovo?

I can guarantee the majority of the people here on this forum disagree with you.

ThinkPad construction is second to none..
 
shansoft said:
Lenovo on the other hand IS one of the worse, their laptops are not tons of better quality. And design is just way worse than any other model in market. The only thing that is making it shine is probably the IBM tag on it, but that just a tag and nothing else relate to it.
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I may put that quote in my sig for a laugh.
 
Grentz said:
I do own one, and have used many many many more of them. I also have used tons of Acers, HPs, Dells, ASUS, Twinhead, Panasonic, Toshiba, Gateway, and many other brands and seen how they hold up in the hands of consumers.

I am telling you right now that Acer is no where close to Lenovo's build quality. The designs might not suite your aesthetic fancy as much (I happen to dig the simplicity), but it is pretty clear anywhere you go that Lenovo's are some of the best laptops out there as far as quality. You also are hilarious in saying the materials are cheap on the Lenovo...the Acer uses straight cheap plastic all around...Lenovo uses roll cages, higher end plastics, and very good high end hinges. They put a lot of effort into the design vs. just spitting out notebooks. They also have some of the most innovative features for business use and put a TON of effort into ergonomics and pleasing the consumer. Take a look at their design blog to see just how in depth it goes:
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/


Dont take my word for it, look on any reputable notebook site and read some reviews. I suggest you start at www.notebookreview.com

Acer has some decent laptops, great for the price too, but there are better brands out there overall. You can have your opinion, I can have mine, but I think your arguments are hilarious personally.
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No where close to Lenovo's build quality? I think you probably got some really crappy one rather than some good one. material uses on Lenovo is higher end? Acer use cheap plastic? You are the first one I heard.
and official site is just business strategy, nowhere near what they claim.
The website you provide happens to be opposite than what you have said.

If you think Lenovo is better, you can have your opinion. Just remember opposite opinion does mean it gives you the right to attack others.
 
shansoft said:
If you think Lenovo is better, you can have your opinion. Just remember opposite opinion does mean it gives you the right to attack others.
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I already apologized for the attack. Sorry again.

What Acer have you used that uses anything better than crappy cheap flexible plastic? and how horrible is your X200 that you cant see how much better the plastic and build quality is? I have not seen an Acer that comes close to my T61...in material, fit and finish, or durability.

I work in the field, and I have seen tons of customers laptops from all the brands. I am not talking about experience from using one specific unit.
 
All that being said, that is a pretty good deal for that laptop. 4GB and dual core with Windows 7? $348 is a good price. Newegg had the Intel version for $399 last week.
 
kirbyrj said:
All that being said, that is a pretty good deal for that laptop. 4GB and dual core with Windows 7? $348 is a good price. Newegg had the Intel version for $399 last week.
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Agreed, Acer has some great budget laptops especially for the price.

I have said that from the get go ;)
 
Grentz said:
I already apologized for the attack, but what Acer have you used that uses anything better than crappy cheap flexible plastic? and how horrible is your X200 that you cant see how much better the plastic and build quality is?

I have not seen an Acer that comes close to my T61...in material, fit and finish, or durability.
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Thank you for your apologized. I have used 4810T. It is definitely not crappy cheap plastic that you are talking about here. X200 build quality is just simple and classic, and buttons had malfunction 3 times that I have to keeps sending it back. The side panel also have cracked itself for no reason, and that is the first time I have seen a laptop happen since my old dell.
I know its durable, but I am not a big fan of crushing laptop.
 
shansoft said:
Thank you for your apologized. I have used 4810T. It is definitely not crappy cheap plastic that you are talking about here. X200 build quality is just simple and classic, and buttons had malfunction 3 times that I have to keeps sending it back. The side panel also have cracked itself for no reason, and that is the first time I have seen a laptop happen since my old dell.
I know its durable, but I am not a big fan of crushing laptop.
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How long does one have to stare at a laptop for it's side panel to crack by itself?

Just saying, it cracked because you sat on/dropped/kicked/licked it.:D
 
Modred189 said:
How long does one have to stare at a laptop for it's side panel to crack by itself?

