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)

For $350, I expect a laptop that's basically a piece of junk, and this completely exceeded my expectations. I'm just a college student and don't need anything fancy, and obviously also don't have a ton of money to spend on electronics. I'm more than happy with this computer. I saw some people complain about the screen quality, as well as the speakers and the touchpad, but honestly I haven't noticed an issue with any of them at all. The screen quality is a little less than my old laptop but I don't notice it really, if you're into gaming and stuff it might be annoying but for daily use and movie watching I think it's good, once again you are getting more than what you're paying for in the first place. It's relatively light, has lots of outlets which I always appreciate. The speakers are just fine for me, the loudest I've ever put them is at 50% volume, so in my opinion they're plenty loud enough. The trackpad has never given me any issue so far. The S Mode thing is annoying, but easy to disable, even though I haven't done that yet and honestly might not because I'm just a casual user and it isn't a huge deal to me. All in all, I'm very impressed at the quality, considering how low the price is. This is absolutely the best thing you're gonna find for this price range. I'm really glad that I went with my gut and picked this laptop over the Lenovo one that I was considering. My last Chromebook that I loved and lasted me four years was Acer, and I decided to go ahead and stick with Acer since I trust the brand and they're known for making great durable products for cheap, which is what I wanted. If you're looking for something high end and fancy, this isn't for you, but if you want the cheapest laptop possible with the most capabilities possible, then this is what you want to get.

As a college student, this is very useful and fast from my experience after having it for a month. And it was also a great budget price so for anyone who needs a cheap fast computer, I think this is a great place to start. Just a heads up: the fan will sound very loud when you are first setting it up but it is very very quiet. It’ll sound loud when there are setups or stuff like that. But overall, I am very happy with this purchase. I also have heard that people complain about the backlit keyboard because there’s a timer but you can actually change it to where it can stay on until you press the button again to turn it off. To change the timed keyboard to always on, go to your computer settings, type “Recovery” and click that and look for “Advanced startup” then you might have to wait for it to restart. After that, there should be a blue screen and click “Troubleshoot” and then “Advanced Options” and then “UEFI firmware settings” and you should look for “keyboard timeout” or something like that and click “disable” and then just confirm the settings and once it restarts again, then it should would. Keep in mind that the fan will be loud throughout the entire process. Of course there’s always YouTube videos. Hope this helped!! Update: It's almost been 3 years since I bought this and I still absolutely love it!! It works just as great as the first time I got it set up and it still runs fast!

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" ssd 2. As with internal storage, ram isn't soldered on like the other brand laptops and can be upgraded 3. Latest WiFi and Bluetooth technology 4. Backlit keyboard with number pad and fingerprint scanner on touchpad 5. Inclusion of an ethernet port. Especially helpful if you need a stable internet connection. 6. Windows 11 ready 7. Decent display with good viewing angles 8. Decent quad core apu 9. USB-C also available on chassis and overall, decent I/O It'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.

