Advantages: Great Battery, Small Size, Fast Processor.
Disadvantages: No Decent Word Processor, Low Number of USB Ports

...Acer are a relatively new up and coming brand from the USA (or so I'm told!) As the brand is not fully established yet, your getting great value for money when considering the high spec features of the Acer laptops, This particular model I bought 3 months ago as a replacement for my PC. Work commitments had changed and I really needed something portable - and this Acer certainly is that! About the size of an A4 paper and so lightweight, the laptop easily fits into your regular bag, which I find great because you are not blatantly seen carrying a laptop in one of those give away satchels. Gives me a greater sense of security from would be snatchers! I was initially concerned about the running speed, but with the duo processor, it actually runs more smoothly than my PC did! I also find the added Bluetooth feature great for transferring... Read review

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Advantages: Light, good specs and value for money
Disadvantages: keyboard flimsy and the charger messed up within a year

...Excellent specifications for the price, compared to brands such as dell and sony. The Dvd burner runs a lot slower than the given speed. The wireless connection is excellent. The laptop gets regualar use by me and my kids, who can be quite heavy handed with the keyboard. three of the keys have fallen out. Support at Acer couldn't be bothered to reply to my e-mails regarding replacement keyboard. Acers website is annoyingly slow at times, i did manage to find all the necessary drivers when i had to reinstall windows. Don't try to install or even run live linux cd's as it will not for some reason recognise the Dvd/cd combi and therefore not run. The screen is also excellent. It gives a clear and crisp image. Battery life is also poor, i have found that it will not last longer than 3 hours while doing word processing... Read review

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Advantages: Large screen and very easy to use
Disadvantages: Too wide for standard laptop bags

...I chose this laptop because it was one of the cheapest I had found with a good specification. Also with Acer there was the option of an extended warranty (which I didn't take but had been thinking about it). I bought a laptop because I needed my own computer for uni work. I have found the laptop to be very easy to use and does everything I need it to do. It is easy to use on the move as it is not too heavy. I have had no problems with this and mine is nearly 6 months old and has been used quite a lot. I like the 15" screen as it makes quite a difference to a 14.1" screen however it does make it look quite a bit larger than other laptops. It has 3 USB ports. There is a USB port at the front (don't use a memory stick in this port as you knock it whilst typing!) and USB ports on the side. The CD-RW is fairly quick... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, does what it says on the tin
Disadvantages: Keyboard design is awkward for some

...husband thinks it's good because he knows what all the technical jargon in the specification means! *UPDATE - October 2006* It has now developed a fault, and as I write this I'm waiting for a courier to collect it for repair. I will further update when I know the outcome. The customer support so far has been pretty good; I only called them yesterday and they're having it collected today, but that is the company it was bought from and not Acer themselves. *FURTHER UPDATE - October 2006* It turned out that the power pack was faulty, which was causing the machine to do strange things! It was replaced no problem and I had my computer back within the week.... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of features for the price
Disadvantages: Bulky, and a short battery life

...> Introduction < Buying a budget laptop seems to be a becoming more and more popular. The quality keeps rising. Acer has shown this with its latest TravelMate laptop. I needed it for general work, which seemed ideal. > What's it got? < The 5720G model has a dark grey exterior and easy to access control. At the heart is an Intel 2GHz T7300 Core 2 Duo processor (very fast for a laptop), though I feel this is simply to make Windows Vista work on it at an acceptable performance (it comes installed with Vista Home Premium). It also comes installed with a decent 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 RAM, this should be enough to run Vista smoothly for some time to come, even if you like to run all of your applications at the same time! Hard disk space is generous too. Its nominal 160GB capacity is enough to leave more than 125GB free for your own... Read review

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Advantages: fast cheap
Disadvantages: could have more ram like the travelmate 6292 302

...this is acers new try at revamping their travelmate range, and their aspire range too. this travelmate, like the others is also designed for buisness people on the move. although this is the smallest and sleekist laptop from the acer line, this laptop still isnt as sleek and cool as some of the other new laptops out their on the market today. the TravelMate 6292 301 weighs 2kg with its 6-cell battery in place which i think you will agree is a really nice leight weight laptop, if your looking for somthing to take places alot. its actual footprint on a desk is only a little bigger than apeice of a4 paper, so this is really portable. this is basically the cheaper version of the the acer travelmate 6292 302. as its 1gb of ram less. acer has made a real effort to change the design and robustness of this product. acer claim... Read review

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Advantages: super fast
Disadvantages: none

...this is acers new try at revamping their travelmate range, and their aspire range too. this travelmate, like the others is also designed for buisness people on the move. although this is the smallest and sleekist laptop from the acer line, this laptop still isnt as sleek and cool as some of the other new laptops out their on the market today. the TravelMate 6292 weighs less than 2kg with its 6-cell battery in place which i think you will agree is a really nice leight weight laptop, if your looking for somthing to take places alot. its actual footprint on a desk is only a little bigger than apeice of a4 paper, so this is really portable. acer has made a real effort to change the design and robustness of this product. acer claim to have, provided better ergonomics, improved build quality and enhance overall durability... Read review

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Advantages: It is functional
Disadvantages: To many problems

...I have been struggling to think about what to write for my next review and after all this time I have realised its right in front of me my laptop. I have owned the Acer Travel Mate 4050 for about two years now and I really should get the money together for a newer more up to date model but for now it is still ok and compatible with all modern programs and serves my purposes well enough. I bought it from Comet and paid a then very reasonable £499.00 but have since seen second hand models in perfect condition changing hands on eBay for as little as £250.00. When I first took it home and set it up it was very easy and Windows XP which is pre installed made loading all my hardware I already had such as printers and modems very straight forward with the wizard system. The laptop itself is very stylish to look at but by today's standards... Read review

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Advantages: large screen, nice keyboard, thin, great support
Disadvantages: none so far!

...This is my 2nd notebook computer - my first one was a Sony Vaio. I was unimpressed with the Sony's performance, as the connection inside where the power cord plugs in became loose and costs $120US just to repair! I'm not soaking that much into a notebook which is already 1.5 years old! The ACER TRAVELMATE 800LCi has been WONDERFUL! I had a TravelMate 800XCi first, but got a great deal on the LCi, so I'll be selling the other one soon. It's in great shape and was also a great performer, but this LCi is really a nice system. I enjoy the 15" screen, which is bright enough and seems to perform superbly. I enjoy being able to see more on my screen now! The 4 USB ports are great (I've only used 2 at a time so far), the speakers sound good, and the overall layout of the keyboard has taken very little getting used to. It's slightly... Read review

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Advantages: portability
Disadvantages: memory

...I for one, absolutely love the look of this acer. The bottom of the laptop just looks really cool, and the top looks ok too. One only criticism on the look, would be that the plastic at the tip of the screen is a little thick, but then again it does have a built in webcam, so I suppose that makes up for it. This is a very compact travel mate, with only a 14.1\" TFT active matrix screen, however the quality of this screen is great. This laptop isn't really that fast to be honest, however if your not using memory demanding programs or wanting to play new games on it then maybe its 512mb of built in ram is good enough for you. But, like I say, if your not sure of what ram you will need, then your better just getting a better laptop rather then buying this for a bit cheaper and getting frustrated because its so slow. Because its... Read review

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