Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R1YC Slim Laptop | 15.6 Full HD IPS | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Hexa-Core Mobile Processor | 8GB DDR4 | 256GB NVMe SSD | WiFi 6 | Backlit KB | Windows 10 Home

Its a good size, but still light. Nice metal feel to the surface. Fast enough for what I need.

This laptop has the perfect specs for school. I wanted a strong laptop processor from light programming that wouldnt break the bank. The screen is a beautiful IPS with minimal glare!

My daughter-in-law got it for Christmas. She love it. Her daughters has one and she love it. She bought it for Mom.

When I read the specs for adding additional RAM, many sites, including the RAM manufacturer said this laptop has 2 banks and could hold 32G of RAM. That is not the case with this particular processor. It has only 1 bank to hold additional RAM. 4G is soldered on the board, so the maximum RAM you would have is 20G if you bought a 16G stick.

this was a great laptop to game on it runs games like valorant and grand theft auto very well, and is very good for listening to music and just doing work on it

The one I bought was from Amazon when they had it for $599, which at that time this computer was a steal. Its really rapid in terms of processing etc. The fan(Acer Brand) came on rarely, although I only had it for like 2 weeks. One thing I really loved about this computer is that its wireless card for Wifi/Bluetooth connectivity is 100% solid. And also unlike other computers that ive purchased in the same year, its extremely easy to add on different devices such as printers, or to broadcast to TV or to even add drivers. Never had such ease with any device in terms of connectivity as with this one. Being that its a 5500u, the U denotes low power version of the chip. The only area I find scary, because of a thing called CPU frequency scaling is when the chip is scaled to maximum frequency, which the housing may not be designed for. Personally I went for an H series chip, more power, and for me means housing built to take heavy loads. Its like having a V6 Camry, but driving like somebodys grandma, if you have no accidents the product is going to last alot longer. Also if you need the power, its there.

I am very impressed with the quality of the screen. Skin tones are wonderful Color is clear and crisp. I am very happy with the light up keyboard. Speed is so much faster than my old computer. I upgraded to Windows 11 and like it so far. I do a lot of viewing video casts and it is very nice for that.

I was excited to upgrade this lptop but the power connector for 2.5 ssd is missing & the ssd screws were not packaged, they were loose in the box.

Works ok out of the box but really needs more RAM to really perform. Only has 1 extra memory slot, not 2 like everyone said in the questions. Planned on adding a 2.5in SSD for storage with the included caddy but, the motherboard was lacking the clip for the ribbon cable. Why include the caddy? So, if you buy the Ryzen 3 4000 series version, plan on upgrading the tiny 120gb NVME SSD or, deal with lugging around an external hard drive for all your files.

No, cant boot to CDUSB&c... this will not be your laptop, it will be Windows and Acers!