Acer Aspire 4530

294 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
performance (252)
price (191)
portability (108)
usability (97)
design (93)

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battery (30)
energy (18)
touchpad (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 294 reviews of Acer Aspire 4530. The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Comments about the screen and portability are overall positive. The usability and price are also appreciated. Some have doubts about the touchpad, while reviews about the energy efficiency and battery are different.

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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 4530 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 76/100 = Good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Acer Aspire 4530

alaTest has collected and analyzed 44 user reviews of Acer Aspire 4530 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Opinions about the reliability and screen are on the whole positive. The performance and portability are also appreciated. There are some mixed comments about the keyboard, while the durability and battery get critical reviews.

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89% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Solid performance but not without issues

It was a good little laptop for the price I had paid. I wished it would have lasted longer (in terms of the webcam). I had a 2 year Service Net Plan on the unit, but after being sent in twice, they never address the hardware issue with the webcam...

Perfect size and just enough power for what it was meant for; word processing, Skype, and Photoshop

The webcam failed right at the one-year mark. The unit had also been experiencing some overheating issues. I understand that hardware failures can happen with units, and it seems I was one of the unlucky ones to receive such a unit

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Worth the Money

This was a replacement laptop for an old Dell and for the price (Plus free shipping, thanks Newegg) I still spent less then my girlfriend spent on her original. Not too mention that the specs on this laptop are close to double what she has been using.

The specs for this laptop are top notch when considering the price. I've had it for just under a week so far and it has performed surprising well at everything I've tested

The only 'con' that I've come across has been mentioned ad nauseum. The bloatware. It wasn't quite as irritating to me, but if I had purchased this and given it to my girlfriend prior to removing all the unnecessary garbage then it would have become a...

Dec, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Excellent

pick one of these up you wont be dissapointed

Lightweight, Nice Black layout, Vibrant screen, Decent dual processor, good integrated graphics, very nice speakers and best of all you get these great features for an affordable price. Worth 600-700 dollars easily

none as of yet, fan can get a little loud but its not even noticeable when you get used to it

Dec, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Love it

so far i havent had "too much" trouble with vista being slow or slowing down the over all performance. my original plan was to get it and instantly install XP pro. but i think im going to give vista a chance for a little while.

Fast cpu. good amount of RAM. The over all feel of it is really nice, its not to bulky and heavy yet its not to small either. Webcam. And with the Geforce 9100m Graphics card im able to play all my games with ease. Currently i play Sims 3 and WoW

Vista. also Acer loads its computers with alot of useless software. it didnt take me but 10 minutes to remove it so it wasnt to big of a deal

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

The steal of the day...

Fantastic little laptop for on-the-go or as desktop replacement.

Lightweight, blazing processor speed (at least compared to my old Pentium 4), great resolution, above average webcam, whisper quiet operation, and low price

No HDMI out or bluetooth connectivity. But for the price, this isn't really a con so much as an observation

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Nice laptop

For what I paid for this its a pretty good laptop. Its not going to run the latest games but then that's not what this is for. 4 stars for the bloat that the factory installs.

Price, size, specs

This thing comes loaded with junk. Straight out the gate this thing had 80+ processes running in the background. I will never get the hour it took to remove everything back

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Perfect!

Why not come with Ubuntu 9.04 already installed? works perfect!

More than enough machine for my use ; AMD X2 64 ; NVIDIA ; Works perfect with UBUNTU 9.04

Vista and trashsoftware

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Deal

Price. Great value overall

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Jun, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Solid Value Laptop

Its a steal for $450.00 I highly recommend it. However if your willing to pay a little more I suggest finding one that has better battery life, a 64bit o/s installed, and 4 gbs of memory. You may find it for only another $100-$200.

Well built laptop ; Great Value ; Powerful components ; Wireless N ; Small, Lightweight closest thing to a netbook with power you will find :)

Lacks 64bit Vista (which I assumed Vista Premium would come with it standard) ; Horrible battery power around 2 hours on power saving mode ; The laptop keyboard although built well has alot of unnecessary Acer buttons and such which look horrible and...

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Super Fast and Super Cheap

I bought this one for my brother, and he can't believe that $450 can get laptop this good.

Acer never disappoint me so far. This one is fast, cheap, light weight and plenty of horse power. I have many laptops, and Acer always give the best value for bucks. Acer Backup and restore is the easy to use so far, even my 9 years old daughter know...

Touch isn't as good as my Toshiba or Gateway; but those laptop isn't work as well as this gateway

Jun, 2009

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