Acer never heard of them

[uther3867]

does anyone know about this brand are they good computers or do they stink completly?

[ryudo]

They make decent Laptops.
But there is defiantly better stuff out there.

[mikec]

They are the third largest computer company, by sales, in the world. Bought Gateway last year.

I agree with Ryudo on his assessment.

[thepwnbros]

I'm on an acer laptop now, I love it.

[computoman]

At one time they had a really good rep. I think they have concentrated on doing laptops. I have not seen an acer desktop per se in the us for a long time. I guess now that gateway is no longer owned by emachines, but acer instead their quality should be a better.

[mikec]

I think they have concentrated on doing laptops. I have not seen an acer desktop per se in the us for a long time.

Check Newegg, they have Acer desktops. So does Best Buy and Office Depot.

The one knock I have read about concerning Acer is that it seems that they customize some components and their drivers, making them somewhat proprietary and making it difficult for a user to just download a generic driver or update from the part maker.

[burkhartmj]

Check Newegg, they have Acer desktops. So does Best Buy and Office Depot.

The one knock I have read about concerning Acer is that it seems that they customize some components and their drivers, making them somewhat proprietary and making it difficult for a user to just download a generic driver or update from the part maker.

As far as laptops, from my experience everyone does that. I know my dell's video drivers are months behind the current version because you can't update with nVidia drivers, you have to use Dell's version.

[stumpy]

I had an Acer notebook a while back...

One thing to keep in mind - they aren't as well built as your average Dell or HP notebook. My Acer notebook seemed flimzy almost...

[uther3867]

thanks for all the responses i was looking at there desktops but from what it sounds like there a bugger to upgrade and update so now looking at HP or Compaq again thanks

[computoman]

Check Newegg, they have Acer desktops. So does Best Buy and Office Depot.

The one knock I have read about concerning Acer is that it seems that they customize some components and their drivers, making them somewhat proprietary and making it difficult for a user to just download a generic driver or update from the part maker.

I have not had to get a brand new machine for myself in 4 years. Computer equipment like cars go down in resale value dramatically as soon as they come off the show room floor, so I prefer to stay just behind the curve and piece together my own equipment from what I can collect. I definitely avoid proprietary equipment, now unless I get it dirt cheap or free. Intel is fixing to allegedly drop the price on some of it's cpus around 30 percent. I expect to see some good computer sales soon. The last computer I bought (a used machine for business) was from www.directron.com at their local store on the other side town from me, I get ten times better price, support, and attitude than the major retailers could ever give me on puter stuff.

[burkhartmj]

If you're getting a desktop I'd suggest building one yourself. usually cheaper [though not always, OEM's are slowly closing the gap] and way more options for how it'll look.

[xibalba]

I am on a acer laptop its fine. I haven't had to download drivers from acer, you can go to the companies who made the part's website and download latest.

[uther3867]

well that's the long term plan is to build one but the one i'm on now is from the stone age 7 years old

[xfuuey]

They are cheap for a reason..

[burkhartmj]

They are cheap for a reason..

You always get what you pay for, but to be fair, Acer does make some pretty decent [and higher priced] laptops. They are in the top 5 PC sellers for a reason ya know. I'm a Dell guy myself though.

[xfuuey]

In my experience with them, I've seen nothing but problems. I've never bought one before, but most of the time when I get asked to fix someones computer, it's an Acer. :cool:

[tokenuser]

You always get what you pay for, but to be fair, Acer does make some pretty decent [and higher priced] laptops. They are in the top 5 PC sellers for a reason ya know. I'm a Dell guy myself though.Acer were the number 3 PC seller in the US until last month (quarter?) when Apple knocked them off that perch.

I had an Acer laptop many years ago (95? 96?) for its time it was awesome, and travelled around in the back of a stationwagon with me on my assignment.

[dark_shroud]

I've never had problems with their monitors or the few laptops I've worked on. They might not be top of the line but they will get the job done for a fair price.