tigerdirect says: other than that i recommend a vid card and in my case i need a much larger hard disk...The music sounds great! Overall a great value for the money...Hard drive is next!) Incredible after additions were made, but not a bad basic computer for somebody to start on...see more

amazon says: THIS IS A VERY NICE MACHINE.IT IS LIGHT AND PORTABLE,AND GETS ALMOST 6 HOURS ON A BATERY CHARGE,WITH THE BRIGHTNESS SET TO LOW.THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR MACHINES TO THIS WITH MORE POWER,BUT THIS WORKS FOR ME AS A SECOND MACHINE...see more

forum.ncix says: Overall, I kinda knew that the radeon would be the weakest link of this computer but didn't expected it to be such a big issue...So far, this computer has been a disappointment...We do not recommend you make puchasing decisions based on Forum messages...see more

epinions says: Good speed, very expandable, great value Confusing drive assignments, badly placed power button Got this at Circuit City last fall for a tad under $500...As a result of the above experience I will never buy or recommend an Acer...It has no trouble running Doom 3 at a decent level of graphics, it multitasks very well thanks to its fast dual core processor, and is overall a responsive, good looking piece of hardware that is very useful...see more

tigerdirect says: Other then the heat and upgrade issue its a good pc which came with some good software, i.e...I now recommend this to everyone for a budget computer...My only worry at all is the compactness for later repairs should DVD go bad or similar problems...see more