Acer Aspire 5 15: What Real Users Actually Think

WTF would anyone nowadays use HDD in a laptop ?

I think Acer is decently solid in the budget class. They sometimes charge a little less than Asus and Lenovo do. So, they make some minor compromises. It seems mostly the speakers are not as good Asus and Lenovo, but it is a decent product.

I looked at one of these a while back and the only reason I didn't get it is because I wanted something that could play games slightly better. For everything else it would probably be perfect.

Ok so some laptop manufacturers including acer don't do such bullsht and actually let you open up and upgrade your laptop without voiding the warranty, no warranty stickers no nothing. They even include the HDD/SSD upgrade hardware (connector & screws etc) in the box AND official guides on how to upgrade your SSD or HDD. As long as you don't damage the laptop while upgrading it your warranty is not voided. More companies should do this honestly.

The specs look pretty good however I would upgrade the ram immediately. Otherwise it looks like it would do very well with gaming and coding

Be careful, the laptop has very weak hinges and I broke mine in less than a year.

Both the aspire 5 and 3 are great options.

the cpu is way overpowered for an rtx 2050 it could be a great productivity laptop though.

I have it. The battery life is disappointing. If I have multiple windows open and am watching a video it'll last me an hour if I'm lucky.

I actually just sold it a few days ago, the screen while 1080p has pretty bad viewing angles, most of the angles you look at it from look like you are looking at it through fog. Wouldn't recommend it unless you find it for super cheap, performance is pretty good for an i3 otherwise.

If you are on a budget, I see no reason why you should not consider this. I have owned Acer Aspires before and they have nothing but great. In the budget line, I think this stands out.

I purchased it, came home and within 20 minutes was so annoyed by the coil whine of the fan that I returned it. End up buying a used thinkpad, it's working wonderfull!

Currently in New Zealand — the laptop looks like a great choice at 920 NZD.

I got another brand.

the 7 8840HS in this is excellent, great CPU and performance will be on point for pretty much everything you throw at this.. except heavy gaming

battery life if for browsing watching movie can last ard 6 hrs. for gaming 2-3 hrs only. build quality: when the processor gets hot the keyboard gets hot as well. lot ppl say need be careful when opening the laptop coz the hinges. overall like this laptop hopefully can last long. if u want to get, my suggestion upgrade to 24G Ram regret not doing that coz the CPU can take lots punishment but limited by 16G RAm

Bought a 15.6" Acer Aspire 5 earlier this year to replace my aged Acer 14 chromebook. It's great for basic use. Two downsides for me. One, I've learned that I don't like the number pad on the side. I much prefer a centered keyboard and touch pad. Two, the screen isn't as bright as I'd like it to be.

I don't get why companies put that cpu with a rtx 2050, it makes no sense. It's just that is a powerful cpu with a rather low end gpu (it should go at least with a rtx3060). I had something like that too, an msi with i5 11400h+gtx1650 and it wasn't a good combination. I guess they do that because they have overstock on those gpu chips.

I've got the same one. Had it for 7 years, its been bugging for 3. The battery is now dead and it'll only turn on when plugged in, ive been out of storage for years and its all system software I can't change, as well the network capabilities are basically non existent now

Yeh, i won't buy a laptop like this again. Compared to other laptops screen looks foggy and grainy. Not sure if it's the coating, gonna upgrade to a ROG Strix soon tho, but this laptop had a good run.

I also have an Aspire 5 but with a Ryzen 5, they're great laptops for the money.

I have an Acer Aspire myself and I like the clean appearance of the laptop and keyboard. It's just a basic Ryzen 3 though.

I think that would be good they are a little nicer than the Acer Aspire 3 that is a bit bare bones.

Should be excellent. I bought in the US last year an Ideapad 5 with a Ryzen 7 5700u. It works great: really nice speed. I do basic stuff: MS Office, Adobe Pdf editors, Prime Video, search engine work, Cisco Webex. Everything is great. The Ryzen 7 7730u is almost identical. Battery life is good too.

The MX450 is good enough, but it is pretty weak and old.

Good enough laptop, I'd say.

I bought in 2019 and still own an Acer aspire 5 A515-55g. Overall it is a good budget laptop suited for home office use and even gaming. Get this laptop if you're on a budget but make sure to get the version with a dedicated graphics processor.

Yes I bought this one. It's been great so far

Yeah it will be good but in case you are a heavy multitasker like opening some memory intensive IDE and chrome... and your RAM is less like around 8gb.. then you might need to upgrade RAM

It should be great for just casual web browsing and watching videos. It could even play some light games. If you intend to do modern gaming on it your gonna need a better laptop.

I know this is an old post, but real curious how it's been. I happend to have mine for almost a week now, everything has been running well, especially high performance tasks.

Buy ryzen version with 16gb ram. It has a better battery than the intel version and windows 11 uses 4gb-6gb minimum so 8gb is not good

Yea I got one a few days before black friday for a bit less than 500$ at the source. Apparently right now it's out of stock at the source but best buy has it.

Add in another 8 GB stick of ram and you should be good to go.

Yeah everyone said that and also my laptop can support upto 32gb ram, is it enough?

No overheating is actually very good on the i3 model. Don't know about the i5 model, can't guarantee your results will be the same.

I like the laptop performance and feature wise but the screen is very bad. Despite the 1080p resolution it looks like there is fog between you and the screen most of the time and from most angles. The laptop does not support charging from the USB-C port so if you lose the proprietary charger forget about charging it as that port can only charge other devices and transfer data. Otherwise the performance, upgradability and build quality is good.

I would have avoided the HDD for the occasional microstutter and possible data corruption (on being eventually moved while writing), but it's good that you can now work on the go.

I did and looked really good, i just want to hear from people who own it about battery life, build and screen quality along with performance on this model specifically

Hmm I wonder how long the hinge will last.

Good for you, man