Member Reviews: Acer Acer Aspire 2020

Been lurking here for a few weeks now, trying to work out which laptop to buy. Finally plumped for the Aspire 2023 and thought I’d write a brief review, so here goes. First impressions Pretty snazzy looking laptop, although perhaps more so when the lid is closed - the aluminium looks very nice in a we're-not-really-ripping-off-Apple kind of way. Opened up, the machine is very black, with silver trim. A pretty standard colour combination for laptops, and it works well. The widescreen display (1280*800) is excellent - clear, sharp, nice and bright, and with no ghosting. Being able to watch DVDs without annoying black bars at the top and bottom of the screen is very nice, as is the...

I used this site as a place to help me gather information for my notebook purchase, so I'm here to contrbute what I can after making a purchase of the new Acer 2012. This is the 2012 with the Radeon 9700 64MB and DVD+/-RW. Fan/Quietness: The thing is nearly inaudible when the fan is off. You can barely make out the hard drive working, and unless you are focused on hearing it, you probably won't. If you have the computer running for over an hour or so the fan will occasionally kick in. The tray loading DVD starts with a "whoosh", but isn't that bad once running. It is probably on par with other notebook dvds. All in all, I can't imagine a 15.4" notebook being much...

Hello all..... I know some of you were considering purchasing this laptop so i figured this review might help you out. Specs 1.8ghz Dothan 128mb ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 512mb RAM 80gig HD (4200rpm i assume) 15.4" WXGA Super Multi DVD Drive B/G WIFI Bluetooth 4-in-1 Card Reader XP Pro 6.6lbs Total Cost: $2400 Planned Additions: Extra AC Adapter: $70 3yr Warranty: $200 Build/Appearance Great build quality: metal LCD cover, very strong case (I think the palm rest area is aluminum, but i could be wrong.) No keyboard flexing. Of all the laptops I've had, this is by far the best looking one of the bunch. Nice silver/black...