 What a Beauty! |
| Review Date: October 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: gal416, Grass Valley, Calif |
After making a lot of comparisons between the various laptops being offered since Windows 7 was released I found the Acer 4111 to be an outstanding buy at $479.99 through Amazon. It has so many nice features, 4 gigs of memory, 4 USB slots, a built in modem, 2.1 gig CPU and I could go on and on. It is a long list of features. I have only had it for 4 days and am impressed with it in so many ways. So far I am pleased with Windows 7. It seems pretty solid and it does have some nice touches to it. A word of caution on this model is that it does not come with backup DVD's. You will need at least 4 blank DVD disks and the built in backup program works very smoothly.
One irritant I ran into was a very annoying Macaffe (trial version) pop-up window every few minutes. I solved that by deleting the program. As the Acer comes with a 320 gig hard drive you will find that you have only about 260 gigs free. There is a lot of junk on the hard drive that could come off to free up more space.
I recommend this Acer and gave it 5 stars. I also am very well pleased with Amazon. |
best computer I've had
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| Review Date: November 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Rick Meyer, Las Vegas, NV United States |
I must have owned at least 50 computers (about 8 laptops) by now and this is an example of how they just keep getting better.
They display is improved and really gives color and sharpness to your drab old photos. The large square keyboard keys are a joy to type on. Mousepad takes some getting used to since you have to use the left side since the right is reserved for (new W 7) pinching etc. But there is a key to disable the pad (and then use a USB mouse)
The unit stays remarkably cool and the battery lasts 3.5-4.5 hrs (I think)
Seems to pick up more wireless signals and stronger
Incidently the notebook has 4 usb inputs! - 2 on each side!
Volume + and - keys are nice when watching DVD's
It doesn't have built in bluetooth but evidently another model must because it has a (disbled) bluetooth on off key
It comes in a small box with just the battery and charger and very little literature (most is loaded on the hard disk and available online. good - less clutter
I made the single repair disk but haven't done the big 5 disk image. I also deleted MacAfee
Windows 7 seems amazingly solid and simple. By far microsoft's best effort. It eliminates a lot of clicks. Features a dedicated show desktop hover click in lower right. Simplifications abound. After a while you seem to forget how easy everything is to do without losing the way you have done thing for a long time. You can think more about what you are doing and not on how to get the computer there
So far only one problem with Win 7 (perhaps my recent update fixed it) is that the desktop has twice lost icons I have placed there |
Wonderful buy all in all...
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| Review Date: December 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Lizzy, |
I've been itching to review this laptop ever since I bought it.
I was one of the people who bought it on Amazon even before the release date. I was in need of a new laptop and was looking practically all over the internet for good deals on laptops. I almost picked a not so good laptop before I checked my email and found Amazon's message about new laptops available with windows 7.
I checked at all the computers by ACER (yes, I specifically wanted an acer because I haven't ever had problems with the Acer computers I've used). I found this computer, read all the specs, and oh you know it.. I jumped on it! Was so eager to receive it that I paid for 2 day shipping.
AT 479.99, this was a great deal, so i didn't at all mind paying the extra bucks for fast delivery. Amazon, true to their reputation, delivered this faster than I expected.
I opened my laptop's box, and it was love at first sight. Turned it on, got on the internet, and started typing, and... that was when the problem started.
The keyboard seemed nothing short of annoying! I am a pretty fast 'typer', and having to repeat practically everything i typed really got on my nerves.
I immediately knew I had to call Acer, after all, this came with a one year warranty (thanks to God). The Acer customer service tried all they could to help me 'fix' this keyboard issue (like most reviewers on here have already mentioned), but all to no avail. I was eventually told to send in the laptop for repair.
I had to spend additional bucks to send in my laptop to the Acer office in Texas. I wasn't getting mad though, cos apart from the typing issue, I had already fallen in love with everything about the laptop... and windows 7 was just so lovely (Well done Windows. Don't worry about what that Modern-day, hip dressing dude says about you..lol)
Anyhoo, I now have my laptop back, and the keyboard is working PERFECTLY! I think if I found this laptop at the current price Amazon is selling it, I'd close my eyes and still buy it. It's worth every penny (Then again, If you think about it... original price + 2 day shipping + gas price to staples to ship it back to acer + shipping fee kinda all equals this current price). And worry not if your keyboard is misbehaving, Just send it in back to ACER.
I know I've said enough already, but I just wanna add, the huge screen is a big plus when watching movies, videos, etc.
The numerical pad is a bonus. I thought it would hinder my typing, and take up unnecessary space, but it is not.
The Webcam is Awesome.. so clear and works good with skype! The microphone is loud too, and speakers work great..
The mouse pad was slightly getting on my nerves, but all that resolved when i disabled the extra gestures, by clicking on Mouse from control panel. I also removed the plastic cover on the mouse pad (the one with the multi-gesture touch pad picture on it), and all these changes helped.
Ok. That's about it.. :-) |
Awesome Laptop, Amazing Price!
