Acer Aspire 5 A515-56 15.6 inch Laptop - (Intel Core i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Full HD Display, Windows 11, Blue) - Amazon Exclusive

UPDATE: I was eventually able to install several flavours of Linux on this laptop just not Linux Mint as I originally intended. Instead I have the even better Zorin16 on it and it works beautifully. Better than Windows by a mile and free. This just reinforces the 5 stars I originally gave it.End of update.I'm an IT pro with several high spec laptops all using Windows 7 and 10. I brought this because I hate Windows 10 and wanted to use this as my first adventure into the better, faster and free LINUX operating system. Unfortunately after many attempts and a lot of research the Acer would not allow LINUX to be installed!Instead I installed LINUX on an older but higher spec HP at the *first attempt!*As for using this machine with Windows 10 - its good, well made, good screen and fast for an Intel i5. Only thing I really really don't like is the power button replacing the delete key on the keyboard instead of being a seperate button. As a coder I use the delete key often alas this is how many manufacturers are doing it not just Acer.I haven't tested the battery life as I'm usually plugged in.By pre Covid prices it is a bit expersive but based on today it is good value for money.As for ease of use - don't like the power button but otherwise its fine.All-in-all though, a good laptop.

This was an upgrade from a HP Pavilion laptop, and instantly I knew I’d made the right choice .... I spent months lost in the world of laptops, not knowing which to opt for. It's absolutely perfect for my daily use, its fast, efficient, the battery is ok, but could possibly be better, I don't think I could go all day from fully charged, ... and touch wood it hasn't crashed yet ! There is nothing more annoying than a laptop crashing all the time. For just shy of £700 this is a really nice high specification laptop.UPDATE - 07/02/2022Weirdly the following day after posting this review, i closed the laptop lid as i have been doing from new, but this time it didn't go into "Sleep Mode" .... i came back to it a couple of hours late and nearly burnt my hands it was that hot, It hadn't helped that i'd slipped it into a laptop sleeve, any longer and only god knows what might have happened ! .... a couple of days later while watching a downloaded film, it "Blue Screen Crashed" .... OMG ! What the hell is going on here ?

This is my 5th Acer, but the first bought from new. The options are quite confusing now, but this model met all my requirements including price. I checked and charged it when it arrived, then began the set up process a week later (it was a birthday present). After using it for about a week, the screen flashed off in the middle of a document.Everything was dead, just a single bar of light at the top of the screen flashing different colours. I could not even turn it off. After a fairly long session with Amazon help (Thanks Ronnie) the decision was to return it to Acer, which I arranged immediately.The next morning the battery had run down and the laptop was off.I plugged it in, switched it on, and everything has been fine since!Just a glitch, annoying, but not fatal. I could have just returned it to Acer anyway, but the process was cancelled by agreement, and that suits me because I would have had to go through the set up processes again.If it goes wrong again, Acer already know about it.An interesting lesson, Computers are complex and are quite capable of having a hiccup. Shut down and restart often works - even in these circumstances!

If a deal appears too good to be true, then it probably is. In the case of this Acer laptop, it turned out to actually be used and defective, with a problem with the battery that leads to it crashing multiple times in one sitting. Unfortunately I only became aware of this defect when I was travelling to see my family in New Zealand. When I flagged the issue with an adviser, they were not surprised, as it turned out that my £532.88 Acer laptop was actually used.I was told they would extend the returns window for me, but that I had to return it as soon as I arrived back in the UK. As I needed the laptop to complete some urgent freelance work (which I had purchased the laptop to work on) I missed the deadline and have now been told that it will no longer be possible to return it. Presumably because it was used in the first place, there is a loophole with standard UK warranty laws as there has never been an option to repair the defective product, which I now appear to be stuck with.

This is much faster and more powerful than my previous Acer 5. The i5 processor multi tasks well. The webcam is much better than I expected, after seeing some other laptops. Keyboard and touchpad are very responsive and easy to configure. The Acer Aspire 5 fan runs very quietly and only occasionally needs to operate in medium power mode.The screen is excellent for everything I've used, including pictures and videos. Speakers have improved since the previous version too. Overall it's a good 'all rounder' and more than adequate for most applications. Definitely recommend it as a well equipped, good value laptop.

My old laptop had become really slow and despite all attempts remained slow. This machine is almost instantaneous, the screen picture quality is excellent from all viewing angles the keyboard is well laid out and the ports adequate. I did miss an SD card slot though, but I have an external device. The battery life is as advertised, and I have not operated it for long enough to test it to the limit yet.Very pleased with this machine.