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.

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]

Originally Posted by computoman

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]

Originally Posted by mikec

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

Originally Posted by mikec

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.