Good desktop replacement but could be better (Acer Aspire 9303WSMi)

Member Name: kdblake

Product:	Acer Aspire 9303WSMi
Date:	03/09/09 (35 review reads)
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Advantages: powerful, cheap, big screen

Disadvantages: heavy, poor battery life

The acer aspire 9303 laptop was (note the past tense) great. It was one of the best laptops that you could buy for the money. It had a webcam, although pretty poor quality, and was easy to use. I got it in august 2007 and this year it just decided it had enough and stopped working. I did expect it to last a bit longer as it is an Acer and has some quality hardware but it lasted just under 2 years. The battery life was ok when not in use but as soon as it was in use the battery just went down after about 1 hour which is no good for people who take their laptop with them. I think Acer made a great laptop but it should be left plugged in as the laptop is too power hungry to run from a battery. I would recommend this to people as a desktop replacement but not for using without mains power. Its also quite heavy and gets hot.

Summary: good desktop replacement but i would count on it running from its own battery for long

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