5051awmxi (Acer Aspire 5051AWXMi)

Member Name: polkadotsquare

Product:	Acer Aspire 5051AWXMi
Date:	26/05/08 (66 review reads)
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Advantages: light, cheap

Disadvantages: odd faults

I've had my Acer for just over 16 months now and for over a year it's had a fault with the touchpad. I came back to it one day and every now and then it right clicks by itself and the actual left click button sometimes doesn't work. I've had to use a USB mouse since because the constantly appearing righ click menu is seriously annoying. I'm assuming it is just a fault with the touchpad itself, however I never wanted to bother Acer with it.

It also came with an upgrade thing for Vista, and all I had to pay was less than £15 for the P&P. Well worth it, when Vista actually works.

The laptop isn't the best in the world, but it was cheap and it does what I want it to do most of the time, though the fan overheats terribly and has to be kept on raised, hard surfaces.

It does it's job, but I still want to replace it.

Summary: useful but dodgy

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