Acer Extensa 4620Z Laptop Reviews

The Acer Extensa 4620Z is the sort of machine designed for people that work more than play. Mine came with Windows XP, which is a plus no matter what Microsoft says about Vista. With XP, it is relatively fast, comes with a good amount of memory, and will run most of your applications (world, excel, power point, OpenOffice, statistical software, photo editors, etc) without any issues. Plays and writes CDs and DVDs, and has some really foolproof presentation settings (point-and-click presentation mode: it saves to the time to change your settings when you use a LCD projector and stuff). It also...

This lAcer 4620Z laptop comes with Windows VIsta trial version. You have to buy Vista after the trial period. This makes the laptop much more expensive than many others on the market. Great starter laptop.

I spent only about $600 or so at Best Buy on sale about 9 months back, and I don't know what I'd do without it.  All Acer computers come with "epower" technology which makes it very easy to organize and secure files, modify screen resolution and brightness to save on battery life, and an "enet manager" with speed boost to easily find network connections nearby.  It also comes with 2 partitioned internal drives which makes it very easy to separate and organize media files from other programs. 

However, there are a few problems with this model that I noticed.  1) the battery doesn't last very...

This laptop has all I need to keep up with my work schedule. I love how lightweight it is. I don't feel like I am carrying a suitcase to work with me when carrying it. The built in web-cam is great for conferencing and for seeing my grandchildren across the state and across three states grow.

The one drawback is that Windows Vista definitely has some power issues and wants to take over in areas that I want control. I think I would have preferred sticking with XP and keeping control of my connections and some other areas.

I have only had this computer for a few months, and already it is starting to have some problems.  Sometimes it has trouble shutting down and sometimes the dvd drive doesn't work.  Otherwise, it is a great computer for the low price.

very good labtop for college students cheap and easy to use.