i have a Dell running Windows 7, but it is a few years old, and I wanted to try the new i5 chip. Last week I purchased a Lenovo, but it was too heavy, cost over $1k, and the optical drive didn't work. I don't really care about an optical drive, but it wasn't what I wanted, so I took the opportunity to return it without a fee. Then I looked on Amazon.
This computer was highly ranked, and although I have only had it a few hours, I concur. The only surprise I had was it DOES have an optical drive. No biggie, although I didn't want one. I watch movies online or load them into my itunes. We also have a portable drive, bought for my netbook.
Love the look of the computer (I always peel off the intel, windows and acer stickers). Love the responsive trackpad. Can't really talk about speed right now (making factory restore discs), but since my current laptop is a couple years old, I expect to be impressed. I was impressed with the price, too.
I was a little hesitant about the Acer brand, but I had an Acer netbook several years ago and it worked great (until I gave it to my daughter when I bought a tablet). I asked a computer repair person about reliability, and he said they were all about the same. Apple was even catching up. The reason is people who work for HP go to Apple, people from Apple go to Lenovo, etc. It really is a small world, even in computer manufacturing.
The computer is really thin (looks GREAT) and is tons lighter than my 15" Dell. The bloatwear was easy to remove, and once I got that recycle bin onto the task bar, I had a clean desktop.
