acer A515-56-36UT Aspire 5, 15.6" Full HD Display, 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 Processor, 4GB DDR4, 128GB NVMe SSD, WiFi 6, Windows 11 Home (S Mode)

I figured 4GB of RAM would be sufficient just for day to day use. I was a bit disappointed in 128GB of storage and decided that even though it was a really nice machine for the price, for another $80 and change I could really make it fly.. if you look at my photos you can see that there's built in space for a 2.5 in SATA drive. In addition there is room to add memory and I decided to add another 8GB of RAM along with the SATA drive and 480 GB of storage. Obviously it makes a huge difference. If you look at the pictures I posted you can see that the Acer storage is depleted by half as soon as you turn the machine on. The Steve drive is the one that I installed. Plenty of storage now. The circled in red photo shows the increase in RAM... WHEN LOOKING FOR INSTRUCTIONS be aware that this model came out back in May of this year. There are very few instructional videos or written pieces to explain where this memory goes. The SATA drive is pretty self-explanatory. The only video I could find with this particular machine is provided by a user whose name is. @Silicon Edge you have to go to YouTube and search that name. I don't believe Amazon would allow me to post a link. It's not in English but all you have to do is watch his hands. If you try other videos you might think it's the machine you've bought until you open the back of yours and you look at the back of theirs and realize that it's different. I highly recommend temporarily taking out the screw on your right side of the battery to secure the ribbon clip. Then just readjust the battery and put the screw back in. Watch the video you'll know exactly what I mean. I love this computer. For $460 including the new ram I upgraded this machine. It would have cost me way more than that to buy it with that memory and that storage from scratch. Quick PS. I bought an HP 27 inch monitor here on Amazon and created a nice little setup. $169. You'll love the machine Don't think twice just buy it. If you want some speed, I mean real speed just upgrade the RAM and the storage. I used crucial. That's the brand name for the SATA and the RAM..... READ ABOUT THE UPGRADES..... You don't want to perform Overkill. The processor wasn't made for it. I'm no techie so I did a lot of reading before I did this.

I did quite a bit of research before purchasing this laptop. It seemed like a good computer for the price. Many if the reviews said it was short on memory. It has a SSD drive but it is a bit on the small side, and the built in ram was lacking at only 4 gb. There is an open slot for ram and a space for a second hard drive already there. The company included a pack of hard drive screws with a web site to instruct you on how to install a second drive. Since I had a like new 1tb laptop drive and a 8gb memory card laying around, I waisted no time. The upgrade was simple. Honestly, I have no complaints with this laptop. Some people complained about the screen. I don't know why, it's very clear to me. Battery life is fine, but I am just a home user so I am not on it for hours at a time. The speakers point down from under the computer, but I can still hear what I need to so no big deal to me. I even don't mind the touch pad on this one (hated the one on my last computer). If you are a gamer or someone who needs a super powerful computer for intense graphics, this probably isn't your best choice. But for home use, I am very happy with this laptop and would certainly recommend it.

We have had this laptop for 32 days and it is hot as a fire on the bottom and will not turn on. Called the acer repair and all they did was create a call back order for a representative to call me back in one or two days to tell me what to do. How's that for service. They did call back. I had to send it in but now it's working fine. They provided mailing label. I changed my review to 4 stars instead of one.

Purchased Acer laptop after a treasure truck alert for @ $300. The first one bluescreened after about a week of use. Restored to factory settings then updated and it blue screened a second time. I contacted Amazon and requested a replacement which was done very quickly. Received a replacement laptop and it again just after 2 days of use bluescreened again. I again per its instructions reset to factory specs, updated again and again... it blue screened. So that normally means there's a flaw with the equipment. This time I requested a refund for that laptop and just chose a much better laptop which costed much more. I promptly return the laptop, got the confirmation it had been returned in the system per Amazon. Unfortunately Acer has not yet updated the refund request after at least 2-3 weeks that it had been received back in and checked. I also have not received any correspondence from Acer of the status of this issue. So be veeerry careful about that particular Acer laptop and the customer service issues with Acer. I've purchased Acer products previously without any issues and the replacement equipment I again purchased an Acer which I've had no issues with. But this isnt a very comforting response I'm getting from Acer's customer service. **Updated 05/09/22** After I reached out to an Amazon representative they immediately offered a full refund. The representative was very helpful and within minutes the refund was processing.

Llego rápido a Chile, el peso es en termino medio ni tan ligero ni tan pesado. Es muy bonita la laptop tiene la pantalla full HD, 1920x1080, es rápida con el i3 11th, viene con 4gb de ram soldada + una ranura adicional para agregarle ram ddr4 Sodimm, recomiendo una ram de 3200 o 2666 1.2v, ya que el procesador es muy rápido te andará muy bien. Por si te preocupa el cargador en Chile no hay problema funciona re bien. El teclado es la versión US sin la ñ, igual en el Windows le colocas teclado latinoamericano y la tecla derecha de la "L" la reconoce como Ñ. Recomiendo esta laptop por su precio a mi me costo en total total 323mil pesos Chilenos para trabajar en programación, ofimática, clases online, etc. No la recomiendo para jugar a menos que incrementes la Ram, pero juegos como LoL y Valorant funcionan bien en gráficos bajos. El sonido es lo normal por el precio no tendrás un sonido detallista. En resumen la laptop es muy rápida, buena, bonita, buen sistema de refrigeración, lo malo es la Ram y el almacenamiento de 128 (al momento de ocuparla solo tienes 80gb libres es urgente que compres un HDD o SSD) yo tengo un hdd de 1TB de 5200 rpm, funciona bastante fluido nada que decir. El i3 11th puedes compararlo en la pagina versus por si estas inseguro, yo los compare e hice benchmark y es un procesador bastante rápido en mono núcleo, pero con una ram adicional esta laptop es una bestia.