No one feature is exceptional, but the amount of features/quality at the sub-400 price is impressive. ❧ Solid construction, aluminum lid ❧ Modern (at time of purchase) and moderately-well-equipped Ryzen APU ❧ IPS screen with good max and min brightness, even backlight, and acceptable color rendition ❧ Backlit Keyboard with a great layout and good key quality ❧ Large, responsive trackpad with a turn-off option in the function keys ❧ Good cooling solution for the size ❧ User accessible / upgradable parts ❧ Acceptable I/O (USB, HDMI, LAN, headphone jack, kensington) Corners that were cut: ❧ Storage size - 128gb DRAM-less SSD as configured ❧ Win 10 in S mode (I believe Microsoft charges less for the "s" license) ❧ Speakers are truly terrible. I cannot overemphasize how bad they are. ❧ Ram Size - 4gb DDR4 2400 ❧ No card reader ❧ 1 year warranty (remember when things actually had 2 or 3???) ❧ No Mic jack The storage is upgradeable. The included SSD is user-replaceable, and there is also an included space / hardware to add a 2.5" drive. The 4gb RAM is built in to the board, but there is one slot open for RAM. Having filled mine, CPU-Z reports that it is successfully running in dual channel mode (important for APU memory bandwidth). It strikes me that the corners cut are ALL user-addressable. Windows 10 can leave S mode. Ram/storage is upgradeable. Card readers and external speakers/headphones/audio interfaces can be used. The 3350u processor has a manufacturer-configurable TDP, which affects its boost clock behavior. This one seems to be configured to a relatively medium-low power. I have never seen it boost past 3.1ghz (the AMD spec sheet lists a 3.5 ghz max). Fine by me, but worth noting. The cooling solution seems like it could handle more, but it does dump heat primarily beneath it (i.e. into your lap if you are using it as a laptop literally). I don't really blame them for dialing it back for this reason or to hit battery life targets. After adding RAM and storage, I have successfully done some medium gaming at low settings. Civ 6, Life is Strange 2, and the infamously-processor-bound-poorly-optimized Guild Wars 2. All fine, but I would have gotten something more powerful if I didn't have a gaming desktop. My last laptop was from 2009 and lasted me 'til 2021. The hardware on this one should meet my needs for equally long -- all that's left to be seen is if anything randomly breaks between now and then. If any random breakage occurs between now and 2023 I will update this review.

I use mine mostly for email and do watch TV out on the deck through my projector. I play a few games but nothing major and it's a real good computer for the price. You can do word processing and spreadsheets as well but I don't use it for that. This is the second one I bought because the first one got rained on. I haven't been disappointed and I'd buy it again.

I have been very satisfied with this purchase so far. I've only had it set up for less than a week, so I can't really state how well the battery is going to be,,,but so far it is great. I have only had one small problem with setting up the email, but I'm just going on my web browser and accessing it from there, not sure what the problem is, probably something on my "non-thechie" side of the screen. It is a great value for the money and I have absolutely no complaints. The best feature I have found so far is the back lit keyboard....I had no idea how wonderful this would be....it's great. I used to have to squint or turn on a light, but not anymore. It's really an amazing little labptop and the screen is crystal clear. The speed is very fast and so far I am loving this laptop way more than the last 2 Hewlett Packards that I have had to replace due to faulty battery setting. I love this computer.

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.

I’ve had this computer for almost 5 years now, and it is still a huge regret on my part. Even this morning, I’m so annoyed with it I decided I finally needed to leave a review. The computer is so slow, and constantly seems to have issues with loading tabs, freezing, charging, etc. My first issue was in trying to use this laptop with a docking station, and use two HDMI connected monitors to split the view. The USB-C port on the computer does not allow me to use the port with the screens, so I have been stuck using the laptop screen and one extra monitor at max. It is so laggy when trying to have multiple tabs open on chrome, in a way I haven’t experienced with other personal laptops I used before. I use this as a very last resort, but often will use my Dell work laptop for any tasks that require speed and power. I hope to get a better laptop soon in the future and would keep this Acer as an emergency device. I wish I had sent it back when I first got it, but the bargain price made me rethink it. Overall, an okay laptop but not one I would recommend or purchase again.

