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Acer TravelMate 2480 Series

Acer TravelMate 2480 Series

103 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
price (46)
portability (27)
performance (25)
usability (25)
screen (22)

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battery (17)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 103 reviews of Acer TravelMate 2480 Series. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Views about the durability and screen are on the whole positive. The portability and usability also get good comments. Reviews are divided on the performance, while some have doubts about the battery.

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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 TravelMate 2480 Series is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 76/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Acer TravelMate 2480 Series

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Acer TravelMate 2480 Series from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the usability.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

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Amazon.com review summary for Acer TravelMate 2480 Series

alaTest has collected and analyzed 20 user reviews of Acer TravelMate 2480 Series from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the keyboard and usability. The performance and portability are also appreciated.

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65% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Dan Ackerman (cnet.com)

Acer TravelMate 2480 series

While not our favorite low-cost laptop, these similar configurations of the Acer TravelMate 2480 offer performance in line with other budget systems (read: acceptable for basic use).

Apr, 2007

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Expert review by : Dan Ackerman (cnet.com)

Acer TravelMate 2480-2153 (Celeron M 1.73GHz review: Acer TravelMate 2480-2153 (Celeron M 1.73GHz

Acer TravelMate 2480-2153 (Celeron M 1.73GHz

Inexpensive; sturdy construction; strikes good balance between screen size and overall weight; decent performance for basic use; ergonomically curved keyboard is comfortable to use.

Nonconfigurable; no FireWire ports; poor battery life.

It looks more expensive than it is, and its performance is in line with other budget systems (read: acceptable for basic use), but weak battery life keeps the Acer TravelMate 2480-2153 from replacing a Gateway model as our favorite low-cost laptop.

Apr, 2007

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Expert review by : Dennis Advani (cnet.com.au)

Acer TravelMate 2483WXMi

The TravelMate is clearly not the laptop for a power user -- nevertheless, at a budget price of $999 it has a very good feature set, including a DVD burner.

Dual layer DVD burner ; Shock-protected hard drive ; Good ergonomics

Only 512MB of RAM ; Slowest PC at this price ; Tinny speakers

Apr, 2007

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Expert review by : Dan Ackerman (cnet.com.au)

Acer TravelMate 2480 series

While not our favorite low-cost laptop, these similar configurations of the Acer TravelMate 2480 offer performance in line with other budget systems (read: acceptable for basic use).

Apr, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Starter

Cheap, Small, Great Starter Laptop.

"You get what you pay for.

Dec, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Very Nice

VERY light weight.

Vista is a memory hog, and this laptop only comes with 512MB - Add a stick of 512 or larger to maximize performance.

Dec, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

good for the price

Add half a gig of memory and a wireless laptop mouse all for under forty bucks and you're good to go. Unfamiliar with Acer's service after the sale so do your own homework.

Under six hundred bucks to get all you need to surf, email, and run office apps. The curved keyboard is nice. Getting XP Pro sealed the deal for me

No dvd burner, no 15.4" glossy screen and a tiny amount of ram. However at this price point it's still a good buy

Dec, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

XP Pro makes it worth it!

I have purchased a second Acer laptop because of my satisfaction with this model. The price with XP Pro makes it well worth it to me. If you can afford it, spend the extra $50 with newegg for a 2gb memory upgrade. The memory needs to be paired sticks...

Price is very reasonable. Laptop performs well and has decent specs for price. Not too large or small. Has SD slot reader, integrated W-Lan works well

I'm only mentioning these as cons but they should not be a turn off for decision making. Speakers are low end as with most laptop speakers. Acer backup software is on a partitioned drive which is using alot of the 80gig hard disk. Only 512mb ram installed

Nov, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great low-budget laptop

This is a great laptop for a student or business person who might be considering "gosh, how about this $1000+ Dell/Gateway/whatever." It's just as good for any business/school applications as any other sort of computer, and has all the...

There's really alot to like about this laptop. The screen is a nice Acer LCD, no dead pixels, widescreen. Decent sized hard drive (not good for the movie/music collector, but good for almost anyone else). Fast enough to do anything well - assuming the...

Battery life leaves something to be desired, but that's a universal problem with most laptops. Comes with Vista - I didn't even bother trying and put XP on it instead. That's not Acer's fault though. Poor speakers too, but that's a universal laptop...

Nov, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good for price

go to http://www.acer.com.my/service/tech_bulletin_details.aspx?dev=&c2=service_left&tid=TAB-170507-1 for the xp wireless drivers (the official ones are broken)

Probably the best value acer is offering right now ; Improved (functionally) design over old travelmate

Comes with vista. XP version costs more money. A little bigger than my old travelmate, not as sleek in the screen area

Nov, 2007

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