Visit our Business Solutions website >>

Acer Aspire 3690 Series

Acer Aspire 3690 Series
Acer Aspire 3690 SeriesAcer Aspire 3690 SeriesAcer Aspire 3690 SeriesAcer Aspire 3690 SeriesAcer Aspire 3690 SeriesAcer Aspire 3690 Series
alaScore 76

44 reviews

Jan, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 44 reviews of Acer Aspire 3690 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. Comments about the size and portability are overall positive. The performance and usability also get good opinions. Opinions about the reliability and screen are mixed. Some have doubts about the battery.

price, usability, performance, portability, size

battery

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Acer Aspire 3690 Series is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 76/100 = Good quality.

See all Acer Laptops

Review analysis

(Based on 44 reviews)

Expert Reviews  

User Reviews  

Review Ratings

  (42% of reviews)
Show all 5 star reviews   (28% of reviews)
Show all 4 star reviews   (14% of reviews)
Show all 3 star reviews   (9% of reviews)
Show all 2 star reviews   (7% of reviews)
Show all 1 star reviews

Features

price
  Show positive (86%)Show negative (14%)(Show all)
usability
  Show positive (80%)Show negative (20%)(Show all)
performance
  Show positive (57%)Show negative (43%)(Show all)
screen
  Show positive (54%)Show negative (46%)(Show all)
portability
  Show positive (70%)Show negative (30%)(Show all)
size
  Show positive (78%)Show negative (22%)(Show all)
battery
  None yetShow negative (100%)(Show all)
design
  Show positive (83%)Show negative (17%)(Show all)
durability
  Show positive (100%)None yet(Show all)
keyboard
  Show positive (100%)None yet(Show all)
image quality
  Show positive (100%)None yet(Show all)
reliability
  Show positive (50%)Show negative (50%)(Show all)
sound
  Show positive (100%)None yet(Show all)
touchpad
  Show positive (100%)None yet(Show all)
More features

Showing 38 review(s)

Expert Reviews User Reviews

Disclaimer:

Below is a list of reviews for this or similar products. If you think this grouping is wrong please click here to flag.
Read more on our FAQ’s page.
Showing 1 - 28 of 38 Show Reviews: in English | in other languages (6)

Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Acer Aspire 3690 Series

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 18 user reviews of Acer Aspire 3690 Series from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Comments about the usability and screen are overall positive. The performance and size also get good feedback. Many are critical about the reliability.

price, size, performance, screen, usability

reliability

78% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Jan, 2025

Expert review by : tech.co.uk staff (techradar.com)

Acer Aspire 3693WLMi review

 

Bargain price that more than delivers on performance

Good value ; Easy to set up and use

Average performance ; Thin on features

Great value but the chassis is starting to show its age

Sep, 2007
Read the full review

Expert review by (pcanswers.co.uk)

Acer Aspire 3693WLMi

 

Acer produces more bargain and entry-level notebooks than just about any other company out there. Because of its aggressive reseller chain, you can find the company's products on just about any high street or Web site store.

Good value, Easy to set up and use

Average performance, Thin on features

Great value but the chassis is starting to show its age

Sep, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

hahahahaha

 

thats why you put XP or Linux, or both on it when you get it home

LOL - Vista is still in its infancy, 512 isn't nearly enough for it, XP and Fedora or Ubuntu work much better

Jul, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Not to Bad

 

I don't own one but a friend bought two of them, one for herself and her daughter. So I purchased 2 sticks of the Crucial 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 from ole Newegg, and popped one in each machine, went into BIOS and upped the video memory to 128 and they're...

Nice little laptop for the money ; One good thing is Acer dosen't load it up with a bunch of junk software that you'll never use. It's really very clean so you don't have to uninstall the useless software that alot of other brand laptops would force on...

Vista is a memory hogg, so it runs a bit slow because of the lack of memory, it comes with only 512Mb

Jul, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Beware of ACER Costom Support

 

Beware you are only buying an acer for the computer and not for the Customer support - or lack of. Do not expect them to do what they say or even fix your computer

GET A HP or if you must a dell

Jul, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Very Nice

 

The notebook is great for back to school, has everything I need, and does what it needs for the price. Wish I could say I bought it from newegg!!

I own the 3680 which is similar except the processor speed is 1.86 ghz. I originally planned on buying a powerful notebook, but realizing its only for school and seeing it for $400 at another retailer, I couldn't pass it up. I am extremely happy with...

Vista lags a bit with 512 mb of ram so I will dish money out for an upgrade. Battery life isn't great either.I also delike how vista rates your system, because the rating it gives my notebook makes me want to cry

Jul, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good Value with Limitations

 

Acer tweaks the OS on their computers with what they call Acer Empowering Technology. It's not a bad thing, but I see no added value to it - the standard OS is probably better overall. I'd be extremely wary about running Vista on the supplied 512MB of...

I own the same version of this NB with two differences - 1) mine has no webcam, and 2) the OS is Acer-tweaked XP Media Center not Vista. Product pros include sturdy construction, low heat, low noise, reliable wireless LAN w/WPA2 security, nice layout...

The WXGA screen has some severe limitations. Vertical and horizontal viewing angle is limited to 90 deg +/- 7 deg. Also the screen suffers moderate bleedout (white to grey edges when screen should be completely black). Additionally, the CrystalBrite...

Jul, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

acer good/newegg better place to buy

 

windows XP media,not vista .

none that i can think of,bit scared of the fact i purchased open box special,but only miss one item which i really don't need (phone cord)for the price it can't be beat.

May, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good Basic Buy

 

Better than expected build quality.

Poor battery life - about 90 minutes.

May, 2007
Read the full review

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great buy for the dollar

 

Great features (DVDR Combo drive, 60gb harddrive, 15.

Low battery life (about an hour to an hour and a half) but I usually have it plugged in so it hasn't bothered me.

Apr, 2007
Read the full review
1
2

Price comparison for Acer Aspire 3690 Series

No prices for this product