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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
I recommend the exact opposite.. every review site there is has acers labelled as disasters. they overheat, all of them, they have serious mechanical problems, meaning the folding part will break up on you within a year with moderate use. The only thing that was good about this thing was it was dirt cheap...
I've had two toshibas over the past 4 years. One was a 2 year old model that was a bit of a beast, loud fan etc... but it kept cool and ran perfectly well for another 2 years, in fact the only reason i switched because i needed more power... battery life was fine as well. My new toshiba is a lot quieter for the fan, keeps cool, have never had any mechanical issues with it despite lots of use.. so you can't go wrong with these things.. the speakers aren't exactly the best, but if you have headphones that isn't an issue. The ones i get range around 4-500 canadian, probably around 350-400 american.
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I have seen some bad reviews for Acer I must admit, the guy at staples when I got this one said something about fixmyacer.com when I bought it, never had a problem with it. It gets hard use and holds up really well, the 4 year old and 3 year old one both get used daily aswell and never overheat or had problems at all.
The only problem I've ever had with these Acers is the battery life drops off pretty quickly.
I think everyone has different experiences with different brands.
My cousin has a 3 or 4 year old compaq and that is still running well don't think he's had any problems with that, other than the odd virus (his own fault).
A friend of mine has had 2 HPs, one was already broken when he got it cheap and he fixed it up and had that for a long time. Then he got a newer one and had problems with the touchpad and wi-fi not working, pretty much the same laptop but a newer version.
Everyone has different experiences I guess.