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Acer Aspire 3810 Reviews Analysis

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Acer Aspire 3810
alaSCORE 98

96 reviews

November, 2009

81 / 100

35 Experts

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What people think about the Acer Aspire 3810: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 96 reviews from across the web.

price

4.5

  • Fairly expensive
  • Not many considering what your getting for the money
  • reasonably priced
  • price
  • Good looks, lightweight, comfortable keypad, neat layout, HDMI, great battery life, price
  • Excellent value proposition
  • with an afforadable price
 

performance

4.5

  • Poor performance
  • slow
  • Won't win any speed races
  • Surprisingly quick processor mated with Vista 64bit
  • faster and more efficient
  • DDR3 1066 replaces DDR2, faster and more efficient
  • I like everything about this laptop....it is small....lightweight....extremly fast which surprised me for being Vista....but the 64 bit version is really smooth....battery life last me most all day for my usage....connects flawlessly to my hyjacked IPhone for a smooth internet connection on the 3G network...5 Stars all the way....on the performance of this machine
  • Fast
 
  • A million times faster than my old laptop
  • A million times faster than my old laptop, it literally took like 10min to boot up lol
  • Bootup Speed is Fast
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battery

5

  • excellent battery life
  • Enormous battery life
  • great battery life
  • Outstanding battery life
  • All-day battery life
 
  • Last but not least the battery life.....CRAZY
  • But remember the 8 hours plus is for casual use i.e - word processing
  • But with a mix of everything you'll get a good 6.5 hours
  • Long battery life
  • Long battery life, up to 8 Hrs
  • Battery last about 4.75 hours of heavy use
  • Fast CPU for Windows 7 or a "Downgrade" to windows xp Good battery life
  • Light, Lots of space, Fast CPU for Windows 7 or a "Downgrade" to windows xp Good battery life
  • Extremely long battery life
  • ridiculous long battery life
  • BATTERY LIFE
  • Amazing Battery Life
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connectivity

3

  • No modem
  • Bluetooth
 

screen

1

  • Strongly reflective display
  • Insufficient display stability
  • No drive , Strongly reflective display , Keyboard susceptible to dirt , Poor performance , Mediocre Sound , Insufficient display stability , Bad operating system selection, No drive, Strongly reflective display, Keyboard susceptible to dirt, Poor performance, Mediocre Sound, Insufficient display stability, Bad operating system selection
  • This included streaming a 720p video from home server over wireless, surfing web, checking email, installing Office 2007 and with screen at full brightness
  • Bright Display
 

sound

3

  • Mediocre Sound
  • Dolby Sound effects are Cool really sounds like there is some soundcoming behind u
 

usability

0.5

  • Mouse buttons are difficult to use
  • I use it for work and school
  • For the rare occasion that I need to use a disk I bought an external enclosure for a extra dvd drive I had
  • But remember the 8 hours plus is for casual use i.e - word processing, non video/graphic intensive internet browsing and programs that use very little resources to run
  • and has well placed controls
 

keyboard

5

  • Keyboard susceptible to dirt
  • keyboard won't suit all tastes
  • Lack of optical drive, keyboard won't suit all tastes, slow
  • Glossy keyboard can look cruddy even with clean hands after a session or two
  • The keyboard is really glossy
  • Good keyboard
  • Smashing workmanship , Chic design , Good keyboard , Very quiet , Pleasantly cool , Light , Enormous battery life, Smashing workmanship, Chic design, Good keyboard, Very quiet, Pleasantly cool, Light, Enormous battery life
  • comfortable keypad
  • decent keyboard
  • Excellent typing experience
 
  • Keyboard is GREAT
  • Keyboard is GREAT, very comfortable, and has well placed controls
  • Keyboard is really fun to type on
  • Nice Keyboard
  • Fast, Light, Bright Display, Nice Keyboard, ridiculous long battery life
  • Keyboard is easy to use makes typing much faster
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contrast

0.5

  • I also don't really care for the contrast of the screen
 

portability

5

  • Slim
  • Light
  • lightweight
  • slim and portable design
  • Outstanding battery life, slim and portable design, quality
 
  • Thin and lightweight
  • Thin
  • Thin, Light, Stylish
  • Very Light
  • Very Light, 3.5lbs
  • It's a thin and light that combines Intel's low-voltage processors SU2700(1.3GHz
  • Very Thin
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image quality

5

  • quality
 

size

0.5

  • but it isn't that big of a deal
  • Yea the glossy keys make for fingerprints, but it isn't that big of a deal
 

LCD

5

  • installing Office 2007 and with screen at full brightness
 

video

3

  • The video ram is set to 64mb with no way to change it
  • non video/graphic intensive internet browsing and programs that use very little resources to run
  • This included streaming a 720p video from home server over wireless
 

lens

0.5

  • No optical drive
  • Bad operating system selection
  • No optical drive, slightly underpowered
  • Lack of optical drive
  • No Optical Drive (not really a con for me
  • No Optical Drive (not really a con for me, maybe for others)
  • Remember it doesn't have a optical drive so be prepared for that
  • It lacks the optical drive
  • I would say no optical drive but who needs one
  • I knew there was no optical drive and I didn't care until I went to make my recovery disk
 
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memory

5

  • Plenty of memory
  • 4 GB DDR3 RAM.....and plenty space on the hard drive
  • best I've seen on any computer....was pleasantly surprised when I saw this
  • Another thing not mentioned is the 720p web cam, best I've seen on any computer....was pleasantly surprised when I saw this
  • DDR3 ram is a welcome addition
 
  • Overall computer features
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product quality

5

  • Better finish than all those glossy and chrome computers that are so popular right now
 

resolution

0.5

  • relatively low-resolution screen
 

build quality

5

  • Well designed and sturdy
 

menu

0.5

  • One down side is that it comes with Vista
 

maps

0.5

  • I don't know why I can't just send the info to an external hard drive rather than a DVD
 

design

5

  • but you can upgrade to win7 for free via Microsoft's Upgrade plan if you buy before October
  • One down side is that it comes with Vista, but you can upgrade to win7 for free via Microsoft's Upgrade plan if you buy before October
  • I do plan on getting an external drive...I will need one for my windows 7 upgrade
  • Anywho, I do plan on getting an external drive...I will need one for my windows 7 upgrade
  • attractive design
  • Slim, attractive design
  • Chic design
  • Good looks
  • Stylish
 
  • and great design (brushed aluminum top
  • Thin, and great design (brushed aluminum top
  • It also just looks really cool
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reception

5

  • Great wifi reception thanks to acers "signal up
 

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