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Acer Aspire 5517

Acer Aspire 5517
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alaScore 74

175 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 175 reviews of Acer Aspire 5517. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the screen and durability. The usability and price are also mentioned favorably. There are some critical reviews about the touchpad and battery, while there are some mixed comments about the sound.

performance, price, usability, durability, screen

battery, touchpad

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Acer Aspire 5517 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 74/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Acer Aspire 5517

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 63 user reviews of Acer Aspire 5517 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the screen and sound. The usability and performance also get good feedback, whereas the durability and size get critical reviews. The image quality and reliability get mixed views.

price, performance, usability, sound, screen

portability, size, durability

83% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Expert review by (pcmag.com)

Acer Aspire 5517-1643

 

If you're looking for a cheap laptop for checking e-mail, surfing the Web, and running your basic home productivity apps, consider the Acer Aspire 5517-1643 ($449.98 list). This no-frills notebook is well built and features a nice 15.6-inch display...

Affordable. Sturdy construction. Nice 15.6-inch display

Sluggish performance. Short on features. Bloatware

The Acer Aspire 5517-1643 is a cheap 15 inch notebook, and not surprisingly, it performs like one. Still, it's a good deal for cash-strapped students or anyone looking for a solidly built mainstream portable that'll handle the basics.

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

usuable. but not good enough..

 

price was good when I purchase this laptop

slow on pretty much everything from loading to open the softwars

Jul, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

If you plan on...

 

Acer really needs to match service to the quality of their machines. By this I mean, don't lie to your customers. I was lied to about 3 separate questions I fired off to them before doing the first upgrade for a client. While their response time was...

Upgrading this to a dual core...search for the manual on Google, don't ask Acer for it, they will lie to you, I have email proof if needed. Dual core upgrades work fine, and in some cases run cooler if you use better thermal paste. I've done this with...

Plastic frame w/o reinforcement(you get what you pay for) ; TF20 is a joke, why bother, AMD should drop them altogether ; 3g of ram + 32bit install for a 64bit chip is some old thinking, and needs to die as well ; Acer support - I don't want to go into...

Jun, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Impressed

 

I should have got an open box, I totally forgot that was an option.

I got this with the intention of doing the dual core upgrade, which was a bit more than I bargained for but worked out in the end. Total +1 on being more like 2 hours than 45 minutes but I suppose I could do it in 40 now. That said it appears there are...

Better deals on newegg for better equipped acers and other brands as well

Jun, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

HEY

 

The processor is upgradeable, however you literally have to take the ENTIRE computer apart, which definitely does not take 45 minutes. Me and my friends had a guide we found and it took us 2 hours. If you do decide to change out the processor, make...

This laptop does every basic thing you need it to: web browsing, light gaming, and word processing. The keyboard is quite good, very responsive. the screen is impressive, very nice contrast

Bloatware, relatively small hard drive for a regular computer, hi res videos are choppy, speakers a little quiet. The processor is a little slow when multitasking, but meh

Jun, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

acer 5517

 

I got this unit mostly to surf and for the money, I got it on sale, it does OK. Except for being somewhat slow and the mouse issue I like it and it does the job.

It all worked when it arrived. Decent laptop for the price. Comes with windows 7 64bit. Got it from Newegg and their service has always been right on

Battery gets hot after about 5 minutes. Life is poor. SLOW. Guess i am spoiled with faster CPU's. It may be just my laptop but the mouse pointer randomly jumps to wherever, has serious lag, and will randomly hi-lite sections of a page. Also while...

Jun, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

not entirely what i ordered

 

bought to replace my wifes old toshiba. For surfn the web/facebook and working from home occasionally it is working fine. For me seems like a good deal for the price.

came with slightly faster proc 2.0 not 1.6

came with a smaller HD 140g not 160g

May, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Awesome PC If you replace the processor

 

As long as you replace the CPU you will be happy with your purchase, it is a great machine and it is stupid easy to disassemble

This computer is a beauty if you are looking for a cheap computer to upgrade. With the HDD space, graphics, and ram, this is one decent computer. The bottleneck is the CPU, which fortunately is easy to access ;...

CPU is slow, only 2 USB ports

May, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Well it's a Laptop

 

Well you get what you pay for I guess. It is a laptop but that being said I can't say much else good about it except it works. It is basic laptop but flawed in design. My recommendation would be to test drive any laptop you decide to buy since they are...

If you are wanting a Laptop and don't have much money to spend this would be a good choice. It runs pretty good and does what it should as a basic laptop should. Comes with Windows 7 premium

Well here it is...the screen could tilt back a little more to allow for better viewing. The keyboard layout is not your standard layout.The keys are spaced too far apart and are offset to the left side making it like learning to type again. It comes...

May, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good

 

This is my first laptop. I use it mostly for class notes, writing, and internet, and it's held up pretty well.

Nice battery life

Touchpad is finicky and sometimes quits completely, forcing me to restart. Get a USB mouse

May, 2010
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