Acer Aspire 5 Slim Laptop, 15.6" Full HD IPS Display, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, Vega 8 Graphics, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Home, A515-43-R5RE, Silver

I initially bought this PC to do school-related things like essays, PowerPoint, Excel, and so on. Although, I did not want to limit my PC to do just that and In case I wanted to game I felt that this could definitely meet my expectations.My disclaimer is that as soon as I got the machine I upgraded the ram from 8gb to a "Crucial 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2666 MT/s (PC4-21300) DR x8 SODIMM 260-Pin Memory - CT2K16G4SFD8266", and added a "Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM)".This thing runs like a dream, it's quick, looks awesome, and does everything I need plus a lot more. There have been times where I've literally had 15+ google chrome tabs open, with adobe, word, and other programs active and the computer handled it like a champ while listening to Spotify.Sometimes I literally just open up every single program I can find to see if it would slow down my PC and still nada, those extra upgrades definitely helped! I put the exact upgrade items I used up above by name.The only downsides I have for it are that the speakers are at the bottom and not very loud, the fix is to just use headphones or a Bluetooth speaker if you have one.The touchpad is a bit sensitive, you will find that you are typing a sentence and you somehow clicked on some other part of the document and created a bunch of gibberish forcing you to retrace your steps sometimes. It can easily be fixed by buying a mouse, makes using a laptop easier anyway so that's a must eventually.The aluminum casing is gorgeous but also scratches easily to be gentle with the beauty.Battery life is also good, can run out very quickly if you have the PC set to maximum settings, especially for gaming.

I received mine just a couple of days ago but I love this little machine! I had been using an Acer Aspire with an Intel i3 processor previously, the same laptop that my son has. Unfortunately his took a bath in a large glass of Orange Juice and so we had an issue to deal with. So I bought this one and he is now using my old one. It's still a nice machine for him with the upgrades I had done.So the first thing I did after verifying that my new laptop did in fact work right out of the box was to turn it over and take the back off of it. I then added a stick of DDR4 RAM to up it to 16GB. I also installed a 2TB 2,5" SSD in the bay (nice of Acer to include the hardware). I do wish this machine had come with a larger M.2 SSD but I can live with the 256GB. These days adding external storage is relatively inexpensive and I own the Oyen Digital Mobius Pro External Drive Enclosure so storage isn't a problem. I also miss the optical drive but own several desktop burners and will just add one to an enclosure and connect via USB.I'm not a gamer so I can't comment on the display for gaming but I have found it to be plenty good for watching movies. I have watched a few and the display is an upgrade over my old laptop. The speakers on this suck as they all do but I connect to my desktop DAC/Tube Amp/Speakers/Headphones so no concern about the onboard sound.I haven't found any problems with the track pad but prefer to use a mouse. The keyboard is responsive and feels nice to the touch but I have ordered a silicone keyboard protector which I know I will love because my wife has one on hers and it's really nice. I also ordered a protector for the trackpad hoping to keep it from developing wear spots from my fingers as I will use it from time to time.The location of the various connections is ideal for me as the headphone jack is in a better location that previously and I run that out to my DAC at the desktop. The ethernet cable connects on the opposite side as well so I no longer have both ethernet and RCA to deal with on the right hand side where I need to route it around to the other side. And I had to make certain that any laptop I considered even HAD an ethernet cable jack because I saw several which didn't. You might want to be aware of that, too.All in all I am really digging on this machine. It offers me all that I could hope for in a lightweight, attractive, well built package. I think one could do far worse!

I had an Acer laptop purchased in 2012, and it had intel dual-cores system. It was probably too old because my old Acer laptop took at least 3 minutes to start setting up desktop and to complete whole process. Anyway, let me share my thoughts about this one--Acer Aspire 5. It's a completely different and amazing laptop I've ever had!1) Price. The new Acer Aspire 5 I purchased has an affordable price, compared to the other sellers on Amazon, who offer the Acer Aspire 3 that costs more than this one. I don't understand why. This Acer Aspire 5 only costs around 516 dollars before tax when I placed my order. Price is reasonable and affordable.2) System. I love this laptop so much because it has AMD Ryzen 5 quad-cores processor. This is amazing and better than the old Acer I bought in 2012 (intel processor). First, the Aspire 5 completes opening process within 30 seconds. Second, I can have multiple tasks running at the same time. It processes my tasks very efficiently. However, there is one aspect I don't really like, which is function key F1-F12. This issue happens when you are playing games. However, this issue is not related to the laptop itself. I just google how to enter BIOS setting to change function key setting. REMEMBER: the new window 10 system doesn't allow you to enter BIOS setting by hitting F2 repeatedly. Just google how or go to Acer official website for further information.Also, one aspect that annoys me is related to window 10 system set-up. OMG! It takes forever to ask me personal information and to give Microsoft permission to track your computer, to help you get updated information, etc... Microsoft also needs you to purchase Office software, lol.Right now I don't have any issues so far; even if there might be some confusions, I have Acer backed up. This Acer Aspire 5 is absolutely amazing. Love it!