A315 24P R7VH Display Quad Core Processor Graphics Reviews Summary

Performance

Pros:

• "Performs well."
• "It only takes around 10 seconds to start up when I've shut it down the day before!"
• "Once I was setup, moving around in Windows was pretty smooth no real problems there."
• "The entire computer multitasks very well and can boot itself and application in just a couple seconds."
• "Installing programs was quick and flawless, did not experience any problems, and opening up programs was quick, so the hard drive has good speed and response."
• "It can handle some pretty tough programs."
• "It's surprisingly fast."

Cons:

• "Sometimes it freezes and you don't know why."
• "It's not going to run video editing, video capture, or higher end games well, if at all."
• "The pc can barely handle running a few internet tabs."
• "Although it did handle it, it was quite slow especially when transitioning from one image to the next."
• "It just can't handle anything I throw at it with any speed."
• "Do not expect much performance with bigger AA games. It will be laggy or might not run at all."
• "Crashes to blue screen at random for no reason."

Build Quality & Design

Pros:

• "You can grab it with one hand and it doesn't feel like it's gonna break in half."
• "The charger isn't too bulky so that was also good!"
• "It's quite lightweight and easy to carry around with you plus it also comes with its own protective sleeve which gives it a bit of padding whilst on the move."
• "Slim and lightweight with a good screen size and resolution."
• "The build quality is pretty good, doesn't feel cheap, is is quite light."
• "Decent build quality for the price range."
• "Build quality. It is again, well above the price average."

Cons:

• "Computer was fine for a year. Then it broke such that it can't be closed and it is slowly getting worse such that it will fully break at any moment."
• "The bottom left corner of the mousepad is a bit soft when left clicking on it."
• "No surprise here theres a huge dent visible from the outside and upon opening it, it is dented all the way to the screen."
• "The mouse pad just went dead after a few weeks."
• "Half the screen on the laptop went dead within a couple of weeks."
• "The screen has always felt flimsy to me."
• "The black edge surrounding the screen is beginning to separate from the outer case."

Customer Service & Support

Pros:

• "Amazon refunded my purchase, we are square at this point."
• "I was very pleased with Amazon's response."
• "W10S activated, W10S switched to W10 Home."
• "Once I was connected this laptop never dropped the connection and the speed was at maximum what I get from my provider."
• "Now they are saying that they will pay for the shipping after I made a big deal about it."
• "The battery is held in by 2 screws and can be replaced."
• "I am very happy with my purchase."

Cons:

• "Have tried to contact someone about the warranty that was purchased but no one gets back to you."
• "Acer support is useless, I just get automated responses."
• "Acer wants me to ship it back for repairs which is a pain."
• "Still no refund. How are you restocking a broken computer..."
• "Trying to work with Acer customer service to have it repaired under the 1-year warranty and it has not been a great experience."
• "I have tried to speak to someone at ACER and all I could get was the phone thing saying it was out of warranty and I could be connected to fee based support or you tube."
• "Killed three hours with phone calls to get started because product was shipped with S mode Windows 10 NOT ACTIVATED!"

Audio & Visuals

Pros:

• "The audio on this laptop is ok for watching quick videos or video chats."
• "The 15.6-inch full HD widescreen LED provides crisp and clear visuals for her coursework."
• "The screen is a standard FHD (1920x1080) 60Hz LCD screen. It's crisp, and pleasant to look at."
• "1080p screen is pretty crisp."
• "Screen and workflow are smooth."
• "The display colors are a little washed out in stock configuration."
• "The display isn't bad."

Cons:

• "Microsoft edge is the worst browser first off, secondly this laptop did an automatic update and deleted several of my saved documents which are unrecoverable- hours of work are lost."
• "The screen turned black from the edges and moved inward all in about 2 seconds, leaving a totally black screen."
• "It's a bit hard to hear the sound with my air cleaner going."
• "I pretty much always have to have the sound at full volume. If anything I'm listening to is quiet, I often struggle to hear it."
• "The audio sounds like it is coming from the inside of an old tin bucket."
• "The quality of sound itself is good, though."
• "He said it's not very loud."