Customers enjoy the Aspire 3 laptop for its large screen and keyboard, praising its usability and affordability. While many are pleased with its performance and the inclusion of Windows 11, some users have concerns about its battery life and sound quality.
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Cons mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
4-star product max
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Sufficient upgrade for my dad's 5 year-old remotely-hacked laptop (also an Acer). Easily a 4/5 star product because of the fact that a screen this big should be at least a 1080p AND for the original price point of almost 550 dollars (bought this on sale for 300), it should have at least 16 gb of RAM, never minding the Core i3 it came with and the measly 256 gig SSD it has. Webcam is from 15 years ago and speaker barely puts anything out. Just use a separate webcam and portable speakers if need be. I'm just glad that it was easily upgraded with of the multiple SODIMM RAM sticks I have lying around from an HP Omen gaming laptop, an upgrade that made this laptop instantly snappier and more capable even with multiple tabs and multimedia running on Chrome. Pictures attached herein shows the internals where one can upgrade the RAM stick, SSD and what I believe is an HDD bay also. Will recommend this for moms and pops at around the price point that I got it for.
One final thing; DO NOT use this laptop without its charger with you and an outlet available nearby. You will barely get anything done on its atrocious battery life. When you open this laptop and look inside, you'll see why.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great gift
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Amazing I loved it it’s afford and the battery is just what I need
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Nice little laptop
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works great for what i need it for. Mainly just some light browsing and paying my bills. I do play some Guild Wars on it and it works just fine. The sound is terrible unless you use headphones and the camera is pretty bad, but i never use the camera anyway. I really just wish the keys were lit. I do like that it has the number pad. I love the wase of pausing and restarting shows/music and turning up/down the volume with the touchpad. Pretty nifty.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Labtop
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Loving it and surprise how fast it is.! And the battery life is amazing too !!!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Very good computer,works great,and easy to at most.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
My first laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is my first laptop and I love it. I never thought I would use one since I am always at my desk but it is working out great for me!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Desk
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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I bought this computer along with my new apple pencil and I'm so glad I did! I now take all my personal and work notes on the laptop
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice for work
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Nice laptop, doing its job good, nice for work, five star from me
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Hard gear sound on this
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's Ok, sound card in this unit is not very good. someone older like me it hard to hear it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Getting Returned
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Got a bad one. Appears to be defective hard drive. PC will not recover. All in less than 12 hours after opening. Bummer, seemed like a decent basic machine.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TeamAcer
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Dear Jacob, We are sorry to hear your Acer Aspire is not recovering properly and we understand this is frustrating for you. This is not the experience we want our customers to have and we would like to help you get this resolved. If you are located in the US or Canada, please feel free to contact our support team at 866-695-2237; they are available to assist 24/7 for in-warranty products. We appreciate you taking the time to write this review. Regards, Acer America
Pros mentioned:
Easy to use, Large screen, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A great entry PC at a reasonable price
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased this computer for an older relative who wanted something to do basic websurfing tasks with - visiting websites, playing simple internet games, watching Youtube, etc. Setting up the computer was easy and relatively fast. (As a tip, you can avoid creating a Mircosoft account during setup by turning on airplane mode so wifi is disabled and backing out of the option to make the account.) The large screen size is a plus, and the computer itself is fairly lightweight, which is nice. For people who live in old houses/apartments, the power cord has three prongs instead of two. As for actually using the machine, it runs well. I set up an antivirus and a different web browser with some add-ons, and there have been no hiccups so far in terms of speed. My relative is able to view Youtube/Netflix and the like with no issues, and plays games on various websites just fine. The keys are large and have good visual contrast, making it easy to see what you're pressing. The computer has been quiet so far, which is good. Overall, it's a nice computer for simple tasks. As long as you're not trying to stream on twitch/Youtube or play the newest PC games, you'll be fine. It's a good computer for students and non power-users. It's also a good price if you can catch it on sale.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Large screen
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great!!
