ok ba acer laptop?

[userfriendly]

To owners of Acer, is it durable? Are you satisfied with it?
I'm asking cause I saw this: http://www.pc-canada.com/item.asp?it...mpaign=shopbot

I will be going to Canada next month and thinking of getting it to replace my 14 inch Asus U80. I'm happy with the Asus but am getting tired of carrying around. I want something smaller and lighter without sacrificing speed by going with a netbook.

Programs used: IE9, Google Chrome, Open Office, VLC and U******* mostly. No gaming. Just office use, surfing, downloading and its my video player.

[ghosthunter]

To owners of Acer, is it durable? Are you satisfied with it?
I'm asking cause I saw this: http://www.pc-canada.com/item.asp?it...mpaign=shopbot

I will be going to Canada next month and thinking of getting it to replace my 14 inch Asus U80. I'm happy with the Asus but am getting tired of carrying around. I want something smaller and lighter without sacrificing speed by going with a netbook.

Programs used: IE9, Google Chrome, Open Office, VLC and U******* mostly. No gaming. Just office use, surfing, downloading and its my video player.

Nice choice. i5 cpu pa!

[andywesteast]

ACER is known to be the Value brand. Pricewise.

[shadow]

bang for the buck! branded pa!

I've had two Acers, first one is a tablet type. kahit anong gawin ko ayaw masira. ako na ang sumuko at bumili ng bago.

[oj88]

In our family, we've had 2 out of 3 Acers wherein its battery conked out right about the time the warranty expired.The same two laptops have both their hinges crack within 2 years of normal use.

[nels76]

Same with mine - acquired in 2006.

Nasira din agad ang Hinges in just 2 years time though ginagamit pa din namin as desktop kasi permanent na location nya sa house and hindi na namin sinasara yong lid dahil nga sa crack na yong hinge.

Tapos dami pang cracks sa case as if stressed yong body niya eh maalaga naman kami sa gamit.

Then last year, intermittent na yong pagkawala ng display nya - i think related don sa pagkasira ng hinge pero pinagtyagaan pa din namin gamitin.

Early this year, nasira na yong Power Adapter nya so hindi na sya mai-ON ngayon kaya pahinga na sya.

I will not patronize another Acer Laptop again.

Last year, I settled for a lenovo to replace the dying Acer laptop.

[batang_raon14]

Warranty-wise I prefer Acer over the rest of the brands esp. if you plan to use it here locally for most of its lifespan. Pag dinala mo kasi sa Paco Service Center nila, in less than a week's time repaired or palit agad yung piyesa. Tatlong unit na rin napadala ko and ganun lagi.

Durability-wise may nabasa akong page before na HP ang worst when it comes to quality (my personal experience says as well). Si Cooltoyz nga na patron nila dati di na rin sila nirerecommend ngayon for failed after-sales handling ng units.

Basta when you buy laptops these days expect na may taning na yan the moment you get it, swertihan na lang kung bumigay while within warranty pa para kahit maabala sa pagpapawarranty e at least palit ng libre, ang kawawa eh yung pag lampas ng warranty saka bumigay. SOP ko tuloy habang nasa warranty period pa yung unit yun muna ginagawa kong primary para gamit lagi at kung may mahina mang piyesa eh magpakita na agad ng symptoms habang nasa warranty pa.

Kaya pag ako nagrerecommend talaga ako ngayon in terms of brand warranty-claim talaga ang inuuna kong i-factor in. Spec-wise maraming mas maganda talaga sa Acer pero if you don't have the cash to purchase a more expensive brand (Apple, Sony's VAIO line, etc.), Acer is a feasible option.

Their 4750G that's recently launched is bang-for-teh-buck btw... so far so good anyways.

[garfield_08]

we had our acer (5630) since 2008, so far so good.

once lang nagkaproblem, system crashed because of a virus, pero everything was performing nicely, good graphics, ok din yung processor (core 2 duo). i've been using it everyday and wala naman akong na-encounter na problem so far.

our office had various laptops over the years. of those units deployed to personnel, we had encountered many problems with lenovo. pero those units are so abused that we cannot factor its condition in terms of the unit's performance. i'm also using a lenovo sa office.

[Ry_Tower]

*TS: been using emachines and the acer at the office. No problems, quite happy with it.

[shadow]

what do you expect sa laptop ba? I consider it as consumable products, 1-2 years obsolete na dapat magpalit na rin kaya I don't really buy very expensive laptops dahil in 1.5 year or 2 years max bili na lang ako ng bago.

[oj88]

what do you expect sa laptop ba? I consider it as consumable products, 1-2 years obsolete na dapat magpalit na rin kaya I don't really buy very expensive laptops dahil in 1.5 year or 2 years max bili na lang ako ng bago.

FWIW, any laptop worth over 30k, I expect it to last at least 3 years of normal use, minimum. Netbooks are a different story... maybe 2-3 years tops, like the run-of-the-mill cellphone.

All my laptops are Dell Latitudes (an 8 y/o C610, a 5 y/o D510, and a 2 y/o 2100). And these are field laptops that I have used or am still using over the years that have been, at one point or another, abused. The C610 in particular survived a drop when it fell off my motorcycle some 5-6 years ago. All of them, buo pa ang batteries and hinges. The C610 is still running WinXP and is now being used by my son for homework (para iwas install ng games).

