Acer Aspire 5551

136 reviews

Apr, 2024

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keyboard (9)
battery (7)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 136 reviews of Acer Aspire 5551. The average rating for this product is 4.3/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews about the portability and screen are generally positive. The usability and price also get good views. Some have doubts about the battery. The connectivity and keyboard get mixed opinions.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Acer Aspire 5551 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 39 user reviews of Acer Aspire 5551 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers are impressed by the screen and reliability. The price and performance also get good feedback. Many are less positive about the keyboard and size. There are some mixed views about the battery.

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92% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Florian Glaser (notebookcheck.net)

Review Acer Aspire 5551G Notebook

Without airs and graces. 15.6" mainstream notebooks at attractive

Appealing design; Impressive touchpad; Relatively compact dimensions; Acceptable system noise levels

Weak gaming performance; Very warm under load; Meagre equippment; Awkward arangement of connections; Display (contrast, black level and viewing angles)

Other multimedia notebooks with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 like the Packard Bell TM87-JO-075GE, the Samsung R525 Eikee NP-R525-JS01DE, the Acer Aspire 5740G-434G32Mn, the Acer Aspire 5741G-334G50Mn, the Sony Vaio VPC-EC1M1E or the Dell Inspiron 17R.

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : PC Perspective (pcper.com)

Acer Aspire 5551G-4591 15.6-in AMD Turion II Notebook Review

I love small laptops as much as the next guy. The reality of laptops, however, is that most people don't end up buying cool, slim systems. Instead they buy larger laptops with 15.6” displays. Although large and somewhat clunky, these laptops offer a...

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : Trusted Reviews (trustedreviews.com)

Acer Aspire 5551

This affordable 15.6in laptop sports AMD's new tri-core mobile processor.

Textured, rugged lid, Tri-core CPU, Decent speakers

Expensive, Average screen, Inferior performance, Poor battery life

Feb, 2011

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Expert review by : Alex Bentley (techradar.com)

Acer Aspire 5551-P32G32Mn review

A laptop that's hard to fault - a fantastic choice for the first-time buyer

Good power ; Decent graphics ; Software suite ; Connectivity

Screen could be better

Oct, 2010

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Expert review by : Alan Lu (expertreviews.co.uk)

Acer Aspire 5551 review

The Acer Aspire 5551 is an attractive laptop that's comfortable to use, but it's not especially fast and the screen is average.

Aug, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good qaulity

Got on sale for under $400, well worth the price. Even worth the price at $100 more. The keyboard is wider than all other laptops I've used. After just a day of using this, I got used to keyboard, but I make a LOT of typos switching between laptops. ...

Web cam, bright screen, longer battery life. Windows 7 is better than Vista and computer runs faster and smoother. No need to upgrade

No mic. Poor location for power cord and UBS ports, they get in the way, A LOT

Jul, 2010

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One Step Up

Has everything my sister is ever going to need to play Farmville and do video chat. Even has some features she may get around to using later, such as putting the card reader or HDMI out to good use. Other than the graphics card, stands pretty...

The cheapest option that offers all the one-step-up's from bargain basement cheap. Graphics card half way between typical Integrated and low-end Dedicated. A Dual-Core processor that wasn't designed purely for Netbook use. DDR3 instead of DDR2, and 4...

I didn't go through Newegg this time, shipping turned into a bit of a pain ; The poor speakers have already been touched on by others ; Plenty of bloatware to deal with if re-installing W7 isn't an option. Shame it doesn't come with the discs ; For...

Jul, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

great laptop

after swapping out the stock hdd and having a fresh install of windows 7 i am very pleased with the performance of this laptop. highly recommended.

swapped out the 5400rpm hdd with a 7200rpm equivalent and its noticeably faster loading windows and various applications. also reinstalled windows 7 home premium to get rid of all the bloatware and start clean (great thing to do if you know how). very...

no bluetooth, and loaded with bloatware.....but for $400 you can't complain

Jul, 2010

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Excellent laptop at a great price

Excellent value for the money. I was lucky enough to find this one when it was on sale for $400, with free shipping. Setting it up on my wireless network was a breeze. Very bright screen and plays DVDs with decent quality. Touch pad is very accurate

As others have noted, the speakers won't blow anyone away. But this is a minor point for me. I've been happy with everything else

Jul, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Best Laptop for it's price

The Acer Aspire AS5551-2450 is a fantastic low budget laptop, and I highly recommend it to anyone who isunsure about which laptop near 500 dollar price range to get. Now if only I can keep from hitting the touch pad xD

I got it on sale and it's great, good power for what it is, great screen quality, games like freelancer work perfectly fine, even runs Earth Eternal with all graphics on except AA with very little slowdown. In fact the only game I've tried on this...

The keyboard is a bit awkward at first due to it's button style and left-set base due to the awfully great to have number pad. Once used to it the keyboard isn't a problem though. Other than that the speakers aren't the highest quality, but the...

Jul, 2010

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