Acer Aspire 5 Slim Laptop, 15.6 Inches FHD IPS Display, 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8265U, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 10 Home, A515-54-51DJ

OK I knew going in that all new computers come with a complement of preloaded apps for which the manufacturer receives inducements. They propose it is to Enhance the users experience but in reality they are at best a nuisance and some are malicious usage trackers.. In the past these were relatively easy for technically literate users to eliminate. Now they have become much more sophisticated and devious and it took me about 5-6 hours to disinfect this ACER 5 slim machine. I use my laptop for serious work and cannot have tracking software of any kind so I am very careful what I load on my machines. I do not use Facebook, Twitter, Skype or even the Google search engine because of their behind-the-screens mischief. SO I thought I have every thing cleared off except the pre-installed Firefox browser (my browser of choice). I was setting this machine up for my wife and upon boot-up the desktop and functionality has to look just like the old machine else she is not happy with the change. Even to the point of having the exactly same Firefox tabs open in the new machine as was open in the old machine. So after everything was prepared and all the other software installed I moved her old Firefox profile to the new machine and turned it over to her. After about 5-10 minutes Firefox locked up and would not exit. Even task manager could not clear the fault. I was able to force a restart but then Firefox would not load at all. At this point I have about 20 hours of time in this project. If I was doing this for a customer that would be about $1000 dollars for a $500 dollar computer. In the end and MANY hours of work later, after doing aWindows restore to the initial state of the machine and removing all the crapware again I used control panel to uninstall Firefox and deleted all its related folders including those in the hidden c:/user/username/%APPDATA% and c:/user/Public/downloads folder (delete everything there). I then downloaded Firefox from their website and set everything up again. So far all looks good but she uses Facebook so her footprints are being collected. I never use her computer for my work so thats OK. In the near future I will need a new machine and am not looking forward to having to set it up.

Well my last laptop was pretty old, it was an Acer though with ADM , this one is so much better than that one ever was.

Works great for simple gaming/normal use. Screen is good, and keyboard clicks satisfyingly!

Not a bad laptop for the money, but it can be better. Im a college student and its alright for the money. The noise from the fan is really noticeable. And it doesnt take to much to mke the fan start giving its all. The Wifi card on this is a tad slower but it also depends on your connection. What I can say it that battery life is good (6 - 8.5 hours depending on how you use it). And it does run fast, well fast enough for what most college students will need.

Shipping took WAY to long. The computer itself is good quality so far, but a little hard to open if you dont have nails. The speakers are a joke! On the highest setting you can make out the audio in a quiet room, but add any sort of noise (or have the computer on your lap, and forget it.

Screen was loose on arrival. I took it out of the box and could hear something was loose inside. Upon further investigation I noticed the screen moved and shifted within the case. I’m very disappointed in the initial quality. I’m making a replacement request, hopefully the second one will be better quality.

We had a laptop go out and needed an inexpensive replacement. Reading the (fake) reviews of this product and seeing it was more positive than negative, we purchased the unit.

My brother ordered this using my amazon account so I dont know all of the product details but he seems to like it just fine. He stated it was a good deal and works the way it should.

My computer is definitely not touch screen. It is however lightweight and easy to carry with one hand. I use it to play the sims 4 and it is great with all of my CC. I really enjoy this computer. Great buy!

This laptop was purchased to replace a Chromebook (because many programs and platforms havent caught on to the Linux thing, yet). Fortunately, using a Chromebook for a year taught me to utilize platforms and cloud storage for nearly everything, so hard drive space is not a concern for me. Also, I am not a gamer per se, so I dont need the gaming stuff (fast processors, awesome graphics processing cards, whatever). I use this primarily for writing, editing, photography editing, online research, etc. I also use it for watching movies/TV shows (whether streaming or downloaded), accessing large JPG files, and sometimes playing games that dont involve being chased or shooting anyone(thing) haha