Acer Aspire 6530

240 reviews

Jan, 2025

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battery (37)
portability (27)
reliability (9)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 240 reviews of Acer Aspire 6530. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews about the design and usability are overall positive. The screen and price are also mentioned favorably, whereas some have doubts about the reliability and battery. There are some mixed opinions about the portability.

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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 6530 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 82/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Acer Aspire 6530

alaTest has collected and analyzed 38 user reviews of Acer Aspire 6530 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Opinions about the design and portability are generally positive. The usability and price also get good feedback, but there are some less positive opinions about the reliability and battery.

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76% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Jan, 2025

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Acer Aspire 6530-723G32

The Acer Aspire 6530-723G32 is a great and impressive laptop with all the right technologies to keep you occupied.

A laptop jam packed with all of the latest features

A 320GB hard drive is limited the users space especially on a multimedia laptop

A great all round multimedia laptop

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good value

If you understand what you're getting (and what you're not) this can be a good value.

Performs well for the price ($549 free shipping). Display is beautiful and everything functions properly. A full keyboard with number pad and media controls is also nice. 4GB ram

Not travel friendly at 16" and over 6 pounds, but that's not what I bought it for. Lots of bloatware and even with 4 gigs Vista doesn't exactly fly (I don't think this has anything to do with hardware)

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Excellent value

This obviously intended as a portable desktop replacement. Because of the size and weight. But I would not call it mobile. If you just intend to take on a few trips per year go for it but don't expect to find room to use in a coach class seat.

This a great value for the price. I did the homework and for the money I paid ($549) this laptop had far more features and power than other similarly priced big manufacturers. It was no-brainer. It looks really nice too. This was the only machine I...

It's not perfect but then what is at this price point. No Blu-Ray drive (how could you expect it at this price?) The bloatware is a pain to remove but show me any computer that doesn't come it. And stop the whining about Vista. People were so used to...

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Awsome Deal!

Works great with the BenQ HD projector I bought with it. My church loves them.

The HD out works great and the software for the video card is rather nice and easy to work with, when trying to adjust screen res, cloning, or extending the desktop. What else is there to say the specs speak for themselves. I got it when Newegg had it...

I have no cons really. Just like every preloaded vista PC, it has junk on it, but easy to uninstall. I'm not going to give it a bad review because of the software that came preloaded. That is crazy, you buy a PC for the hardware

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Really Like it

This thing was made for portable, it's lighter than my 15.4" . when you carry it around from room to room, it feels like it contours to your side. This is not the newest greatest latest latpop, but this seems to be a decent fast and a really good deal...

Good speed. everything works better than expected ; HDMI out -- Looks amazing...was playing Netflix from ; my laptop to my 42" HDTV and it looked great. The ; desktop looks really nice too. In bed with a wireless ; keyboard and mouse combo surfing on...

I dont care for the glossy screens, you can see yourself ; in it under most lighting conditions, which isn't a bad ; thing, just annoying when Im typing at night to look ; around objects reflecting off it. Not really a CON, but to some of us it is ;...

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Buy

Have bought several acers over the years this is agreat buy

Full Keyboard,Lightweight,Nice touchpad and very sharp looking. Laptop is very responsive VHP has finally come into its own

Junk software

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Acer Aspire AS6530-5195 NoteBook AMD Athlon X2 QL-60(1.90GHz) 16" Wide XGA 4GB Memory 160GB HDD DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon HD 3200

what a super laptop. i find it for the money way above average. it has features far from what i expected for a laptop of the price i paid. i would not hesitate telling everyone this is an excellent machine

none (so far)

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Best Holiday Notebook Deal

Others have mentioned the keyboard and touchpad layout. If you are used to the traditional layout, this does take some getting used to with the number pad on the keyboard and the touchpad being off center. Personally I don't use the number pads, so a...

Plenty of memory, decent hard drive size, has the newer 16"screen which makes more of a difference than I expected. Better performance and graphics and overall quality than the $399 Acer I purchased last month. Great deal on Newegg at $549, especially...

No cons to note

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good PC lots of cr@p on it

Vista OK once it is cleaned up. I amy still go back to XP like my destop but will see if I can learn to live with Vista

Agree with the first reviewer. Good delivery and price from Newegg

What a bunch of cr@p games and unneeded bloat. Very tedious to uninstall it all. I would never buy anything from a sleazy company like Oberon so, Acer, don't put that garbage on these machines

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Computer

This is a fantastic laptop. I have used other laptops in the past and this one, right out of the box is fast efficient and easy to use. It is already loaded with the essential software and no need to root around for a lot of things. The wireless b/g/n...

Unfortunately the computer was loaded with Vista. I do not like vista because of all the extra software that is loaded on it and the hassle of removing all of it. Besides the OS it's a very nice computer

Dec, 2008

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