The ideal laptop for me is something that will last long enough for me to outgrow its performance and not for any other reason (ie. broken hinge, busted backlight, etc.)

Dells may not be that bang-for-the-buck. But if longevity or reliability is a factor you'd consider, I'd highly recommend this brand.

[Horsepower]

I'd stick with Asus if I were you. As a dealer of notebooks during college, I've had my share of warranty returns because of Acer so I ditched it from my list of products.

If you want a netbook, you might want to check out Asus EEE transformer. It's a netbook with a detachable IPS (best type of lcd) tablet screen.

http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_...sformer_TF101/

[fullmetal]

the dying battery is not a 'defect' of the laptop or the acer brand. it's how you use it. kasi ibang brands may problema din sa battery, dapat kasi pag gagamitin ng matagal tanggalin yung battery at iplug-in nalang tsaka as much as possible dapat di ginagamit yung laptop pag naka-charge ang battery. dapat din ine-empty yung battery minsan.

laking problema talaga ang battery sa laptop

[oj88]

the dying battery is not a 'defect' of the laptop or the acer brand. it's how you use it. kasi ibang brands may problema din sa battery, dapat kasi pag gagamitin ng matagal tanggalin yung battery at iplug-in nalang tsaka as much as possible dapat di ginagamit yung laptop pag naka-charge ang battery. dapat din ine-empty yung battery minsan.

laking problema talaga ang battery sa laptop

All else being equal, the fact is that battery life has everything to do with the following:

1. Quality of the battery cells (how well it was made)
2. Quality of the charging circuitry (how intelligent it is)

Leaving the batteries in the laptop while plugged in should not have any significant effect on the life of the battery pack. It is the way it was designed to be operated. Yes, it may shorten the life of the battery somewhat (several days, several weeks, a month or so...). But any laptop manufacturer worth its salt will not design their battery packs to die in a little over a year.

Also, Li-Ion or Li-Poly batteries will lose more of its life when frequently discharged to empty. Some older generation of laptops (from 10-15 years ago), require that you discharge the battery to synchronize the laptop's battery charge status indicator. But nowadays, a lot of intelligence has already been built into the battery pack, as well as advanced power management on the laptop in such a way that it can actually determine the real charge status of the pack and not rely exclusively on runtime timers.

[mazingerZ]

kung netbook why not a Lenovo S10 series? Ive had two lenovos and okay naman ang performance. Dagdag ka lang ng RAM para to speed things up.

[userfriendly]

Netbook will be too slow. The laptop will be my one and only computer for both office and home use. My current ASUS is a core 2 duo 2.1 with 4 gb of ram. I'm happy with its erformance but need something lighter.

I tend to use my laptops for a long time. My oldest one is a 10 year old P3 900 that is used by my kids for Plants vs Zombies and similar games. My 6 year old HP is being used by my wife as her home pc. My Asus is almost 3 years old.

[Ry_Tower]

FWIW, any laptop worth over 30k, I expect it to last at least 3 years of normal use, minimum. Netbooks are a different story... maybe 2-3 years tops, like the run-of-the-mill cellphone.

All my laptops are Dell Latitudes (an 8 y/o C610, a 5 y/o D510, and a 2 y/o 2100). And these are field laptops that I have used or am still using over the years that have been, at one point or another, abused. The C610 in particular survived a drop when it fell off my motorcycle some 5-6 years ago. All of them, buo pa ang batteries and hinges. The C610 is still running WinXP and is now being used by my son for homework (para iwas install ng games).

The ideal laptop for me is something that will last long enough for me to outgrow its performance and not for any other reason (ie. broken hinge, busted backlight, etc.)

Dells may not be that bang-for-the-buck. But if longevity or reliability is a factor you'd consider, I'd highly recommend this brand.

yes, matibay nga DELL, kita at feel mo talaga sa workmanship at quality ng materials. Although tey have 3 levels kaya may mura din silang version AFAIK. XP, Inspiron at Vostro lines atat yun.

[ghosthunter]

This one is getting my attention in specs and price...

http://www.villman.com/Product-Detail/MSI_FR600-3D

[SIZE="3"]MSI FR600-3D Core i5, 15.6-inch 3D LED [/SIZE]
P 39,984.00

CPU Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology (2.26GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.53GHz, 3MB Cache)
OS Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Chipset Intel® HM55
Memory 2GB DDR3
LCD Size 15.6" 3D LED LCD Display
Graphics Intel® HD Graphic
Graphics VRAM share with system memory
HDD (GB) 2.5" 500GB SATA
Optical Drive Super-Multi
Audio 4 High Quality Stereo Speakers
Webcam HD Webcam
Card Reader SD/SDHC/MMC/MS
LAN 10/100/1000
Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth
D-Sub (VGA) 1
HDMI 1
USB 2.0 port 2
USB 3.0 port N/A
eSATA N/A
eSATA/USB Combo 1
Mic-in/Headphone-out 1
Express Card N/A
Modem port N/A
Line-in N/A
Keyboard 103 keys
AC Adapter 65W
Battery 6 cells
Dimension 383x249.3x32.5~37.6mm
Weight (KG) 2.3