 Acer Aspirer One Review |
| Review Date: July 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Lynne Baker, Eufaula, AL, US |
| This is the worst laptop I have ever owned or used.....problems with every aspect of the machine and had a difficult time with customer support through Acer! Thanks goodness Amazon gave me a refund! NEVER BUY THIS LAPTOP!!!!! |
New Acer not working out of the box
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| Review Date: July 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Donald L. Desper, Aniak, AK |
| We bought this computer and it was delivered promptly by Amazon. Out of the box, the wireless network card did not work. We contacted Acer and they sent us suggestions to fix the thing for 3 days including reformatting the hard disk, reinstalling all software, uninstalling the wirless driver and reinstalling it just to mention a few. Finally, they suggested we send it to a repair center in Texas where it is now and we haven't heard anything from them for over a week now. I don't think that a consumer should be responsible for making a computer work when it is bought new with a warranty. Acer even told us that we had to pay the one way shipping to get it to the repair center. I suggest buying something other than Acer products due to the problems we have had with consumer support and the fact that the computer did not work properly out of the box. |
Died after 1 yr 3 months
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| Review Date: July 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: N. Nln, VA, USA |
| well, it started with clicking sounds, then after few months, it died on me! I guess it could be what 1 out of 5 products that it would die on u?! the rating is based on the durability of the product which is not long. |
Acer products no good?
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| Review Date: July 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Heather, |
Okay I bought the Acer Aspire Netbook AOD150 and it was pretty good for as long as it worked. One day I opened it up and although the green charge light was on, it would not turn on. Thought the battery was dead, bought a new one (80.00 ouch) and that did not help it. I look on internet and there are plenty of things about this problem. Read about bios flash for a fix, but the instuctions do not match the file that Acer allowed me to download from their bios section. So, *sigh* after less than year it seems to be junk.
Should have known, we bought a nice Acer desktop which only lasted 2 years before it died. What ever happened to the old days when a computer worked until it was so out of date you had to buy a new one?
I lways thought Acer was a good compay but I won't buy another. This bios thing, if its really what is wrong, is way too hard of a fix for a new computer.
Don't buy Acer.
My husband's Dell has been perfect.... |
Worked fine for one year, customer service worthless
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| Review Date: July 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Colin McLarty, Chardon, OH USA |
| Mine worked fine for one year, and today no apparent reason refuses to boot (Windows logo comes up as usual, then the screen goes blank, and stays that way). Customer service suggested a "power reset" which had no effect. Now they say for $99 plus shipping plus parts plus further charges to be determined they may or may not be able to fix it, taking some undetermined amount of time. Not a bet I am willing to take. |
Arrived Damaged!
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| Review Date: July 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: B. Jensen, |
| I never even had a chance to go online with it. It arrived and when I turned it on, it had a really bad virus. I went to a computer repair shop after I had no luck even getting to the start screen and they told me that there was nothing they could do other than put a new hard drive in it which would cost about the same as just buying a new one. I was so annoyed and let down. I tried dozens of times to get a hole of the seller and had absolutely no luck. I sold it for parts and its the worst buy I ever made I am so disappointed. DON'T BUY THIS! |
the truth
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| Review Date: June 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: John Samuel, Antigua |
| this product is not good I bought one and in less than four month it stopped working> I wound not recommend this product to any one.I bought a HP laptop and its working brillant. I recommend HP that the way to go. |
Excellent but short-lived....
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| Review Date: April 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: A. Hoeft, Washington, DC USA |
I have loved my Acer and wish I could give it five stars. Its processing power has been plenty for all my uses, and my full-sized hunk of a laptop hasn't left the closet since I got this guy. Keyboard is big enough for normal typing, it's nice and lightweight, and looks great.
I would have loved to give this guy five stars, except that it has some cheap hardware that has caused consistent problems for many users, including myself. And it doesn't take very long for the problems to crop up.
For my computer specifically, I have one major and one minor complaint:
MAJOR PROBLEM: cheap connection between computer and screen is already starting to fail. Only four months into its life, the screen went completely green after flickering a few times earlier in the day. The computer itself was running great; it hadn't crashed and I was able to log off using the keyboard shortcuts (I could hear the logoff sound).
The screen started working again, and for the past two months, I've gotten occasional flickering and my webcam "connects" and "disconnects" constantly throughout the day, another indicator that the connection from the monitor is failing.
I've owned it for seven months now, and I'm concerned it won't even last a year before the screen's connection fails for good. And considering the cheap price, I doubt the cost to fix it is going to be worthwhile! I'm really worried.
Minor problem: the latch at the bottom of the netbook that keeps the battery locked into place is extremely loose and unlocks often, making the battery slide out...bad if you're off wired power. |
Junk
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| Review Date: April 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Deimos, Alberta |
| These netbooks are super slow at doing pretty much everything, are built with cheap unreliable hardware that does not last. Complete waste of money. |
WARNING - avoid these notorious problem machines
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| Review Date: March 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Parker, |
Read all the 1 and 2 star reviews before you buy this product. There are a lot of unsatisfied Acer Aspire One customers and that should be a red flag to you. I wish I had listened to them and avoided wasting my money on this piece of junk.
Bottom line - many Aspire Ones are lemons and develop expensive, time consuming and/or terminal problems after only a few months of normal use. Technical support is not good and will be very costly even if you are in the warranty period. I will never buy an Acer product again.
From personal experience I recommend the MSI wind instead. Check out the reviews, there are very few negative ones. Battery life is short on 3 cell though.
OK, my story if you want it...
I bought the Acer aspire one 8 GB SSD 8.9" screen net book in April of 2009. Initially the speed and preformance were great and I was extreemly happy with it. With normal, daily use and only adding Skype and Google Chrome to it the speed was very slow by September of 2009. I don't go on sketchy websites and have an anti virus program. I did not save any files to the hard drive, every thing was on SD cards. Basically I did not do anything that should have slowed it down like that. By December of 2009 it was so slow that barely functioned and started to freeze up after 10 minutes of use. I put it on the shelf as I had purchased an MSI wind that summer and it ran like a dream. Due to this alone I must
As of March 2010 I just called Acer to see what could be done. They said that using Skype may have caused these problems! That is pretty bad! They also tried to have me reload windows but everything they said to do would not work. So I had to buy a recovery CD for $22 and get an external CD drive and try to reboot that way. If it does not work I have to send it off to be fixed. Update to come... fingers and toes crosses.
My MSI wind was treated exactly the same way and has not slowed down at all or caused any problems. I love it and prefer it to this Acer. |
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