Actualmente tengo 3 semanas con la computadora. El envio: 🛩 La laptop me tardo en llegar exactamente en 6 días. Durante el proceso me asuste un poco ya que cuando llego a la paqueteria de mi ciudad, me decían que el paquete había llegado dañado, yo me preocupe y mande un mensaje a la paqueteria, y me dijeron que el paquete había sufrido daños y que posiblemente no me lo iban a poder entregar, pero al rato me apareció que ya podía ir por el paquete, y yo fui muy preocupado, pero cuando llegue el paquete estaba en perfecto estado, pregunte y me dijeron que fue un error del sistema, y por suerte la laptop también llegó bien. La laptop: 💻 (Primero que nada, te recomiendo que salgas del modo S, ya que te permitirá descargar aplicaciones, como el Chrome.) Que puedo decir de la latop, simplemente me sorprendió. Recién prendes la laptop y no dura ni 4 segundos en prender al inicio. Entras y abres una aplicación y la abre al instante, es demasiada rápida, yo la utilizo para mi escuela y es perfecta, no puedo pedir más, parece que e comprado una computadora demasiada cara, es perfecta para su precio. El teclado: ⌨ También que puedo decir, excelente teclado, y un plus que tenga iluminación, puedo estar haciendo mis tareas y sin ningún problema, lo único que no me gustó mucho es el touchpad, pero no se preocupen eso es cosa mía, no estoy acostumbrado a usar touchpad, así que por eso no se preocupen. La huella: ☝ Wow esto si que me sorprendió, yo nunca vi necesario usar huella en la computadora, pero cuando agregue mi huella, no lo pude creer, ya no tardas en poner la contraseña, entras luego luego, la verdad es muy útil, y también la puedes usar para abrir cuentas de correo etc. El diseño: 💻💫 El diseño es otro de sus puntos positivos, la computadora es más grande de lo que pensaba, es perfecta para mi, tiene un diseño muy bonito, es muy delgada, la parte del teclado parece tipo de una mackbook. La pantalla: 💻 Yo e visto computadoras mucho más caras y con una pantalla espantosa, esta laptop tiene una super pantalla, no lo puedo creer, se ve muy muy bien, otro punto positivo. CONCLUSION: Si estas buscando un computadora de buena calidad, un precio accesible, y para tareas básicas, no lo dudes, está es la mejor opción, dure mucho tiempo buscando laptop y e tomado la mejor decisión, sin duda no te arrepentirás.

Only used it a few time's so far but fast startup love the back-lit keyboard and clear screen. Would definitely recommend 👌

Details: Has 3 USB ports, a USB - C port, very thin, decent screen, decent touchpad (may want a mouse), VERY good keyboard, many features (Wifi, Bluetooth, Alexa, AMD Radeon Software, to name a few), Ethernet port, good battery, 4GB of ram, decent CPU and great GPU (for its price), good for literally anything (runs max graphics ROBLOX at 60fps most games, runs Rocket League 60fps low-med graphics, runs Val 60fps low-med graphics, however I do believe you should buy 4gb more ram and put it inside your laptop (if you know how) it costs around 20-30 CAD on avg and will make your pc SO much better, it isnt too hard if you have the resources, but still great product I am loving it. This is why I only buy acer products After about 6 months of using this product, i will improve my review: Everything in this product is still working very, very well and I am still very satisfied with my purchase. However, one concern for gamers is the ram, if you plan on using this laptop for more intensive tasks, consider buying more ram to go alongside it. It will save you so much trouble in all honesty.

الجهاز خفيف وسريع والتشغيل بعد سريع البصمه استجابتها سريعه الصوت ضعيف اذا في مكان فيه ازعاج ولكن لاتعتمد عليها الجهاز يجي فيش امريكي وبدون حروف عربية الكيبورد مريح جدا في الاستخدام والماوس استجابتها ممتازه الشاشه حلو ولكن الاضاءه ماهي عاليه مره تعتبر متوسطه الرام الأفضل تزيده والنوع المناسب في حال الترقيه DDR4 والسرعه 2666فيها مكان واحد والتخزين ١٢٨ بس ماتكفي وفيها مكان للترقية SSD عندك اتوقع حتى 1T وبالنسبة للبطارية تقعد بتوفير الطاقة + أضاءة متوسطة ١٠ ساعات بالراحه البلوتوث 5 ممتاز مداه حتى حلو وفيها الشحن سريع شحنت من ١١ الى ١٠٠ اخذ ساعه ونص ظهر الشاشه من الالمنيوم الباقي بلاستيك مقوى ولكن كجودة ممتازه للأمانه وماحسيت ان اللابتوب جودته ضعيفه ابدا وأفضل خيار بنسبه لسعره

A great little laptop, well built, a good size, a nice screen - so why only 3 stars - because it has an American keyboard - fine for letters and numbers but problematic with symbols - no £ symbol.