Are Acer laptops really that good?

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[Bassturd]

Depends which model. Lot's of variables here.

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This is the problem. Most of them are POS. If you want a reliable one, Thinkpad.

[Electric Cupcake]

https://frame.work/ are the only laptops I'm ever using from now on.

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It depends. Regarding to the quality. Expect that every model from every brand will have problems. Nothing is perfect

[dobrowol]

I've heard Dells are pretty good. They could be a little on the expensive side.

[Grim Reaper]

No, the one I had literally just stopped working after a few years. Powered off randomly, black screen, never turned on again lol.

[JD]

No. They are trash.

[sleeps]

i use one. it's fine.

[Hobbit XIII]

In mega manufacturing it is very hard to give a guarantee especially with all the models out there.

At some point in the past Acer was a good strong brand for quality.

no idea about now.

[Apteryx]

Laptop is laptop. They're all good cheap alternatives to desktop PCs but they still haven't figured out how to cool them properly

[Maria]

It is.

However, if you're looking for a gaming laptop, it is more cost-effective to just build a PC.

[libadwaita (she/her)]

Acer has built a reputation for good bang-for-buck laptops, however they tend not to be exceptional in any way.

Personally, I'd go for a Lenovo ThinkPad or a Framework laptop. Right now, the ThinkPad is a must because the TrackPoint is simply the best pointing device on a laptop.

[HermitTheToad]

Originally posted by dobrowol:

I've heard Dells are pretty good. They could be a little on the expensive side.

Dells are pretty good, but a bit slow. I'm using a retired business model 2012 Dell latitude E6330, with a core i5 v-pro. The only thing that sucks about it is the hard drive speeds, and it can only be upgraded to 8 gb of ram. But it's reliable.

[libadwaita (she/her)]

Originally posted by HermitTheToad:

Originally posted by dobrowol:

I've heard Dells are pretty good. They could be a little on the expensive side.

Dells are pretty good, but a bit slow. I'm using a retired business model 2012 Dell latitude E6330, with a core i5 v-pro. The only thing that sucks about it is the hard drive speeds, and it can only be upgraded to 8 gb of ram. But it's reliable.

Why don't you get an SSD for it?

[Apteryx]

Originally posted by libadwaita (she/her):

Acer has built a reputation for good bang-for-buck laptops, however they tend not to be exceptional in any way.

Personally, I'd go for a Lenovo ThinkPad or a Framework laptop. Right now, the ThinkPad is a must because the TrackPoint is simply the best pointing device on a laptop.

Idk why, but another appeal of a Thinkpad is the durability. Those things are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unkillable no matter what you do to them. You could cut one in half and it would probably still boot up