Its fast - everything on it works perfectly - its very easy to set up. It does come with a lot of factory installed stuff that I had to uninstall. But I think just about all computers are like that. It has fantastic AI capabilities and its a very nice computer for the price.

I purchased this to replace my other Acer that I've been using for years (thought it would be crapping out on me so I wanted to be prepared). WARNING: This laptop does NOT have a camera, nor does it have the back light on the keyboard (the actual F8 key that was for backlight, is blank). Anyway my original did not crap out for another year and a half, so this one sat, only used occasionally for that time period. Now that my old Acer has died, I am using this one regularly. Well...I don't know if it has a virus, or just a piece of crap. I am constantly having to reboot!!! When I try to open an "app" it usually doesn't "respond". I wait, and wait, and wait. I want to throw this thing against the wall! I can't play my simple solitare or candy crush without being booted out of the games constantly. I can't get my work done, it takes me 5X as long to do the simplest of tasks. I considered taking it to be checked out for viruses or maybe there are some unknown "blocks" on things, but for the price, I don't think it will be worth it. I'm going to just get rid of it and buy a new one. I HATE THIS THING!!!!!

This device tries to force you to use Microsoft products. The "S Mode" will not allow you to download .exe files, and limits you to apps from the MS Store. If you prefer Chrome to MS Edge you're going to have a struggle to break free from the MS grip: you have to use Edge to visit the MS store to get the "exit S Mode" app. It has an ominous looking warning about there being no going back to S Mode once you leave. For me it was worth it to regain the freedom to download what I want on my own device. I also created a local (offline) account to avoid having MS looking over my shoulder with every login (with a MS account). But all of this tweaking was not an easy process by any means, and not recommended for non-power users. So, if you're not in love with MS you might want to look for a notebook that is not locked into S Mode. Also, the touchpad stopped working during setup and I had a hard time (spending hours) getting it back. It turned out that Acer moved the function key to control this and redesigned its image on the keyboard (from an easily recognizable finger pointing to a touchpad, to what looks like a crossed-out monitor). For those in the same predicament: it's the F10 key WITHOUT holding down the Fn key. Other than that, the device seems a bit sluggish, but then I'm used to i7 and i9 machines. The screen is okay, but takes a bit of time to focus.

works well

Good quality for the price. Easily more than 8h of battery life doing everyday use on it. I am not disappointed.

This is the worst screen I've ever used on a laptop. It looks too cheap. After coming from a Macbook Pro I tried this laptop for a little coding and I just can't do it for more than 2 hours. I have to use it with an external monitor

Though the product is American and service support (for a very minor issue) was not available during warranty, the product was sleek and good. Good ventilation. No overheating even after hours of video watching or on-line lectures.

Generalmente Acer no suele resaltar a la hora de nombrar las mejores marcas de Laptop del Mercado, pero con esta Laptop Aspire 5 hicieron un gran y excelente trabajo con este equipo que se ofrece a un precio muy accesible y se nota está diseñada para el futuro. Es perfecta para hacer trabajos ya sea de oficina, de diseño y para las clases en linea, si quieren una Laptop para jugar videojuegos esta no es ninguna opción para eso. Posee un buen tamaño y es bastante ligera, cuenta con teclado numérico pero lamentablemente se trata de un Teclado en Inglés, eso significa que la letra Ñ no está en el teclado y obliga a aprender un poco sobre donde está ubicado cada simbolo en el Teclado si lo usas en Español. Como mencioné la Laptop está pensada a futuro, esta se puede abrir para añadir mas memoria si consideras que los 4GB de RAM que posee no es suficiente y permite además insertar un segundo disco duro por si consideras que los 128 GB que posee por defecto no son suficientes, por cierto la unidad de almacenamiento principal es una unidad NVME lo que garantiza un arranque casi inmediato al encender el equipo. Por cierto dentro de la caja del equipo viene incluido unos tornillos para instalar la segunda unidad de almacenamiento, lamentablemente no vienen instrucciones para hacer la instalaciones y hay que buscarlas en Internet. Con tanto positiverío debería haber algo negativo, la pantalla fue lo que menos cuidaron a la hora de diseñar este equipo, la calidad y nitidez de la imagen no es tan buena y para los que trabajan en diseño se les dificultará un poco trabajar por el poco rango de color que posee la pantalla, no es mala pero si toma tiempo en adaptarse. Por otro lado el equipo dice tener Alexa integrado, pero no encuentro como usarlo y lo único que veo de la función de Alexa es que en la pantalla de bloqueo me avisa si algún paquete de Amazon va a llegar durante el dia. NOTA: Es una mentira que viene con Windows 10 instalado, cuando me llegó venía ya con Windows 11 instalado y nunca me dio la opción de regresar a W10, tuve que descargar la herramienta de instalación que Microsoft ofrece en su sitio web para no perder la licencia, tomen eso en cuenta si no les gusta Windows 11 y no quieren perder tampoco la licencia al instalar W10.