Acer Product Quality. Happy or Not?

rocktheboat
rocktheboat Member Posts: 3 New User
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I know I might be opening up a thread that will get a lot of varying opinions but that is okay. Curious to hear whether people are happy with Acer's laptop quality in terms of build, usability and overall design. Are you happy with your Acer laptop? Specifically Windows based and not Chrome laptops.

 

I am thinking about buying the new Swift 7 or Spin 7. I have the all metal Acer Chromebook 14 and I am impressed. Curious if I will also be happy if I bought their Windows based machine.

 

Fire away community.

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  • padgett
    padgett ACE Posts: 4,532 Pathfinder

    I have had quite a few personally purchased Acer products since 2009 and have never had an issue with the build quality or the hardware. Have had problems with third party software & OSs but have a lot of recovery disks & drives, backups, and system images.

  • SScott1063
    SScott1063 Member Posts: 14 New User

    I got an Acer Aspire R5-571T-59DC machine running Windows 10.  I like the machine a lot but have not been able to find a security that fits into the small security slot they provide.  A standard Kensington security lock does not fit nor does the new Kensington miniSaver slot.

    So if you ever plan to be able to walk away from your laptop for a couple of minutes for whatever reason while away from home be sure to get a model that you can secure.


  • padgett
    padgett ACE Posts: 4,532 Pathfinder

    The only way to fully secure a portable device is with good full disk encryption or to have a removable disk drive and carry it with you. Anything else is pretend.

  • SScott1063
    SScott1063 Member Posts: 14 New User

    I wasn't talking about the data so much as the hundreds of dollars of hardware that I'd rather not replace and have to set up all over again, and if you go through insurance that's more hassle plus if they hear you didn't even try to keep it safe might not pay.

    I know security cables aren't perfect either, probably especially to pros, but they can slow someone down or deter people who don't have the necessary wire cutters with them, and are better than nothing.


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