Customer Reviews

Acer Ferrari 5000-5832 15.4" Laptop (AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Ultimate)

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I have had my Acer Ferrari 4000 for about a year now, I have to tell you, not one single problem with it. I have had other users in my company with less expensive Acers, and some of those have died, but you get what you pay for with a $600 laptop. However, we have had no issues sending them back in for repair...usually new motherboards. Ferrari is very sturdy and durable, very fast. I am running Vista Ultimate and Office 2007, no problems. Every feature works perfectly, bluetooth, wifi, everything. I would recommend a Ferrari to anybody, but not a less expensive Acer in the $600-$800 range. Beats all the Dells, HPs, and IBMs we have in the office.

I've had this laptop for ten months now and have had no problems. I recently upgraded the OS to Vista and it works like a charm.

UPDATE Sept 2011: I've been running Windows 7 on this for over a year now, and it's still an awesome computer. Better than ever!

What can I say it's a Ferrari The only drawback is that it has vista. There were some drivers that needed updating. Other then that it is an awesome machine

Acer is complete junk. Lots of stores are trying to push Acer because of the really high margins they get compared to other brands of laptops and desktops. I have had 2 Acers quit in the last year and a half, with Acer refusing to warranty either one. The first, my laptop, ran so hot that it actually burned the palm of my hand, red burn mark and everything. I called Acer support who told me that's normal. Well, I work at Sybase and have used laptops at work exclusively for the last 8 years. I know how hot laptops get, and third degree burns is not normal. A month later, the laptop's AC adapter fried. Again, Acer support refused to do anything. So, I bought a new AC adapter. Two weeks later, it fried also. Called back Acer support telling them this was not normal. "I agree" was the guys response, but since I was now ONE WEEK past the one year warranty, "TOO BAD!" They refuse to do anything even though my problems started well within the warranty period. Other problems with Acer is their build quality. Check how much the keyboards flex, screen hinges wobble, etc. Do yourself a favor, STAY AWAY FROM ACER.