Acer Travelmate 7520G-401G16

I bought this laptop a few weeks ago to replace an old dell laptop i had for 3 years. up to now i am very impressed by the laptop, much faster with a lot of RAM and hard drive space. the processor is good and the general appearance of the laptop is smart. i would reccomend this to computer users who mainly use the internet and music downloads etc, although it would probably be okay running a few low end games. it isnt the smallest laptop you will ever see, but i have seen a lot bigger and heavier than this so it is good compared with a dell vostro and alike. keyboard is comfortable and easy to use unlike a lot i have seen before with tiny enter keys which can get quite ...  Read the complete review

I recently purchased this from the acer website with the extended warrenty. It came on time and the service was perfect. The computer is easily compatible with windows vista and runs smoothly, however on idle, vista uses around 46% of the RAM. This makes no difference when using microsoft word, etc, however when playing games it really has an effect. Also it seems to suffer from the 'atikmag' problem which affects the video card. The atikmag file failes on occasion causing the whole computer to shut down, there is no know fix as yet. Finally the battery is a bit on the weak side, however 'add on batteries' (consult acer website) are avalible, but are on the ...  Read the complete review