Acer Aspire 4720Z Review

   I have owned my Acer Aspire 4720 for 7 months now and have experienced only one major flaw. At times when I plug in the power cord to keep the battery charged, the computer doesn't always recognize that it is plugged in. In other words, the battery light which should turn green when the cord is plugged in, remains orange for a period of time. Sometimes it takes as long as ten minutes to recognize that the cord is plugged in.

   The computer comes with Vista home premium which I have had no difficulties with. The model I have of the aspire, comes with an accelerated graphics chipset instead of a graphics card. It works well with most programs, but does use a lot of RAM.

   Although it came with 2 Gigs of RAM it can be upgraded to 4 Gigs. It also has a double hard drive instead of a single one, which does make storing and accessing data confusing at times. It has a total hard drive capacity of 120 Gigs which gets used up fast. It also did not come with any software or installation discs. It came with a user's manual which included directions for how to create your own backup and recovery DVDs.

   It has 4 usb ports which I like having as I use a lot of "plug and play" accessories. It does come with a lot of external slots for things like digital camera cards and TV tuner things.

   Overall, despite some of the items it lacks, for a $500.00 laptop, I still think it was a good deal.