Acer Aspire 5 A515-46-R14K Slim Laptop | 15.6" Full HD IPS | AMD Ryzen 3 3350U Quad-Core Mobile Processor | 4GB DDR4 | 128GB NVMe SSD | WiFi 6 | Backlit KB | Amazon Alexa | Windows 10 Home (S mode)

One of the best budget laptops I've ever owned! A great value with excellent keyboard and usability. Even the speakers are fine, though I'm typically on headphones. Has the all right port options for me so I don't need much of a kit when I travel with it. The screen is exceptionally bright clear and crisp! What else: I upped the RAM to the max and it performs flawlessly for me still after 3 years of moderate use. A good buy I can recommend!

Awesome computer!

I'm not an acer fan, as acer was like the hyundai's of the pc tech world in my book, but I needed a laptop for my daughter and this one fit the bill.So far so good, I'd say build quality is fairly decent, it's slimmer than I expected. Performance wise, obviously it's no beast, but it gets the job done. What's really great about this is the fact that the ram is upgradeable to 64GB, but I'll just purchase an 8GB stick to add to it.There is room for a 2.5" SSD. The NVME is also removeable, so while there's no sd card slot, storage is fully expandable in a better way.Having a backlit keyboard with #pad is excellent.Webcam quality is ok, nothing to talk about there, 720p 30fps max, but as mentioned before, gets the job done.Even with only 4Gb Ram, it still ran smoothly despite having several Chrome windows open with multiple tabs. Installed minecraft java edition for her, it was able to play set at 7 chunks render distance, and not very many settings dialed down and still get 60fps (not that she cared about fps), so I still think you may be able to play some titles at 720p maybe medium settings, but i haven't checked it yet.Screen is not bad, viewing angles are quite good and bright enough.The speaker are not loud but audio quality is fairly decent, especially given how slim the laptop is. Your phone may go louder, but it won't scrape your ear canal.Battery life is average I'd say.All in all, this is a laptop that is more expensive than it should be, AS ARE ALL THAT FALL IN THIS PRICE POINT, but definitely compared against all the others I've sifted through, it's the best. In summary, it is because:1. Ability to upgrade internal nvme storage + add 2.5" ssd2. As with internal storage, ram isn't soldered on like the other brand laptops and can be upgraded3. Latest WiFi and Bluetooth technology4. Backlit keyboard with number pad and fingerprint scanner on touchpad5. Inclusion of an ethernet port. Especially helpful if you need a stable internet connection.6. Windows 11 ready7. Decent display with good viewing angles8. Decent quad core apu9. USB-C also available on chassis and overall, decent I/OIt's a solid buy if you're looking for a laptop within it's price range at the time of this review. It offers the most features and flexibility vs the competition.

My Gateway laptop has been getting slower and slooowwwwer for a while to the point where it took me (no exaggeration) 15 minutes to boot...and it was getting glitchy besides. I've had Acers before and they've been good machines so I thought I'd give this one a shot. I'm not in the least disappointed. The pros:+The backlit keyboard. I absolutely love it. Yes, the backlighting goes off after a few seconds of non use - but any key will immediately turn it back on. So I just press the Shift key and the backlighting returns. A really neat feature on such an inexpensive computer.+The matte finish screen. I remember when I was searching for my last laptop that I had a terribly hard time finding a matte (non-glare) screen. It seemed that at that time for some inexplicable reason every manufacturer out there had gone to a glossy screen which, to me, creates thoroughly unacceptable reflections. The Gateway I wound up with was one of the very few on the market with a matte screen. So glad this one has it as well.+Flexibility. Apparently it is quite easy to upgrade both the memory and the hard drive. For my uses I don't think I'll need to do either one - but it's nice to know I can if I want to. I've been using a 1TB external drive as my primary storage for some time now, so I just plugged it in and kept on chugging.+Speed. I know I was transitioning from a computer that had become outrageously slow, but I was not prepared for boot times under ten seconds - wow! It's about time that these things finally are operating at speeds they should have been all along. And everything is much faster. It is a true pleasure.+Design. Sleek, clean, not all gimmicked up. And although I read a review or two that said the fan was noisy I think those reviewers got a clunker because mine is super quiet - you can barely hear the fan at all. Certainly not anywhere near as noisy as my previous laptop.The cons:- I do wish it had a DVD drive built in. I know it would have made it thicker, but I hate that I won't be able to access some of my antique stuff until I add one. Oh, well.And that's it for the cons. I find this to be an outstanding computer for the price and would highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't need eyeball-searing speed and massive memory capacities necessary for some genres. For me, I'm certain it's going to be my workhorse for some time to come.

The power input jack and receiving port is not adequate for the job. What were they thinking? I imagine they would put little toy wheels on a race car...duh. Mine finally wore out.Replaced the power adaptor. It was recommended to replace the input port which involves unsoldering the used one and soldering in a new one. i was hoping to just find the small circuit board the port is on. However it is not available. I will not do the soldering job etc. It charges with the new power adaptor which will somehow be taped or attached to the side of the laptop,All in all though Acer always had a good product. i once owned a bright red Ferrari branded WinXP Acer. It was a true racer :) i wished i had kept. The hard drive had failed and the OS was outdated. It was a pretty.