$479.95

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Perfect for the back to school crowd. You wont find a better price anywhere.

• Circuit City - 679.99
• Best Buy - 699.99
• Shop.com - 708.83
• Newegg - 649.99

Description

The Acer Aspire AS5100-5033 (LX.AX90X.095) is a great choice for mobile professionals who like to play as hard as they work--and who have an eye on the budget. Acer's acclaimed Folio design features chic lines, smooth curves, and a cool metallic sheen, while its slim-and-light form factor facilitates excellent mobility, while front-access ports and controls make connecting to a network convenient. This Aspire 5100 has a bright 15.4-inch LCD that takes advantage of Acer's CrystalBrite set of display technologies, which provide great color saturation and excellent contrast in all environments. Enjoy easy video-conferencing via VVoIP with the integrated Acer OrbiCam webcam (at the top of the LCD panel), which provides a 310,000 pixel resolution and 225-degree rotating motion. The powerful dual-core 1.6 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 processor is ready to handle the demanding 64-bit applications that are coming down the pipeline, and will speed you through your work today. Other features include a large 120 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM (4 GB maximum), a multi-format DVD burner, 5-in-1 memory card reader, and integrated 54g Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g).

This laptop also comes preinstalled with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, which includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. In addition to easily playing your DVD movies and managing your digital audio library, you'll be able to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV). Vista also integrates new search tools throughout the operating system, includes new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures.

Features

• 1024 MB DDRII RAM
• 120 GB HD
• DVD-RW/ CDRW Optical Drive
• NIC, Modem
• 802.11WiFi
• 15.4" TFT CrystalBright

Reviews borrowed from: Amazon

Good Computer, But Breaks Too Easily, August 20, 2007
By Bonnie Calhoun - See all my reviews

While I generally love this computer when it's working, the problem with it is that it often ISN'T working. My computer broke in less than a year of owning it and customer support was TERRIBLE. They wanted to charge me $2/minute to talk with them!

Plus, the laptop was packaged with the utterly useless and rather annoying empowerment technology that seemed to do nothing but slow down the computer.

Save your money and find a brand that creates a laptop less prone to breaking and is more willing to help you if your computer does break.


Vista? No.., July 27, 2007
By Susan C. Schmelzer - See all my reviews


This is by no means a bad laptop, the hardware is good. However, windows vista does not run well at all. I ended up uninstalling vista and installing ubuntu linux which runs extremly well. If you want to buy an affordable laptop and replace the OS, this is a good choice

GREAT PRODUCT, May 2, 2007
By Holly V. Brockman - See all my reviews


I bought this product from Circuit City and It was well worth it! It has blown away my expectations. It is a lot of bang for your buck. I recommend this to everyone!

Cool Laptop but Vista is not ready yet, April 29, 2007
By Daniel Bremenstuhl "kaput450" (Orange, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I bought this computer last night at a perty good price at Circuit City, $[...] with a [...] dollar rebate down to [...]. I was not impressed with the 64 bit OS. I spent all night downgrading to XP and this laptop seems to be doing very well in XP. Everything works, nice display. Descent machine for the price. I am a graphic designer and bought this mainly for web surfing as a second pc but am running Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator just fine. I think vista has a long way to go, had problems with almost every program I tried to install in Vista. I installed XP media center and downloaded drivers from acer...4 hour task, and all is smooth and fast. wireless works great and I actually picked up 5 networks besides mine in the neighborhood. I have a dual boot now and will go with vista when programs actually work. I would rate this 4 stars if XP was installed when I bought it. Good to know that when a 64 bit OS is actually ready I can upgrade again.

Almost nothing works in vista.

Buy this Laptop for 600 bucks and downgrade the OS.

acer notebooks are terrible!, April 21, 2007
By William B. Hart "hellkat" (lake charles, LA) - See all my reviews

i have purchased two acer notebooks. on the first, the lcd screen failed after about three months.
the repair department was horrible to deal with, and ultimately would not repair their product.
do NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT buy an acer product unless you like dealing with failure.

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I had a 14" Acer Aspire for about a year before I gave it to a friend. These things are nice, very sharp and professional looking. Acer support...well, it's technically support since they do help you, but only after 30 minutes on hold. I had to get my screen replaced after a bunch of pixels died. Took like three calls, since I missed the first UPS pickup attempt. I didn't have to pay a thing, it was all covered by the warranty. The service was prompt, as it was carried out by a local Acer-authorized repair shop. Acer is a worthwhile brand, highly popular in Japan and Europe. If you are in the market for something in this price range, don't overlook this just because of the name.