Acer AO532h-2588 10.1-Inch Onyx Blue Netbook - Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life on sale

jjrg7 "jjrg7" Say: Acer AO532h-2588 10.1-Inch Onyx Blue Netbook - Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life
Fine computer until it breaks and you need to use your warranty, 2010-08-11
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I liked the computer for checking email and internet, until it had this problem where I pressed the power button and it started to turn on and shut down. Without writing on forever, when you mail your computer to Acer for warranty repair (the only way to get it repaired), Acer will do everything in its power to not fix your unit from mailing it back unrepaired because they don't t like the shipper you use, to claiming you have a cosmetic flaw that voids the warranty and they will tell you that you have to pay to fix it before they will repair your warranty item. I had to report them to the Better Business Bureau to get my unit repaired the first time, the second time I just gave up. Their customer service people are either in India, and can't help you and the ones in the US are very, very rude. I will never, ever buy and Acer again.

Esther Moskowitz "smart rox" Say: Acer AO532h-2588 10.1-Inch Onyx Blue Netbook - Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life
Can't Beat What You Get For The Price, 2010-01-19
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I strongly disagree with a previous review of this netbook. I also purchased this model number from a different vendor (I just needed it right away) and I have to say that you get a lot for what you are paying. True--it is not as fast as a dual-core processor laptop but that's the point--it doesn't need to be! I surfed the web, I watched streaming video on both Netflix and Hulu, I typed a document and you know what? It all worked great! What else can you ask for? Any complaints? Yeah, it doesn't make me toast in the morning. I don't understand what people are yelling about!

Haik Sahakian Say: Acer AO532h-2588 10.1-Inch Onyx Blue Netbook - Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life
Excellent netbook, very light and portable, but limited, 2010-02-21
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This is a great netbook - well designed and extremely light, and cheap. As a web browser or word processor its performance is excellent. It has no trouble with demanding Flash games, having multiple windows open or standard definition web video. Windows 7 is snappy even on 1GB. The web cam is low resolution but good for video conferencing. The battery life is very good, 6 or 7 hours.It's important to know that this is not a regular laptop computer though. Its processor is not powerful enough to do tasks like playing HD video, and the computer becomes sluggish when running complex programs like iTunes, often taking a second to register after you press a key or click. For video, it's able to handle video at a vertical resolution of 360 lines but higher resolutions are jumpy, and 720 line videos are shown at very few frames a second. Not a single HD iTunes or HD YouTube video has played smoothly, even when buffered and with no other applications running.This isn't a problem - after all, this is supposed to be a very portable netbook, and it's excellent at that, but it's not a machine you'll want to watch movies on. What it can do is really impressive for the size and cost, and I'd recommend it as long as you're aware of its limitations.Other issues to be aware of are a rubberized touchpad surface that prevents your finger from gliding across it smoothly, and that the version of Microsoft Works that it comes with is advertising-supported. You'll need an external DVD drive to make backups of its system software and applications.