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What do you guys think of this laptop?

Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575-33BM 15.6-Inch Full HD Notebook (Intel Core i3-7100U Processor 7th Generation , 4GB DDR4, 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive, Intel HD Graphics 620, Windows 10 Home), Obsidian Black

Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575-33BM 15.6" FHD Notebook (Intel Core i3-7100U 7th Generation , 4GB DDR4, 1TB 5400RPM HD, Intel HD Graphics 620, Windows 10 Home), Obsidian Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K1IO3QW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_eCoGybCDADQ10

 

Toss the 5400 RPM drive and put in an SSD and that would probably make a pretty decent machine for the price. Actually, don't toss it. Take it out, buy a $10 enclosure and use it for your backups.

Not sure how Acer's build quality is--we haven't had any of their stuff in a very long time. I'm a die-hard Lenovo laptop fan--I think they're head and shoulders above anyone else.

 

When I bought my Lenovo Yoga 11, I bought a 256gb SSD, and put the 500gb HDD in my PS3, which was a good upgrade from the 60gb.

I swapped an Asus laptop for a Thinkpad because the Asus laptop felt flimsy.

 

Unfortunately I need more storage and at a cost effective price. Laptop only gets used for internet browsing, and music/dash cam footage storage.
My 7 year old Toshiba satellite takes about 15 minutes to boot up and is nearly full (dash cam records at 1080p), and it literally cannot play YouTube videos greater than 720p


Oh and the lack of USB 3.0 is pretty annoying

 

I want one of these pretty badly: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x1-carbon/

Why in the world would anyone buy a MacBook when that exists? It's better in every way.

 

The 5400 RPM drive is the bottleneck. It'll work, but I'd look for a 7200 at a minimum.

 

Yeah I was wondering about that, but for $350 I figured that 1TB HD would have to be a basic setup to make the whole thing that cheap.

My current laptop is also 5400rpm... so would it still be just as slow? I'm guessing that adding more RAM into the new laptop wouldn't make a difference?

 

Apple has better marketing.

 

My Thinkpad cost $800. The X1 is like $2K+. For an extra $300, i can match the ram and ssd of the X1, and a i7-6600U doesn't seem that much better than the i5-6200U that I have. But that extra cost is the carbon fiber and the extra software I bet.

 

The last generation was listed at about $1400-$1500 (but I see them now for $1200) for an i5-6200u, 8 GB of RAM, and a 256 GB SSD. For something that thin/light/durable I don't think that's bad. A comparable MacBook Pro is a few hundred more, and then you have to deal with the awfulness of MacOS.

 

Looks like best buy has a $1400 X1 and a $2000 X1. I tried out osx for a bit. I could never get into it. It did run smoothly for the hardware it was on thought (G4 tower)

 

I have a few MacBook Airs at work (we don't use Macs, but we do have iPads and in the past the only way to manage them was with Configurator which had no Windows version available). They have the latest version of OSX on them and I feel like it's a constant game of hide and seek. I don't like the fact that you need to hold a button to get a context menu instead of just right-clicking. A lot of it is so counter-intuitive to me. I've dragged and dropped things before only to have the original literally disappear in a puff of smoke and then I have no copy of the file or shortcut.

 

My MBP has right click

 

The Airs that I have don't seem to. You need to hold Control and click to get a context menu.

Maybe they've realized how idiotic that is and added it to their newer models, though. These are probably pushing five years old.

 

I remember when you had to drag the floppy disk to the trash can to eject it. As a (then) Windows user, I was never comfortable doing it.

 

They definitely have it, even my 2007 MacBook had it. Check your preferences. Hold 2 fingers on track pad and click.

 

Interesting, it does work. Learn something new every day.

I actually don't like touchpads in general. I refuse to give up my ThinkPad at work until Lenovo wins a bid for laptops again because the TrackPoint is so much nicer.

 

I could never get used to the trackpoint, but i like that it's an option, and there are mouse buttons above the trackpad, as well as being able to click the trackpad itself

 

The trackpad on my Dell Latitude is terrible I prefer the trackpad on my mac over a mouse though, it's that good.

 

I have yet to use a laptop that has a better trackpad than macbooks.