Bought a lower spec Acer last Xmas and my husband kept ‘borrowing’ it, so I decided to treat myself to one I can call my own! This review is for the Acer Aspire 5750 – 6gb Ram/750HDD, i5-2430M processor, there are lots of Aspire 5750 with slightly different spec. I actually bought it elsewhere for £499 so shop around. This is a smart laptop and the 6gb makes a considerable difference in speed compared to the 4gb one last year (bad luck hubby!) I like the Acer keyboard as it’s very easy to clean out if you get the odd crumb in it. Having a proper number pad is also useful as I do a lot of spreadsheets. I’ve never got on with laptop touchpads so I use a mini wireless mouse. Set-up took all of about 10mins including connecting to our wireless network. Comes with McAfee (take it off, it’s power hungry and slows everything down) and Norton (similar). I use AntiVir, free and doesn’t affect performance. The only negative is a design flaw which might not affect other users. It’s that the on/off button is at the very edge on the top left of the keyboard, exactly where I put my hand to move the laptop closer or further away from me. It’s also extremeley sensitive to touch. Hence I am getting just a little annoyed at persistently powering down accidentally when I’m in the middle of something.
No other software of any note installed so you’ll have to invest in Microsoft Office or something similar, I bought a 3-pc licensed Office 2010 for £95, cheaper than the single pc version!
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in the short period of time i have owned this acer 5750 my imediate thoughts are that this is a brilliant machine.like many who shop for a laptop i spent alot of time doing research,checking out local shops and reading loads of reveiws.the high points for me about the 5750 are: long battery life approx 4 hours (depends on usage)I can run many apps at once and the hard drive remains very quiet.it has three usb 2.0 and one usb 3.0 inputs and multi card reader so there is loads of room for multi tasking. the low points are minor first the touch pad is very sensitive (i bought a mini mouse to get round it) and lastly the machine casing seems to attract paw prints very easy.But if thats all i have to worry about im not complaining.hope you find my reveiw helpful.
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This is a review for the 6GB RAM, 750GB HDD version of the Acer 5750G with the Intel i5 2430M processor. Amazon don’t list this computer as the 5750G (they have it just as the 5750), but that is what it says on the box.
First of all I was surprised by the sturdiness of the laptop, having read several times that Acer can be a bit plasticky. This machine is solid and is also very elegent looking in a mesh black cover. The mesh is to prevent fingerprint marks.
The touchpad pad is very sensitive, almost too sensitive. I prefer to use a mouse. Start up is quick and so is shut down. Getting started for the first time takes about 10 minutes. Acer recommend that the owner create recovery disks in case of future problems. There is a total of about 18GB of information to record. This requires 5 DVD recordable disks. 4 for the factory settings and 1 for the applications and drivers. This all takes about 1 hour.
If you want to install further programs like MS Office or Outlook then the set up time will be longer. This computer does not have Outlook. Outlook is now sold seperately by Microsoft for about £90 for a disk. A lot of MS office programs no longer have Outlook on them.
McAfee Antivirus protection is given free for 2 months.
Initially when I was looking for a new laptop I was considering the Acer 5742Z. But a computer consultant friend of mine pointed out that machine comes with a relatively old core processor. The new core processors are the i3/i5/i7 series which come with various make of laptop. So I chose this laptop instead.
The laptop is quick and quiet.
The sound is Dolby ‘surround sound’ and it even has its own graphic equaliser. The volume does not go very loud though. But is excellent quality. There are USB ports on both sides of the computer which is useful. I do believe that one of the ports is the new style of USB port which is much quicker. The CD/DVD compartment is slim but robust. The screen is crystal clear. The key pad is aesthetic and practical.
The price of this laptop seems to vary. I bought mine for £499 from Amazon, which was cheaper than the lower spec 5742Z.
Last item of note is the wireless connection for the internet. It seems quick to connect and recieves a strong signal.
An all round winner of a laptop. Warrantee is for 1 year. I’ve only just bought mine so I don’t know how reliable it is.