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The quality, and overall performance of this Acer Aspire 3 Laptop is outstanding!! This is a 15.6 Full HD Display, with Windows 11. It has 4GB Ram, and 128 GB of storage. This has a little weight to it, but it's not heavy. The bottom has grip pieces on each corner to prevent this from sliding off of anything. Which I really like, and they work great!! When setting this up, it was a breeze! It walks you through each step, and only took about 5 minutes to complete. The mouse pad on this is amazing!! I love that it's bigger, which made it so much easier to navigate, and use. As well as, the back being elevated, that is a huge help too! The picture quality is excellent, very clear. Sound quality is great, could be a little louder, but fine for what I need it for. I got this for working from home, documents, picture, videos, gaming, and homeschooling my boys. This does all of that perfectly! I haven't had any issues with it lagging, or freezing. The speed on this one is terrific! Also, this has faster wireless connection, which works great as well! Next, this has three different USB ports, two on one side, one on the other. There is an HDMI, and internet connection. Plus, a spot to connect headphones. This also has Bluetooth connection too. I really like that it has a variety of options to choose from. Another feature I like with this is, it has focus assistance. So, you can set that to focus on certain things, and for it to notify you. I also want to mention, the battery life is the best! I've never had a laptop battery last nowhere near as long as this one does. Lastly, I have one con that I'd like to see changed. When I first tried to charge this, it wouldn't charge. It would start charging for about 30 seconds, and then stop. If you unplug the charger from the outlet and try again, it would do the same thing. If you unplugged it from the laptop, and tried again that way, it wouldn't do anything. I had to go on and do a bunch of updates before this would charge. I don't care for that, because if this needs charged before doing the updates, you're not going to be able to charge it. Therefore, it's not going to work. I'd really like to see that redone. Luckily, this was charged enough to download, and install the updates. Other than that, I really like this laptop. It's absolutely perfect for what I need it for, and works incredibly well! I would still recommend giving it a try, and going from there. Because the performance is honestly terrific! Plus, it comes with a one year warranty. Updating this review, I've had this for about 4 months now and luckily I haven't had anymore issues with it charging or updating.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Large screen, Speed
Cons mentioned:
Sound
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good product
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I like the laptop. Its a big screen and the speed is nice. Sound is very lacking if you want to use for music or streaming apps. But for work and school assignments it’s a good laptop
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Large screen, Price
Cons mentioned:
Touchpad
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Large and in charge
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
First off I would like to say check the size on this bad boy because 17.3” laptops are massive, I saw the price first ( on deal ) and was wowed by the specs and price. That being said this is a solid laptop for anyone who needs good computing power outside of just surfing the web and sending emails. I loaded Photoshop and Lightroom onto it and they run smoothly even with 8GB of ram ( you can upgrade up to 20GB, 4GB internal and 16GB Stick ) I also downloaded Davinci Resolve on this too, I’m waiting for the Ram to get here but I think I should be able to edit videos on this as well! The display is nice and nothing bad to say about it, the keyboard is just as wild as the screen which kinda sucks as laying in bed with this is a bit hard unless you’re sitting above the keyboard. In all 17.3” is too big for most tasks but should offer benefits to those who need a larger screen for editing and creative work
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Large screen, Price, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great price!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased the "Acer - Aspire 3 – 17.3" HD+ Laptop – 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 – 8GB Memory – 256GB SSD – Pure Silver" to replace my old HP laptop. I have always been a die hard HP consumer, but I couldn't pass up the sale price of the Acer Aspire 3 at $299.99. I was not disappointed. It has Windows 11 Home, which is the main reason I wanted to upgrade. It also has the 17" screen, which is a plus. This Acer is lightning fast and very simple to setup. The only negative is that the speakers are on the bottom, so I lose a little volume because of that. But it's not a big deal for me.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Large screen, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect laptop for me
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I don’t know all the technical stuff I’m no “expert,” but I needed a good fast laptop for working remotely and this delivered. I actually first purchased the lenovo think pad 1 and returned it, SO SLOW, And got this instead! I love its nice big screen too. :)
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
No issues here!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I've just got this laptop and so haven't had time to really load it up and see what its all about. First impressions however are great! Its very fast, setup was a breeze, the ease of getting rid of things you dont want is great. I bought this largely because it was on sale and it seemed like a no brainer to get an upgrade over the lower end laptops at the same price. It is very basic computer but thats why I wanted it, something that was easy to use in my semi truck instead of trying to use my gaming laptop just to browse the internet. which requires adequate cooling etc. very pleased with what I paid and what I received.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Large screen
Cons mentioned:
Touchpad
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
great computer
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
So far it has been a great machine, Love the fact that it was not pre loaded with lots of bloatware trials that most people never want ( just teh basic Microsoft Office and Security, ) with that said , it is not that fast as I expected but is ok and not much internal storage I solved that by connecting my external 1 TB external drive, The Size is large which is what I needed ( for the large screen and large keys on the keyboard ), my fingers got stiff using the on board pad & buttons so I added an external mouse and now have what I consider a perfect Laptop for everyday home or away use,..
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Large screen, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Mr.
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Good basic laptop for home use. Good price for a large screen laptop. So far so good 4 months without any kind of problem.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Easy to use, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good choice
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Excellent quality laptop for the price. Easy to use.