Acer Aspire X3910

quiet, lots of connectors, small, black

optical drive awkward

Working on my budget I noticed that I was spending over a thousand dollars a year for four rooms to regular TV and had nothing to show for it in the end. Bought the first one on a dare to myself on black Friday '10 and the second one in January '11 and f

With all those pros there have to be cons: 1. As for-mentioned by others the NIC card may hang, no big deal. It only takes about 1:35 min to reboot (after you remove the bloatware in the start up). 2. As with all manufactures there will be bloatware

Great overall computer. Fast processor, adequate RAM and large hard drive. This computer is being put to good use as a SMB 2008 server and I also used it as a desktop for a bit. It worked well in both capacities

Only complaint is the on board Network Card. Upon plugging in the network cable I was not able to receive an IP address. On the SMB 2008 side I had to load a driver but I would never expect this computer to be a server without a Geek configuring

9 USB ports and maximum 8gb memory with Windows 7 plus adequate 650 mb hard drive = sufficient machine for most purposes

DVD open switch needs hard push; installing additional memory not a simple task

Great overall computer. Fast processor, adequate RAM and large hard drive. This computer is being put to good use as a SMB 2008 server and I also used it as a desktop for a bit. It worked well in both capacities

Only complaint is the on board Network Card. Upon plugging in the network cable I was not able to receive an IP address. On the SMB 2008 side I had to load a driver but I would never expect this computer to be a server without a Geek configuring

Compact, attractive, general purpose machine. Easy to get up and operating

Disappointing technical support process, difficult addition to existing LAN, poor optical drive access visibility and function

Quiet ; Current model, good availability, competitive pricing ; Almost the same specs as a higher priced Gateway

The WiFi hung my computer while trying to configure it with 'ceni' in aptosid linux ; The WiFi may have caused kubuntu to hang during shutdown