http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215119 what i'm looking at. it's not for me but i've only had 1 experience with acer products and it was HORRIBLE. was in the 90s though. basically, i know that the specs for that are awesome for what this person wants. does acer have good touch pads, keyboards and nice screens?

price wise i was told "750 or less." so after seeing you cannot customize your processor on the dell not xps laptops, i went to newegg and punched in like i5 and what have you and got that.

 

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From newegg's photos:

Having USBs on both sides is a good deal.
The keyboard has a separate number pad which is a nice feature - it seems cramped though.
The Touchpad looks like it only has a single button. I'm more partial to a two button, but that's not a big deal.

For the price, it seems like a pretty capable laptop.

 

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I wouldn't say yes or no based on the Acer brand, but I tend to say, stick with your gut. If you've had a bad experience with a company, you will go into the next purchase looking for problems. If you look for problems, odds are, you will find them.

 

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yeah i'm not one of those people. i'm completely willing to get an acer notebook right now. i was just looking to see if anyone had a different recommendation or knew anything differently. i have 2 years of tsr experience telling me hp and compaq computers are a vortex of suck and fail but i've heard that the hp notebooks are pretty good now. so i'm not holding a 14 year grudge with acer or anything. companies change and they're obviously still in business because my experience was either a fluke or they changed for the better. either way, i'm happy to give them another go. my sister wants me to order a dell but i'm like they are way too expensive for the lack of options they give you.

 

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i've had an acer dual core netbook for about 2 years now. the build is solid and it has held up to TONS of abuse. Laptops can be so hit or miss...but my little netbook is a beast.

 

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i had a hp dv9000t that ate it... terrible cooling design.

ended up getting a similar laptop to the one linked above.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115866

works great... only thing i do not like is the LED monitors. it does produce some deeper blacks but the color uniformity is pretty iffy. not a great viewing angle vertically (horizontally it's fine though).

everything else is pretty damn sweet though especially for the price.

 

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Go Asus or Workstation class Dell or go home, IMO. Having worked on and owned and dealt with (and now WORKING support for Workstations), I have to say they are the most well built and best supported Notebooks around.