Acer Aspire 5 Slim Laptop 15.6 IPS FHD 2023, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 6 core (Beat i7-1160G7, up to 4.0GHz), 24GB RAM 1TB PCIe SSD, Backlit KB, WiFi 6, HDMI, Win 11 w/GM Accessories

Just received Acer Aspire 5 laptop that I purchased for my wifes birthday. I plugged it in for a charge and began the setup process (terrible on screen instructions). Called Acer customer support and after 2 false starts: 1st didnt have wifes phone to use as she was out, and during my second call to support, Robert hung up on me; I got through to support person on the third try. Hector, who guided me through the set up process over more than 1 hour was terrific! I am 74 years old and computer literate, but the Acer set up process screens were not intuitive. For example one drop down menu required clicking on a check mark after selecting month, day, and year, and then clicking on NEXT, while another just required clicking on NEXT. Voice assistant, Cortana, offered her robotic advice, but was not available for questions and there was no help button. Anyway, Hector helped walk me through the set up process, and I was very appreciative. If this is any indication of the level of support we can expect from Acer, my wife and I will be very happy with our purchase.

There are a couple of bad reviews for this laptop that I just dont understand, a couple say they couldnt get it out of S mode. First I really dont see a need for S mode and there should be an option to purchase it without S mode, but I had no trouble removing S mode at all.

I purchased this in May of 2021. It is now July 2022. Depite the low volume issue as others have stated it is fixable adding a speaker. The main reason for the 1 star is that no matter what fix is applied, this laptop constantly loses connectivity. It will usually reconnect on its own in a few seconds. But at times takes longer. It has gotten really annoying. I had an Acer 7R that was a bit slower but there were never connectivity issues.