Just saying, it cracked because you sat on/dropped/kicked/licked it.:D
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you bet I lick it so much to make it crack :p
 
shansoft said:
material uses on Lenovo is higher end? Acer use cheap plastic? You are the first one I heard.
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You must have some poor (or very selective) hearing. Or you had one of the occasional defective items that happens with any brand (including Lenovo), and are blowing this out of proportion due to your frustration. The frustration may be understandable, but one bad item is... just one bad item. It demonstrates nothing whatsoever about the product line or manufacturer.
 
shansoft said:
or it must be you who have the problem :rolleyes:
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Nope. I've used multiple models from both companies, and the IBM/Lenovos have without exception been of much higher build quality than the Acers. And they should be... since they're much more expensive. The Acers are a good value, no doubt, but they're a value product... not a "high quality" product. And again, this is exactly as should be expected, given their much lower prices.
 
skriefal said:
Nope. I've used multiple models from both companies, and the IBM/Lenovos have without exception been of much higher build quality than the Acers. And they should be... since they're much more expensive. The Acers are a good value, no doubt, but they're a value product... not a "high quality" product. And again, this is exactly as should be expected, given their much lower prices.
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Acer's cheap model indeed care craps most of the time, and thats the one you are talking about.
 
shansoft said:
Acer's cheap model indeed care craps most of the time, and thats the one you are talking about.
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Acer does not have much of a high end is the issue. Their higher end laptops often have a lot of good features and sometimes even perform fantastically...but the durability and quality always tends to hold them down yet let them meet very good price points.

I almost bought a portable Acer as they have some of the thinnest little notebooks out there that perform very well (like the timeline you linked to earlier), but user reviews indicated a lot of issues over the life of ownership that just seemed like poor QC.
 
ill never own another laptop that isnt apple, regardless what operating system im running

build quality is insanely better compared to any plastic piece of shit than most other brands offer.
 
Would just like to chime in saying that I have NEVER had as poor of customer service as I have had in the past with Acer. Just my .02
 
For the price this is amazing. You can literally play TF2 on this thing.
 
Vegasr said:
Nice price.

Big ouch on the X2 dual core running @ 1.2
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I'll have to write walmart a letter telling them next time they sell a budget laptop for 348 bucks, it better have an i7 920 desktop processor in it, overclocked to 4.2.
 
Yeah this is designed to be just barely better than a netbook processor-wise. The video card is bonus.
 
OP here,
Good lord people, way to get off topic.

Anyways IMO it's a $500-$600 laptop for sure. The L310 X2 dual core is a non issue, this thing is pretty damn fast. By far the slowest thing is the 5400 RPM hard drive. I'm not saying the processor is a beast, but it works and it works well.
I'd buy it again. I really don't see anything beating this deal by more that 4 hours in a line and $50.
 
I mean I wouldn't buy acer two years ago, but they have come a long way, I would say they are one of the best, I have had dell, they look nice but those things literally run so damn hot, I just bought an acer timeline, I love that laptop, perfect for school, lasts almost 6 hours watching videos and decent brightness, browsing. and lasts longer if I am just doing school work and browsing the net. timeline is absolutely one of the best laptops I have tried. the only thing I can pick on it about is that the lid doesn't lock, other than that it is perfect.
 
Acer and gateway both went on the ascent since the merger.
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toddw said:
OP here,
Good lord people, way to get off topic.

Anyways IMO it's a $500-$600 laptop for sure. The L310 X2 dual core is a non issue, this thing is pretty damn fast. By far the slowest thing is the 5400 RPM hard drive. I'm not saying the processor is a beast, but it works and it works well.
I'd buy it again. I really don't see anything beating this deal by more that 4 hours in a line and $50.
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The processor is much more of an issue than a 5400rpm drive. There are many 5400rpm drives that are good performers and a 1.2ghz X2 is quite slow overall. Its a ton better than an atom, but still slow overall.

Considering you can get 2.1ghz X2s in many sub $500 notebooks, the 1.2ghz is on the low end.
 
And it'll play WoW. Thats like the perfect student lappy isn't it? haha
 
Grentz said:
The processor is much more of an issue than a 5400rpm drive. There are many 5400rpm drives that are good performers and a 1.2ghz X2 is quite slow overall. Its a ton better than an atom, but still slow overall.

Considering you can get 2.1ghz X2s in many sub $500 notebooks, the 1.2ghz is on the low end.
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It's about the combination. The cheapest x2 I could get for my Dad but stick with a Radeon 3200 (he does CAD stuff) was $450 before this just last week. That's $100 more and it only had 3GB of RAM and no wireless N. It does have a better processor (2ghz current gen) though but not everyone cares about that.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+Laptop+with+AMD+Athlon%26%23153%3B+II+Dual-Core+Processor+-+Graphite+Gray/9553896.p?id=1218123211002&skuId=9553896
 
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