4.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Reviews
I used this laptop 3 times before getting the deadly blue screen. I thought it was initial to the set up but it happened a few times. I’ve carried on using it as everything seems okay. But my trust in the laptop isn’t 100%

But I’m past the day of return.

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Workhorse
I got this as i really needed 16gb of ram to be able to cope with my zoom meetings. I had 4gb before and it would crash all the time. I work at home as a therapist so i needed a laptop with great wifi, good memory and long batterylife. It ticked all the boxes in that regard.

The only thing that isnt great is the sound, its very low, for such an expensive laptop i was very surprised as it is terrible, but i bought the creative soundbar mini and that has made a lot of difference and it was recognised instantly.

The other thing that i find a tad difficult is the size of the keyboard. The left side shift key for example is stupidly small and i keep hitting the \ button instead which is driving me nuts.

The backlit keyboard is nice and it is touch sensitive so comes on when you press the keys. The fingerprint sensor works well but i do feel its in the wrong place and should be at the top right side of the keyboard as it was impossible to use my thumb for it and so used my 2 main fingers instead as you can add more than one finger.

I had to delete a lot of bloatware from this, macaffee, dropbox, office etc but it is lightning fast to boot up, mine takes about 20 seconds. The screen is bright and adaptive, and you can change any settings you like. I paid for office personal and it downloaded in seconds and integrated into my system instantly and so everything is backed up to one drive which is encrypted and so i will never lose my files which is an invaluable resource to have as you get 1tb of space.

The charger worries me as the pin adapter is very small and is a bit too close to the ethernet port for my liking and ive had to angle it away.

Wifi is very fast which is ironic as i bought this because of the ethernet port and i havent even had to plug the cable in at all.

Videos play well, screen is crisp and clear, however as i said before the sound is appalling so you will need additional speakers and i do feel that Acer should do some work in this regard and make them louder and less bassy and muffled.

Overall, i am happy with it, so its a 4/5 from me.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great laptop
Great laptop that’s fast. With wireless connectivity and Bluetooth. Is quite light and good battery time.

1.0 out of 5 stars 2 laptops, 2 returned. Poor power socket and screen flexing
I have always used ACER a brand that I usually like and feel they provide value for money. On the whole when it was price I felt it was good value, but at its price at the time of writing of £699.99 there are better quality laptops out there. Yes, it does a reasonable job of handling everyday jobs but its quality of build I am not convinced about. Putting aside the reversal of the E and R keys which is well documented, the casing fills flimsy and flexs easily. The biggest problem is the power socket and jack which is not the usual size and small. After 6 months of use the jack would not stay in the socket and so charging the laptop was a little hit and miss. In my opinion this is a major flaw. I had to return the laptop and to Amazons credit it replaced the laptop very quickly and with no fuss.
UPDATE: I had another one of these laptops bought in July 23 and have just retruned it as the casing is coming away from the screen as it flexes. Returned and getting money back to but a different model/make. Really badly designed laptops

5.0 out of 5 stars With its 16 CPUs (plus the service CPU) at 2GHz it is blisteringly fast and a joy to use.
To be clear: I bought:
Acer Aspire 5 A515-47 15.6 Inch Laptop – (AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, 16GB, 512GB SSD, Full HD Display, Windows 11, Iron) I mention this because there are eight different models on offer at the moment (Nov 23).

I have had it for 15 days now and I’m really pleased with it

Some reviewers have said that the keyboard is indistinct and hard to use. With the back lighting and in lowish ambient lighting I find that the keys are completely clear with the exception of the function keys. These are half height as you can see in my picture. These keys double as F1-F12 when the Fn key is pressed and as Sound/Brightness/Aeroplane mode/etc. controls when the Fn key is NOT pressed so they have two legends on them which are, therefore very small and a bit hard to see. I resolved this by sticking a strip of paper over the keys with larger legends. Not very pretty, as you can see in my picture, but it resolved the problem. There are indicator lights on the Caps Lock and the Mute Microphone keys which are good but there isn’t one on the Num Lock key which would have been much more useful than the Mute Microphone key. Hey-ho.

Another criticism I read was that the screen has “has washed out and dull colours“ …maybe this user had the brightness turned right down because I find that with the brightness up it’s a very good picture when viewed from straight in front of the screen. If you view it from around 45º (left or right) the brightness is noticeably lower but still quite adequate.

With its 16 CPUs (plus the service CPU) ticking over at 2GHz it is blisteringly fast and a joy to use.

I haven’t given a rating for battery life because, so far, I’ve had it plugged in all of the time so I don’t know.

Update: I unplugged the power yesterday and, with the brightness set to 50% and with fairly light usage, the battery went from 100% to 5% in 11 hours 7 minutes after which Windows hibernated.