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| Review Date: December 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: tecnica, Portland, OR |
This laptop is awesome. The widescreen is awesome and the HDMI output is great. If you have Netflix, you can instantly watch movies online and use the HDMI to watch the movies on your HDTV. I only wish this graphics card could output to 1080p!
Windows 7 seems pretty fast. Like other laptops, just make sure you get rid of all the bloatware programs such as Norton, etc. I am now using Vipre antivirus and is pretty fast because it requires little use of RAM to run.
I agree with the other reviews, the keyboard is a little whack, especially if you have larger hands, but you can get used to it. The biggest issue with me is the arrow keys. I think they are too extremely small. But for the price and all the other features this thing brings, it's worth it. The numerical keys are also great and convenient (had a laptop before that didn't have it).
I don't use the mouse pad too much because I use a logitech notebook mouse that has a tiny USB dongle that you can barely notice. You can also turn off the mouse pad, which is nice so it doesn't get in the way when you are typing.
Haven't used the webcam yet but is nice to have it there. Think it's pretty common these days anyway in most other laptops. I didn't get this from Amazon but got it from Newegg for $360 after Bing Cash Back. Plus with it having 4GB of RAM, it's nice to know that it comes with great hard drive space and you can rely on some speed.
It connected to my wireless network with ease and is fast. I don't have a Wireless N setup, but is nice to know that it will catch it if I do come across a "N" network.
If you aren't too picky, you will love this laptop and has great features. It might not be a gaming laptop, but know it can play movies well. It runs pretty quiet as well. |
An excellent value!
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| Review Date: January 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Justin Goltermann, Somerville, MA |
I got this laptop primarily to act as my game machine while away from my desktop PC during Christmas break. It's the first PC I've encountered that runs Windows 7, and is slick. After an initial four or five hours making backup discs with the DVD burner (necessary, as it does not come w/ a Win7 CD) I was able to settle in and begin installing software.
Speaking of which, there's a fair amount of junk software pre-installed, including a great number of Acer-relevant programs, the majority of which you might not find useful. (A few possible exceptions: the Acer backup utilities, and perhaps the Acer multimedia software.) The laptop comes preinstalled with Microsoft Works and a 60-day trial of Microsoft Office. AFAICT, it's safe enough to uninstall quite a lot of it. Being a computer expert myself, and knowing my particular needs, I installed a bunch of software myself: Firefox 3.5, Google Chrome, OpenOffice 3.1, Skype and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
(Aside: after resizing the main NTFS partition, I also managed to get Kubuntu 9.10 installed so I could get some web development work done; overall Kubuntu runs very capably on the system w/ the only minor glitch being the oversensitivity of the trackpad; when the trackpad lock is engaged, the trackpad ceases to function until next reboot. Since I use a wireless trackball, however, this is not a significant issue.)
Finding and connecting to WIFI points is a breeze in Windows 7, and surfing is as you would expect. The keyboard is full-size, responsive and comfortable, and the placement of the trackpad doesn't significantly interfere with typing; if you find your mouse cursor jiggling about when typing, however, you can engage the trackpad lock, which under Win7 temporarily disengages the trackpad.
The webcam in this model is excellent. Skype found and connected to it flawlessly. I called a friend of mine and chatted with him; sound from the speakers was clear and crisp, and my friend claimed the video feed from the built-in webcam is way better than the external webcam plugged into my beefier desktop PC -- higher-resolution, jitter- and lag-free. One note, however: we discovered that the ambient microphone is sub-optimal, as its placement just above the middle of the keyboard tends to pick up each keystroke and transmit it as a "pong" sound over VOIP connections. The lesson: when on Skype, use an external headset.
Once I got the laptop back to my folks' place for Christmas, my buddy and I began playing DDO, and here's where I began to see the first serious issues: once a certain amount of time had passed, the system would start to hard-reboot, usually with a very quick BSOD. We figured out that the 3D graphics card was the issue, as it was generating too much heat for the fans to vent. The solution was to place the entire laptop on top of an inverted cookie sheet. (A laptop fan plate would probably serve better.) The video card is otherwise perfectly fine, suitable for running DDO in DirectX 10. Although the video card uses up to 1795MB of the 4GB system memory I experienced no major issues with jitter or lag, and for all non-3D-gaming activities the system seems to be just fine. Note that for 3D games you may have to turn down details or completely turn some video features off; the optimal settings detector in DDO preset a lot of details that 1) I didn't need and 2) slowed down gameplay a little bit. Once these features were turned off I was able to get down to business and play was smooth and responsive.
Windows 7 is excellent. It looks great, works quickly and generally stays out of my way. Apart from video-card overheating (no fault of the software) the system is completely rock-stable. The control panel has exploded since the last version of Windows I use (XP), but other than occasionally needing to stumble through it to change one option I've got no complaints.
I won't recite every detail of the hardware -- the product description here covers everything. I will note the build quality is significant, and there's a lot of nice touches. Slight complaint: the screen and top case are vulnerable to fingerprints, but a quick wipe with a cloth does the trick. If you're looking for a road-worthy system that can play 3D games (with a cooling base of some sort) and a general workhorse this is the system for you. |
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