Spectacular

8.5

out of 10

acerguy2008

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SUPER VALUE LAPTOP, WHICH CAN BE UPGRADED IF NEEDED

Oct 30, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: EASILY UPGRADABLE, DRIVER SUPPORT, BRIGHT SCREEN
Cons: VIDEO CARD 7000M , ITS OK BUT WOULD PREFER IF IT WAS 9100M
Opinion:
I bought this laptop at walmart for 500$ cad. I did not research any laptops before buying this one as it was an inpulse buy, i did not want to get hp as my roommate bought one and hp did not have drivers for windows xp. i bought the laptop for its size, low weight and nvidia chipset and video card. i was disappointed acer usa and acer canada does not have drivers for xp only vista. thankx microsoft.
however acer china has all the drivers for xp thankfuly. i downgraded to xp immediatelly. The change in os made the laptop run much faster. great value for the money it, plays all my games, bf2, call duty 4 etc. i was also happy to find that i can upgrade this laptop by swapping the cpu for a faster one.
manual states the computer can only support max 2.3 ghz x2 turion cpu which is amd socket s1 638pin . i ... Read more

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4520

Oct 10, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: ACER
Cons: Acer Aspire 4520
Opinion:
I used this Aspire... that's Cool.,.. Low Price but hight Performance..

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