December 09, 2009

December 05, 2009

Thanks but no thanks.....

ACER ASPIRE 5534

Bought this 5534 during cyber week sales at Best Buy - $ 400 for 4 GB RAM and 320 GB Memory.
I thought this is one cool budget notebook for chatting and basic everyday usage.
Guess what happened...I sensed trouble right off the box. The computer would not boot up,and it took at least two tries for start up.And once i clicked IE, the screen started flickering and would not stop. The integrated webcam did not work either. I called the ACER support ,only to be answered by Pratap Reddy and i was told to use erecovery to configure to default factory settings. Its a new laptop and it needs to be reconfigured ?! Can't believe their advice !
I didn't want to sit and spend hours on reconfiguring the "new laptop"..
I just took it back to Best Buy and returned it.No questions asked. I've purchased another brand now, and hope it works !

Bought ACER 5534 on 12/2/2009
Opened the box 12/3/2009
Problems problems- 12/4/2009
Returned 12/5/2009.

FINAL WORD : STAY AWAY FROM ACER 5534