Acer Aspire 5 Slim Laptop, 15.6 Full HD IPS Display, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, Vega 8 Graphics, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Home, A515-43-R5RE, Silver

Had it just over a year and it is now trash, the charging port is messed up and cannot be replaced - wasted money

I have been doing IT work for almost 10 years and if anyone asks for a laptop recommendation I send them a link to this laptop. It is great for general laptop use, not tested for intensive gaming or computation, but based on the processor and graphics card, it would do basic gaming and small render type work just fine.

PC died in less than 2 years and is outside of warranty. I highly recommend you do not buy Acer as, apparently, their laptops are known for dying like this (getting stuck on loading screen).

Ive been working on personal computers since the early 80s, and feel more than proficient in learning new software and processes. But I am not a super techy person, and the inside hardware details of usual laptop reviews escape me. So, when my laptop aged out (got clumsy about handling upgrades) and I felt the need to upgrade to a new system, I made a list of what I wanted to experience with a better machine.

Home use...does the job just fine

Im pleased. Its what I wanted and expected. My only complaint is the sound levels. They are underneath. I couldnt get it loud enough to hear certain apps. I went and bought Bluetooth speakers.

3 months into use and it crashes every hour or so. Blue screen of death. One of about 3 or 4 error messages shows up each time. Finally factory reset it because enough was enough. Still crashes. Bought it to home school my son.

Tried to turn on, NO GO ! RETURNED DOA

Works great! No heavy, keyboard light up

The laptop itself is very nice, Ive been happy with it. But, after 6 months the charger went out. Since everything is still under warranty, we called Acer. They said their system was down and they could not do anything about our request at the time and to call back in three days, we called back after three days and was told that the system is still down and to call back in a week. They said they would more than likely send us a new charger but it would take two weeks. This is ridiculous. Are you telling me a tech company as big as Acer, systems down for two weeks?? I dont think so. Im having to write this review on someone elses computer 7 days after my original phone call, because their system is still down.