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Excellent!,
Bought a lower spec Acer last Xmas and my husband kept ‘borrowing’ it, so I decided to treat myself to one I can call my own! This review is for the Acer Aspire 5750 – 6gb Ram/750HDD, i5-2430M processor, there are lots of Aspire 5750 with slightly different spec. I actually bought it elsewhere for £499 so shop around. This is a smart laptop and the 6gb makes a considerable difference in speed compared to the 4gb one last year (bad luck hubby!) I like the Acer keyboard as it’s very easy to clean out if you get the odd crumb in it. Having a proper number pad is also useful as I do a lot of spreadsheets. I’ve never got on with laptop touchpads so I use a mini wireless mouse. Set-up took all of about 10mins including connecting to our wireless network. Comes with McAfee (take it off, it’s power hungry and slows everything down) and Norton (similar). I use AntiVir, free and doesn’t affect performance. The only negative is a design flaw which might not affect other users. It’s that the on/off button is at the very edge on the top left of the keyboard, exactly where I put my hand to move the laptop closer or further away from me. It’s also extremeley sensitive to touch. Hence I am getting just a little annoyed at persistently powering down accidentally when I’m in the middle of something.
No other software of any note installed so you’ll have to invest in Microsoft Office or something similar, I bought a 3-pc licensed Office 2010 for £95, cheaper than the single pc version!
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|brilliant acer !!,
in the short period of time i have owned this acer 5750 my imediate thoughts are that this is a brilliant machine.like many who shop for a laptop i spent alot of time doing research,checking out local shops and reading loads of reveiws.the high points for me about the 5750 are: long battery life approx 4 hours (depends on usage)I can run many apps at once and the hard drive remains very quiet.it has three usb 2.0 and one usb 3.0 inputs and multi card reader so there is loads of room for multi tasking. the low points are minor first the touch pad is very sensitive (i bought a mini mouse to get round it) and lastly the machine casing seems to attract paw prints very easy.But if thats all i have to worry about im not complaining.hope you find my reveiw helpful.
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|Excellent Laptop,
This is a review for the 6GB RAM, 750GB HDD version of the Acer 5750G with the Intel i5 2430M processor. Amazon don’t list this computer as the 5750G (they have it just as the 5750), but that is what it says on the box.
First of all I was surprised by the sturdiness of the laptop, having read several times that Acer can be a bit plasticky. This machine is solid and is also very elegent looking in a mesh black cover. The mesh is to prevent fingerprint marks.
The touchpad pad is very sensitive, almost too sensitive. I prefer to use a mouse. Start up is quick and so is shut down. Getting started for the first time takes about 10 minutes. Acer recommend that the owner create recovery disks in case of future problems. There is a total of about 18GB of information to record. This requires 5 DVD recordable disks. 4 for the factory settings and 1 for the applications and drivers. This all takes about 1 hour.
If you want to install further programs like MS Office or Outlook then the set up time will be longer. This computer does not have Outlook. Outlook is now sold seperately by Microsoft for about £90 for a disk. A lot of MS office programs no longer have Outlook on them.
McAfee Antivirus protection is given free for 2 months.
Initially when I was looking for a new laptop I was considering the Acer 5742Z. But a computer consultant friend of mine pointed out that machine comes with a relatively old core processor. The new core processors are the i3/i5/i7 series which come with various make of laptop. So I chose this laptop instead.
The laptop is quick and quiet.
The sound is Dolby ‘surround sound’ and it even has its own graphic equaliser. The volume does not go very loud though. But is excellent quality. There are USB ports on both sides of the computer which is useful. I do believe that one of the ports is the new style of USB port which is much quicker. The CD/DVD compartment is slim but robust. The screen is crystal clear. The key pad is aesthetic and practical.
The price of this laptop seems to vary. I bought mine for £499 from Amazon, which was cheaper than the lower spec 5742Z.
Last item of note is the wireless connection for the internet. It seems quick to connect and recieves a strong signal.
An all round winner of a laptop. Warrantee is for 1 year. I’ve only just bought mine so I don’t know how reliable it is.
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